ESPN College Football Final
Did anyone else watch the ESPN College Football final with Matt Barrie, Joey Galloway and Dan Mullen? If so what did you think of the end where they mock/tease players who make boneheaded mistakes or something funny happens and they used that time to mock Sherron Moore's burst of emotion at the post game interview?
I found it totally classless. What a bunch of Jack A$$'s. I know ESPN has got a boner for the SEC but this showed a complete lack of even the most basic level of journalistic integrity.
I say, unless Michigan is playing on it, ban ESPN?
And, lets inundate them with e-mails?
November 13th, 2023 at 11:38 AM ^
OSU slappies always trying to police how Michigan acts. Just win.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:38 AM ^
A lot of people think emotions are valueless and showing them is wrong and those people are stupid, but this is nothing.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:38 AM ^
I thought that it was mostly Joey Galloway.....and he's a Buckeye. I do find it interesting that they'd make fun of someone who is twice their size from such a safe distance.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:57 AM ^
There had to have been a producer off camera who thought to make issue of this and put it on this spot. Usually it would go right after the game highlights which were at the beginning of the shoe. Barrie and Galloway are dicks. Mullen more of an innocent bystanding butthead.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:11 PM ^
I watched to see what Galloway had to say. He doesn't stfu about Michigan's schedule, and I was curious to his response after Michigan handled PSU in Happy Valley (after OSU's "quality wins" are a ND team that's been exposed as not really that good-- especially when Freeman decides to only play 10 defenders, and the same PSU team they struggled with in Columbus). I expected a douchebag response, and I wasn't disappointed. His main takeaway seemed to be that Michigan won't beat OSU if they only run the ball.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:19 PM ^
Always think that's such a weird take. "If Michigan plays against OSU just how they played a different game, they will lose!" Do people think coaches use the same game plan each week? Do they think the games before OSU for Michigan are literal practices? They should know after last year, we won't use the same game plan for the Game
November 13th, 2023 at 2:05 PM ^
If Michigan plays all 74 players against OSU like they did against some of the BIG teams, they may not win.
Michigan has mostly kept to a vanilla offense and gameplan since they don't have to. They want to keep as much in their pocket for OSU and for the CFP as possible. So dumb of these analysists. It's all dumbed down for clickbait stuff for dumb fans. That's why Valenti is such a hit in Detroit. Dumb State fans (sorry dumb is redundant HA), and dumb Michigan fans want to hear his take on the dumbest troll shit he can come up with.
November 13th, 2023 at 1:04 PM ^
Joey is not just a Buckeye, which is bad enough. He's a huge tool. Can't stand him even when he isn't talking about Michigan.
November 13th, 2023 at 2:43 PM ^
For years, I’ve been changing the channel whenever he shows up. Now I don’t watch espn and it’s not a problem.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:39 AM ^
I wish that UM would ask Fox what teams would make the best super conference and then UM can take the lead in putting it together. It would undoubtedly include several of ESPN's cash cows.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:40 AM ^
Probably the same scum bags that mocked the USC QB for breaking down with his Mom in the stands last week.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:00 PM ^
I don't mind Caleb Williams getting some ribbing for crying when he gave it to Max Duggan last year (although Williams did delete the tweet and claim it wasn't his intention).
November 13th, 2023 at 11:43 AM ^
i mean, ryan day is a douche, but didnt we do the same thing for his tough guy routine a few weeks ago? it cant only be genuine when its our side.
honestly, who cares what these guys think. galloway is an idiot. dan mullen failed at everything at the HC level. maybe he didnt have enough emotion as a FB Head Coach...
November 13th, 2023 at 11:44 AM ^
It was a little different in that Day was mean-mugging a 90 year old man.
But honestly who cares? People are going to say these things about Michigan for the rest of the year. Bet.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:12 PM ^
I think it is fine for people to show emotion. Be happy. Be sad. squeeze the juice out of life.
The contrast is actually sort of funny. OSU is really on top of the world. They get the #2 recruiting class almost every year, they got the rules changed for them in 2020 to make the playoff, they have two coaches in a row get fired for ethics violations and they fail upwards each time (other than the FIckell season). But Ryan Day couldn't hang with Michigan two years in a row because their team wasn't built to be tough. His team takes two plays to score against 10 ND players on a team that will end the season unranked and he's thumping his chest talking about how tough he and his team are.
While there are no "known"" connections to Day and the PI firm he allegedly told everyone that we were stealing signs and shared our signs with anyone who was asking. The B1G then takes extraordinary steps to carry Day's water to selectively persecute Michigan on breaking the spirit of the rules* without an investigation or hearing hoping to derail us. Day is a Karen. He was born on 3rd base and thinks the world owes him more. So "Ohio vs. Everybody" is pathetic. (Sort of funny that they are Brady Hoking themselves.) His toughness is as real as his beard color.
Michigan is really going through the ringer on this ridiculous fatwah of the rest of the B1G. It literally is Michigan vs. Everybody (in the B1G and evidently GA.)
Moore's emotions came out in the enormity of the moment. 30-40 years ago it would have been labeled unmanly, but the man was overcome with love and gratitude to Michigan, Harbaugh and his players. The big difference is that he didn't claim to be tough.**
*I don't think Michigan should concede that filming counts as advanced scouting.
**Tough guys can cry.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:54 AM ^
That’s a balanced assessment. If we’re gonna mock Cryin’ Ryan then we are fair game. That said there is a big difference. Our coach’s and program’s reputation is being dragged through the mud by a national media outlet with economic interests to advance and we are being sanctioned by a kangaroo court with axes to grind because they are historically non competitive. What great adversity has Ryan Day and Ohio State had except the doubt that is in their own heads?
November 13th, 2023 at 11:59 AM ^
What great adversity has Ryan Day and Ohio State had except the doubt that is in their own heads?
Indeed. Asserting equivalence there isn't reasonable.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:13 PM ^
They feel like their toughness was mocked and laughed at --- we don't care, but they have overcome the doubt from across the country in their manhood. In THEIR eyes, they feel wronged...
Stop making me defend them!
November 13th, 2023 at 1:06 PM ^
I know you said there's a difference but I feel you missed why. This is apples and oranges. Mocking Ryan's angry tirade vs a 90-year-old man who spoke the truth after getting lucky in beating a very average ND team is worlds apart from three grown laughing about another man crying and expressing love for his mentor and friend and team.
November 13th, 2023 at 5:41 PM ^
You do realize Day makes several million and has already head coached dozens of high intensity games whereas this was Moore's first high profile game as head coach under extraordinary and sudden circumstances, and did endlessly more for his career and future than whatever game Day babbled toughness about right?
These are not equivalent.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:00 PM ^
Michigan fans mocking their historic enemy team is not the same as supposedly neutral professional sports reporters mocking a coach.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:06 PM ^
I don't consider Ryan Day to be Cryin' Ryan because he got a bit emotional after a game.
He's Cryin' Ryan because his lackeys have conducted an off-field propoganda operation to attempt to get a coach he can't beat banned from the sidelines for a minor rules violation.
When you try to get your sibling grounded for beating you in Madden and your excuse is that he did a better job looking at your play selection screen than you did his, you are are a crybaby. I don't care about your postgame callout of an octogenerian.
November 13th, 2023 at 5:42 PM ^
Well stated Mr. King. Agree wholeheartedly.
November 13th, 2023 at 9:55 PM ^
We were mocking their guy for the content of what he said, they're giving us shit because our guy is emotional - that's different
November 13th, 2023 at 11:44 AM ^
We all can't be as tough as Ryan Day and OSU
/s
Talk about an outburst
November 13th, 2023 at 11:46 AM ^
Galloway was 1-3-1 vs U-M
Berrie is still at ESPN because he's cheap enough to keep employed
Hey Dan Mullen, how did Florida work out for you?
November 13th, 2023 at 11:49 AM ^
Those are 3 perfect signs for game day.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:46 AM ^
if assholes want to make themselves look like assholes by mocking a guy for being emotional, that's on them. Would sherrone have been better served by pulling blake in and stepping away sooner? sure. Am I going to begrudge him for what he did/said? hell no.
the people who do are clowns.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:48 AM ^
Joey has always had a lot to say about Michigan for someone who only beat them once in 4 years
November 13th, 2023 at 11:49 AM ^
I know ESPN has got a boner for the SEC but this showed a complete lack of even the most basic level of journalistic integrity.
None of those guys are journalists and this show is literally an entertainment piece. That said, I generally don't bother with those shows anymore. If I watch anything, it's generally just B1G Final Drive.
EDIT: I guess Matt Barrie is a journalist; I thought that was the name of a former player (I don't think I've ever seen Matt Barrie)
November 13th, 2023 at 11:54 AM ^
Is DiNardo on that show? Because that cunt was running his mouth like Finebaum last Friday.
November 13th, 2023 at 1:18 PM ^
DiNardo's mental capacity is lower than Corso's these days. This is NOT a knock on Corso cuz I love that national treasure of a man. Fuck DiNardo!
November 13th, 2023 at 11:51 AM ^
I thought the meltdown was mad excessive. I'd laugh at him if he were a rival's coach. Our ability to see ourselves is rapidly devolving.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:55 AM ^
I mean, I think everybody was cringing a little bit. But it was clear that he was just overcome by the moment. Not even really the win. The guy did not know he was going to be acting as head coach in one the biggest games in the history of the program until an hour before the game.
It's just ridiculous that that is their takeaway from the game.
November 13th, 2023 at 1:09 PM ^
No. "Everyone" was not cringing. Only folks who are scared of men showing real tears and real love thought it was cringy.
November 13th, 2023 at 2:20 PM ^
I thought the crying was completely fine, great even. I just think you have to have a little bit of time/place/manner awareness and not cuss up a storm. Maybe you can get the one in, but need to check it after that.
Granted I did not hear the context where it was being discussed because I would never watch an ESPN post-game show.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:59 AM ^
Irony here: Strong.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:11 PM ^
Completely disagree. I think Sherrone’s emotion was completely justified. The program has been put thru hell for a month and has been able to say very little about it. I think that emotion came out because the coaching staff has been completely railroaded by these allegations.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:28 PM ^
Right. The implication of all of the coverage (and the B1G's insane handling) is that the program's success is predicated on a lie, not their hard work and determination. Of course they're emotional.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:18 PM ^
I thought it was awesome.
November 13th, 2023 at 1:19 PM ^
It's okay Juiceman, we're all friends and Wolverines here - let it out. It's okay. You can cry.
November 13th, 2023 at 2:20 PM ^
What is fair to say is that it was over the top when considering that Harbaugh was only banned from the sideline and not from coaching the team. What ESPN said was not what was bad. I mean the team was going to see Harbaugh when they got on the bus. However, it’s the way ESPN mocked Moore considering the context of the network’s hit jobs sullying the reputations of the entire program and everyone associated with it without providing opportunities for rebuttal or due process.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:53 AM ^
I saw it and posted about it yesterday probably ore than once on one of the numerous and duplicative threads.
It was completely classless and the Walt Disney Company should apologize for the conduct of their employees and terminate the employment of these three.
November 13th, 2023 at 11:57 AM ^
I remember watching this when it was Trev Alberts - current Nebraska AD - and Mark May. Dudes were talking mostly complete garbage even back then, but they were more entertaining than the current guys. Mullen and Galloway aren't even good at talking trash.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
Mark May has never been entertaining.
November 13th, 2023 at 1:20 PM ^
He also (allegedly) blew 5 guys at Pitt. NTTAWWT
November 13th, 2023 at 7:00 PM ^
Why would you say something like that?
November 13th, 2023 at 12:08 PM ^
I saw it. I will never watch ESPN again.
When they were making fun of Moore for crying because Jim isn't dead... I'm sorry, they lost me.
November 13th, 2023 at 12:12 PM ^
Does anyone know if there is a college football highlight show that is not on ESPN? I don't know of any.
Half of College Football Final is just fluff: interview quotes, meaningless opinions, helmet stickers and other stupidities. I watch it for the highlights and fast-forward through all the nonsense.
If there's another highlight show I'd love to check it out.
November 13th, 2023 at 1:11 PM ^
CBS Sports has one, but not that late so rarely covers any mountain time or west coast night games.