Former ESPN Employee Challenges Motivations of College Football Selection Playoffs Picks this Year

Former ESPN analyst and Florida State quarterback, Danny Kanell, who has his own podcast entitled, “Off the Bench,” was incensed that the College Football Playoff Selection committee chose Alabama over Big Ten champion Ohio State, and proceeded to unload a twitter storm on the SEC and ESPN, claiming the SEC gets passes like no other conference and said the four-team playoff, televised by ESPN, should be known as the Made for TV Ratings Invitational.

The tweet that had everyone talking

“The Lies:

Regular season matters

Conference championship matters.

Strength of schedule matters

The Facts:

SEC gets automatic bid/favored status

“Unequivocally better” means “we thinks so but have no idea”

Criteria is written so committee can explain away any choice they make.”

None of this, as you can imagine, played well with ESPN’s lead football analyst Kirk Herbstreit who blasted Kanell in a tweet of his own.

“Dude, what has happened to you?? Seriously. You’re a good guy, and I get the whole “anti-SEC guy” you’ve created, but you think ESPN wouldn’’t LOVE to have Ohio State in this? They’re a RATINGS BONANAZA!! /Cmon dude!! You’re better than that!!”