This ranking suggests ESPN commentators think quite highly of BYU

Sep 15, 2014
10:52:14am

CougarCanuck76

I believe most of the ESPN commentators and contributors take part in this poll:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/powerrankings

At 17 that is much higher than the AP and Coaches.

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Time

ESPN corporate vs ESPN analysts re: BYU

PortlandCoug

9/15/14 10:43am

Analyst don't care about ratings, corporate does

mudpupper

9/15/14 10:45am

Does anyone know what our ratings have been? that woud lbe cool to see...

PoopTown LLC

9/15/14 2:44pm

Not Bad

SonsOfAlvin

9/15/14 4:08pm

its time to shine this year - time to have a great season all the way through

cougarmanguy

9/15/14 10:46am

I thought the contract said we had to play one on ESPNU

cu-coug

9/15/14 12:47pm

Maybe - not sure. But there won't be any more than what is contractually said

cougarmanguy

9/15/14 12:52pm

Nope, the contract states 4 games will be picked up annually, 1 of which may be

TheDeek

9/15/14 1:50pm

Ah, ok. Yeah, that sounds right. Knew there was something about ESPNU

cu-coug

9/15/14 3:01pm

ESPN follows the $$$. ESPN commentators follow their bias. Winning solves all

Mathlete

9/15/14 10:51am

This ranking suggests ESPN commentators think quite highly of BYU

CougarCanuck76

9/15/14 10:52am

Trevor voting us #1 helps

cypresstx

9/15/14 11:03am

Yeah, too bad they excluded Trevor's ballot from the overall vote.

giftedfish

9/15/14 11:11am

It doesn't look like Trevor is one of the voters.

byukirty

9/15/14 11:14am

ESPN hates BYU

giftedfish

9/15/14 11:17am

It's cool that we're the only non p5 team on that list

cosmojk

9/15/14 7:19pm

If we were to go undefeated this year the PR train would be a wreck ala cartel.

BlueFreak

9/15/14 11:08am

With as much pub as BYU as already gotten, I can only see it getting better

MHOP

9/15/14 12:43pm

Virginia game has nothing to do with ESPN relationship, all about being ranked

djbryant79

9/15/14 1:49pm

wouldn't exactly say we're "racking them up"

icecougar

9/15/14 2:07pm

ESPN Corporate does NOT want big wins

2FarGone

9/15/14 2:39pm

successful non-P5 will always be embraced by ESPN = drama, intrigue

ag4cougs

9/15/14 5:51pm

goodpost.Every time I read one of your posts I ask myself when I added you to FO

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