Gary Danielson's mania strikes again
In the waning moments of the UF-Bama game, Danielson once again comes out of the sanity closet and says "the Heisman race is now Colt McCoy and Mark Ingram."
Not even a mention of Stanford runner Toby Gerhart, who is as good as Ingram if not better, from his lips when describing his Heisman "also-rans," and he mentions Sam Bradford as if he had even been a candidate this season.
GD has been a big-time shill for the SEC and this was another brick in that wall. Ingram may well deserve it - he's a pretty good ballplayer - but to just say all the other competitors are out of the race is literally unbelievable.
December 5th, 2009 at 7:46 PM ^
He works hard for the money and he knows from whence it comes.
December 5th, 2009 at 7:47 PM ^
To Gary's credit I spoke to him about this once. He is a very classy guy and he knows who butters his bread. That's all. I wish he were still doing Big 10 games with Griese.
December 5th, 2009 at 7:59 PM ^
Something about "classy" and "shills hard beyond edge of reason for the guys who pay his salary" don't quite go together with me.
BTW, WTF is with this Nick Saban poster?
December 5th, 2009 at 8:15 PM ^
I will never, ever forgive him for the anti-Michigan rant he was permitted to go on for three hours during the SEC championship game in 2006. I've never heard anything like it from a color guy on any broadcast, ever. I'm not saying we were the best team in the country by any means, but based on the flawed system in place, we did NOT deserve to get jumped by Florida thanks largely to this douchebag.
I hate him so for
Screwing Michigan badly
Die in a fire
December 5th, 2009 at 8:34 PM ^
Danielson was outrageously unprofessional during that broadcast.
Maybe I'm living in the past, or some fantasy land, but national sportscasts should always be trying to call things as close to 50/50 as possible.
Yes, people like winners, but there are always worthwhile "storylines" on both sides of the ball.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:42 PM ^
Exactly. He is perfectly entitled to his opinion that the SEC champion deserved to be there over Michigan. I'm happy to assume it's his genuine opinion, and if he mentioned it a couple times, fine.
But he talked about it nonstop for an entire game, to the point that I wondered if Michigan was playing. They put up a chart of the wins by Michigan and Florida that year, and he just butchered our team and schedule. It was totally outrageous, and the fact that he knew he would be able to move Florida forward in the polls by doing it made it completely unprofessional.
December 6th, 2009 at 2:15 AM ^
Thirdcoast, I third your second (?).
I will forever hold a grudge against Danielson for 2006's embarrassing pro-Florida infomercial until he is buried in his EEESS EEEE CEEE grave.
I am VERY bitter, in fact.
December 5th, 2009 at 9:00 PM ^
However, I doubt that Michigan was passed because of his rant. My feeling is that the majority didn't think there should have been a rematch when there was another deserving candidate, which is completely fair.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:22 PM ^
It's tough to say, particularly since we're dealing with the content of people's minds and secret ballots. But I'd wager a very, very significant percentage of voters were watching that game. They were treated to an hours-long attack against the Big Ten and Michigan, especially since it was not a close game (17-0 Florida lead to open).
I'm not arguing that it was not a legitimate viewpoint, nor do I think there is much of an argument, having seen the bowl games, that we were the #1 team in the nation. But again, under the system we've got, his nonsense had the real potential to make a difference, and it made me want to stab him in the face.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:51 PM ^
I called him out for that. He said that Michigan was as good as Florida, but he works for CBS so he was pimping the SEC in that game.
December 5th, 2009 at 7:47 PM ^
Well as much as it sucks, he is probably right
December 5th, 2009 at 8:02 PM ^
the Heisman award is determined... Stanford isn't ranked high enough, and isn't going to play in a BCS bowl. That cuts his chances down to almost nothing. If Texas wins I think McCoy has it in the bag.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:11 PM ^
When Tebow won his they weren't highly rated and weren't going to a BCS game. Just sayin...
December 5th, 2009 at 8:33 PM ^
This is just my opinion but I also think that the fact that Standford is not as highly covered and televised program as Florida,Alabama, or Texas also hurts his and players like Tony Pikes' chances. Pike was hurt for 3 games but even if he wasn't I don't think he would have had a good shot at it. I don't think it is fair because Gearhart is a tremendous rb but it seems to be the nature of the beast that is the Heisman race.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:37 PM ^
I never thought of the fact that the SEC is covered more so than the Pac-10. I think that is an extremly valid point that plays into a lot of the voters minds. For the most part the Pac-10 isn't on until late and isn't always on the big time networks like the other conferences.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:48 PM ^
I think it is even more of a factor in basketball. The ACC/SEC are much more extensively covered, as is the B10 also I suppose.
December 5th, 2009 at 9:11 PM ^
...who regularly have games aired on YES and MSG here in NY state.
Nope, no frontrunning here folks...
December 5th, 2009 at 8:12 PM ^
besides GD's grandstanding and campaigning for the SEC, I think that he is a very good analyst.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:38 AM ^
I think he's a fine analyst/color guy but goddamn he shills for the SEC like a motherf*cker. This is why it sucks that certain conferences have contracts with certain networks. and it's only going to get worse. Soon you'll see the bigtennetwork hacks doing the same thing. It's devolving into radio homerism.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:15 PM ^
"You literally have to cut the head off the snake" - Gary Danielson. I don't think he knows what literally means.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:39 AM ^
maybe he's into voodoo!
December 5th, 2009 at 8:17 PM ^
operates under the theory of don't bite the hand that feeds you. He has become an SEC shill since joining CBS.
This is not surprising.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:50 PM ^
There is, however, a difference between not biting the hand that feeds you and going out of your way to slobber all over it (while biting all other hands within reach).
December 5th, 2009 at 8:21 PM ^
How many yards did Gerhart run against AL or the NUMBER ONE DEFENSE IN THE NATION FL? 0. Thank you. ND sucks.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:39 PM ^
i watched it muted at a bar.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:51 PM ^
After Tebow's underwhelming performance I think it's McCoy's to lose.
If he has a good game, I think he should get it.... If he doesn't, Gerhard should get it. However, If it's not McCoy, Ingram will probably be the one who actually gets it, not Gerhard, which is unfortunate. And so far McCoy is not looking good at all... 2 INTs.
If I were voting:
1. McCoy (if he has a great game here)
2. Gerhard (He gets it if McCoy chokes)
3. Ingram
4. Tebow.
What it will probably be in real life:
1. McCoy (If he has a great game here)
2. Ingram (He gets it if McCoy chokes)
3. Tebow
4. Gerhard
December 5th, 2009 at 9:04 PM ^
...it would appear that Pelini has resurrected the Blackshirts from the grave that Callahan put them in.
December 5th, 2009 at 9:17 PM ^
I don't know how much Big East you guys watch, but after today I'd say Mardy Gilyard deserves AT LEAST an invite to the ceremony. He single handedly kept UC in that game and then it was his athleticism that got Binns single coverage at the end. I think Gilyard and Gerhart are my top 2.
And as someone that has bet 150+ cfb games this season I almost guarantee I've watched more football than 90% of the people voting.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:42 PM ^
Bo Pellini = Ohio St. coach when Tressel calls it a day.
BUT we can always hope that Jimmy T gets to name his successor like he did at YSU. That was a decade of underachieving frustration. I can only hope for the same at OSU.