Mark May out at ESPN !!!
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Hated that guy, but he loved him some Kirk Ferentz.
KF was a grad assistant at Pitt when May played.
KF was a grad assistant at Pitt when May played.
Translated = Holtz and May cost too much money.
They'll get some bimbo to referee two guys making half the money those two were and it'll just be another unwatchable ESPN show that pimps anybody but the Big 10 all year long (with a heavy dose of SEC of course).
They'll get some bimbo to referee two guys making half the money those two were and it'll just be another unwatchable ESPN show that pimps anybody but the Big 10 all year long (with a heavy dose of SEC of course).
May and Holtz were the pinnacle of unwatchable garbage.
Seriously, who watched that crap?
Did you read the article? He's not out at ESPN...he's simply moving to a different ESPN college football studio show.
Not only did I not dislike May, I found the combination of May and Trev Alberts to be interesting and entertaining. Natural foils to each other, unlike May and Holtz.
Idk, guess I'm not evolved enough in my fandom to hate so much.
Idk, guess I'm not evolved enough in my fandom to hate so much.
What do you have against Lee? If you're looking for serious, in depth analysis then he's not for you. I like him because he entertains me.
You're entertained by a stroked-out caricature who struggles to get words out of his mouth and is barely intelligible?
It's supposed to be Adnan Virk, Joey Galloway and Danny Kanell on College Football Final this fall.
And I'll continue not watching, like I have for, oh, the last 10 years or so.
Mark May provides intelligent football commentary. When he and Trev Alberts were on you thought about something they said and maybe even learned something. Intelligent, football-knowledgeable men who played the college game at a high level. Not like spittle-on-your screen and Notre Dame-worshipping Holtz. Maybe ESPN wants to go with a bimbo now? That's okay for weather forecasts, not football.
For the Corso detractors I admit that he is past his prime. But he put the fun in ESPN Game Day for decades. When he, Fowler and Herbstreit were on camera it was just fun.
I'll admit that May is obviously smarter than your typical ex-jock given a cushy broadcasting gig (Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, Joey Galloway, Desmond Howard, etc.), and you are correct, he and Alberts were perfect foils for each other. But that was how many years ago? His opinions since then have been forced and generally nonsensical. He would frequently be forced to take the contrarian opinion in order to provide some semblance of balance with dumbass Holtz. He also came across as bitter and mean a lot of times, probably because he resented having to take the wrong end of issues in order to prop up someone like Holtz. Either way, his opinions on football, at least what he would say on air, were routinely awful.
Again, because their show was fun 10 years ago, we're just supposed to ignore how awful it's become lately?
I'm as diehard a CFB fan as there is, and watched Gameday religiously for years, going all the way back to when it was a studio only show and they might do one "road game" per year. I was at the show in Iowa City in '96 and actually met all 3 guys offstage afterwards. Nowadays, on the rare Saturday morning when I'm actually home and not tailgating somewhere, I avoid ESPN like the plague. The stupid guest pickers? Like I give 2 fvcks what some idiot NASCAR driver or Gaby Reece thinks about some random ACC game. Corso slurring his words, Dez Howard generally being obnoxious and irritating, Herbie talking about how the "speed and athleticism" of whoever the favored team is will prove to be the difference, how he can't lower himself to give a prediction on the top game because he's broadcasting it later, like anyone in America gives a shit about his journalistic integrity on some random midseason football game. And don't even get me started on the "headgear" crap. That was really funny the first few times that he did it, and has been the dumbest thing on television since about, oh, 2006.
Gameday sucks, and has for years. The entire thing should just go away.
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This is the correct answer. ESPN programming outside of the actual games is pure garbage these days. If I want to watch a highlight show or commentators I go NBC Sports or Fox Sports.
Mark May never provided the smallest bit of football insight or knowledge. He would occasionally have a good point, but that typically only happened when he stated the obvious things everybody already knew as a counterpoint to one of Lou Holtz's outrageous claims. His only real bit was being a pompous hypocritical butthole.
Adnan is fine but they pimp the hell out of him. Can't stand Galloway and don't care what Kanell has to say. This sounds terrible. The last hope for ESPN is SVP.
