This is NOT an "ESPN hates us!" post

[JonClaudeVanHam]

But what gives with the no coverage of our game on ESPN?

Here is the CFB page at ESPN.com: http://espn.go.com/college-football/

Nothing. Our upset has big effects on the playoff picture and it isn't even mentioned on the front page. Honestly I am just confused as to how an upset like this isn't worthy of the CFB front page. There's not even a blurb! Would've liked to see our players all over it simply for recruiting purposes.

[Hambone Hog]

I was wondering the same thing. Also seems like they showed highlights of every game on SportsCenter last night except ours.

[atekido]

yea its kinda amazing the #8 team getting shut out got no love

[trashcan maN]

No love needed. We had the marquee slot on a slow CFB day. Everyone saw first hand the shellacking we put on the Rebel Bear Landsharks. There was only one landshark D on the field yesterday, and they weren't wearing blue.

[Razorback4]

I was wondering the same thing. I kept going back to their page to see if we were even mentioned and there was nothing. I'm not a believer in the "ESPN" hates Arkansas conspiracy....but seriously? Nothing? We spanked the #8 team in the country 30-0 on national television and we don't even get a story on the main page?

[JonClaudeVanHam]

Even scrolling through their video blurb section, nothing. Not a single mention of the game.

[jethroar]

It was on CBS they are rivals you know

[Ex-Trumpet]

It was all over every network last night...

[Ragnar Hogbrok]

Is there some sort of copyright issue since the broadcast belonged to CBS?  I've noticed this in the past when we play on CBS.

[JonClaudeVanHam]

It was on CBS they are rivals you know

That explains why ESPN never mentions the Iron Bowl.

[Wild Boarnado]

Vent!

Buried deep in like their 3rd or 4th segment around 2am on College Football Final with Reece, Lou, and May Day, did they finally get around to mentioning our game.  They went on and on about the Mizzou game. The Bama game. They even had a segment about the teams that needed a win to go bowling - absolutely no mention of Arkansas.  They showed all the clips from the SEC games against cupcakes this weekend making big deals about them, and then and only then did they mention our game. Very frustrating. I know we have our own "ESPN" SEC Network but "Come On, Man" can't we get a bit of ESPN love after stomping the crap out of the #8 team in the nation.

Vent completed!

I was very happy to hear the SEC Network give us tons of love. They really went on and on about our Hogs.

[ErieHog]

"This is not an ESPN Hates Us Post....but ESPN Hates Us!"


Sigh.

[Hogsfan1981]

I have said this recently....ESPN likes us when we are where we are expected to be. But when you start messing with their favorite teams or screwing up their picks of the week then you starting missing out on all the "ESPN love".

I don't know why it seems this way...I don't think its a conspiracy but that is what happens...I can't explain it. Although Ole Miss was probably not going to get back into the top 4 so maybe that is why.

I could not find any coverage on it from ESPN. Probably has to do with the game being on CBS so they don't cover it as much. I saw the int return for td on top 10 but it did not make the top ten which was insane....has to be the CBS thing.

Who cares...just win.

[JonClaudeVanHam]

"This is not an ESPN Hates Us Post....but ESPN Hates Us!"


Sigh.

The post is about the magnitude of the game, yet there has been little coverage of it outside CBS and Fox. Its insane to think ESPN feels any way about Arkansas.

[ErieHog]

Shut up, Erie.

The post is about the magnitude of the game, yet there has been little coverage of it outside CBS and Fox. Its insane to think ESPN feels any way about Arkansas.

No, I won't shut up.    Had I not decided to chime in, this thing would already be in the Vent section.

This is a nonsense post- a classic case of someone seeking to be offended, and finding reason to be.

SEC Nation covered us more than any other SEC game on Saturday.  College Football Final discussed four other games directly in relation to our win, and what the implications of it were.  Butch Davis gave us one of the team awards, in an ESPN award segment.

Typical small minded, 'everyone is out to get us' thinking.

[hogpc]

Very simple, the game wasn't on ESPN or an affiliated network...but rather on the competition.  ESPN long ago gave up the notion of simply being a sports news organization. They are a sports news organization that reports and supports games on their network - it is a business,  not simply news.  They will give some reporting to big events not on their network that simply can't be ignored, but, the vast majority of their "reporting" is about games on their network.

[Hogsfan1981]

"This is not an ESPN Hates Us Post....but ESPN Hates Us!"


Sigh.

Not one post says "ESPN hates us". People are allowed to have opinions man. You seem uptight. Maybe being a moderator is not the job for you. Christmas is right around the corner....start working on that cheer.

[ErieHog]

Not one post says "ESPN hates us". People are allowed to have opinions man. You seem uptight. Maybe being a moderator is not the job for you. Christmas is right around the corner....start working on that cheer.

Hm.  6 posts in this thread are essentially  'ESPN Hates Us!",  beyond the OP.

If people want to Vent, we have Vents for that. 

My Christmas cheer is in not mourning the Razorback victory, or looking for nonsensical reasons to be miserable.

[JonClaudeVanHam]

No, I won't shut up.    Had I not decided to chime in, this thing would already be in the Vent section.

This is a nonsense post- a classic case of someone seeking to be offended, and finding reason to be.

SEC Nation covered us more than any other SEC game on Saturday.  College Football Final discussed four other games directly in relation to our win, and what the implications of it were.  Butch Davis gave us one of the team awards, in an ESPN award segment.

Typical small minded, 'everyone is out to get us' thinking.

I'm not offended, I'm puzzled. I would be just as puzzled if some other unranked team had shutout a top ten team and then was not given a place on the ESPN website. Maybe if you stop acting like I'm just some moron posting about "lil ole Arkansas" you would see my post has nothing to do with TV coverage.

I apologize for telling you to shut up, as it was inappropriate, but I did delete it. You kept it in. I just expect better posting from you, since you're extremely informed. Once again, this has nothing to do the mythical hatred of us by major networks.

[Hogsfan1981]

I get that. But it's is not hurting anyone. I think people got educated on it being a CBS thing.

I just think educating fans like me is better than getting offended or upset.

Plus it is a sport forum. Half the fun is the dumb!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[ErieHog]

I'm not offended, I'm puzzled. I would be just as puzzled if some other unranked team had shutout a top ten team and then was not given a place on the ESPN website. Maybe if you stop acting like I'm just some moron posting about "lil ole Arkansas" you would see my post has nothing to do with TV coverage.

I apologize for telling you to shut up, as it was inappropriate, but I did delete it. You kept it in. I just expect posting from you, since you're extremely informed. Once again, this has nothing to do the mythical hatred of us by major networks.

Fine.

A few things worth remembering;  ESPN has the SEC Network, ESPN News has the continuous college equivalent of Red Zone,  ESPN 2 has its own College Game Day nightcap,  and ESPN primary has College Football Final;  between those three (and before touching on ESPNU), everyone gets a good bit of coverage.

The SEC Network is always going to cover us more heavily than any other arm of ESPN, because that is what it is for;  a regional brand, presented above all else in the football world.    An uncompetitive 30-0 game that essentially does the main network a favor of not having to devote extra time to one potential teams in the playoff is a gift to them, beyond how it impacts other playoff candidates.

Throw in that there were only 2 Top 25 vs. Top 25 games yesterday,  and it means they have to cover more games than usual.  Stanford, Arkansas, South Carolina,  North  Carolina, Texas State,  San Diego State, Florida, Western Kentucky, Houston,  and MTSU became bowl eligible;  three major conferences still have unsettled races for championship game participants-- some of which aren't going to effect the playoff picture at all, but all of which became slightly more muddled yesterday.

The point is, there is a ton of relevant, news worthy football going on;  this may be the busiest week of the season, for it, given the compression of Rivalry Week and the major conference games starting Thursday.

If we want consistent coverage on CFBF, or Game Day, or any other ESPN-Primary show, we'll get it when we're ranked, not when we're beating a ranked team.    Until then, it'll be inconsistent, differentiated between news streams, and not the lead story on the front page of ESPN for a full day.

[JonClaudeVanHam]

Fine.

A few things worth remembering;  ESPN has the SEC Network, ESPN News has the continuous college equivalent of Red Zone,  ESPN 2 has its own College Game Day nightcap,  and ESPN primary has College Football Final;  between those three (and before touching on ESPNU), everyone gets a good bit of coverage.

The SEC Network is always going to cover us more heavily than any other arm of ESPN, because that is what it is for;  a regional brand, presented above all else in the football world.    An uncompetitive 30-0 game that essentially does the main network a favor of not having to devote extra time to one potential teams in the playoff is a gift to them, beyond how it impacts other playoff candidates.

Throw in that there were only 2 Top 25 vs. Top 25 games yesterday,  and it means they have to cover more games than usual.  Stanford, Arkansas, South Carolina,  North  Carolina, Texas State,  San Diego State, Florida, Western Kentucky, Houston,  and MTSU became bowl eligible;  three major conferences still have unsettled races for championship game participants-- some of which aren't going to effect the playoff picture at all, but all of which became slightly more muddled yesterday.

The point is, there is a ton of relevant, news worthy football going on;  this may be the busiest week of the season, for it, given the compression of Rivalry Week and the major conference games starting Thursday.

If we want consistent coverage on CFBF, or Game Day, or any other ESPN-Primary show, we'll get it when we're ranked, not when we're beating a ranked team.    Until then, it'll be inconsistent, differentiated between news streams, and not the lead story on the front page of ESPN for a full day.

See, I like this post. Its why you're one of the best on here. I still don't think it warrants not even putting a link to the upset of the number 8 team in the nation on your CFB page, but whatever. I'm not saying the game should have top story coverage, I'm saying its very strange that to the person who just logs on to ESPN to see the writeups wouldn't even know the game happened based off of the links provided for the supposed important stories.

[hogsanity]

I dont know what espn some of you watched last night but the hog game was all over their college football coverage. 

[PorkerOinker]

You guys obviously never checked it during the game. For nearly an hour during our game, Ark/Ole Miss was the top feature on the ESPN homepage. And then was also one of the top stories on the side of the college football homepage as well.

[PorkerOinker]

I dont know what espn some of you watched last night but the hog game was all over their college football coverage. 

I think most only tuned into Sportscenter, which didn't have a tone of coverage, but there was some coverage. But the game was all over the website and the college football shows with Reece, Lou, and Mark.

[JonClaudeVanHam]

You guys obviously never checked it during the game. For nearly an hour during our game, Ark/Ole Miss was the top feature on the ESPN homepage. And then was also one of the top stories on the side of the college football homepage as well.

I didn't, thanks.