WOW! Listening to Collin Cowherd on ESPN Radio

[BRStang]

And he is actually going off on a rant about college athletics and how it is a joke for anyone to think that top players in FB and BB are not getting "a little something something." He says he is not a moralist about it, and says every big time coach knows how the game is played. It's about big money and winning for big time programs and its about getting out of poverty and "rural Georgia" or wherever for the athletes that go to these programs. He says it's just the way it is and no one should be pointing the finger about anyone else. It's just how the game is played. Anyone who thinks it is not about money and is about running a clean program is deluding himself...

WOW! I cannot believe what I was just hearing...I mean, we all suspect it, but for a guy like Cowherd to come out and say this is something else. I don't even think he realized what kind of bombshell his is dropping. I mean, it I know it is just radio, but Cowherd is a big ESPN radio guy...

[smupony94]

[BRStang]

I don't think obvious is the right word...unless, of course, you are on a first name basis with someone like Mack Brown. We may all suspect that payment of players is rampant, but for someone that close to the situation to go on a public rant like that, that's something different...at least it is to me. More than likely, his statements can and will be chalked up to "some sports talk radio guy" and get lost in the bandwidth, but I just haven't heard that kind of talk in a long while from such a big commentator.

[Water Pony]

Thanks, Captain Obvious

[smupony94]

I don't think obvious is the right word...unless, of course, you are on a first name basis with someone like Mack Brown. We may all suspect that payment of players is rampant, but for someone that close to the situation to go on a public rant like that, that's something different...at least it is to me. More than likely, his statements can and will be chalked up to "some sports talk radio guy" and get lost in the bandwidth, but I just haven't heard that kind of talk in a long while from such a big commentator.

I really was just messing with you.

[NavyCrimson]

LOVE IT WATER PONY!!!!!!!!!!

But for the subject at hand - Duuuhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BRStang]

Damn, I thought you were calling Cowherd "Captain Obvious". Now I'm offended.

[ponyscott]

Darn, now THAT is funny..where did you get that pic?
I hear you on the fact that a major commentator would come out and state the obvious and none really want to step on that land mine, now if the College Game Day guys were to say this type of stuff on their program, THEN we would see some scrambling....

[SMUfiji43]

This guy sounds like the Skip Bayless of sports talk radio

[smupony94]

Darn, now THAT is funny..where did you get that pic?
I hear you on the fact that a major commentator would come out and state the obvious and none really want to step on that land mine, now if the College Game Day guys were to say this type of stuff on their program, THEN we would see some scrambling....

went to Bing and searched images for Captain Obvious

[BRStang]

But for the subject at hand - Duuuhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You apparently don't understand the subject at hand. My point is not that cheating still exists and may be rampant, my point is that a top commentator close to the situation is saying that it IS rampant.

Perhaps you should take all your vast personal knowledge of "the subject at hand" to the NCAA compliance office. How are they existing without you?

[PK]

The NCAA doesn't really want to know...unless it is being done by some small private school.

[MustangStealth]

WOW! I cannot believe what I was just hearing...

I can't believe someone was actually listening to Cowherd.

[EastStang]

He has one of the most grating radio voices out there. The only other one that is worse is Mark Levin.

[EP Pony Fan]

This guy sounds like the Skip Bayless of sports talk radio

Not a bad comparison, I guess, but as grating as Cowherd can be, he's infinitely more intelligent and well-informed — and enjoyable to listen to — than Little Skippy could ever hope to be. How he has a job anywhere is baffling.