Gee, ya think ESPN is rooting for the Saints?
by Brad Wells on Feb 7, 2010 9:00 AM EST
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It's no big secret down here in South Florida that the media want the Saints to win. In fact, it's pretty damned overt. For them, the Saints winning is a better story than the Colts winning their second championship in four years, creating a compelling argument for team of the decade. However, ESPN has taken the corporate media "Who Dat!" love fest to a new level: They've already declared the Saints the winner.
In an article discussing quarterbacks that have won "only" one ring, Drew Brees is listed with the following tag line:
"After completing the best season in New Orleans Saints history, Drew Brees has finally won his first Super Bowl," the item reads. "Brees' lone Super Bowl victory puts him on an eclectic list of starting quarterbacks with one title to their names."
The link to the article has been severed at ESPN's site. If someone can find it, please post a new link in the comments. I assume ESPN changed the article, but I secretly hope they didn't.
Again, like the fascist Louisiana school principle story, this is not likely to affect the two teams getting ready to play Super Bowl 44. However, it does make ESPN out to be the biased corporate whores they are, clearly wanting a better "story" than just doing their job which is to, you know, report sports news as it happens.
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I've been saying it all year
Doubt us, disrespect us, overlook us. Do it all the way to the Lombardi Trophy.
Like #55 says: “We get our respect on the football field”.
My favorite stat line: The Colts lead the league in having more points than their opponent after 60 minutes.
Who cares now!
It’s Super Bowl Sunday!!!
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Stop acting like the Patriots!
This is a common thing for journalists to do to prepare to get a story out as quickly as possible. For the love of all that is holy, you can’t get bent out of shape on things like this or your blood pressure’s gonna kill you. The Colts are not being disrespected, it’s just that people don’t want to read another column about how good they are. Variety is the spice of life, and the Saints provide a great story this year.
Embrace it, and then rub their noses in it after the fact. Again, stop acting like not getting constant fellatio is akin to disrespect. We’re better than the Pats and their fans, dammit!
by The Walking Eye on Feb 7, 2010 10:29 AM EST reply actions
Saints fan here. Bingo !
All you hear on our page is everyone is picking the Colts. No coverage of the Saints. Etc. ESPN just plain sucks. I don’t care who you are. Their web site has like two free articles and twenty lead in’s to pay sites. I think this is going to be one of the best Super Bowls in the history of the game. Lets enjoy the day and pizz on the talking heads. !! Geaux Saints
by saints-fan-in-miss on Feb 7, 2010 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
Reply fail.
This is for The Walking Eye.
by ActionOxford on Feb 7, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
Could have been an honest mistake.
You know how we make mistakes in our posts? Or accidentally hit the button to publish before we’re ready?
by The Walking Eye on Feb 7, 2010 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah but this is a huge company that left it up for quiet a few hours.
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." -Mark Twain
Not a troll
But it seems like all you guys ever talk about is how disrespected you are. Oh my God! A colts player was chosen on somebody’s website to be the worst player playing in this superbowl! Oh my god, people are talking about New Orleans!
Trust me. Everybody respects you. That’s why everyone is picking you to win and is fellating your QB. That’s pretty good for a team that’s won 1 championship this decade (that’s not a shot, you’ll probably get another tonight). You get the respect you deserve, and you’re a healthy six point favorite against the number 1 seed in the NFC. Jeez.
ah none of really believe we're being disrespected
BUT a scorned lover is much more entertaining a role to play than a content stander by.
Indianapolis Colts, taking focus away from my DBacks every Sunday.
Mark Mandingo
If this comment was ment for me read before you post ! I said on our page a lot of fans feel like the Colts are getting all the coverage. NOT ME ! We are the uderdogs. Period. Nothing new there. Second I don’t watch the talking heads. I feel like this Saints team has gotten all the respect due them for the most part. Untill we win the big one we are the also rans. Don’t paint the entire Who Dat Nation with the same brush. The second part of my post was that ESPN on line sucks. Has nothing to do with coverage of the Saints, Colts or even football. They just plain suck. Should be a great game. Geaux Saints
by saints-fan-in-miss on Feb 7, 2010 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Amen
I started reading this site because my girlfriend is from Indy and I largely have never had a problem with the Colts. Bill Pollian is great, Manning is great right on down-
but seriously. Any chance someone has to say that someone poked you in the eye or called you a name, it becomes a post here. For fans of what is probably the best team in football over the past at least 4-5 years its pretty sad that 2 out of every 5 stories on here is about how someone, somewhere didn’t think the Colts were the best team ever. This blog has been the most frustrating aspect of my trying to learn a bit more about this team and get a bit more excited about this team.
So some ESPN blogger posted one of his two Monday copies prematurely? So what? They do that all the time-same as how Nike has printed up New Orleans/Indianapolis Super Bowl victory shirts and hats already. You going to hate on them too because they entertained the idea that NO could win and wanted to save themselves some time.
And you are very much mistaken if you think that ESPN reports news-they report news about as much as CNN and FOX do. This is a channel of talking heads and highlights-their job is to come up with those stories whether you think it should be their job or not-you can tell its their job because they keep getting paid to do it.
Lord help this place when something actually bad happens to the Colts and not just “they decided to rest their starters” or “Marvin Harrison was left off some all decade list somewhere.”
Again, it’s really just a shame that such a good football team would have a blog dominated by such a negative outlook.
Keyshawn and Carter both picked the Saints...
that makes me feel better.
"Hey, quit callin' the f@&%in' plays, alright?...When we call pass plays, BLOCK!" - #18
Wow
ESPN loves a good story, but how does that get published. Plus this game at least I think will be a close one so it would have been irresponsible to post this or something along the lines that Peyton won his second ring.
FOUND IT
Here is the cached link to the post
http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:KYWz7VUWLUUJ:espn.go.com/sportsnation/rank%3FversionId%3D2%26listId%3D516+drew+brees+espn+sports+nation+super+bowl&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
Geez BBS, relax a little bit. I can just about guarantee that ESPN.com also has a similar story/page already made for if the Colts win. It’s commonly done ahead of time, and you should know that. The only difference was that the Saints/Brees page was mistakenly published. It’s already been taken down, so settle.
Go Colts!
Well....
I would have been pretty ticked as a fan to see that but it’s just ESPN and a bunch of people that have NO affect on the outcome of your Super Bowl.
BUT…now that it’s said and done…I’m glad that now there will be NO discussion of team of the decade as it’s clearly the Patriots!!!!
by ColtsnotasgoodasPats on Feb 7, 2010 11:31 PM EST reply actions
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