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I'm actually glad Kirk Wrongstreit made that call..dont need that espn "expert" cheering for the DAWGS, or Dylan "all about me" Raiola at UGA to win championships. The kid has already transferred more in his few short years here, than most military families do in a lifetime..GoDAWGS!
Everyone knows that UGA is now the top DAWG in college football and will be for a long while. Haters and going to hate and well all teams fear someone. UGA fears NO ONE.
The ESPN cabal of jackals are no friends of the Georgia program. They started the narrative that if Georgia didn't beat Alabama we would be out of the playoff weeks before the SEC Championship game. One of their talking heads told UGA fans to go to the hot place down under. Now this comes to light. I've been called a conspiracy theorist before when talking about the anti-UGA bias ESPN has had in the past. Glad people are starting to see the light.
WOW !!! Talking about crossing the LINE...
Kirk H is a deucebag, freak ESPN
Wonder if Herbstreit would have done the same if he was committed to OSU…
Oh well, thinks the dawgs are better off in the long run with his history of transferring and broken commitments.
Agreed although college football is a bit of a fraternity and I have no doubt that these kind of calls happen and will continue to. However, when you are the #1 most recognizable name in college football broadcasting and the face of college football for ESPN, then you have to hold yourself to a higher standard and refrain from even casually encouraging one of the top recruits in the country.
And for Raiola's dad, sheesh, loose lips sink ships. Gossiping like it was no big deal.
I think you could say that, about ESPN....America's "CFB Overlord" and "Fandom Megaphone". They are NOT impartial observers and have been Socially Engineering DIV1 CFB behind the scenes, for decades.
This past year's "CFP results", convinced me that there exists a "deep state" [if you will...Lol], in CFB....perpetrated by people in trusted positions. ESPN and other's, that are being "paid to be unbiased"....have been influencing decisions that effect UGA [etal] from behind the scenes, using insider info.
Sometimes ESPN's spin and influence campaigns, work for UGA....most times, it doesn't. ESPN's "power & influence" somewhat muted by the "expanded playoff". They need to be neutralized, while the opportunity is there.
It's high-time ESPN went back to "reporting the news"....and, stopped trying to "make the news", in their own image. There is only one God, and He lives in Georgia. He's not happy with what he's seeing and hearing. Lol
Herbstreit HAD to have questioned his own integrity, before calling Raiola. He had to have known, it wasn't "ethical" to influence a story he and his employer "report on", using info he received as part of his job. He was WRONG...and, he & ESPN know it. Lol...Watch em back-peddle, now.
Go Dawgs. Beat EVERYBODY....and make ESPN's words, "irrelevant".
You are 100% right. Herbstreit and ESPN pulled the same "spin crap", on UGA, in 2007....and, 2018.
Notice that UGA went into the 1st CFP Poll, in each of the last 2 years, as the AP/Coaches Poll #1 Team....yet, the CFPC saw fit to put Tennessee #1 [2021] and Michigan #1 [2022]....based solely on the Spin coming out of a very biased ESPN.
ESPN may have also been responsible for moving the MLB All-Star game, out of Atlanta a couple of years ago....because of a Political issue, they didn't take the time to research or understand [reporting 101]. ESPN in a nutshell....Sloppy, WOKE and irresponsible....also, not on MY TV. Lol
The real problem here isn’t where DR ended up. It’s that KH - the “voice of ESPN Game Day” - is picking up the phone and telling a recruit to flip their commitment? ****? Conflict of interest? Newsflash: your job is to report the news - not make it. Is there any integrity anymore at ESPN?
To be honest, with the familial ties to Nebraska, it never really made sense that the kid committed to UGA. I wasn’t really surprised and was actually happy he left. I never liked that he dumped multiple high schools on his way to transferring to a powerhouse when he already had the recognition. I felt bad for the kid already at Buford that got hosed by this self-loving piece of work.
That said, herbstreit butting his nose into the process is out of bounds. Yes, I am ultimately happy with the end result and have no “best of luck” feelings for the kid but that influence completely removes any perception of unbiased. Other than a dislike of UGA I cannot see any reason for him even caring.
There was one less QB at UGA, than there was, when Raiola committed, in the first place. He committed to UGA, while Beck, Vandergriff and Stockton were all expected to return. BVG leaves....and, Dylan flips to Nebraska. I don't think competition had a lot to do with it.
Or....maybe....Smart & Bobo were having "buyers remorse" after watching Raiola play in Georgia for a year. And, there's no-telling what KJ Bolden [HS Teammate] had to say about his leadership, behind closed doors.
Either way....IMO....The Dawgs came out on top, with Puglisi.
Like any other mainstream media reporting, No, the word is not anywhere in their vocabulary.