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ESPN Drops BYU, Utah AND Texas Tech In Latest Rankings... SEC Teams ALL Move Up
The institutional tilt at ESPN toward the SEC and away from the rest of the college football landscape is not just a paranoid fan theory—it is a multi-billion-dollar business model disguised as objective journalism. When the Worldwide Leader in Sports holds the exclusive multi-billion-dollar broadcast rights to the SEC, every analytical metric, studio debate, and rankings preview becomes a tool for asset protection.
Look at how proprietary metrics like the Football Power Index (FPI) are weaponized. The algorithm consistently inflates the preseason and weekly standing floors for SEC programs…
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