Indiana: ‘Other Coaches Are Scared To Say,’ ‘ They Don’t Even Try To Hide the Bias…
IndianaHe made that case to Don Fischer on the Indiana coaches' show on Wednesday, a day after the selection committee's reveal, with the 8-1 Hoosiers heading into their bye week. ESPN aired Tuesday's reveal, though the order itself is the committee's work.
Alabama, with two losses, sits fifth, a spot behind Indiana. Its 19-15 win in Bloomington on October 17 was the Hoosiers' only loss.
The Hoosiers' coach didn't dress up the point. "SEC gets a lot of love from ESPN, you know, and all their writers that they don't technically pay, but march to their drum," Cignetti said.
"So, and that's why you see all these SEC teams up there, you know, and some good two-loss teams from the Big Ten, not quite as high. But like I said, it's all going to be played out on the field."
KEY POINTS
- ‘Other Coaches Are Scared To Say,’ ‘ They Don’t Even Try To Hide the Bias’ — Fans Back Curt Cignetti for Calling Out CFP Rankings, ESPN’s SEC Favoritism.
- Indiana is No. 4 in the first College Football Playoff rankings, and its coach, Curt Cignetti, thinks ESPN’s fondness for the SEC explains why that conference has so many teams on the board.
- No conference placed more teams than the SEC's 10, and none of them is unbeaten.
- Ohio State, also a two-loss team, is 12th.