Bo Pelini doesn't think the SEC's relationship with ESPN is good for college football

Bo Pelini is not a fan of the SEC's arrangement with ESPN.

ESPN runs the SEC Network and with four of the top five teams in the AP poll from the SEC, the conference has been getting a lot of attention. And given that ESPN is the biggest television rights-holder in college football, it's natural that the relationship and conference excellence has led to amplification.

“I don’t think that kind of relationship is good for college football," Pelini said. "That’s just my opinion. Anytime you have a relationship with somebody, you have a partnership, you are supposed to be neutral. It’s pretty hard to stay neutral in that situation.”

However, those comments must mean Pelini isn't a fan of the Big Ten Network either. Or if he is, he has a double standard.

The SEC Network is owned by ESPN and the profits are split evenly with the conference. The Big Ten Network is owned jointly by Fox and the Big Ten. The television network, which has a contract to broadcast the Big Ten Championship, owns 51 percent of the Big Ten Network. It's unreasonable to expect Fox to stay neutral in a situation like that if you feel ESPN can't.

We understand the preception among other conferences that the SEC has gotten more than a "fair" share of attention in 2014. However, given that the arrangement with the SEC Network is based off what the Big Ten Network established when it was launched in 2007, any gripes about it without a direct acknowledgement of the standard set seven years ago seem less like legitimate complaints and more like whining.

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Tennessee political ad compares candidate to Lane Kiffin (Photo)

Being compared to Lane Kiffin in the realm of Tennessee politics is not a good thing.

A PAC in Tennessee released an ad comparing Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson (D) to the former Tennessee coach and now-Alabama offensive coordinator.

How much does #Tennessee dislike Lane Kiffin? Enough that he is used in a political hit piece. [photo] #Election2014 http://ift.tt/1wgRZWX

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While Kiffin has gotten some scrutiny this year, he's had some good moments as well, including Alabama's 59-0 win over Texas A&M last week and the Crimson Tide's 42-21 win over Florida. But as Kiffin was the Volunteers' coach for one season, there's no positivity in the ad.

The ad says Johnson, like Kiffin, is all talk and is an ineffective leader. Kiffin's 2009 Tennessee team went 7-6 in his first year of a six-year deal. However, after Pete Carroll left USC for the Seattle Seahawks, Kiffin was an assistant coach under Carroll at USC before he was coach of the Oakland Raiders.

The ad likely has some not-so-coincidental timing too. Alabama travels to Tennessee on Saturday, the first time Kiffin has coached in Neyland Stadium since he left the Volunteers.

Per Knoxville.com, the ad was paid for by the Tennessee Federation for Children.

(Tweet H/T SB Nation)

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The laceration that Texas Tech WR Jakeem Grant suffered in a shooting incident at a party early Sunday morning is on his chin and Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury expects him to play Saturday against TCU.

"I would expect him to play," Kingsbury said. "That's not 100 percent but it looks that way."

Grant was at a "krunkness" party Saturday night at a Lubbock, Tex.-area dance hall when gunshots came from multiple vehicles. He went to the hospital after suffering the laceration.

"As far as I know, he did receive stitches and it appeared to be from what I saw under his chin area," Kingsbury said.

Kingsbury also said he didn't know if any other players were at the party with Grant, who is Texas Tech's leading receiver.

"I have no clue," Kingsbury said. "Like I said, I just heard about Jakeem's situation, found out he was fine and that's where we're at."

According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, approximately two dozen officers responded to the incident. Two suspects have been identified and more than 20 shell casings have been recovered. It's still unknown how Grant suffered the laceration.

The paper said that the party was billed as "Krunkness 2014 and “the biggest college night to hit Lubbock, Texas.”

For more Texas Tech news, visit RedRaiderSports.com.

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