Ummm....SOLD!

It may shock people to know this, but Rovell is factually wrong. Several economists (Andrew Zimbalist being one) have worked out that the free market value of a college football basketball player is well into 6 figures. See here http://www.bigcollegesportseconomics.com/

In Rovell's world, offensive lineman wouldn't get paid either.

Wow. Wow.

Great piece, and only one small quibble. Rovell is not "harmless". His worldview is profoundly nihilistic and destructive, which itself isn't a problem, but becomes one when he incessantly peddles it to his x00,000 followers (he blocked me long ago, so I can't look up his stats). He's a sociopath with a large platform.

I am sorry, but I went to Maryland too, and Maryland fans are just as bad. there will always be drunk idiots in any crowd.

Oregon is Washington's Mexico.

"Butt-faced shitbag" is probably the most accurate description of Cowherd in existence.

I'm sorry, shouldn't complain about free content, etc., but I'm pretty disappointed that this is a podcast. It'll take a lot longer to listen to than to read, I might miss some of it if I accidentally concentrate on work and stop listening, and, most importantly for Deadspin, it's what Bill Simmons would do.

I hope he does. We showed flashes of brilliance (the Oregon game) but couldn't sustain it over the season.

Look at this fucking guy. Thanks for ruining football, you smarmy ginger fuck.

Now for the interview with the Selection Committee Chairman where he tries with all his might to avoid saying "Look, Indiana, Texas, and UCLA all have lots of fans that spend lots of money."

He wasn't consoling him. Newbill was just showing him the proper body position for burying your head in the sand at Happy Valley.

I'm fascinated to see how Johnson and Gore perform. They're already past the age where most of their peers are out of the league, but their numbers are still really, really good. If they put up 80 percent of what they did last season, I think the Colts would be thrilled.

Every year or two, one team decides that its window is as open as it's ever going to be, and makes the short-term deals with veterans that it believes will put it over the top.

"Nope."

And Dr. Oz.

Lest we forget, she also wrought Jenny McCarthy.

Thanks, Oprah, for inflicting Dr. Phil on our national culture.

More importantly for him, he would have been drafted under the old rookie pay scale. Just imagine a shittier Sam Bradford.