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Bo Pelini says the ESPN-SEC relationship is not good for college football

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College football is a universe filled with conflicts of interests and complex relationships.  Athletes and institutions, sponsors and scholarships, television networks and conferences. There’s a “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours” nature about the sport that always lies somewhere beneath the surface.  And because FBS college football is unique in that its championship is largely decided by people and polls and boardrooms, these complex relationships always bear watching.
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini spoke out about the largest of those relationships that casts a shadow over the sport – ESPN’s backing of the SEC Network.  Pelini said that the relationship called into question the network’s neutrality:
“I don’t think that kind of relationship is good for college football. That’s just my opinion,” Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini said Monday. “Anytime you have a relationship with somebody, you have a partne

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