CBS worse decision ever to not work with SEC?

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I think this was talked about in the off season but I could not find the thread after looking back 5-6 pages. Clay Travis recently brought it up again with numbers from this season.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
It may be correct but anything coming out of Clay Travis' mouth I automatically convert to the Peanuts' adults voices.
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I am surprised about the hate of Clay Travis on here. Big media guy that is a Vols fan. Granted, maybe it is the politics. I think he definitely pivoted too hard into the political arena 6-7 years ago. Sadly, that makes money.
 
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volbound1700 said:
I am surprised about the hate of Clay Travis on here. Big media guy that is a Vols fan. Granted, maybe it is the politics. I think he definitely pivoted too hard into the political arena 6-7 years ago. Sadly, that makes money.
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His book Republicans Wear Shoes Too was really good though. Can’t argue with the fact that politics invading sports is not good, causing more division and frankly just takes the fun out of it.

Left or Right the world would be a lot better if people would just enjoy things without letting politics into it
 
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volbound1700 said:
I am surprised about the hate of Clay Travis on here. Big media guy that is a Vols fan. Granted, maybe it is the politics. I think he definitely pivoted too hard into the political arena 6-7 years ago. Sadly, that makes money.
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I hated him before the politics because he's always been a loudmouth jackass who desperately wanted to be the new Jim Rome type back when Rome was the biggest "hot take" guy out there.

He may be a Vol fan but he went too far in the Dooley years by slurping James Franklin and he actively trolled UT and UT fans during that time. The lead up to the 2011 Vandy game UT had bought out the UNC game the next year and he tweeted out "Maybe UT should buy out the Vandy game." He talked all week how Vandy was going to beat UT and then when UT won in OT and the celebration video came out in the UT locker room he tweeted how pathetic it was that UT was that excited for beating Vandy. His slurping of Bruce Pearl after he was hired at Auburn and again trolled UT fans was also pathetic.

Also he's a major grifter. Most people are probably fine with his politics but he's a been a jackass for a very long time.
 
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Nerwen Aldarion said:
His book Republicans Wear Shoes Too was really good though. Can’t argue with the fact that politics invading sports is not good, causing more division and frankly just takes the fun out of it.

Left or Right the world would be a lot better if people would just enjoy things without letting politics into it
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I mean....I guess but coming from Travis that rings extremely hollow and hypocritical given how involved in politics he is now. I usually find his type do not argue in good faith; what they mean by "keep politics out of sports", they mean the stuff they don't like. They are fine when things they agree with are pushed. Or they argue that things they like aren't really political when they 100% are.

I agree with the principle but I'm not buying the sentiment from a guy like him.
 
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I mean....I guess but coming from Travis that rings extremely hollow and hypocritical given how involved in politics he is now. I usually find his type do not argue in good faith; what they mean by "keep politics out of sports", they mean the stuff they don't like. They are fine when things they agree with are pushed. Or they argue that things they like aren't really political when they 100% are.

I agree with the principle but I'm not buying the sentiment from a guy like him.
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That’s a fair point, and his book came out before he became a big political commentator but it does ring a bit different now. I don’t care about how he feels politically to be honest, I try to keep a broad perspective of various opinions, even those I don’t agree with or don’t like. I do agree he does seem to think his own shot doesn’t stink which is very annoying

But I still think the principle is the same. I think the vast majority of people would be happier if we could separate politics from entertainment.
 
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volbound1700 said:
I am surprised about the hate of Clay Travis on here. Big media guy that is a Vols fan. Granted, maybe it is the politics. I think he definitely pivoted too hard into the political arena 6-7 years ago. Sadly, that makes money.
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I couldn't care less about his politics. I don't like him because the clown would take thread topics straight off this board and report it as "reports from Knoxville". Travis insinuated he was somewhat of an insider at UT, which isn't/wasn't remotely true
 
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ESPN/Disney is practically doing the same thing. They refuse to pay more for 9 SEC games. Shame on Sankey & SEC office getting stuck in this predicament again.
 
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I no longer pay any attention to anything Clay Travis says and never will. Has lost all credibility.

Having said that, does anybody miss the commentary from Gary Danielson? CBS losing the SEC broadcasts was the best thing that ever happened to us. As the old Roy Clark song went: “Thank God and Greyhound You’re Gone”.
 
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volbound1700 said:


I think this was talked about in the off season but I could not find the thread after looking back 5-6 pages. Clay Travis recently brought it up again with numbers from this season.
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It’s hard to believe anyone’s numbers are down. I can’t multi view without having to choose all the power conferences. I’m giving views to two Big 10 games, SEC and Notre Dame at the same time.

Clay Travis probably doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
 
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the best thing that happened to Nashville radio was he decided to go national. He follows the philosophy that there's no bad radio. He says what ever will get people talking whether is controversial or not. Glad he's gone
 
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Delmar said:
I no longer pay any attention to anything Clay Travis says and never will. Has lost all credibility.

Having said that, does anybody miss the commentary from Gary Danielson? CBS losing the SEC broadcasts was the best thing that ever happened to us. As the old Roy Clark song went: “Thank God and Greyhound You’re Gone”.
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Tbh, I’ve only heard snippets from CT. How has he lost credibility? From what I HAVE heard, it’s his delivery and long winded approach getting to the point that hasn’t held my interest.
 
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I couldn't care less about his politics. I don't like him because the clown would take thread topics straight off this board and report it as "reports from Knoxville". Travis insinuated he was somewhat of an insider at UT, which isn't/wasn't remotely true
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This is why I don’t like him. He’s skilled at reading a wind vane and that’s about it.

What he pulled in the Dooley years and the post-Pearl years at UT just exposed his grift. I did appreciate what he was doing in the NIL controversy and exposing the NCAA for the fraud it is, but the more I see of him the less I like him. It’s not the politics - I agree with him more often than not on the substance of issues -, it’s somehow Jim Rome but more self-aggrandizing than anyone thought possible. And even when I agree with him, I feel like I need to take a shower and reexamine my life.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
I hated him before the politics because he's always been a loudmouth jackass who desperately wanted to be the new Jim Rome type back when Rome was the biggest "hot take" guy out there.

He may be a Vol fan but he went too far in the Dooley years by slurping James Franklin and he actively trolled UT and UT fans during that time. The lead up to the 2011 Vandy game UT had bought out the UNC game the next year and he tweeted out "Maybe UT should buy out the Vandy game." He talked all week how Vandy was going to beat UT and then when UT won in OT and the celebration video came out in the UT locker room he tweeted how pathetic it was that UT was that excited for beating Vandy. His slurping of Bruce Pearl after he was hired at Auburn and again trolled UT fans was also pathetic.

Also he's a major grifter. Most people are probably fine with his politics but he's a been a jackass for a very long time.
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Grifters don’t start, build and sell $100M+ empires.
 
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Delmar said:
I no longer pay any attention to anything Clay Travis says and never will. Has lost all credibility.

Having said that, does anybody miss the commentary from Gary Danielson? CBS losing the SEC broadcasts was the best thing that ever happened to us. As the old Roy Clark song went: “Thank God and Greyhound You’re Gone”.
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The only thing I miss about CBS is the theme song, and their production value was generally top notch.
 
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volbound1700 said:
I am surprised about the hate of Clay Travis on here. Big media guy that is a Vols fan. Granted, maybe it is the politics. I think he definitely pivoted too hard into the political arena 6-7 years ago. Sadly, that makes money.
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Is he really a Vol fan? He sure liked to slurp James Franklin when Franklin was at Vanderbilt.

.... and does anyone remember what it was that first brought Clay Travis national attention? He was the one who asked Tim Tebow if he was a virgin.
 
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Has anyone seen anything on the viewership on CBS with the difference between the B10 this year and the SEC last year? Just kinda curious as to which ultimately is the bigger draw.
 
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