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Nick Saban Criticizes College Football Playoff Rankings and Big Ten Positioning

ESPN analyst Nick Saban expressed strong disapproval of the current College Football Playoff rankings, specifically questioning the treatment of Big Ten teams.

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ESPN analyst Nick Saban expressed strong disapproval of the current College Football Playoff rankings, specifically questioning the treatment of Big Ten teams.

The ESPN analyst let loose on Friday ahead of the college football weekend.

Syracuse.com Sports reported the story as "Nick Saban calls CFP rankings ‘bulls--t,’ cites Big Ten."

9 sources have covered this story, including Syracuse.com Sports, Cleveland.com Sports, LehighValleyLive Sports and PennLive Sports and 5 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 6 hours ago.

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How it spread

Syracuse.com Sports reported it first, Nov 13, 2:19 PM ET. All 9 outlets carried it within the same minute, all in the center.All in the United States.

Left 0Center 9Right 0No left or right outlets yet.

Time since the first report

  1. FirstSyracuse.com SportsNov 13, 2:19 PM ETCenter
  2. +0mCleveland.com SportsNov 13, 2:19 PM ETCenter
  3. +0mLehighValleyLive SportsNov 13, 2:19 PM ETCenter
  4. +0mPennLive SportsNov 13, 2:19 PM ETCenter
  5. +0mAL.com SportsNov 13, 2:19 PM ETCenter
  6. +0mNJ.com SportsNov 13, 2:19 PM ETCenter
All 9 outlets
  1. +0mMLive SportsNov 13, 2:19 PM ETCenter
  2. +0mMassLive SportsNov 13, 2:19 PM ETCenter
  3. +0mThe Oregonian / OregonLiveNov 13, 2:19 PM ETCenter

Claim ledger

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    Verified

    Core event reported by 9 independent outlets across the spectrum.

    9 corroborating · 1 primary-source link

  2. [02]
    Corroborated

    Key facts corroborated by mainstream + wire desks.

    9 corroborating · 2 primary-source links

Framings — how each side is covering it

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