Last week, I wrote how ESPN has become a disappointment to me.  One of the reasons is the obvious bias ESPN has toward their friends and against their perceived enemies.  Don't want to do business with us?  Fine, we'll shun your asses like the Amish.

In his recent column in SI, Andy Staples reports that most of America will not get to see the BYU-FSU game Saturday because Versus has limited household penetration.  If you have a dish, chances are you won't see it all and if you have cable, your odds are 50-50 (I have Versus, so I'm okay.)

According to Staples:

"The Mountain West spurned ESPN prior to the 2006 season because the four-letter network planned to give away all those prime Thursday-night telecasts to BCS conferences. So instead of playing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, the Mountain West opted to create its own network in partnership with CSTV, now known as CBS College Sports."

Staples goes on to say:

"Clearly, ESPN is too powerful a foe to challenge. Imagine the buzz Utah might have had entering bowl season last year had people been able to watch the Utes play on a regular basis. College football fans would have tuned to ESPN in droves to watch Utah, BYU and TCU play on odd nights. Mountain West highlights have all but disappeared off of ESPN, with a few notable exceptions such as this year's BYU-Oklahoma game, which was broadcast on ABC because Oklahoma was considered the home team and the Big 12 has a contract with ESPN/ABC. Meanwhile, the Mountain West, which might be better top-to-bottom than the Big East, lags behind the MAC in exposure."

There you go. It's ESPN's world and we're just living in it.