Michael Wilbon disagrees with this supposed Boise State media backlash business, and he’s not afraid to shout about it.
During “Pardon the Interruption” yesterday, Wilbon and Kornheiser discussed a column by Dan Wetzel, which discussed the growing sentiment among fans of BCS teams that Boise State’s status as a “plucky underdog” means it has an outrageously easy path to a title.
Here’s what Wetzel wrote on Yahoo! Sports:
As the 2010 season kicks off this week however, fans of teams from major conferences, especially ones with realistic championship chances, increasingly see Boise as something other than a plucky underdog. The Broncos are a team that, based on a favorable schedule, may have found an inside, and potentially unworthy, route to win a national title.
Wilbon respectfully disagrees with said fans’ opinions. Here’s the segment from PTI, and at one point it does indeed appear that Wilbon is about to open-hand slap Tony Kornheiser across the mouth: