ESPN Pulls Three Employees From Harris Interactive Poll

Panned since its launch for failing to crown a true national champion, the BCS is taking more heat this week for stumbling its way through the formation of the new Harris Interactive College Football Poll. First, ESPN has pulled Lou Holtz and two other employees from the poll, maintaining its distance from the BCS. Another panelist was taken off the poll because being a fan and the son-in-law of a coach does not meet the requirement for being a voter. And one glaring omission: not a single woman on the 114-person panel.>>Read More

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