If you believe the catfish thing, then you believe that someone, for months if not years, sat on the phone for hours on end pretending to be his girlfriend. And then faking cancer and talking 8 hours a night. It's so crazy. I can't recall something just out of nowhere that dominated everything like this story. Outside of tragedies and the like, of course
No one will read playoff previews, or recruiting roundups, or coaching vacancy stories. This thing is the scab that every journo is going to pick at for hits and ratings
And ESPN knew about this before the Bama game, and they have some pretty important personalities that like to talk about and engage in gambling.