It's all about markets and getting eyes on the screen. I imagine other team's fans love to hear how Bama, the gold standard, can fall to upcoming teams. If every ESPN personality just said Bama was the class of CFB and no one will probably beat them, casual fans would not be as excited about watching the opinion shows.
Kannell provides what the flagship needs to keep eyes on the screen. He irritates me and I do think he is an idiot, but he serves their purpose. He can say what they need, and is dumb enough to say it convincingly because he actually believes what comes out of his mouth. Useful idiot. He isn't going anywhere.
