Scott D. Pierce: ESPN is surprisingly nice to BYU, despite all the losses

If ever there was a season for ESPN to be, well, less than supportive of the BYU football team, this is it.The Cougars were 2-8 heading into Friday’s game at UNLV, having beaten only a winless FCS team (Portland) and a one-win FBS team (San Jose State). And only one of BYU’s eight losses was even close (19-13 to Utah). And yet ESPN2 treated the Cougars gently and respectfully during Friday’s telecast. When play-by-play announcer Adam Amin told viewers there was “not a wh