Earlier this month, ESPN gave Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) an extended platform on its marquee college football show, College GameDay . It did not go well.

But Cruz, exercising the kind of fact-defying delusion that only politicians can, claims it went incredibly well.

“ The response was overwhelmingly positive ,” Cruz told Front Office Sports , via Drew Lerner of Awful Announcing . “And the critics were mostly partisans who were just engaged in partisan games. It’s a little ridiculous to say, ‘Gosh, College GameDay should not talk about college sports,’ which is what we were talking about, and the rules that govern college sports and bringing…

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