"Will the big guns of sports talk ignore this? Dan Patrick, Jim Rome et al?"
No, because they make their living hyping the games. If they told you the game stunk, they'd be out of a job.
Well Rome will complain about it, that's all Rome does is complain, that's why I hate him, guy has the best job in the world (actually gets PAID to talk about sports, look back at this thread and comprehend that) and all he does is bitch and moan. Rome would complain about this game no matter what.