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Some of yall fit right in to an Orwell novel
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:04 am
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:04 am
Go SEC! Yay everyone else! Let's all win and have a big group hug! We'll all get more money, and strengthen our prestige! Yall are so completely and utterly clueless.
-Money. First, the entire bowl pot is evenly split amongst SEC teams. Vandy is getting as much this bowl season as alabama. SEC teams winning their bowl game doesn't matter in that regard
-Prestige. Since the South started winning a couple rose bowls pre-1950 and the national media wasn't exclusively focused on only ND, USC, and non-SEC teams so much, the SEC has been one of if not the strongest leagues for the last 60 years. Our league is strong and nobody would think any differently if we dont' sweep the bowls.
-It helps my team if the SEC is good! This is the biggest fallacy that people regurgitate. Recruiting is the lifeblood of any team. If other SEC teams besides my own (and yours, the reader) win titles/bowl games, that only helps THEIR recruiting, not yours. Take Auburn for instance. Auburn winning does nothing but strengthen their recruiting pitch. We play auburn every year, therefore it directly hurts UGA, not helps. People always want to say it helps recruiting for the SEC to be good. And my response is what good does it do for one team to say to a recruit "come play in the SEC, where national titles are won" when a team you play against every year can say "come play for [team x], WE win national titles"? It's the biggest dickride of all time.
-Pecking order. 5 years ago, UGA was the only other SEC team besides LSU to win a CWS. That was a feather in our cap that we could use to prop up our program history. Fast forward to now, USC has not only won one as well to join the club, they've passed us with 2. Does that help UGA in any way just because the SEC won? No. In 2009 Auburn had only won 1 national title in school history. Next week they could potentially have 3. Does that help UGA at all in the all time pecking order of the league? No, it hurts us.
I don't know how it happened, but Big Brother (SEC) has brainwashed too many of you. There aren't near enough Winstons out there anymore. Your cries of SEC!SEC! toe the party line, but what good does that really do you? The end of 1984 sums up some of yall perfectly, being mentally beaten down and brainwashed for too long until you finally give in. To paraphrase it below:
-Money. First, the entire bowl pot is evenly split amongst SEC teams. Vandy is getting as much this bowl season as alabama. SEC teams winning their bowl game doesn't matter in that regard
-Prestige. Since the South started winning a couple rose bowls pre-1950 and the national media wasn't exclusively focused on only ND, USC, and non-SEC teams so much, the SEC has been one of if not the strongest leagues for the last 60 years. Our league is strong and nobody would think any differently if we dont' sweep the bowls.
-It helps my team if the SEC is good! This is the biggest fallacy that people regurgitate. Recruiting is the lifeblood of any team. If other SEC teams besides my own (and yours, the reader) win titles/bowl games, that only helps THEIR recruiting, not yours. Take Auburn for instance. Auburn winning does nothing but strengthen their recruiting pitch. We play auburn every year, therefore it directly hurts UGA, not helps. People always want to say it helps recruiting for the SEC to be good. And my response is what good does it do for one team to say to a recruit "come play in the SEC, where national titles are won" when a team you play against every year can say "come play for [team x], WE win national titles"? It's the biggest dickride of all time.
-Pecking order. 5 years ago, UGA was the only other SEC team besides LSU to win a CWS. That was a feather in our cap that we could use to prop up our program history. Fast forward to now, USC has not only won one as well to join the club, they've passed us with 2. Does that help UGA in any way just because the SEC won? No. In 2009 Auburn had only won 1 national title in school history. Next week they could potentially have 3. Does that help UGA at all in the all time pecking order of the league? No, it hurts us.
I don't know how it happened, but Big Brother (SEC) has brainwashed too many of you. There aren't near enough Winstons out there anymore. Your cries of SEC!SEC! toe the party line, but what good does that really do you? The end of 1984 sums up some of yall perfectly, being mentally beaten down and brainwashed for too long until you finally give in. To paraphrase it below:
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He gazed up at the enormous circular logo, seeing another conference team win the big one. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two bourbon-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved The SEC.
This post was edited on 12/27/13 at 8:53 am
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:05 am to WG_Dawg
Ain't nobody got time fo dat.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:06 am to WG_Dawg
one loss SEC teams get in due to the conference power rankings, etc... better TV contracts, better bowl contacts...
I only care about Auburn winning, hope the rest of the SEC goes 0-9
I only care about Auburn winning, hope the rest of the SEC goes 0-9
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:06 am to WG_Dawg
Not reading all that, but yes, frick the SEC.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:08 am to WG_Dawg
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-It helps my team if the SEC is good! This is the biggest fallacy that people regurgitat
yup, you never hear recruits say they just wanted to play in the SEC, nope never.
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SEC teams winning their bowl game doesn't matter in that regard
SEC is in certain bowl games because of their dominance and wining, therefor more money. SEC has the better bowl selections because of that.
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Does that help UGA
boo hoo
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:09 am to WG_Dawg
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It helps my team if the SEC is good! This is the biggest fallacy that people regurgitate.
If you're good enough to compete for a NC, it does. Why do you think one loss SEC teams get in over one loss teams from other conferences?
I'm not a "go SEC" guy, but I don't agree with that statement.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:10 am to WG_Dawg
Double post
This post was edited on 12/27/13 at 8:12 am
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:13 am to WG_Dawg
frick SEC pride. I hope auburn gets throttled.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:14 am to WG_Dawg
All SEC teams are equal, but some are more equal than others.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:18 am to WG_Dawg
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-It helps my team if the SEC is good! This is the biggest fallacy that people regurgitate.
Well we are getting recruits left and right from our rival in Austin and recruits frequently mention the SEC as one of the reasons. So... you're dumb.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:22 am to WG_Dawg
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WG_Dawg
What is your "Room 101?"
ETA: Not sure what mine would be. Rats seemed a little lacking in imagination in the book though.
This post was edited on 12/27/13 at 8:25 am
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:24 am to WG_Dawg
I understand some of your points, but I disagree with a lot of them.
Winning games creates more exposure and followers for any team. We all (those that are winning) pick up sidewalkers who may not have ever attended our University, but who probably live fairly close and want to be a part of that winning atmosphere. Beating up on the non-conference teams only spreads the sidewalker exposure. Spread sidewalker exposure increases viewership. Increased viewership means more money and negotiating power with the networks.
As far as rankings, the SEC dominance of non-conference teams in the bowls helps with our preseason rankings the following year. It's probably a reason why so many SEC team are ranked in the pre-season Top 25 polls, as compared to the rest of the conferences. Now Pre-Season rankings mean jack shite, BUT they help with positioning to make sure a few of our teams who consistently win during the season are in contention at the end for the Championship.
Alabama started the season as #1 and almost finished the season as #1, but a preseason unranked winning Auburn team was able to clime the rankings all year, beat Bama and "replace" them in the rankings to get another shot at the BCSCG. When we start with 6+ teams ranked, we are almost guaranteeing the same if not more teams ranked in the end, which helps with SOS.
Winning games creates more exposure and followers for any team. We all (those that are winning) pick up sidewalkers who may not have ever attended our University, but who probably live fairly close and want to be a part of that winning atmosphere. Beating up on the non-conference teams only spreads the sidewalker exposure. Spread sidewalker exposure increases viewership. Increased viewership means more money and negotiating power with the networks.
As far as rankings, the SEC dominance of non-conference teams in the bowls helps with our preseason rankings the following year. It's probably a reason why so many SEC team are ranked in the pre-season Top 25 polls, as compared to the rest of the conferences. Now Pre-Season rankings mean jack shite, BUT they help with positioning to make sure a few of our teams who consistently win during the season are in contention at the end for the Championship.
Alabama started the season as #1 and almost finished the season as #1, but a preseason unranked winning Auburn team was able to clime the rankings all year, beat Bama and "replace" them in the rankings to get another shot at the BCSCG. When we start with 6+ teams ranked, we are almost guaranteeing the same if not more teams ranked in the end, which helps with SOS.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:28 am to WG_Dawg
So is this like a UGA Manifesto?
is where your hurt and anger stems from? Maybe thUGA and tFlagship should form a support group to help them get through this trying time
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Auburn getting in the title game THIS YEAR
is where your hurt and anger stems from? Maybe thUGA and tFlagship should form a support group to help them get through this trying time
This post was edited on 12/27/13 at 8:32 am
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:36 am to WG_Dawg
I live in an area with an influx of ACC folks. I can assure you up here it means a lot when the SEC does well.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:55 am to WG_Dawg
I don't subscribe to your theory of SEC group think. Kiss my arse you rotten motherfrickers
Posted on 12/27/13 at 8:59 am to WG_Dawg
Boy that Auburn- uga game really screwed you people up this year didn't it! The gumps have handled it much better than you uga people. You people better seek help now before it is too late. I'm starting to worry about you people.
Posted on 12/27/13 at 9:21 am to WG_Dawg
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Prestige. Since the South started winning a couple rose bowls pre-1950 and the national media wasn't exclusively focused on only ND, USC, and non-SEC teams so much, the SEC has been one of if not the strongest leagues for the last 60 years.
Uh, no.
More like the last 15 years.
White boy football in segregated Southern country-club club sport known as the SEC...was never considered great football.
Up until the 1990's - the Southern schools couldn't beat USC, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Texas, Oklahoma.
That's where football was at.
The SEC was ridiculed in the 1980's - I know, I was there alive watching it.
It was considered slow and boring.
Learn your history young newbie.
This post was edited on 12/27/13 at 9:23 am
Posted on 12/27/13 at 9:44 am to WG_Dawg
As an LSU fan, I don't dickride other teams.
Screw the rest of the SEC (though I don't mind UGA)
Screw the rest of the SEC (though I don't mind UGA)
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