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Posted on 12/26/13 at 9:59 pm to Zamoro10
quote:Well, you do know that perception still plays a huge part in college football. With the playoff by committee, the importance of this aspect will only be exacerbated. It is actually in our best interest to constantly remind everyone that we are much, much better than you and that our conference is much, much tougher than yours.
I just don't get the "SEC, rah-rah" - and respond in kind to that.
And that bothers you. It's not that you don't get it. Hell I don't fully get it. Why does it bother you so much though?
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:00 pm to weagle99
I normally pull for any SEC team playing OOC opponents but I can't bring myself to pull for Auburn. Here's hoping Auburn's luck runs out against FSU. 
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:05 pm to genro
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Why does it bother you so much though?
Because college football used to be different. It's about rivalries.
This conference uber-alles is a new bogus phenomenon.
Conferences are just business arrangements. It means nothing.
Teams win. The idea of everyone else in the conference boot-strapping pride and puffing out their chest because Bama wins is pathetic. You didn't win shite. What? You get credit because of geography and a business arrangement?
Conferences don't win anything. If Auburn wins, they are the champs...not the SEC.
And it should rankle their rivals. Not be celebrated. It's asinine and is an affront to what CFB is all about.
College football should be uniting. Not divisive. Conference uber-alles creates imaginary foes and promotes divisiveness and takes away from the school that won.
It's about schools - not geography.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:06 pm to weagle99
I don't give a shite.
Just want to see a good game
Just want to see a good game
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:09 pm to Zamoro10
Zamaro, why do you hate the south so much?
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:09 pm to weagle99
Nope! Pulling for AU and the streak to continue. Helps recruiting.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:11 pm to weagle99
I am probably going to pull for AU but you guys are making it hard to actually do that this year 
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:12 pm to Zamoro10
There is a thing called southern culture that encompasses every aspect of our lives, what we eat, how we talk, our politics, our religion, fricking everything.
Now there may be such a thing as Midwestern culture or west coast culture but it is nowhere near as distinctive and formative to identity as southern culture. And Southerners are one of the few groups that are still completely fair game for belittlement and mockery in our country's popular culture.
The South kicks the country's arse in a lot of things, and one of them happens to be our country's biggest sport. Our beaches are better too. DWI
Now there may be such a thing as Midwestern culture or west coast culture but it is nowhere near as distinctive and formative to identity as southern culture. And Southerners are one of the few groups that are still completely fair game for belittlement and mockery in our country's popular culture.
The South kicks the country's arse in a lot of things, and one of them happens to be our country's biggest sport. Our beaches are better too. DWI
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:12 pm to GooseSix
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Of course, how stupid of me to not realize football began ten years ago.
The BCS began 15 years ago actually.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:14 pm to weagle99
I'm pulling for FSU because they're the superior team. I might be the only SEC fan on this board who really liked watching Pete Carroll's USC teams play. I also didn't mind Urban Meyer's Florida teams either. I love watching great teams play. CFB would be in a better place if teams of that caliber were competing for national championships instead of the Auburns and Oregons of the world.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:14 pm to Zamoro10
Some truths some fallacies in your post..
Go tell that to Slive, and even the smaller Hoops and Baseball schools in the SEC that don't fair well on the Gridiron..yet cash superfat CBS and ESPN tv rights paychecks..
Ask Mizzou and ATM if they agree with your comments, when cashing an SEC shares check vs Big-12 paycheck.
It greatly rankles the rest, but it is also celebrated, as the SEC level of play has created a brand of ball in-house. That few outside of it can compete and/or best in the BCSCG. Thus, the hope that come next year, whomever of the SEC's 14 is crowned king..heads into the BCSCG with an air or confidence/swag that they are well capable of being Champeen.
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Conferences don't win anything. If Auburn wins, they are the champs...not the SEC
Go tell that to Slive, and even the smaller Hoops and Baseball schools in the SEC that don't fair well on the Gridiron..yet cash superfat CBS and ESPN tv rights paychecks..
Ask Mizzou and ATM if they agree with your comments, when cashing an SEC shares check vs Big-12 paycheck.
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And it should rankle their rivals. Not be celebrated
It greatly rankles the rest, but it is also celebrated, as the SEC level of play has created a brand of ball in-house. That few outside of it can compete and/or best in the BCSCG. Thus, the hope that come next year, whomever of the SEC's 14 is crowned king..heads into the BCSCG with an air or confidence/swag that they are well capable of being Champeen.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:14 pm to Wild Thang
I could never pull for Auburn.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:15 pm to Zamoro10
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I just don't get the "SEC, rah-rah" - and respond in kind to that.
The SEC doing well has benefitted Kentucky directly in recruiting. Stoops is able to go into places like Ohio and sell playing in the SEC, the best conference in the country, as one of his angles despite Kentucky being down.
And quite frankly, the fact that it bothers non-SEC people so damn bad I hope this conference kicks arse. In everything.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:21 pm to BluegrassBelle
I don't care who wins, rather Auburn win but ultimately it really doesn't matter much to me.
It's kind of a win/win either way.
It's kind of a win/win either way.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:22 pm to DawgFAN177
If AU was playing a media darling like tOSU, Notre Dame, or USC, I'd probably pull for AU. But I'm ok w/ FSU winning this one. I was raised about 36 miles north of Tallahassee, about 15 from Leon County. There's a lot of history between FSU and my hometown.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:35 pm to weagle99
I'm pulling for AU because frick FSU, and I want the SEC to finish the BCS with a big mushroom stamp.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:35 pm to Bench McElroy
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I'm pulling for FSU because they're the superior team
lol?
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:42 pm to narddogg81
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I'm pulling for an asteroid to strike the stadium
Team meteor FTW! That's who I was pulling for last year and the year before.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 10:57 pm to BluegrassBelle
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The SEC doing well has benefitted Kentucky directly in recruiting. Stoops is able to go into places like Ohio and sell playing in the SEC, the best conference in the country, as one of his angles despite Kentucky being down.
Yes, us too but in Texas. The SEC brand is a huge help.
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