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Florida's players an embarrassment

Posted by JohnStOnge on 1/2/13 at 11:12 pm
At least some of them. By the middle of that game I was pulling hard for Louisville because Florida's players are such a bunch of jerks. Meanwhile Louisville's players were just letting their play do the talking. Nothing but class. Like when Florida was down 30-10 and lucky to be that close an...
Because of criticism McNeese got for talking to Tyrann Mathieu I feel compelled to type what I think happened when TM went to McNeese. I think he went there thinking it was just a matter of him showing up and McNeese saying "we will take you." But I don't think that happened. I think what happened w...
I think if you asked the LSU coaching staff and athletic department administration as well as the LSU players they would unanimously say that they hope some school gives the guy a second chance. Having said that, McNeese's experience with SEC "discipline" type transfers has not been good. I can ...

re: Watched about 5minutes

Posted by JohnStOnge on 12/31/11 at 6:52 pm
All this time a playoff tournament could've been going on with meaningful games. I know it's a dead horse being beaten again but it's true. Of course this year there wouldn't be anything for LSU to gain from something like that since the Tigers are one of the two teams picked for the championshi...

re: "It's hard to beat a team twice."

Posted by JohnStOnge on 12/31/11 at 6:36 pm
[quote]The theory is that the losing team will change its strategy and the winner won't make adjustments. Both teams will adjust. Les is real good at adjustments generally.[/quote] I think there might be a LITTLE something to that theory; but I don't know how much it applies to this game. I don'...
[quote]LSU 5-0[/quote] Yes. But in every case the Tigers were playing teams that finshed with poorer PAC 10 records than LSU's record in the SEC. They played two games against teams that finished with winning records in the PAC 10 (Oregon State and Arizona State each finished at 5-3). LSU fini...

SEC has had problems with PAC 10 teams

Posted by JohnStOnge on 12/12/10 at 9:32 am
As Oregon vs. Auburn approaches I am reminded that I have frequently heard/seen SEC fans opine that the PAC 10 is weak. But if the SEC is strong, it is hard to make the "PAC 10" is weak case using that league's performance against the SEC during the BCS era. The PAC 10 is 12-9 vs. the SEC since the...
[quote]I think it's safe to safe, again, that Evangel Christian Academy is the best team in Louisiana.[/quote] I think Acadiana was. Remember, Evangel did lose to St. Thomas More. Also they were playing a Curtis team that lost to Salmen. I realize Acadiana not only lost but lost big to St. Tho...
Not a direct answer to the question about academic programs but there was a news report last year indicating that McNeese graduates had the highest average income among graduates of public universities in Louisiana. Maybe one of the other McNeese guys can link it. Tulane grads were #1 in average (...
[/quote]Why do this? USC is above and beyond any other PAC-10 team, they could do well in the SEC. LSU is not the dominate force in the SEC like USC is in the PAC-10.[quote] Because, sometimes when I've had this discussion in the past, people say the Pac 10 just has the edge because of USC. Howe...
[quote]In all seriousness though, as you probably already know, Mark Twain wrote one time something about lies, damned lies , and statistics. The point being of course that you can 'gerrymander' statistics to justify just about any position in a debate. [/quote] I don't think that's true. I thin...
[quote]This is why WE the SEC think that we are the strongest conference and every other conference is weaker than ours. Conference Championships Schools BCS Championship Game Record SEC 5 Tennessee (1998), LSU (2003, 2007), Florida (2006, 2008) 5-0 (1.000) Big 12 2 Oklahoma (2000), Texas (2...
Now some numbers on how the Pac 10 has done against other BCS leagues in general during the BCS era. Here are the records for the Big 12 vs. each other league: Vs. SEC 10 - 7 Vs. Big 10 34 - 22 Vs. Big 12 27 - 27 Vs. Big East 10 - 7 Vs. ACC 6-6 Total w/l vs. other BCS conferences: 87 - ...
I ask that because I hear that belief all the time on local sports talk radio but what's happened during the BCS era in interconference games between BCS league teams just doesn't support that perception. Take the Pac 10's head to head performance vs. the SEC, for example. The Pac 10 is 10-7 and i...
[quote]I think this will be a great game. I will be shocked if it is a blowout either way.[/quote] I'm looking forward to the game and wouldn't be completely shocked if Alabama wins. After all, Ole Miss beat Florida and Oregon State beat USC. Things happen. But I think Florida is a much bette...

re: Georgia-3 losses

Posted by JohnStOnge on 11/29/08 at 6:02 pm
[quote]i think they lost, bad, to the two best teams in the sec and than layed a giant egg today against georgia tech.. i think they are still a pretty good team that had a killer schedule..[/quote] Georgia Tech's a pretty good team that's in the process of debunking the myth that a good option o...

re: LSU will win this game.

Posted by JohnStOnge on 11/15/08 at 11:08 pm
Well, thank goodness they won because losing to Troy would've been really bad. Troy came into the game 3-23 against BCS league schools with the average score being 35-15. The only road win they had...and have...against a BCS league opponent was over an awful Mississippi State team in 2001. And eve...

re: Les Miles a step up from Saban

Posted by JohnStOnge on 9/21/08 at 8:41 pm
[quote]I guess a big win against a team that was down 21 pts to La-Monroe gives one great confidence.[/quote] They did dominate Clemson at Clemson. But I think they'll really get their "oil check" next week at Georgia. We'll have a lot better line on how good they are after that one. ...

re: Les Miles a step up from Saban

Posted by JohnStOnge on 9/21/08 at 8:34 pm
This is how I look at stuff like this: Many times in life, something you see as bad happens. Then you look back years later and conclude, "You know, that thing that happened led to things being better than they otherwise would've been. It seemed really bad at the time, but it turned out being a...
[quote]Not totally convinced he "placed" it there, so much as it "ended up" there. Not 100% sold on Lee's accuracy yet, but he got the job done, so it's good enough for me[/quote] You could be right. But I think you have to admit: If you hadn't seen the first half and had never heard of Lee bu...