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Great Article by Dennis Dodd
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:36 pm
Who I normally can't stand but he's pretty spot on.
LSU-Florida will be played but reactions to its postponement have been appalling
What's been appalling is the reaction to last week's postponement. It wasn't about Gainesville, Florida -- at that moment -- looking down the maw of a monster hurricane.
It wasn't about evacuees wondering if they'd even have homes to come back to. It wasn't about possibly playing a game on emergency generators in the face of a mass power outage.
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No, the default reaction in SEC country was conspiracy. It was about Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley "playing" SEC commissioner Greg Sankey to retain a home game. It was about LSU AD Joe Alleva all but calling out Florida for not flying to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to play the game.
The SEC loves a good connivance, but the culture embarrasses itself sometime
LSU-Florida will be played but reactions to its postponement have been appalling
What's been appalling is the reaction to last week's postponement. It wasn't about Gainesville, Florida -- at that moment -- looking down the maw of a monster hurricane.
It wasn't about evacuees wondering if they'd even have homes to come back to. It wasn't about possibly playing a game on emergency generators in the face of a mass power outage.
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No, the default reaction in SEC country was conspiracy. It was about Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley "playing" SEC commissioner Greg Sankey to retain a home game. It was about LSU AD Joe Alleva all but calling out Florida for not flying to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to play the game.
The SEC loves a good connivance, but the culture embarrasses itself sometime
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Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:38 pm to spacewrangler
He's needs to narrow the scope of his ire but yeah he's got a point.
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:40 pm to spacewrangler
Really liked this part
You don't shoehorn in a game in the middle of hurricane as a competitive convenience to LSU. You don't force Florida players to get on a plane not knowing what they'd come back to.
Conversely, LSU, you don't get to dictate the terms of the game because your stadium is open.
You don't shoehorn in a game in the middle of hurricane as a competitive convenience to LSU. You don't force Florida players to get on a plane not knowing what they'd come back to.
Conversely, LSU, you don't get to dictate the terms of the game because your stadium is open.
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:44 pm to spacewrangler
Simpleton arguments with a simpleton solution.
He focuses on the conspiracy angle (which even I agree is dumb) and not on Florida's incompetence.
Then he tries to fault LSU for offering solutions to get the game played acting as if that was all LSU was willing to do. LSU offered all scenarios they could do, but it doesn't focus on what solution s UF brought to the table to get the game played (and if LSU turned any of them down)
He focuses on the conspiracy angle (which even I agree is dumb) and not on Florida's incompetence.
Then he tries to fault LSU for offering solutions to get the game played acting as if that was all LSU was willing to do. LSU offered all scenarios they could do, but it doesn't focus on what solution s UF brought to the table to get the game played (and if LSU turned any of them down)
This post was edited on 10/9/16 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:46 pm to spacewrangler
Appallingly outrageous I tellya
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:46 pm to spacewrangler
I may be the only Bama fan that thinks foley did manipulate the situation into his favor.
Tin Foil hat on. Ready for the downvotes
Tin Foil hat on. Ready for the downvotes
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:46 pm to spacewrangler
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"The game was well inside the hurricane zone," Sankey said Saturday on the SEC on CBS Game of the Week.
You still want Florida to play a football game?
You don't shoehorn in a game in the middle of hurricane as a competitive convenience to LSU. You don't force Florida players to get on a plane not knowing what they'd come back to.
Conversely, LSU, you don't get to dictate the terms of the game because your stadium is open.
Sankey the Yankee made the right call.
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:48 pm to spacewrangler
Imagine that.Gump going against LSU.
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:49 pm to Mizz-SEC
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The game was well inside the hurricane zone," Sankey said Saturday on the SEC on CBS Game of the Week.
You still want Florida to play a football game?
All other teams made it work.
And it could've been postponed to Sunday or Monday and then cancelled then? Or moved to a neutral site? Or anything other than just cancel?
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:51 pm to spacewrangler
So desperate to troll LSU fans.
But yeah, if revisionist history and abject idiocy is your thing...
But yeah, if revisionist history and abject idiocy is your thing...
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:52 pm to spacewrangler
"don't shoehorn a game...in the middle of a hurricane???
does he think they're like tornadoes and just drop out of the sky???? If only we knew it was coming ahead of time. God damn he cann't be this fricking stupid.
does he think they're like tornadoes and just drop out of the sky???? If only we knew it was coming ahead of time. God damn he cann't be this fricking stupid.
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:52 pm to Lsupimp
Who is going to reimburse LSU season ticket holders for the cancelled home game? Will cost $30M to refund the ticket, taf fees and parking passes for all ticket holders. Not gonna happen
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:53 pm to Eighteen
L5u was just looking for a competitive advantage, they know that a Coach Moeaux led L5u team is gonna need all the help it can get
Also
Also
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Credit Barrett Sallee of Bleacher Report for calmly sitting down and determining that 52 Florida players resided in the hurricane warning zone on the state's east coast. Now consider the families of all those players.
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:54 pm to spacewrangler
you gumps are the most simple minded people in the world. Congrats Gomer fricking Pyle.
You are a troll and a idiot. No idea what you are talking about and Dennis Dodd doesn't either.
You are a troll and a idiot. No idea what you are talking about and Dennis Dodd doesn't either.
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:54 pm to Eighteen
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And it could've been postponed to Sunday or Monday and then cancelled then? Or moved to a neutral site? Or anything other than just cancel?
for some reason i've never thought about this. Just postpone til sunday...cancel if need be. proves nothing else was even considered as an option but cancel cancel cancel cancel.
scared bunch of bloody gaping vaginas
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:55 pm to Eighteen
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And it could've been postponed to Sunday or Monday and then cancelled then? Or moved to a neutral site? Or anything other than just cancel?
Fukk off. Who the hell are you to tell people what to do during a fukking hurricane. Get the sand out of your vagina. The game had to be cancelled you maggot.
Did anyone bitch when LSU cancelled the game against North Texas during Katrina? What contingency plans did you have in place then? Why didn't you just go to Texas and play the game? Idiot.
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:55 pm to VVega
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I may be the only Bama fan that thinks foley did manipulate the situation into his favor.
I think he did and he totally outsmarted them. Now UF is winning the PR war on top of probably dictating what is going to happen to the makeup game.
LSU looking scared instead of just manning up and dealing with it. They want 4-6 teams to adjust their schedules because they want to play a home game against a shitty non-conference team that has no bearing on their season.
Laughable.
This post was edited on 10/9/16 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:56 pm to GatorNation4Lyfe
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d anyone bitch when LSU cancelled the game against North Texas during Katrina? What contingency plans did you have in place then? Why didn't you just go to Texas and play the game? Idiot.
Except we didn't cancel that game. We played them on our bye week later in the season. Somehow, LSU managed to play every game after having two hurricanes. Played one home game in Arizona, one on a Monday, and one on our bye week
This post was edited on 10/9/16 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:56 pm to danfraz
Here is why I find it completely believable...
Foley is a snake... no doubt.
Alleva is more like a mouse.
Snake gonna eat
Foley is a snake... no doubt.
Alleva is more like a mouse.
Snake gonna eat
Posted on 10/9/16 at 12:57 pm to spacewrangler
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Credit Barrett Sallee of Bleacher Report for calmly sitting down and determining that 52 Florida players resided in the hurricane warning zone on the state's east coast. Now consider the families of all those players.
so if the game was in baton rouge...we cancel because of what might" happen to their families and property in florida???? am i understanding you correctly sir???
no. they're on the plane to baton rouge bud. Nice try
This post was edited on 10/9/16 at 12:58 pm
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