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re: I really hate it when an analyst says "College football needs (historically good team) to
Posted on 7/18/23 at 10:43 am to koreandawg
Posted on 7/18/23 at 10:43 am to koreandawg
I agree. Football was best during the Ray Goff era at Georgia
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Posted on 7/18/23 at 11:48 am to AUTiger789
That phrase is given for different teams due to different reasons.
For Nebraska it is literally like giving them a sympathy screw.
For someone like Texas it is just to feed their oversized egos.
For teams like Tennessee and Auburn it's to make them feel like they are more important in the grand scheme of things than they really are.
For a team like Miami it is just a shoutout to some older guy by telling him he was quite the pimped out lady's man back in his day.
For Nebraska it is literally like giving them a sympathy screw.
For someone like Texas it is just to feed their oversized egos.
For teams like Tennessee and Auburn it's to make them feel like they are more important in the grand scheme of things than they really are.
For a team like Miami it is just a shoutout to some older guy by telling him he was quite the pimped out lady's man back in his day.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 11:54 am to VFL1800FPD
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This is why no one likes UGA fans
I prefer UGA fans over Texas, Florida, or Tennessee every day of the week.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 11:59 am to koreandawg
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be good. Just heard Doering say it about Tennessee and Auburn. Why? We can't all be good. If all of the historically good/great teams are good/great, then doesn't that mean we need all the teams who are historically bad or average to continue to be bad or average?
Makes no sense.
When BAMA took over the SEC and college football a decade and a half ago it was Florida and LSU who were riding high and won recent NCs. Mark Richt had Georgia riding high and the barn caught lightning in a bottle with Cam Newton. Who did I just mention that hasn't been a "historically" good SEC team in the last 15 years?
Tennessee was an embarrassment to themselves and to the SEC. They have been the only outlier through the entire run. The SEC just enjoyed the greatest decade of its existence nationally with NCs and is the only Power 5 conference that has enjoyed so many teams winning it all. If you count NCs, the SEC's "historical" teams have been doing just fine.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 12:44 pm to VFL1800FPD
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Y’all maybe stop to ever think that Bamas compete domination of the entire conference for 15 years might have been a little more difficult if their permanent rival had a pulse?
Believe it or not, Tennessee is not the do all end all of college football. It would have been just as effective if any other team had knocked Alabama off. Yes, even if it was Missouri, Arkansas, Vanderbilt or anybody else.
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CFB needs balance. UGA plays auburn and UT every year, probably be better for everyone else if they were solid solid challenges instead of cakewalks.
And everybody screams they are tired of the same ole teams going to the playoffs every year, but you are arguing for the same ole teams to do just that.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 12:46 pm to VFL1800FPD
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This is why no one likes UGA fans
Among a million other reasons...
No offense to my buddy above me
This post was edited on 7/18/23 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 7/18/23 at 12:48 pm to AUTiger789
You had very little to show for it at Auburn, but okay.
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I agree. Football was best during the Ray Goff era at Georgia
Posted on 7/18/23 at 12:48 pm to VFL1800FPD
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Yes but most of those other teams capable of stepping up don’t play Bama/UGA every year,
They either do or could if they won their division, could they not?
He wasn't taking a shot at Tennessee per se, but the idea that college football does not necessarily "need" for old time Blue Blood schools to be great. People were pumped and excited last year for TCU to make the playoffs. Had they beaten Georgia people would have gone ballistic. It does not hurt to have a variety of teams do well.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 12:49 pm to Leto II
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No offense to my buddy above me
None taken. I realize we can be insufferable. We all have them.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 12:52 pm to AUTiger789
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I agree. Football was best during the Ray Goff era at Georgia
Auburn has had some great teams. Georgia has had some great teams. LSU has had some great teams. There is nothing wrong for a team/school to have some down years and new schools have some good years. Obviously we all like it more when our favorite team is having those special years.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 12:52 pm to koreandawg
I’d rather a team come out of nowhere than a blue blood that hasn’t been relevant nationally in a while make a comeback.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 12:58 pm to DawgsLife
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es, even if it was Missouri, Arkansas, Vanderbilt or anybody else.
Ok, well my whole argument is that they didn’t. Until proven wrong, none of them are capable of doing so based on their relative resources. The fact remains that no non-big 6 team is has ever served as a long term foil to a big 6. Tennessee, Auburn, and LSU are the big six teams that Bama plays every year. Take away UT and Auburn (half the time), and more often than not, Bama walks into the SECC. Might lose to a non-big team every once in a while, but nothing consistently.
Hey look, Auburn and UF and UT were down while UGA started its greatest run in history. South Carolina, Mizzou, Kentucky, vandy haven't been able to step up. Fancy that.
This post was edited on 7/18/23 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 7/18/23 at 1:07 pm to VFL1800FPD
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Take away UT and Auburn (half the time), and more often than not, Bama walks into the SECC.
How many times has an east team beat a west team in the SECCG in the last 16 years? That would be a much better way of deciding who has the cakewalk einstein.
And the barn has as many wins against BAMA as anyone in the SEC.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 1:07 pm to bamameister
Jesus Christ you are stupid
Posted on 7/18/23 at 1:10 pm to GamecockUltimate
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College football does not need you, and hasnt had you in 25 years. Your program is irrelevant. Take that from someone who knows what its like to watch an irrelevant program.
Gotdamn... Great statement and nothing but the truth...
Posted on 7/18/23 at 1:14 pm to koreandawg
Deep history is an easy sell. So is the Cinderella, but that lady does not age well. Everyone was a Boise St. fan for about half a minute. No one gives a shite about them anymore. Parity is making this ever more apparent with much more frequent upsets of P5 teams.
There is also the Walmart factor. Ragin' Cajuns fans like to say, "If you see someone wearing a UL shirt, they probably went there. If you see someone wearing an LSU shirt, they probably went to Walmart." Big, old brands attract non-alumni. I'd be willing to bet that the majority of the butts in the seats at SEC games are not alums.
There is also the Walmart factor. Ragin' Cajuns fans like to say, "If you see someone wearing a UL shirt, they probably went there. If you see someone wearing an LSU shirt, they probably went to Walmart." Big, old brands attract non-alumni. I'd be willing to bet that the majority of the butts in the seats at SEC games are not alums.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 1:17 pm to VFL1800FPD
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Jesus Christ you are stupid
And you think like your team has played for the last decade and a half. Too any miles in the wilderness.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 1:19 pm to Locoguan0
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Everyone was a Boise St. fan for about half a minute
frick Boise State and anyone who came from there
Posted on 7/18/23 at 1:21 pm to koreandawg
Spock would say the OP makes logical sense.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 1:44 pm to koreandawg
It’s a different game now. There are only a handful of teams that even have a realistic chance.
NIL has only exacerbated things. It’s not nearly as competitive as it was in the 80s 90s and 2000s.
I’m just here to watch it burn. The fact that we have to go to Congress to keep from destroying the game is indicative of how fricked up it is.
NIL has only exacerbated things. It’s not nearly as competitive as it was in the 80s 90s and 2000s.
I’m just here to watch it burn. The fact that we have to go to Congress to keep from destroying the game is indicative of how fricked up it is.
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