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Twitterverse blowing up Rick Reilly's "no rematch" article on ESPN
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:10 pm
titled "Been there, done that"
I am on record here -- big time -- for a rematch. Click on my posts. So don't anyone go there. Posted this because a palpable groundswell of anti-SEC sentiment is building practically by the minute on social media, and if OSU simply beats OU tomorrow, the wave is going to crest, and crash hard on the final BCS standings (and on Bama).
A cross-sample of the sentiment:
Who in Bama Nation ISN'T rooting -- and rooting HARD -- for OU tomorrow?
I am on record here -- big time -- for a rematch. Click on my posts. So don't anyone go there. Posted this because a palpable groundswell of anti-SEC sentiment is building practically by the minute on social media, and if OSU simply beats OU tomorrow, the wave is going to crest, and crash hard on the final BCS standings (and on Bama).
A cross-sample of the sentiment:
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Alabama playing in the title game is bonkers. A team that didn't even make its conference title game will be playing in the national title game? It's like Rick Perry withdrawing from the primaries and then going up against President Obama.
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They're going to get a mulligan if we don't stop it. You have to figure, too, that, if Alabama had won, then LSU would only have one loss and the Tigers would get the redo. This is because, apparently, no conference can really play football in this country except the SEC, which invented the sport in 2006.
Who in Bama Nation ISN'T rooting -- and rooting HARD -- for OU tomorrow?
This post was edited on 12/2/11 at 8:18 pm
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Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:12 pm to Tiger7109
What's interesting is this is not anti-Bama sentiment, but anti-SEC. So the question is, will other SEC teams root for OK?
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:16 pm to FleshEatingSalsa
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What's interesting is this is not anti-Bama sentiment, but anti-SEC. So the question is, will other SEC teams root for OK?
You're missing the whole everlovin point of the article, and this post. No one cares what SEC teams think/want/etc. It's a fairness issue. And in the next 36 hours, you're gonna see a HARD lobby from all over the place to keep Bama out of the BCSNCG, especially if OSU beats OU.
And Reilly backs it up with a logic that validates his argument. And that's what people all the hell over are latching on to. #rematch is about to trend big
This post was edited on 12/2/11 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:18 pm to Tiger7109
frick Rick Reilly, the guys a hack.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:21 pm to Tiger7109
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Rick Reilly
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:23 pm to ProjectP2294
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frick Rick Reilly, the guys a hack.
Whatever you wanna call him is your entitled opinion. The fact is though that he's become the Pied Piper today for no rematch.
The national opinion is being shaped 2x, 10x, 100x by the minute echoing his sentiment. Building on it. Building a case to keep Bama out of the NCG.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:25 pm to Tiger7109
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The fact is though that he's become the Pied Piper today for no rematch.
Wasn't the Pied Piper a pedophile?
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:25 pm to TracyWolfsonsmole
Bama Nation, if you think you can just sit back and relax this weekend knowing you're ticket is punched for Nola, you've got another thing coming. If you're not sweating, you're a homer and/or naive.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:29 pm to Tiger7109
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The national opinion is being shaped 2x, 10x, 100x by the minute echoing his sentiment. Building on it. Building a case to keep Bama out of the NCG.
The hack cites Bama not winning their conference or division as the main reason Bama shouldn't go, then suggests Stanford as an alternative.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:29 pm to Tiger7109
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Bama Nation, if you think you can just sit back and relax this weekend knowing you're ticket is punched for Nola, you've got another thing coming
What the frick else are we supposed to do? If there's a place I can picket, a grassroots movement, someone I could talk to, I would do it, but there isn't. I'm a fricking fan. I'm happy. I will watch the games and let everything sort itself out. Nothing I do will have any effect on the outcome.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:30 pm to Tiger7109
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Bama Nation, if you think you can just sit back and relax this weekend knowing you're ticket is punched for Nola, you've got another thing coming. If you're not sweating, you're a homer and/or naive.
So you're okay with not having to play Bama again because a bunch of tool bag writers changed their vote because the first LSU/Bama game wasn't aesthetically pleasing? Nevermind that Bama is definitely the number two team in the country.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:31 pm to Tiger7109
at any idiot who thinks this is a "fairness issue". You would have to be a first class moron to think that a team that just loss to a 6-5 Iowa State team deserves to be in the NCG fairly. It this was the case the attention would be on undefeated Houston or VaTech that actually lost to half decent team. 
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:31 pm to Tiger7109
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no conference can really play football in this country except the SEC, which invented the sport in 2004.
Fixed it for them.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:31 pm to Tiger7109
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Who in Bama Nation ISN'T rooting -- and rooting HARD -- for OU tomorrow?
I don't care what team wins, as long as LSU wins.
This is what happens when a flawed system is implemented, and it's been flawed since before I was born (ie: polls determining champions).
Until there's a playoff, then, well, it's going to keep happening. It's a popularity/political/shouting contest. SEC fans have a point. Non-SEC fans have a point. A playoff is sorely needed.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:34 pm to genro
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The hack cites Bama not winning their conference or division as the main reason Bama shouldn't go, then suggests Stanford as an alternative.
I was thinking good article, till that point. Then I was like, WTF?
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:35 pm to cyogi
I'll just hope all the coaches with votes aren't twittering and tweeting about with Reillly.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:35 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
I was laughing earlier at all the people commenting on the article that clearly didn't realize the e-mails to Reilly were fake.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:36 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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What the frick else are we supposed to do? If there's a place I can picket, a grassroots movement, someone I could talk to, I would do it, but there isn't. I'm a fricking fan. I'm happy. I will watch the games and let everything sort itself out. Nothing I do will have any effect on the outcome.
For the record: I am one of the 2 who "liked" this.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:40 pm to ProjectP2294
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So you're okay with not having to play Bama again because a bunch of tool bag writers changed their vote because the first LSU/Bama game wasn't aesthetically pleasing? Nevermind that Bama is definitely the number two team in the country.
I want to play bama but I have no problem taking on a new challenger. 9-6. There are 120 teams in FBS and there isnt enough time to play them all but if LSU plays Okie state they will have beaten the pac 12 big east and big 12 champions giving a true survey of the best the country has to offer coming up with a truly "national" champion. As for the definitely part I must have missed that part where Okie state played bama. Personally I think bama would destroy them BUT I thought Miami would smoke Ohio state. I thought Ohio state would beat florida. Thats why we play the game. We played A game on november 5th. Though personally I want a more hyped matchup, it bothers me none to take on a newcomer.
This post was edited on 12/2/11 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 12/2/11 at 8:42 pm to ProjectP2294
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So you're okay with not having to play Bama again because a bunch of tool bag writers changed their vote because the first LSU/Bama game wasn't aesthetically pleasing? Nevermind that Bama is definitely the number two team in the country.
Again, I've been shouting from the mountaintops for a rematch for over a week now. The point of this was that this tide -- if you will -- of "knowingness" that Bama is already in the NCG is hardly known. And it stems from an arrogance on Bama Nation's part this week, per their sour grapes from the LSU loss. Bama Nation will be the last ones to recognize that this is only hurting their team's chances. They dis Rick Reilly, instead, when Rick Reilly reaches millions through media. How about just STFU and see? Best thing you can do. Seriously. Just STFU for now. I want to play Bama -- LSU "would be honored" per Les Miles to play Bama again. So just STFU!
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