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re: What's the deal with Southerners and college sports?
Posted on 3/30/18 at 6:22 am to ReelTiger1
Posted on 3/30/18 at 6:22 am to ReelTiger1
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Way to go Florida. yall are always trying to be first in something.
Want it to stop? Keep your own rejects and stop sending them to us.
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Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:02 am to Cobrasize
You ain’t playing no football bitch
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:32 am to Wtodd
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Keep your own rejects and stop sending them to us.
Tampa? How far are you from Gibsonton? That may be the problem
Posted on 3/30/18 at 9:43 am to wmr
Maybe this has something to do with it? LINK /
"The culprit behind “the germ of laziness,” as the South’s affliction was sometimes called, was Necator americanus—the American murderer. Better known today as the hookworm, millions of those bloodsucking parasites lived, fed, multiplied, and died within the guts of up to 40% of populations stretching from southeastern Texas to West Virginia. Hookworms stymied development throughout the region and bred stereotypes about lazy, moronic Southerners."
"The culprit behind “the germ of laziness,” as the South’s affliction was sometimes called, was Necator americanus—the American murderer. Better known today as the hookworm, millions of those bloodsucking parasites lived, fed, multiplied, and died within the guts of up to 40% of populations stretching from southeastern Texas to West Virginia. Hookworms stymied development throughout the region and bred stereotypes about lazy, moronic Southerners."
Posted on 3/30/18 at 10:53 am to Cobrasize
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The South, as a whole, is usually the butt of all kinds of jokes. College football is pretty much the only way we can fight back.
Winner winner, chicken dinner.
Back in the early 1900s the South had, within living memory, fought a Civil War against the rest of the country and lost. We were dirt poor compared to everywhere else in the States. Like today we were the butt of everyone's jokes.
When we discovered that our football teams could whip their football teams it gave the South something to rally behind. It was a way to give a hearty "frick y'all" to the rest of the country.
Considering the deck was stacked against us in national rankings (to win a natty back in the day a Southern team had to go undefeated and hope that every Northern school had a couple of losses) that the South still managed to rack up national titles was a tremendous source of pride. Its carried on to this day.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 1:06 pm to Vecchio Cane
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Vecchio Cane
Man, I learn something new every day. Thanks for the article VC.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 1:12 pm to Vecchio Cane
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How far are you from Gibsonton?
Not far
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That may be the problem
Correct
Posted on 3/30/18 at 2:25 pm to ibldprplgld
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Are you insinuating that LSU/BAMA/UGA fans are more passionate about their teams than Michigan/OSU/PSU fans?
I wouldn't make that argument. Maybe it's that the northern states have higher populations, so it's more diluted?
I would. I've been to games at all of those places. And big ones at that. I was appalled when I went to an OSU/UM game a few years ago. People were barely out tailgating at 9AM for a noon kick. It is a bigger deal in the south but those northern teams have also historically been good so they're pumped up by the media. Their fanbases are definitely good compared to pro teams but its a different world down south. People are far more passionate about it.
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