College Football 2012 Thread

[wofford29]

I hate almost every team in the SEC but it's not hard to recognize talent and competition. Oregon is one of the teams I pull for but I know they wouldn't beat Alabama (who I hate). There are no doubt people like you mention but I'd be willing to put big money down on it being a very small group.

 

[IrishJedi]

I hate almost every team in the SEC but it's not hard to recognize talent and competition. Oregon is one of the teams I pull for but I know they wouldn't beat Alabama (who I hate). There are no doubt people like you mention but I'd be willing to put big money down on it being a very small group.

Well, then they're most certainly one of the most vocal groups.

For the record, I've never considered you among the group I'm mentioned. You're actually cultured.

 

[wofford29]

I would say they are definitely the most vocal and they are almost always the same make and model person. I live next to one

 

[IrishJedi]

I would say they are definitely the most vocal and they are almost always the same make and model person. I live next to one

It's hard not to live next to one unless you're inside the Atlanta perimeter.

 

[wofford29]

True......

 

[316what]

I would say they are definitely the most vocal and they are almost always the same make and model person. I live next to one

And most of them barely finished high school, much less attended any of the SEC schools.

 

[user 1190]

And most of them barely finished high school, much less attended any of the SEC schools.

Watch it the southerners don't take kindly to you calling them stupid.

 

[wofford29]

Yeah that **** is weird, when they don't have a connection with a school and they act like its their alma mater. I'm sure other schools are bad but I can definitely speak on some UGA fans.

 

[wofford29]

Watch it the southerners don't take kindly to you calling them stupid.

You can call a specific southern person stupid all you want but when you say "southerners" that generalizes everyone in the south to whatever belief you put behind it.

 

[Zodach]

Having lived in the Atlanta area for 30+ years I can definitely attest that much of this SEC cheerleader stuff absolutely has as much to do with "Southern pride" as anything else. They put almost as much emphasis on wanting the conference to win as their own school. They want to be better than the damn Yankee schools up North and the West Coasters. It's borne of an overall inferiority complex that has been palpable here since the outcome of the Civil War. Annoys the **** out of me. There is no more myopia in sports than fans and journalists following these southern teams.

The SEC does a good job of bringing in the best coaches and assistants and I think they pay top dollar for it. It seems to work as you can see by the product they put on the field. Also, how many kids that grew up in the south really want to go play football up north or out west unless they get passed up by the southern schools? I would think it's much easier to convince a kid to come south that played HS football where it gets really cold in the winter.

Yeah that **** is weird, when they don't have a connection with a school and they act like its their alma mater. I'm sure other schools are bad but I can definitely speak on some UGA fans.

I don't see it as any different than professional sports where fans pull for a team even though they have never been a part of the organization. I grew up in Ohio as a Buckeye fan since I was a kid, but I didn't go to OSU because it was too close to home and I wanted to branch out a bit. That didn't change my support for the Buckeyes though.

 

[316what]

Watch it the southerners don't take kindly to you calling them stupid.

I'm from the South so it's ok.

 

[Vader AL]

The next few weeks should be very interesting. Gotta love college football, if not, go to another thread. Ha, ha.

 

[Centurion]

The next few weeks should be very interesting. Gotta love college football, if not, go to another thread. Ha, ha.

For sure.
Looking forward to this Saturday.

 

[kain4521]

Here you go Josh I found you the perfect Mizzou women.

 

[karamazov80]

I don't see it as any different than professional sports where fans pull for a team even though they have never been a part of the organization. I grew up in Ohio as a Buckeye fan since I was a kid, but I didn't go to OSU because it was too close to home and I wanted to branch out a bit. That didn't change my support for the Buckeyes though.

Yeah, and some states in the south don't have professional football teams, so college teams are a proxy for that. But ultimately, it is just another form of "nationalism," and the connection can be arbitrary. I never cared for college as a kid, but lots of kids I went to school with were LSU fans as well as Saints fans. I'm sure it doesn't only happen in the south, like your Ohio example.

And some of what you guys are saying about southern fans of college football is true, but I also observe a lot of sour grapes/frustration that feeds into criticism of the SEC and its fans, considering that they have clearly been dominant for the last several years.

 

[The Josh]

Here you go Josh I found you the perfect Mizzou women.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Looks like Missouri is playing doormat again

 

[EVILFACE]

Floriduh must not have practiced this week.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

Gators edge LA-Lafayette.

 

[EVILFACE]

They should have lost that.

And Bama is playing a team that can pass. . .