Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Let the SEC bashing begin


Yeah, that's right Cletus, we mean you.

The Columbus Dispatch's Rob Oller pretty much sums up what the rest of us are thinking these days, "Smug SEC fans should stop whining, enjoy success."

Oller describes how it's not just the Big Ten fans that are sick of the SEC and they're constant mouthing off, it's pretty much everyone not associated with the conference. The one benefit I can find to all the SEC's chest thumping is that they've now filled the role of "villain" quite nicely when it comes to college football.

Games such as Clemson-Alabama and Georgia-Arizona State (and even NC State-South Carolina) might not have had much nationale cache in the past. With the SEC winning three national titles lately and extrapolating from those three individual games that the SEC is God's gift to football, there are plenty that might not have been interested in paying attention to these contests that will now.

You're damn right. I'll be pulling for the Wolfpack on Thursday and no doubt rooting on Clemson Saturday in the Georgia Dome. There is really nothing in particular to like about NC State or Clemson. Clemson in particular is your classic underacheiver. A team with a nice name that never seems to win much of anything.

Anything that would take the wind out of the SEC's sails (even briefly) would be welcomed however. It's not a matter of respect when it comes to the SEC, everyone respects the conference in general. It's a matter of winning it all not being enough.

As I have stated previously, the ingrates down south aren't happy with winning the national title. You get fuck-wads like the President of the University of Georgia whining about another team from their own conference winning the national title after a season that saw the Bulldogs fail to win their own division. Wake up man. Win your fucking games, then complain.

Of course, everyone's thrilled that the SEC has taken the "conference superiority" debate to a whole 'nother level. As if we didn't have enough to bitch about before when it came to college football.

On the flip side, college football is arguably the second most-popular sport in the United States and is currently experiencing record revenue and ratings. That's not good enough though I guess.

Consider this the first installment in an ongoing series that will likely be ongoing for the next decade, at minimum.

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