SEC Meetings begin: Think expansion will come up?
Five Burning questions as we begin the annual SEC Spring Meetings this morning in Destin:
1. Do you think expansion will come up? It’s not on the agenda but it will be the 800-pound gorilla in the room. This will be Commissioner Mike Slive’s first opportunity to meet with his athletics directors, presidents, and coaches face to face and bring them up to date on what the conference is thinking. I met with the Commissioner last night and he said he would have no specifics coming out of these meetings. “What I will say is that if the paradigm in college athletics shifts (i.e., massive Big Ten expansion), we will be prepared to maintain our place in college athletics,” he said. So you can expect the press corps to ask it a bunch of different ways but the answer will not change this week.
Still, there is no question that the SEC has been doing its homework and will have a plan in place should the Big Ten expand to 16 teams later on this year. There was a report that the SEC has had conversations with CBS about specific teams it would invite, a report that the conference denied and my CBS sources denied. Hey, it’s a nervous time. Nothing will be done on expansion here, but it will sure come up.
2. Will the football coaches finally approve an early signing period? This is one of the things the football coaches bring up every year, get excited about, and finally can’t agree upon. College basketball has an early signing period in November for guys who know where they want to go to school and want to get the recruiting process over. There has been talk for years about creating one in December for football that mirrors the junior college signing window. This week it might get done. “So many schools are having guys graduate from high school early and come in January there is really no reason not to do it,” an SEC head coach told me last night. “It just makes too much sense.” The biggest plus to an early signing period is that schools don’t have to keep spending money in January just to “babysit” players who already want to sign. A ton of money is spent just making sure guys who have committed don’t change their minds or have their minds “changed” for them by aggressive recruiting down the stretch.
3. Is Mississippi State’s cowbell going to be banned? The SEC has long had a policy on artificial noisemakers at events but Mississippi State’s cowbell is such a tradition that the league not has cracked down hard on it. That might change this week. Kyle Veazey of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger wrote a great piece about the cowbell and its history.
How would you like to be Scott Stricklin? Stricklin, 40, was just named the athletics director at Mississippi State. He’s a Mississippi State grad. And now he has to walk into a room with his fellow athletics directors and fight for his school’s beloved cowbell.
4. Will basketball eliminate divisional play? Nope but there may be a change in the way the SEC Tournament is seeded. Last season the top four teams in the SEC East went 24-0 against the six teams in the SEC West. But when the conference basketball tournament began in Nashville, Tennessee and Florida had to play on the first day while Ole Miss and Mississippi State, who had lesser records but finished 1-2 in the West, got byes in the first round. That ain’t right. The SEC could solve this problem by following the Big 12 and ACC model and eliminating divisional play for basketball. But a head basketball coach told me yesterday they are going to consider seeding the conference tournament by picking the teams with the best four records regardless of division and awarding them byes in the first round. I personally believe that divisional play, which works well for football, does not translate for basketball because there are so many games, should be eliminated. I don’t think anybody is hanging an “SEC East Basketball Champions” banner in the rafters. It’s just a different sport.
5. Will Alabama get any relief in its football schedule? By now it is a well-known fact that Alabama’s last six SEC opponents in 2010 all have open dates before they play the Crimson Tide. The SEC has not released its official schedule yet because it has been trying to give Alabama some help. But in order for that to happen other schools in the league have to be willing to change THEIR schedules. Maybe one game gets moved but certainly not more than that. The SEC can’t go very far into June without its football schedule being set.
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201 comments Add your comment
Kid Ray
June 1st, 2010
8:51 am
First
Kid Ray
June 1st, 2010
8:52 am
go Rutgers!
Worm
June 1st, 2010
8:56 am
Early signing period would be the best thing accomplished at these meetings.
BP
June 1st, 2010
9:06 am
I sure hope the oil dosen’t ruin your stay in beautiful Destin, FL. By the way I wouldn’t have seafood if I were you.
MaJo
June 1st, 2010
9:07 am
800-pound elephant? I think you’re mixing your metaphors, Tony. This is not rocket surgery.
New Gator Fan
June 1st, 2010
9:08 am
Can the SEC bring in better competition for the Gators to play? I don’t want the strength of schedule in the SEC to start hurting the Gators in the eyes of the BCS computers.
Nick Saban
June 1st, 2010
9:09 am
Hey Slive……Give my team some relief on our schedule or I will destroy you with my laser beam eyes.
Jax Dawg
June 1st, 2010
9:10 am
Worm
June 1st, 2010
8:56 am
Early signing period would be the best thing accomplished at these meetings.
What if you were a Tennessee recruit that signed early before Lame Kitten took his “dream” job?
Mikey
June 1st, 2010
9:10 am
The meetings will not have the same atmosphere now that Lane Kiffin isnt there…
that was cool last year having him face the Ol Ball Coach and Urb.
Mikey
June 1st, 2010
9:12 am
New Gator Fan – you make me laugh out loud.
Gator Mike
June 1st, 2010
9:25 am
Mikey, I agree with you on the absurd statement by New Gator Fan. Obviously he does not know the history of the SEC and UF’s mediocrity before 1990 and our bonehead moves in scheduling teams such as Charleston Southern which was a total joke.
Go Gators!
LOL
June 1st, 2010
9:27 am
Hey New Gator Fan, if you’re worried about strength of schedule, try leaving the state of Florida for once to play an OOC game….against an actual Div 1A opponent! LOL!
New Gator Fan
June 1st, 2010
9:31 am
Mikey and Gator Mike and every other Michael who is a Gator fan, I have been a die hard Gator fan since 2005. I’m sorry If I don’t remember something that happened 100 years ago. Go Gators!
The rest of us
June 1st, 2010
9:32 am
The Gators played football before 1990?
Emmitt Smith
June 1st, 2010
9:33 am
We Sho did!
Matt from Suwanee
June 1st, 2010
9:33 am
New Gator Fan — Did your team win the SEC last year?
New Gator Fan
June 1st, 2010
9:35 am
They won the SEC East last year. Is that what you mean?
Don
June 1st, 2010
9:36 am
Do sec teams really hang banners for winning their division? That is pathetic if they do and I guess UF has 90% of them the past 20 years.
Kid Ray
June 1st, 2010
9:38 am
they play bball in the SEC??
RxDawg
June 1st, 2010
9:41 am
“800-pound elephant in the room”
Hehe, not to be picky, but I think it’s an 800-pound gorilla. An elephant can weigh ~ 15,000 pounds
Norman
June 1st, 2010
9:43 am
Give Alabama a break? Hey, would Saban give Miles, Richt, Myer, Dooley and others a break? Don’t give Alabama a break!!!!
Babar
June 1st, 2010
9:45 am
I’m an 800 pound elephant. Can you see me in the room?
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
9:48 am
Gator Mike…
How exactly was scheduling Charleston Southern a “bonehead move”?
RxDawg
June 1st, 2010
9:55 am
1. Expansion will be bad for all, that is all.
2. They really should. There is no reason not to (to my knowledge). For the record, why can’t any football recruit sign a letter of intent on any day they want to?
3. Look, there is really no argument here. The cowbells are artificial noise makers. They should of been banned the year the SEC put in the noise maker rule. End of discussion. And trust me MSU fans, the cowbells do not do much for your school’s image.
4. “That ain’t right.” I couldn’t of said it any better. That should be fixed.
5. Oh cry me a river. It’s the end of the world and I predict Bama fans are going to ride that excuse to the ends of time when their season doesn’t go the way they want it to this year. Just look to the future to make sure it’s a little bit more evened out amongst the teams. Mountains out of mole hills.
Tony's Spell Check
June 1st, 2010
9:56 am
Does ‘gorilla’ have one R or two? It’s gonna be fun when I can actually be used by someone who writes and presumably spells for a living. Oh wait…
idi
June 1st, 2010
9:58 am
1. Absolutely. Some plan is better than no plan.
2. Yes to the early signing period. As the anonymous HC shared, it just makes too much sense not to do it.
3. Don’t ban the cowbells, sheesh, every way we turn today somebody is trying to kill off traditions.
4. The suggested seeding of the top four regardless of division would appear to be a reasonable one.
5. A rare occurrence for sure but one the SEC needs to remedy for the future. Sorry Bama, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. In a down year for the Conference, stop your whining.
Tony Barnhart
June 1st, 2010
9:58 am
I have a long tradition of mixing metaphors. But yes, it should not be an 800-pound elephant. So noted and changed.
TB
Whyuhatebama
June 1st, 2010
9:58 am
Man, y’all all know its unfair to have a schedule like Bama has this year. It just ain’t right and if we lose because of it, I aint excepting those losses as real. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Poker in the front
June 1st, 2010
10:01 am
Whyyouhatebama – You are an outstanding example of everything I have ever believed about Alabama. Please don’t change sir. My world view could not take it!
Random Observation
June 1st, 2010
10:02 am
Just a thought on the Kyle Veazey article…
‘clarionledger.com – Mississippi’s #1 web site”
Isn’t that like being the valedictorian of summer school?
Or better yet, the best at finishing in the top ten at then end of the year, but only a couple conference trophies to show for it?
Liquor in the rear
June 1st, 2010
10:03 am
Tony, aren’t you glad that airline pilots don’t have a “long tradition” of failing to check the fuel guage before they take off?
Me
June 1st, 2010
10:04 am
Tony, say hi to Urban Meyer for all the Dawg fans. Wasn’t he supposed to be at Notre Dame or retired or something?? And what’s Nick Saban doind still hanging around? Oh well……
Musashi
June 1st, 2010
10:05 am
State AD Strickilin is out in left field comparing cowbells to the hedges, gator chomp & other “traditions”. There is no worse SEC experience than having a State fan seated behind you ringing a cowbell in your ears all game. Enforce the rules and get rid of them.
Whyuhatebama
June 1st, 2010
10:07 am
Y’all’s are all just jealous of our 17 national championships. I would hate to route for a team that had no tredition.
TommyJack
June 1st, 2010
10:07 am
“Will Alabama get any relief from their schedule?” Scheduling GA ST. is the most chicken-shizz move I’ve ever seen in D-1 ball. Downright shameful.
Poker in the front
June 1st, 2010
10:08 am
Musashi, there is a worse experience than the cowbells…that is the moment when he asks you to help him shave his wife’s moustache.
Reptiles Rule
June 1st, 2010
10:10 am
Football definitely needs an early signing period. There are almost as many “de-commitments” as “commitments” nowadays and now some of these kids won’t even go as far as even calling them commitments so they won’t have that stigma when they de-commit. Christian LeMay is a great example. He’s no doubt heard the “hot seat” rumors and doesn’t want to have to go back on his word if Mike Bobo or Richt is jettisoned.
Poker in the front
June 1st, 2010
10:10 am
Whyuhatebama…please for goodness sakes do not stop posting on this board.
Whyuhatebama
June 1st, 2010
10:13 am
Are you making fun of me? You are probably a barn or one of them Ole Miss people. Y#all aint so good. We will whup you even with a weeks rest.
Charlie Bama
June 1st, 2010
10:14 am
TB– Nice buffett of college football food for thought. Expansion is still looming in the corner or around the coffee pot at these SEC meetings, but I STILL think it all comes down to ND joining the Big Tin, and all the remaining speculation is will prove to be just that. Sure, Slive and the authorities at the SEC have a contingency plan for expansion too, but they will not trot it out and flop it on the table unless absolutely necessary (i.e. Big Tin does something BIG beyond the real goal–ND Irih into the Tin fold.) Meanwhile, CFB life goes on, with the Orange Hillbillies in trouble for the next five years, Auburn on the rise (but no room at the top), Dawgs a big question mark (could go either way or vanish in the middle), The Spurriers looking at the Old Ball Coach’s last hoorah, LSU full of hope (until the first two games or a class quiz), and Florida and Bama dominate, as it shoud be.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
10:18 am
We are doing everything we can to increase our strength of schedule but we can’t figure out how to replace Georgia on the slate.
Kiffinisatosser
June 1st, 2010
10:18 am
It’s nice to see that Bama paranoia is fully functional even in the morning. Thanks for giving us that opportunity Tony!
Kiffinisatosser
June 1st, 2010
10:20 am
Until the Gator Nation removes the Charleston Southens and Troys they have exactly zero standing to offer an opinion on scheduling. Beyond lame.
Au-burn baby burn
June 1st, 2010
10:22 am
Don’t be so hard on these toothless North Alabamians. We ceased taking their rantings seriously long ago!
Question Needs an Answer
June 1st, 2010
10:25 am
After decades of regular-season match-ups,
why did Florida take Miami off the regular schedule?
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
10:26 am
Who is the first team on your schedule this year? And who is that tenth team as well??? Pot, meet keetle…
The rest of us
June 1st, 2010
10:28 am
Reptiles Rule
June 1st, 2010
10:10 am
Football definitely needs an early signing period. There are almost as many “de-commitments” as “commitments” nowadays and now some of these kids won’t even go as far as even calling them commitments so they won’t have that stigma when they de-commit. Christian LeMay is a great example. He’s no doubt heard the “hot seat” rumors and doesn’t want to have to go back on his word if Mike Bobo or Richt is jettisoned.
I think players should not have to sit out a year when they want to transfer after being told they’ll start by coaches who recruit them.
Kiffinisatosser
June 1st, 2010
10:30 am
Who has UF played OOC outside the state of Florida during the regular season in the last 10 years? The answer is NOBODY.
New Gator Fan
June 1st, 2010
10:30 am
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
10:18 am
We are doing everything we can to increase our strength of schedule but we can’t figure out how to replace Georgia on the slate.
You tell em! Georgia is terrible. Go Gators!
Charlie Bama
June 1st, 2010
10:30 am
Don’t the Orange Hillbillies play Bristol Boy Scout Troop 81 in 2011? NEVER bet against the Boy Scouts, they’re scrappy!
Kiffinisatosser
June 1st, 2010
10:31 am
Have a look at Vandy’s schedule (Northwestern, Uconn and Wake) …those guys have got cojones relative to their annual performance.
Kiffinisatosser
June 1st, 2010
10:34 am
Georgia has been putting it on the line with Okie State and AZ State. Even Bama with its Ga State fiasco still played Va Tech and is playing Penn State this year. Who is Florida playing that is the equivalent? NOBODY Ole Miss is almost as lame.
Mikey in the SAV
June 1st, 2010
10:34 am
Every team schedules so called inferior opponents and every once in a while those supposedly inferior opponents make a game of it- see App St vs. Mich a few years back.. those supposedly inferior opponents make great money to come in and get pushed around so there’s nothing to see here folks…please move along..
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
10:35 am
Love how people want to try and bash UF’s OOC schedule, when clearly their format works for them, just ask Ohio State, Oklahoma and Cincinnati.
Delbert D.
June 1st, 2010
10:37 am
I never could figure out the bulldog and cowbell thing. What’s the tradition behind that?
The opponents should sneak in those crickets that you snap with your thumb. That has a long tradition, as they were used by allied forces in the Normandy invasion for signaling in the hedgerows. They use them for dog training, nowadays.
Harmonicas would be cool, too; but not a easily hidden as crickets.
Kiffinisatosser
June 1st, 2010
10:38 am
Got news for you brother: The pantywaist Gator formula would work for anyone who was born without testes.
New Gator Fan
June 1st, 2010
10:38 am
The Gators don’t need to play a tough out of conference schedule. Just win the SEC and play in the Championship game. It’s a recipe that has worked so far.
Miles
June 1st, 2010
10:38 am
Destin, Florida? Life is tough, Mr. Barnhart! Scott Stricklin probably needs a chaperone. I’m sure these burning questions will require a lot of thought, discussion, and prayer. What pressure everyone must be under during these crucial times! I’m sure there will be no time for golf, cold beer, or any extracurricular activity. Godspeed!
Delbert D.
June 1st, 2010
10:40 am
One last time, I hope. Here’s the SEC OOC schedule for 2010, and my assessment of difficulty rankings:
SEC Out of Conference Games (* away # neutral site)
Alabama———San Jose St., Penn St., Duke*, Ga. St.
Auburn———-Ark. St., Clemson, UL-Monroe, UT-Chatt. 8 home games
Arkansas——–Tenn. Tech, UL-Monroe, Texas A&M*, UTEP
Ole Miss——–Jacksonville St., Tulane*, Fresno St., UL-Lafayette
Miss. St——–Memphis, Alcorn St., Houston*, UAB
LSU————-UNC#, West Va., McNeese St., UL-Monroe
Florida———Miami (OH), USF, App. St., FSU*
South Carolina–So. Miss., Furman, Troy, Clemson*
Georgia———UL-Lafayette, Colorado*, Idaho St., Ga. Tech 5 road games + #
Kentucky——–Louisville*, W. Kentucky, Akron, Chas. Southern
Vanderbilt——Northwestern, Connecticut*, E. Mich, Wake Forest
Tennessee——-UT-Martin, Oregon, UAB, Memphis*
Difficulty Ranking
1. LSU
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. SC
6. Alabama
7. Vanderbilt
8. Miss. St.
9. Auburn
10. Kentucky
11. Arkansas
12. Ole Miss
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
10:40 am
Kiffin….
Who is equivelent? First off Arizona State is nothing special. I’d say easily UF playing South Florida this year is equal to those ASU teams. Oklahoma State? They were pretty good two years ago, but last years 9-4 team that got beat by teams like Houston and Ole Miss really was not much better than the yearly FSU teams UF plays. Then again i guess for UGA fans when you lose to schools like Kentucky, you think those other schools are juggernauts.
murfdawg
June 1st, 2010
10:44 am
Tony,
Who is crying about Bama’s schedule? You, Saban. Mal Moore, Slive, Bear? It is really a lot of posturing to ease the skid in case they have a bad season. Tn, MSU, and USC couldn’t beat bama if they had ten weeks to prepare. Bama and LSU are both off before their big game. So no big deal there. Auburn is off before the Bama game, but Bama plays Georgia St. Are they really worried about getting beat up and hurt against GSU? If they are a good team, and they should be, the schedule should not hurt them.
Do the Bama fans a favor and quit whining about the schedule. They don’t care. As one of my old rugby buddies used to say, “We’ll take the big ones one at a time, and the little ones as fast as they can get here.”
Kiffinisatosser
June 1st, 2010
10:45 am
kgator – It’s all done in the state of Florida. I would love to see UF travel to Stillwater or LA. The queston really isn’t who is good when a game is played. it is what were the expectations when the game was scheduled. I guarantee you the USF tilt ws designed as a road kill blue plate special. It would be pretty funny if USF bit the gators. Away games against legit members of BCS conferences outside the state of Florida…I still don’t see it.
The rest of us
June 1st, 2010
10:46 am
I’d love to see Florida open on the road at Oklahoma State and then play South Carolina the next week when USC still has something to play for.
Kiffinisatosser
June 1st, 2010
10:48 am
I do not like UGa, but at least they have been playing a manly schedule of late.
CanadianWolf
June 1st, 2010
10:48 am
Ban the cowbells at Mississippi State unless they are attached to cows.
Roll Tide
June 1st, 2010
10:50 am
New Gator Fan. We were saying the same thing at the SEC Championship last year. Roll Tide Roll!
Kiffinisatosser
June 1st, 2010
10:51 am
It is true that Ole Miss, Miss State and Cun-tucky have even lamer schdules han UF this year. What a bunch of Pansies.
The rest of us
June 1st, 2010
10:52 am
Traveling to Oklahoma, Arizona and Colorado should not be compared to driving down I-75 to play USF, EVER.
Mikey in the SAV
June 1st, 2010
10:53 am
Gators- That game in Tuscaloosa will be kinda good this year.
I give you props for traveling out of the State for a game other than LSU.
Attention: Gator Fans
June 1st, 2010
10:53 am
After decades of regular-season match-ups,
why did Florida take Miami off the regular season schedule?
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
10:54 am
Like I said, not going to apologize for Florida’s schedule. Foley who is one of the best if not the best AD’s in the country clearly knows what he is doing when puting a schedule in place. His system keeps money flowing into the program and championships are continually played for. Going across country to play somebody in the regular season does nothing to benefit UF.
New Gator Fan
June 1st, 2010
10:56 am
Even I know playing in the state of Florida is different than traveling to Oklahoma and then playing an SEC opponent, come on now kgator79.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
10:58 am
UF took Miami off the regular season schedule mostly because UF realized playing at Miami did nothing to benefit them financially. Gator fans would pack half the Orange Bowl and Miami would go home taking most of the profit. From UFs stand point they realized why not just schedule teams who will come to UF instead and ultimatly bring in more money. Miami needs UF on their schedule more than UF needs Miami.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
10:58 am
Stop confusing me with all these facts!
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:00 am
The Gators shouldn’t have to play anybody they should just give them the National Championship ever year. They are THAT good.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:00 am
I just can’t shut my mouth because I know everything.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:01 am
If someone would cover my mouth I would probably suffocate.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:02 am
Ok UGA fan. Congrats on your “were tough schedulers trophy”. Is this going to be the excuse now for 30 years of no national title? Say what you want about UFs schedule, in the end UGA is still UF’s b**** when it comes to face to face on the playing field.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:02 am
You guys keep taunting me I’ll get my jorts in wad and tell you how many times UF has beaten the Bulldogs in the last 20 years.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:07 am
have to laugh when anyone living in the south wants to attempt to make fun of others for jorts. Been through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina many times. Trust me, jorts are quite numerous among the residents of all those states.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:11 am
Told you.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:12 am
The mouth breather blast was pretty funny though. Jean shorts not so much.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:14 am
I always toot my horn when kids ask me to when I’m driving through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina in my 18 wheeler.
Timothy S. Keough
June 1st, 2010
11:15 am
I can’t believe that there are those who claim that the Gators should play a tougher non-conference schedule outside the State of Florida. The best Football played in this country since 1983 has been in the State of Florida. The big three have won 10 national championships between them; have played in another 8 title games; and have had countless top 5 and top 10 finishes. USF didn’t start playing football until 1997, but has become a perenial bowl team and has beat top 10 teams over the past few years and even rose as high as #2 during the 2007 season. They also beat FSU this past year (At FSU) and won its bowl game. FSU has been to more consecutive bowl games than any other team in history. Those are two of Florida’s non-conference games – one at home and one on the road. Then there is Miami of Ohio which was a bowl team last year. Then there is the SEC schedule which includes #1 Alabama (at Bama); LSU which had two titles last decade; Georgia who won several SEC titles last decade including double digit winning seasons in all but three (3) under Richt; and then a host of other SEC schools who would likely dominate the Big East or the ACC but can only muster 7 or 8 win seasons in the SEC. Then there is the SEC championship and a bowl game against ranked foes. Swithcing gears, Notre Dame will neve join the Big Ten. They don’t want to join a conference but if they felt like they had to, then they would join the Big East. They are already part of the Big East in the other sports, i.e., Basketball and Baseball. As to recruiting, what is the real purpose in moving up the signing date. It seems like it is much more for the college than the kid. And what about all of the coaches that get fired and seasons end. Shouldn’t a kid know that which he does by February.
Bammer 4 Life
June 1st, 2010
11:16 am
Auburn should be KICKED OUT of the SEC for SUCKING.
Bammer 4 Life
June 1st, 2010
11:17 am
keep making fun of Florida you pathetic bulldawg fans. Last time i checked they OWN YOUR SORRY @sses….. go do your gangsta dance in the end zone.
The rest of us
June 1st, 2010
11:21 am
And lsst time I checked you threw Jack Daniels bottles at the Dawg Pile in the end zone in Bammer after the loss, Bammer.
Correction
June 1st, 2010
11:22 am
The rest of us
June 1st, 2010
11:21 am
And last time I checked you threw Jack Daniels bottles at the Dawg Pile in the end zone in Bammer after the loss, Bammer.
Kiffinisatosser
June 1st, 2010
11:23 am
More Bammer parania…it is one of life’s constants.
and Timothy S. – Miami of Ohio most certainly did NOT go to a bowl game last year. They sucked and will suck again. Florida has had weak OOC scheduling for quie a few years now. Admit it.
The rest of us
June 1st, 2010
11:24 am
Hey Bammer, nice touch incorporation a 4 Horsemen reference in your name. Stay classy, brother ( said like Hulk Hogan).
Poker in the front
June 1st, 2010
11:26 am
More bammers. What happened up there in Florence? Were you able to exchange your turkey beard, pop tops and klan hat for an internet connection?
T-Bone
June 1st, 2010
11:29 am
Tony, Why shouldn’t the SEC just act first? Why wait on the Big 10 to make the first move? By waiting aren’t they acquiescing to the fact that the Big 10 is a better conference?
Old Tech
June 1st, 2010
11:34 am
Don – 11 out of 18 = 61.1% very impressive, but not 90%
And just to remind you to stay humble, Ga Tech was out of the league 40 years before you could pass them in number of SEC championships.
ew
June 1st, 2010
11:37 am
Tony, I am begging you can we PLEASE have a blog about something other than expansion…This is getting old…
RxDawg
June 1st, 2010
11:41 am
ew, did you make it past point #1?
Old Tech
June 1st, 2010
11:42 am
Tony, If the SEC bans artificial noisemakers, can that include tubas, trumpets, etc? Would that mean we can finally enjoy halftime?
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
11:44 am
The last ones who should be talking about easy schedules this year are dawg fans. Other than Florida and maybe Auburn away, who do they play?? Maybe Tech. No Bama. No LSU. But still they will manage to lose 4-5 games and whine about Florida’s schedule.
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June 1st, 2010
11:47 am
Hey Georgia…want to know how to win championships?? Try beating the big boys, like Florida, on a consistant basis. I’d try to get by Kentucky first though…
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:47 am
I see the little 12 year old who wanted to pretend to be me is gone
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:49 am
when your one of the top programs in the country, people are always going to try and find a flaw. And if non tough ooc scheduling is the best they got at Florida, then life isnt all that bad for the Gator Nation.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:55 am
Every time I write a comment on here it bolsters the opinion that most if not all Gator fans are mouth breathing, GED diploma carrying jorts wearers.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:56 am
I wish I knew when to use the words your and you’re in a sentence.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
11:58 am
Life IS good in the Gator Nation. Football wins almost make me forget how miserable my life is February through August.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:00 pm
Heres the basic difference between winners and whinners…and it’s more than just the “h” in the word….When Bama beat Florida in the SECCG this past year, Gator fans acknowledged that Bama was the better team and did a great overall job in that game, which they did. The previous year in the SECCG when UF won, I pretty much heard the same sentiments and praise, particularly towards Tebow, coming from the Bama fans. Yet why is it when Georgia loses it’s the refs fault, or a Mike Slive conspiracy or bad luck or a dirty play or the dawg ate the playbook. That’s what makes UGA fans the biggest bunch of whinning excuse makers in the conference.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:03 pm
kgator79…don’t worry…imitation is the highest form of flattery. Although stealing someones name here indicates lack of wit or intelligence.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:06 pm
My days as the fair haired child of the SEC have finally come to an end. Without Tebow we will finally see if this a team or a cast of athletes. Remember, teams don’t attend parties thrown by agents the Monday before the SECCG. Shame, shame on you Billy Gonzales.
Football Folly
June 1st, 2010
12:10 pm
If I were Slive & company I would shock everyonre and go ahead and expand to 16 by raiding the ACC (Clemson, Ga Tech and FSU) and C-USA (ECU). Move Tennessee, Kentucky and Vandy to the West and add these 4 to the East. Why? Because it would force the ACC’s hand and they would be raiding the Big East and C-USA to remain alive, which in turn would directly impact what the Big Ten would HAVE to do.
You also sew up the second largest state (in terms of TV eyes) in the SEC (Georgia), lock-down South Carolina, make in-roads in to North Carolina [which the league has wanted for years] and bring in a hated rival for UF in Florida State. The other thing is 3 of the four (Clemson, Florida State & Ga Tech)are SEC ready now, as far as being able to put a worthy product on the field, and East Carolina is an up and coming program which should only get better with inclusion to the SEC. This would be a win/win for everyone and a real shaft to the Big Ten and ACC!
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:14 pm
Per the imitation 12:03 post, I rest my case. The only reason people steal another persons user name is because they lack the skill of the comeback…so they try sophomoric style redicule instead.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:15 pm
Correction: imitation 12:06 post.
mixed metaphors
June 1st, 2010
12:17 pm
There is an 800 lb elephant in the room to be dealt with……ROLL TIDE!
RxDawg
June 1st, 2010
12:17 pm
Gator Nation, what if you’re just pretending to be imitated. That the “fake” you is really you just pretending to be “fake”.
That’s deeeeep man.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:20 pm
Man that IS deep. Even for a dawg!
RxDawg
June 1st, 2010
12:20 pm
mixed metaphors, than your basicly saying the Tide are a bunch of baby elephants. hehe
Sorry folks, just a little bored at lunch eating my sub.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:25 pm
THAT was even deeper!
Poker in the front
June 1st, 2010
12:30 pm
Gators will come back down to earth after TT. Meyer is simply Zook with more style. He damn nera had a heart attack because he realized that without Timmy his absence of clothing will seriously cut into his emperor image.
CalGatorBrotha
June 1st, 2010
12:30 pm
1. Of course it will, but will it happen dont count on it.
2. I am not sure how this works….I think NSD is a major hit and look forward to it..early signing periods should be reserved for early entrees imo.
3. I love the noise makers…hey once you on the other team home turf all is fair game to distract leave the bells alone…..
4. Another head scratch…take the top records irregardless of which division and seed them.
5. Who cares about Bama’s troubles with schedules….tough luck deal with it Bama
Liquor in the rear
June 1st, 2010
12:32 pm
We can all laugh at the Bammers when they realize that their defense, like Elvis, has left the building.
OB-1
June 1st, 2010
12:34 pm
CanadianWolf; Ban the cowbells at Mississippi State unless they are attached to cows.
If they are atached to cows you may only bring them as dates and yes you could then shake the cows. LOL
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:44 pm
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:14 pm
Per the imitation 12:03 post, I rest my case. The only reason people steal another persons user name is because they lack the skill of the comeback…so they try sophomoric style redicule instead.
Link Report this comment Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:15 pm
Correction: imitation 12:06 post.
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Correction Ridicule.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:44 pm
Typical Georgia fan…Bama and Florida may win championships but they’re all mythical anyway (now that championship in 1980 was real!), the only reason Meyer and Saban win is because they’re jerks (and our coach is such a stand up guy), if only Richt could get lucky like Meyer, he would have won several national championships (not mythical ones either!), the only reason we lose to Florida practicaly every year is that we play in FLORIDA (has nothing to do with the coaching, preparation or the team talent and besides, it’s just plain HOT there), we’d get more of those five star guys that Florida and all the rest get but our academic standards are too high (those US News college ratings are mythical too)……………………………………etc etc etc
Question Still Needs an Answer
June 1st, 2010
12:45 pm
Miami has an overall winning record against both Florida and F$U.
Why did Florida drop Miami from their regular season schedule,
while F$U has kept Miami on the schedule.
F$U & Miami have played continually regardless of conference affiliation.
Correction
June 1st, 2010
12:45 pm
Stop imitating me, Gator Nation!
Coach Meyer
June 1st, 2010
12:49 pm
I resent the implication that when I called three timeouts in the SECCG against Arkansas and then punted and we recovered the muff in the endzone that great coaching wasn’t the reason. I also used great coaching that same day when UCLA upset USC.
OB-1
June 1st, 2010
12:55 pm
Football Folly
Why would the SEC expand into territory they are already in, and if the ACC sucks sooo badly why does everyone want to raid them, The SEC with Clemson, GT, FSU, and I’ve heard VT and Miami also, and I read where they might want just the NC schools. I’ve heard that the Big 10 could be interested in Maryland, UVA, and GT. Let’s see, have I left anyone out. Oh the Big East wanting BC and Miami back. That covers every school in the ACC.
How long has Clemson been SEC ready? Last year that’s it since the 80s. FSU is making a comeback but hasn’t been the dominate team in the ACC as you think since 2005. GT until last year hadn’t done much since being co-champs in 98. It’s been BC and VT as the class of the ACC for most of the leagues past 6 years.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
12:56 pm
Hey, we play Miami (Ohio) our very first game this year!! They are almost as relevant as that other Miami nowadays!
Mitchell Gantt
June 1st, 2010
1:06 pm
Here’s one: When is Slive going to admit that Alabama has been under NCAA investigation for going on three years now? He gets regular reports from the school and the Enforcement staff, but to date hasn’t made anything public.
joe
June 1st, 2010
1:07 pm
6. Will UGA fans decide to stop attending home games after a 30th year of thinking they’ll win the national championship, only to have their hopes dashed when the wheels fall off…again.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
1:12 pm
More typical Georgia fan…Nick Saban will bolt any minute and Urban Meyer will have a breakdown on the sidelines (our only hope), Meyer 0-2 vs Auburn (hey if we can’t beat ‘em, have someone else do it for you), when’s the last time Florida played Miami?? (I know it doesn’t have anything to do with us, please refer back to Auburn), Tebow and eight other guys took off to the NFL so Florida is finished (certainley they haven’t recruited anybody else lately, have they?), we OWN the series against Florida (at least that’s what my great grandfather tells me!)………..
New Gator Fan
June 1st, 2010
1:20 pm
Some of these comments make me embarrassed to be a Gator fan.
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
1:42 pm
You mean comments like implying that you’re a “new” Gator fan?? Cute.
Old Bulldawg Fan
June 1st, 2010
1:45 pm
Some of these comments make me embarrassed to be an old Dawg. Dooley would have never put up with these excuses.
New Gator Fan
June 1st, 2010
1:47 pm
I was just tired of having to explain why anything before 1990 didn’t matter to me.
Ormewood
June 1st, 2010
2:14 pm
Football Folly,
East Carolina? Are you kidding? What on earth would they bring to the SEC? They play in an outpost of a town that’s very difficult to get to. They don’t control or dominate a single TV market. They’ve been respectable on the field the last few seasons, but that will likely change with Skip Holtz’s departure.
If you want to expand the footprint into a virgin state, that’s fine. It’s a good idea actually, But that’s like going into Texas and asking SMU or Houston to join. Why bother?
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
2:17 pm
Sarcasm noted. Look at it this way, all the championships since 1990 including 3 BIG ones. More than most schools do in a hundred plus years. There, that’ll make you feel worse.
Tide4u2c
June 1st, 2010
2:36 pm
We Bama fan are not whining about how all 6 of our SEC opponents have bye weeks before they play Bama in order to watch tape and prepare to beat the national champions, even last year both of our rivals Tennesssee and Auburn had bye weeks before they played Bama, both of them teams had two weeks to figure out what Bama does, them were close games too, before the Iron bowl last year Bama only had 4 days to prepare for Auburn, Bama won but it was a close game.
Now we are not whining but it does seem someone is at the very least trying to make it harder on Alabama eventhough it has’nt worked yet, they seem hell-bent on it working this coming year. That’s OK when Bama beats your team this year just know that you had two weeks to prepare and still could’nt beat the national champions.
Anti-alternative
June 1st, 2010
2:36 pm
MSU, the solution is simple, you can have your cowbells if the rest of the SEC is allowed artificial noisemakers. And I’m thinking everywhere but Vandy that’ll mean guns…
Anti-alternative
June 1st, 2010
2:37 pm
Maybe black powder muskets for Ole Miss…it’s more classy, I hear….
New Gator Fan
June 1st, 2010
2:40 pm
I think you’re missing something. I AM a Gator fan and have been since 2005. I couldn’t possible feel any better about that than I already do. Go Gators!
OB-1
June 1st, 2010
2:41 pm
Anti-alternative: Ban the cowbells at Mississippi State unless they are attached to cows.
If they are atached to cows you may only bring them as dates and yes you could then shake the cows.
Anti-alternative
June 1st, 2010
2:45 pm
Cow-tipping at half time! WOOOOO!! Go State!
Kiss me, Bessie…I’m drunk and we’re down by 50….
Tide4u2c
June 1st, 2010
2:52 pm
As much as I hate to hear them MSU cowbells I don’t think they should be banned.I might hate that but they have chose to ring them cowbells this long, might as well let them continue to annoy us some more.It is part of their tradition.
OB-1
June 1st, 2010
2:53 pm
Anti: there you go two for the price of one, MSU gets their cowbells and you have a free half time show.
Anti-alternative
June 1st, 2010
3:01 pm
I doubt I’d stay to watch it…halftime at MSU is traditionally a time for water breaks and gearing up the third string to take some reps. That’s if I’m even there at all…Starkeville and MSU fans are both on my list of “things that give me that awkward shiver and throw up a little in my mouth”…
74 Dawg
June 1st, 2010
3:07 pm
Poker, I think you are a little confused….
74 Dawg
June 1st, 2010
3:08 pm
Are you perhaps from Alabama?
Reality
June 1st, 2010
3:23 pm
@Barnhardt
GROAN! When will the ajc get off of this ‘expansion’ crap? It seems that you guys are pushing this agenda for some unknown reason. Get over it!
SEC FAN
June 1st, 2010
3:42 pm
Big Surprise, the SEC is going to help Alabama….Mike Slive basically works for bammer
Anti-alternative
June 1st, 2010
3:52 pm
SEC Fan, we in the ACC have the same problem with our commissioner. “Extra money? Oh, here ya go, Any School in the State of North Carolina!”
Shook Ones, part II
June 1st, 2010
4:13 pm
Why is Alabama playing at Duke? That is bizarre.
Go Dawgs.
SOOHSO
June 1st, 2010
4:19 pm
UGA band should play DIXIE!!!!
POAD
June 1st, 2010
4:39 pm
The powers in the SEC ain’t gonna fix the Bama schedule.
The Ghost of Wally Butts
June 1st, 2010
4:50 pm
Hell, let MSU clang away on their little cow bells. What good has it done them so far? Besides, if the SEC expands in a big way, look for some lower tier schools to be kicked out of the SEC anyway, so let the folks at Stark-patch, Miss. be happy…..while they can.
Anti-alternative
June 1st, 2010
4:53 pm
SOOHSO, Fun fact – Georgia Tech’s band plays Dixie with no political backlash. If you know the song or ever hear it played, listen closely when the band plays “Up with the White and Gold”. It’s hidden in the arrangement disguised as a trumpet flourish during the lyrics “…down on the old farm…”
I laugh because we might be the only school left playing it without the press flipping out.
The Cynical White Boy
June 1st, 2010
4:57 pm
Strange world we live in.
The SEC considers raising hell over the fans clanging cow bells.
But it turns its head over the actual athletes jacking up convenience stores (Vols); roughing up women (Thugdawgs); gouging eyes (Gators); drinking and driving (all of them).
Meanwhile, the Coaches (current multi-zillionaires) fight tooth and nail with each other to be the chosen one to coddle to future multi-zillionaires, while everybody continues to call it a “sport” instead of a “business”.
Beast from the East
June 1st, 2010
5:01 pm
UF quit scheduling Miami every year because the SEC expanded and all teams went to an 8 game conference schedule. They also play FSU every year. Factor in the neutral site game against UGA in Jax and they decided they did not want to lose another home game every other year by having to travel to Miami. UF makes little or no money traveling to Miami as stated earlier. This was all decided when teams were still playing 11 game schedules. UF has played Miami several times since the schedule was expanded to 12 games. Bottom line is $$$$$$$. Personally, I would like to see UF play a tougher non-conference schedule, but they really don’t need to. The formula works extremely well financially and on the field. I mean they are in the top 5 financially and they’ve won 2 NC’s out the last 4. Who can argue with that?????
R M
June 1st, 2010
5:51 pm
The real question that should be asked here is why Alabama is receiving preferential treatment for scheduling. Does anyone really believe a South Carolina or a Mississippi State would receive the same bias? While we’re on that subject, where’s the investigation into Mike Slime and his cronies for the Arkansas-Florida officiating travesty. Arkansas won that game and suspending officials for a couple weeks is laughable. They should have been fired permanently.
Forrest Gump is the most famous Bama grad
June 1st, 2010
5:56 pm
Who cares about Bama’s schedule? They’ll be fine. UGAY fans need to shut up .
Beast from the East
June 1st, 2010
5:56 pm
RM,
Arkansas won that game? I think the final score begs to differ. You must be another of those conspiracy theorists. Been to Area 51 lately?
Beast from the East
June 1st, 2010
5:59 pm
Bama should get no relief! Just fix it going forward.
MSU needs to follow the same rules that everyone else has to. I’ve been there and it sucks to have to listen to those damn bells all night….especially when they embarass you on a Thursday night game! That was the worst road trip I’ve ever taken!!!!!
Tide Rising
June 1st, 2010
6:09 pm
“Oh cry me a river. It’s the end of the world and I predict Bama fans are going to ride that excuse to the ends of time when their season doesn’t go the way they want it to this year. Just look to the future to make sure it’s a little bit more evened out amongst the teams. Mountains out of mole hills”
RxDawg and murfdawg,
“Cry you a river?” Perhaps if your team had led the nation since 2007 in the number of opponents taking a bye week with the advantage of extra rest and preparation you would see things with a little more fairness. We’re not asking for an advantage. We’re asking to correct an enormous disadvantage in scheduling that’s been going on for 4 years now. Anyone who thinks its fair that one team should have to take everyone’s best shot year after year after year is an idiot.
What’s that about excuses Rxdawg? Did we need excuses when we rolled through undefeated 2008 and 2009 regular seasons when we led the nation in opponents taking their byes before playing us? Nope. Didn’t need excuses then and we don’t need em in 2010. If Florida or anyone else beats us in the regular season it’ll be because they were better. That’ll be our excuse.
While we’re talking about excuses why don’t you get back to dreaming up some more excuses for the inequity of playing in Jax and the enormous physical toll of that one hour flight all the way to Jax. Seems I’ve heard about 10 times more excuses from dawg fans about the unfairness of playing in Jax than I’ve heard from Bama fans complaining about 6 straight sec games against opponents coming off a bye. You guys really are unbelievable sometimes.
Tide Rising
June 1st, 2010
6:13 pm
RM,
Is preferential treatment having to play 6 straight sec opponents coming off a bye week? If that kind of treatment from the sec is considered “preferential” in your opinion then I’ld be real curious as to what non preferential treatment would be.
Beast from the East
June 1st, 2010
6:13 pm
Well said, Tide Rising. There is a reason why everyone wants their bye week before Bama and we all know what that reason is. If there wasn’t, then everyone would be taking it before the Vandy game.
Beast from the East
June 1st, 2010
6:19 pm
Gump,
Heard Phil Steele on the radio today. He said he thought Auburn could be 11-0 heading into the Iron Bowl. Obviously he has a pretty high opinion of Cheesecake!
Tide4u2c
June 1st, 2010
6:20 pm
It can be debatable whether or not the 6 SEC teams getting bye weeks before they play Bama is an advantage for them.I mean in one sense it does seem to give them an advantage but then again they might get lazy having a bye week or lose a step but it does give them time to watch tape and plan on Bama’s schemes,etc especially later in the season and we know every team will be trying to knock Alabama down so they will be ready.
Tide4u2c
June 1st, 2010
6:28 pm
Hate to say it but I do think Auburn will be much improved over last year. They are past their first year coach growing pains and should be improved it will be interesting to see if it is gonna be Auburn or LSU gunning for second behind Alabama and oh yeah Arkansas should be better too and could give them fits.I can’t wait.
Forrest Gump is the most famous Bama grad
June 1st, 2010
6:35 pm
“He said he thought Auburn could be 11-0 heading into the Iron Bowl.”
Doubt that.
“Hate to say it but I do think Auburn will be much improved over last year.”
Well yeah, and just think, if Auburn had a defense last year, Bama would be looking at a one loss season.
“I can’t wait.”
Same here!
Forrest Gump is the most famous Bama grad
June 1st, 2010
6:35 pm
By the way, who is Phil Steele?
Tide Rising
June 1st, 2010
6:36 pm
Beast,
I heard the same interview. Phil Steele is the one guy out of all these magazines that actually knows what he’s talking about. Athlon, Sporting News, ESPN magazine, they’re all terrible compared to Steele. Anyway, he had some good points. He also that Georgia would be strong which I agree with. One thing he didn’t mention is that AU has a very strong senior class 24-26 seniors depending on who you talk to. Anytime you have a big senior class you should have a good year so I do expect AU to probably have a big year. AU-Georgia should be one of the great games of the year.
Beast from the East
June 1st, 2010
6:41 pm
It looks like a tough season all the way around. I think the SEC NC streak ends this year. Really can’t see anyone going undefeated and I think you could 2-3 teams from around the country that will. Kinda stinks but it is what it is!
Tide Rising
June 1st, 2010
6:42 pm
Forrest,
Phil Steele is usually the most accurate college football analayst out there. If you read his review on AU or if you had heard his comments on AU today for example you would largely agree with what he says and understand that he knows what he’s talking about.
Can’t same the same for a lot of other writers such as the ones at ESPN or Athlon or Sporting news. Anyway, if you like to gamble on football his preseason magazine is a must read and in my opinion the bible for good picking.
Tide Rising
June 1st, 2010
6:47 pm
Beast,
Agreed. Like Phil I see everyone in the sec having at least one loss this year and it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to me if the division winners met in the seccg with 2 losses each. So I’ve already been thinking about whether a one loss sec team gets into the bcs title game. I can still see it though because I see Texas and or Ohio State each dropping a game. But if one of them doesn’t then the big question is Boise? They essentially have 2 tough games in VT and Oregon State and that’s basically it so it would bother me if they run the table and get into the bcs title game over say a one loss sec team.
Tide4u2c
June 1st, 2010
6:47 pm
Personally I like Lindy’s the best as far as pre-season talk goes. Phil Steele was so wrong about Alabama the last two years it really bothered me that he overlooked so much about Alabama now he sees what most should’ve known after Saban’s first year at Alabama.I still believe in Saban’s first year at Bama while Bama had a lack of depth if the 4 players had not have got suspended Bama would not have lost the last 3 or so games of that season.Bama would’ve had atleast a 10 win season in Saban’s first year. How could so many overlook it and doubt Bama?I never understood why except maybe for bias.
Tide Rising
June 1st, 2010
7:09 pm
Tide4u2c,
He’s never going to be completely right about every single team out there. That’s a little unrealistic. I remember reading from a 3rd party source I don’tremembe who but they were grading the different preseason pubs and said his were the most accurate by far over the last 10 years.
Tide4u2c
June 1st, 2010
7:18 pm
Tide Rising,
You are probably right but he did overlook Bama I even heard interviews on the radio where he spoke against Alabama too and I remember thinking you will eat them words.He just did not see what Saban was building and doing at Bama and I’ll admit it was’nt just him either the others were wrong too.Lindy’s was the only one I seen saying you better keep an eye out for what Saban is building at Bama.Surely you can remember Bama not getting the respect they should’ve got.I knew they would eat crow and they have been.
Tide4u2c
June 1st, 2010
7:27 pm
Tony Barnhart was right about Alabama while Phil Steele was wrong.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
7:29 pm
For all those UGA fans deeply concerned that Meyer wont last the season, good news for you….The problem has been found by doctors and fixed. Good article in Orlando Sentinel in an interview with Meyer who talks about what he had, the biggest thing being that it actually had nothing to do with his heart. So UGA fan can stop worrying that he wont be back to beat them again.
Beast from the East
June 1st, 2010
7:31 pm
It really will be a tough pill to swallow if BSU gets in over a one loss SEC team. If they do, then I would hope whoever they play (OSU, Texas, OU, etc) THROTTLES THEM so we wouldn’t have to ever see that crap happen again.
It’s all premature, but I just think with all of the posturing by the MWC and the WAC you’re going to see it happen sooner rather than later.
Beast from the East
June 1st, 2010
7:33 pm
kgator79,
There’s actually a piece on it in the AJC right now. Hope he continues to keep the same mindset he has right now. That would certainly lead to longevity.
Tide4u2c
June 1st, 2010
7:35 pm
Beast,
I agree with you it would’nt surprise me if it happened. There is too much sympathy for the little pups out there.
Tide4u2c
June 1st, 2010
7:43 pm
Remember last season preseason Ole Miss was supposed to win the west they(including Phil Steele) totally overlooked what Saban had built at Alabama and picked Ole Miss over Alabama.I knew they would be eating crow and said so. My name Tide4u2c was thought up specifically because Alabama was being overlooked.It was time for everybody to see that Crimson Tide.
Forrest Gump was the most famous Bama grad
June 1st, 2010
7:43 pm
“Phil Steele is usually the most accurate college football analayst out there. If you read his review on AU or if you had heard his comments on AU today for example you would largely agree with what he says and understand that he knows what he’s talking about.”
Well, I have never heard of him so how could I have read any of his articles about Auburn? Since I have never heard of him I could not agree with anything he’s said.
If he predicts that Auburn will be 11-0 by the Iron Bowl then he is dumber than a UGAY fan on meth. Auburn is not going to be 11-0 anytime soon. Too many “ifs” and too many “inexperienced” players.
Forrest Gump was the most famous Bama grad
June 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
Tide Rising
The only ESPN writers that have half a brain are Buster Olney, Peter Gammons and Barry Melrose. The college football analysts are morons.
Tide4u2c
June 1st, 2010
8:01 pm
Maybe Phil Steele is picking Auburn to win the west this year instead of Alabama.I would’nt bet against Alabama atleast until somebody beats them.Saban and his staff have proven how great they are at coaching up inexperianced players that play well enough to win inspite of the lack of experiance.Bama has holes to fill but is mostly reloading with players who were back-ups last season.Bama will still be a tough opponent even if they do lose. The team who beats Bama will have to bring it and play there best game.It is so hard to go undefeated especially in the SEC but if there is one team that could do it again it is Alabama.
Anti-alternative
June 1st, 2010
8:30 pm
What does Phil Steele predict about the cowbells?
Gator Nation
June 1st, 2010
8:30 pm
None of those prognosticators are consistantly right. If they were, they’d be too wealthy spending their time and money in Vegas to worry about some publication to peddle. When they are interviewed, that is exactly what they’re doing…selling. That’s why they say good things about almost anybody but the obvious downtrodden…including a throw in that some could “run the table”. Hey, if a few thousand extra delusional dawg fans run out and buy the publication….I mean anything COULD happen, right?? No risk there…
Urban Meyer
June 1st, 2010
8:39 pm
I’m feeling so fantastic! I’m really special!! Been traveling the world and enjoying life because I have my courage again! Gosh..I thought I might die and what would y’all do without me!! So happy that my Gator fans worship me! I’m so special! Go Gator Nation and flip those burgers while I enjoy your money!!
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
8:40 pm
when it comes to the preseason magazines I dont put too much stock into their accuracy. Im just grateful to have some college football reading material from june-august with them.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
8:45 pm
You can always tell the age of guys like this one under the Urban meyer screen name. Clearly you do not have a family or kids to be able to even remotely relate to the fear that Meyer had or that any father/husband would have had in that same situation. But if you want to laugh and make fun of the situation, feel free to. In the end, we all know it will be you in a game during the season that is cursing Meyer’s name because his Gators are stomping on your team up and down the field.
Cow bells
June 1st, 2010
9:50 pm
“What does Phil Steele predict about the cowbells?”
He wants to ban us. DINGLE DINGLE DINGLE!
Cow bells
June 1st, 2010
9:52 pm
“because his Gators are stomping on your team up and down the field.”
Well, we all know who the gators can’t stomp. Auburn. Urban is 0-2 against them.
kgator79
June 1st, 2010
9:56 pm
Auburn? Really? Hope they enjoy UFs 3rd string QB.
Gen Neyland
June 1st, 2010
10:43 pm
Ban the Cowbell and MS ST adds 30, no, 40 Cowbell players to the Marching Band. They’ll be playing the driving beat to Blue Oyster Cults ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ every chance they get between plays…#4 is on the money…#5 means Bama plays it’s depth and gets alot of guys experience for 2011…
Wednesday morning buffet « Get The Picture
June 2nd, 2010
7:15 am
[...] Barnhart may have hit on the one approach that might move college football to adapt an early signing day for recruits: “The biggest plus to an early signing period is that schools don’t have to [...]
Charlie Bama
June 2nd, 2010
8:00 am
Hey everybody. I’ve been away. Any messages for me?
Cow bells
June 2nd, 2010
8:43 am
“Auburn? Really? Hope they enjoy UFs 3rd string QB.”
He was 2nd string. And yes, AU will enjoy him. Too bad AU is not playing such an easy team as FL. They had so much fun beating them twice.
Pitt Blather — The Rantings Continue Permalink » Expansion Chatter Round-up
June 2nd, 2010
10:12 am
[...] all, if there is an expansion domino effect, the SEC would also play a role in picking over the Big 12 carcass. Especially if the rumored reports are true that the SEC does [...]
NCHawker
June 2nd, 2010
9:46 pm
Hey Tony,
While you’re at the SEC meetings this week. Be sure to invite Fienbaum out to dinner. Ensure its a nice expensive place with fine wine at premium prices.
Then exuse yourself and stick him with the tab.
Thanks in advance.
NCH
R M
June 3rd, 2010
3:00 am
Beast from the East,
Reading comprehension must not be your forte. Let me put it into more measurable terms for you. Arkansas was flagged for multiple game changing calls in the swamp. 10-20 youtube videos document this and not being an Arkansas fan, even I can see that. It’s unfortunate you’re such a feeble minded moron, but perhaps at some point you’ll graduate from a real school and learn how to process facts. In other words, the score only tells you who was given the game, not who won the game.
killcasualfan
June 8th, 2010
2:16 pm
Tony, travel is a NON-issue for the new Pac-16. The 6 former Big12 schools will join the 2 Arizona schools in the eastern divsion. They will only play one western division school on a rotating basis. Thus the crazy cross country trip of say a Texas A&M traveling to Pullman, Washington would only occur once every 7 or 8 years. And the Arizona schools are easier to travel to than some of the current Big12 schools such as Ames, Iowa that has no airport.
killcasualfan
June 8th, 2010
2:19 pm
As for one of your earlier topics, NO auburn does not deserve a 2nd look if USC is stripped of it’s 2004 title. Auburn won a watered down SEC in 2004 and played a pathetic out of conference schedule. That’s why they were a distant #3 in the BCS rankings and left out of the NC game.