Its really funny to me how you root for a whole conference and not a specific team. I know I know, by you saying how good your conference is, you give your teams an excuse when they lose...but thats a different subject..Anyways, in my 28 years of life, I cant remember one SEC team coming up North and playing a good nonconference opponent. ( or a tough nonconference game at all for that matter) All your bowl games are basically home games, like this year, if LSU manages to win out, they will be playing a freakin home game for the National title. Why dont you come to Columbus and play in the shoe? Or come to Ann Arbor and play in the Big House? Im sure Ohio State would love to schedule a game with any of you, which Im sure you would do, but only if it was a home game. I know you wouldnt come up North and play.
Okay "SEC fans"...?
True dat....i wanna see a SEC team play in the weather that the Ohio State/Michigan game was played in. You better be able to run the ball well. Passing in that type of weather is not an option.
Reply:Hey YT...
Ohio State plays in 90 degree weather with 80% humidity all the time... it's called August and early September... I just looked up the weather archives and this year, on september 8th, when Ohio State played Akron, it was 86 degrees with 78% humidity during the game... that's awfully close to your "come and play during 90degree/80% humidity, that we can't handle, right? It was 30 degrees and raining in Ann Arbor yesterday... It was 70 deg and sunny at Ole Miss yesterday...
Then we play in the freezing rain and snow and ice of November...
and then go play a bowl game in California, Arizona, New Orleans, Texas, or Florida...
I don't hate the SEC, but I would LOVE to see it just once, just once, for Florida, LSU, or heck, why not Texas or Miami come and play us JUST ONCE outdoors, in Chicago, or Buffalo... in November or December...
Just once...
By the way... in head to head in last years bowl games...
Yeah, Ohio State lost to Florida, but Penn State beat Tennessee and Wisconsin beat Arkansas, so what was that about the "big 2 and the little 9"?
The only real difference between the SEC and the BigTen is twofold.
First, BigTen fans admit it when we aren't the best. I have never heard an SEC fan ever admit that they aren't the best Conference every single year...
Second, BigTen teams can win in the cold.
Reply:Well the southern schools don't need to send an SEC team north to beat someone. They sent Appalachian State and beat Michigan handily.
Is the SEC the strongest conference? I don't know. They are not the weakest. The Big Ten is, once again, the big Two and little nine. Texas Tech moved the ball on Oklahoma at will. The ACC is a farce when the two best teams in the conference are Virginia and Virginia Tech - a team that lost to Wymoning by 20, and a team that lost to LSU by 41. My case for how strong or not strong the SEC is rests on the fact that Alabama took LSU to the ropes, and last yesterday to UL-Monroe. The PAC10? No clearcut favorite this year either. None of the pre-season front-runners are around. USC, California....
That being said, I have always said... if you want to be number one, go undefeated. At this point, the top five teams in order should be:
1. Kansas
2. Ohio State
3. West Virginia
4. Missouri
5. LSU
Based on who they have beat and who they have lost to.
Reply:yeah the SEC can talk trash as long as they are playing the in the comforts of warm weather, come up North and play with real men in the cold and sometimes snow.
Sure you have rain, but a cold rain and wind is a whole different story in a game.
Reply:Ok,, enuff.. Your momma doesn't have hold of your shirt tail and holding you back from coming down here to play. I'll ask you the same Q.. Why don't you come done here and play? Turn about is fair play. I don't see any northern teams juggling their schedules around to come down south and play either. If your team was in the NC game and coming to New Orleans you wouldn't even be posting this. I'll bet this question never crossed your mind last year when Ohio St. was in the NC game... Did it? OH,, and it wasn't played in the south last year. Ok,, the southwest maybe. Both teams had to travel about the same for the NC game last year. I wouldn't exactly call that home field advantage for either team.
Reply:SO TRUE!!!! The only team I can think of that went up north was when Tennessee played Notre Dame a few years back. They'd rather play LA Monroe, and Tulane for away games.
Reply:How about this. EVERYBODY stop scheduling patsies so they can pad their schedule with wins. Of course, we'd need a real playoff to avoid the popularity contest that has you all (y'all to the SEC) in such a snit. I saw an interesting statistic during the CAL/UW game. The only teams since 1978 to NOT schedule a non-FSB opponent:
UCLA
USC
WASHINGTON
NOTRE DAME
There was one more I think, Southern team maybe.
Reply:hahah this is hilarious bring and sec team into cold weather are u kidding me ?? they may break a nail.....SEC = WEAK....and for the other guy talking about how "hardcore" lsu fans are...please guy u guys go to ur games in 70 degree weather and sit comfortable on ur little padded cushions....come up north and pack a stadium when its 20 degrees outside thats real fans!!!!! lets go eeeerrrrrrs!! DUB V
Reply:How about we flip that question a little? Why don't the uber powers of the north come south and play? Just as afraid of having heat stroke as you suppose the southern teams are of freezing maybe?
You come across touting the northern teams as being all that cause the SEC is afraid to come north and play them, but the same point works in reverse.
Hmmm, let's see....who was #1 last year at year's end? Who won the national title?
I guess that was all weather related though.
Reply:I have a better question: why don't Ohio State or Michigan play ranked teams?
Ohio State plays Akron, Toledo, Ball State, and friggin' Southern Ohio.
It isn't that far to Kentucky, travel down to Lexington or Louisville and see how good your teams are on the road. Or head over to Morgantown.
The Sec is the best conference simple because the number of ranked teams played. When you play 5 ranked teams in 8 weeks (like LSU, Kentucky, and South Carolina have) you tend to get worn out a little bit...
Beating UT, Auburn, Georgia, and Arkansas is just a little more prestigious then beating Akron, and Toledo.
Considering the number of SEC teams that already play far more games against the top 25 then other schools do how about your precious Ohio State go down South for a game or head to the Big East and try their hand at Rutgers, WVU, UConn, or UofL?
There is a reason that Cincy is the only team in Ohio that Ohio State hasn't played.
And I believe last year a SEC showed the world just how over-rated OSU is in the national title game, am I right?
(I'm not saying that Ohio State sucks, I'm just saying they don't play anyone...I'll reserve judgement for how good they are when they beat a top 25 team other than Michigan.)
Reply:LSU desires the respect of the rest of the conference. They might laugh us out of the SEC if we scheduled some pansy Ohio State team. Oh I wanted Ohio State to get to play LSU in the NC but y'all lost to an unranked team. Maybe next year.
Oh by the way tell me again how many times Ohio State has beaten an SEC team in a bowl game. I'll give you a hint. They have had eight opportunities.
Reply:i think cambo and archangel are the same person
Reply:do some small amount of research before you declare that SEC teams don't play in the north (or is it "when it's cold"?).
why don't you come to columbus and play in the shoe....
because to get osu on the schedule, osu would have to travel as well... 90% of the time it is a home/home swap (as you can see with USC 'the next two years'). might it be because osu doesn't want to travel into the deep south?
come to ann arbor and play in the big house? again same situation, only worse, michigan isn't a team worthy of consideration.
i understand big 10 NEEDS those out of conference games. for so long, it has only been michigan and ohio state sitting atop a pile of refuse (a bunch of teams that would be in the bottom of most of the other major conferences). i understand that big 10 fans have a chip on their shoulder about that, i'm sorry that you aren't that self aware to see it yourself. there is no fear of playing in the cold... just no desire to. why do you think they don't have bowls in buffalo Ny? someone north of the mason dixon line is smart... apparently not enough of you are linked to that one brain though.
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Reply:Well I do have an answer to this , I have been watching for almost 50 years and this is why. It is a southern thing and us in the south believe in pulling together. We have alot of fun with our teams and we love southern football. I heard a girl from Bama say once its a southern thang!! And by the way Tiger Stadium just got voted the 3nd greatest and most intimidating staduim in the world. It was the only stadium in the US to get a vote over all. Like I say you have to be there to understand. Yes I love my LSU tiger and my other SEC teams. Yes I am a southern boy from the Bayou so I may be bias, but thats what it takes to have teams like LSU , We do alot more than just play football at the games, WE have fun!!
Reply:Awesome point dude. Actually should apply to all the conferences. I'm a Buckeye fan and wish they'd play at least two non-conference powerhouses each year instead of one also. Especially when my annual ticket allotment is for a game like OSU-Akron.
Reply:I can hear it now
but mommy, we play a tough conference schedule, we can't schedule the Big Schools, and play in their house...it would be too cold, mommy
OHIO STATE vs USC next 2 years
Reply:Jealous are we? By the way, most of us have a few teams we absolutely hate. In my case Auburn takes 1st, followed by Florida and others. When it comes to non-conference I will always pull for the SEC team even if I hate them. I think the reason you see so much solidarity among SEC fans is because most people above the Mason-Dixon line assume we are all backwards hicks in the south and often spew their stupidity here. Guess what, the hicks will be sending 2 teams to the BCS bowls(including the title game). My guess is the hicks will win the Heisman with Teblow, Dorsey, or Mcfadden. Dorsey will almost definately win for best D-lineman, Highsmith may win for Linebacker(Outland trophy and forget the name of the other). LSU alone will send at least 7 players to the pros, including a possible first pick AGAIN with Dorsey.
I think people are jealous of the "hicks" because our football is far superior. Just picture my 3 toothed smile, in my bare feet, in my shack on the bayou as I flip you the bird and give a hearty rebel yell. Geaux Tigers and go SEC!!!
**As for the weather excuse....come down here and play in 90+ degree weather with 80% humidity and see how long your players last. For that matter, dont worry, there are planty of first aid stations to treat you wimpy fans that pass out from the heat and humidity. Also, Let me see any one of your teams play games while some of them and their families are homeless due to a devastating hurricane. Snow and cold....we aint skeered.
Reply:the sec is #1, we just dont play peasants . our conference has dignity you know, and about the big house, didn't Appalachian state answer that part of your rant? Michigan couldn't even beat a 1AA team , hmmmm.
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