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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Oliver Barry <oli...@bobparks.com> wrote: > This debate rages about the same time every year. It is fueled by > sportswriters’ desire to remain relevant in the 2-3 weeks before the season > starts. Since this the second inflammatory article out of the Sentinel this > summer (remember they were the ones who reported the ever relevant arrest > record of Meyer’s players) they must be in real trouble down there. I just > hope they can sell a few papers off this so that when the season starts > they’ll still be around. > > > > But, new season, same gripe. If anyone would like to give Jeremy Foley a > way to make up the $2million+ loss the program would suffer in scheduling a > home and away game with USC then have at it. I’m sure he’d listen. > > > > In the mean time, as Ken says, I’d like to see USC fight it out in the SEC > from year to year. Pete Carrol can’t even beat Oregon State consistently. > Because that PAC 10 is so tough? Hardly. Even with the cream puffs we play > in a tougher conference than anyone else in the country. And, we have f$U > every year. Could that be why we held the most potent offense in the > country to 14 points in the NC game last year? > > Hmm… > > > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > Bob Parks Realty > > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > > Gallatin TN 37066 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Fax: 615-822-2027 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *gatorrr...@gmail.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:09 AM > *To:* Gatortalk > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [OrlSentinel] SEC football teams > seem to have an appetite for cream- > > > > I agree with everything everyone has said so far... but I still think we > can do better than.......... Charleston Southern... Troy... eh ok fine... > but there is no reason Florida should be playin a 1-AA team in my opinion. > > Woody > > > On Aug 18, 2009 8:54am, Kenneth Beitler <ken...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris’ first mistake is to call the > > > > PAC 10 “highly competitive.” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then he points to some of the tough > > > > non-conference opponents SoCal has played, such as . . . Auburn. Duh. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pete Carroll has to schedule tough > > > > non-conference games; his team is in a wussy conference, and he knows it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When people criticize UF’s > > > > non-conference opponents to me, I point out that we play in the SEC, plus > F$U, and > > > > therefore have no need to play tough non-conference games. Our schedule > > > > is already one of the toughest in the country, year-in and year-out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And if we played in a weaker conference, > > > > such as the ACC, I suspect the same thing that has happened to F$U would > happen > > > > to us: we’d start playing down to their level, and end up a weaker > > > > program. I might be wrong about that, but that is what I would expect. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Go Gators!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ken B. (NYC Gator) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: > > > > gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of ke...@baldwinnc.com > > > > > > Sent: 08/18/2009 5:30 AM > > > > > > To: gatortalk googlegroups > > > > > > Subject: [gatortalk] RE: > > > > [gatornews] [OrlSentinel] SEC football teams seem to have an appetite for > > > > > cream-puff competition > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Either Chris has > > > > NOT been in the sports writing business very long (naive) or he has and > is > > > > saying this just to piss us off. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If the Gators switched > > > > conferences with USC - the Gators would win the conference every year. > If > > > > the Gators went to the ACC or Big Ten - the Gators would win the > conference > > > > every year. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But the Gators play in > > > > the toughest conference - the SEC - were they are the favorites to win > the SEC > > > > - but most any team is talented enough to trip them up (see Old Miss last > > > > > year). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And who was the best > > > > conference last year? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc08.htm?loc=interstitialskip > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and which conference > > > > was below the ACC ? (how embarassing for the PAC10) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Who's schedule was > > > > ranked #4 last year and who's schedule was ranked #16? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt08.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > so Chris - the facts > > > > do NOT back you up. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Either Chris has > > > > no clue what he is talking about OR he does and is just > > > > trying to piss us off. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wait until the season > > > > is over and then check the conference and team rankings. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------- > > > > Original Message -------- > > > > > > Subject: [gatornews] [OrlSentinel] SEC football teams seem to have an > > > > > > appetite for cream-puff competition > > > > > > From: "dbadr...@gmail.com" dbadr...@gmail.com> > > > > > > Date: Mon, August 17, 2009 11:11 pm > > > > > > To: gatorn...@googlegroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/orl-sportsfootball-creampuffs-16081609aug16,0,6511134.story > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OrlandoSentinel.com > > > > > > > > SEC football teams seem to have an appetite > > > > for cream-puff competition > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > By Chris Harry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SENTINEL STAFF WRITER > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2:56 AM EDT, August > > > > 16, 2009 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's > > > > easy when you're Southern Cal, right? > > > > > > > > > > > > The Trojans, who annually boast a roster equivalent to a 33rd NFL team, > play in > > > > the highly competitive Pac-10 Conference. Yet since 2002 they've ventured > out > > > > of their league — and well out of their time zone — for road dates > > > > at Ohio State, Nebraska, Arkansas, Auburn, Kansas State, Colorado, > Brigham > > > > Young, Virginia and Notre Dame, plus a neutral-site showdown against > Virginia > > > > Tech. > > > > > > > > > > > > "If you're a competitor, you want to play the best," said USC Coach > > > > Pete Carroll, whose program has excelled with the all-comers mentality, > going > > > > 82-9 over the last seven seasons, with a pair of national championships > and a > > > > couple of Heisman Trophy winners. "Who wouldn't want to play games like > > > > that?" > > > > > > > > > > > > The Southeastern Conference, that's who. > > > > > > > > > > > > Carroll may have the Trojan horses to gallop every year into places like > > > > Columbus, Lincoln and the "Loveliest Village on the Plain," but it's > > > > not like SEC sidelines are stacked with Washington State rejects. Last > time we > > > > checked, the SEC had collected the previous three BCS trophies, with > Florida sandwiching two > > > > national championships around another for LSU. > > > > > > > > > > > > And yet a month from now, Charleston Southern and Troy will have come to > > > > Florida Field — blindfolded with cigarettes dangling from their facemasks > > > > > — for a pair of public executions. Two months later, Florida > > > > International will be dead-panthers walking. > > > > > > > > > > > > Suggested last meals: Cream puffs, of course. > > > > > > > > > > > > Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley oversees a program that hasn't > played a > > > > non-conference, regular-season game outside the state since the Gators > lost at Syracuse in 1991. It has, > > > > however, played Florida > > > > State every year since > > > > 1958, which requires no apology. > > > > > > > > > > > > "It's a year-to-year conversation." Foley said of his schedule. > > > > "Last year we played Hawaii and Miami, and nobody was > > > > saying anything." > > > > > > > > > > > > Are we picking on the Gators? Yes, but don't worry. There are plenty of > > > > perpetrators of this practice, especially in the Big Ten and Big 12. UF, > > > > though, is close to home and makes for an easy target. > > > > > > > > > > > > A game against Lake Highland Prep would draw 90,000 to the Swamp, but > that's > > > > not the point. Still, Foley has no problem declaring he has no intention > of > > > > seeking a home-and-home series that would forfeit a seventh home game and > the > > > > estimated $2 million in revenue he uses to fund one of the nation's > finest overall > > > > athletic programs. > > > > > > > > > > > > "Other schools have made the decision to do that," Foley said. > > > > "We won't." > > > > > > > > > > > > And there are those, clearly, that just want to pad the slate. > > > > > > > > > > > > Like Mississippi. > > > > > > > > > > > > The Rebels are favored to reach Atlanta and play > > > > in the SEC title game for the first time, but their toughest > non-conference foe > > > > is Memphis on > > > > the road. That's barely an hour from Oxford. > > > > > > > > > > > > "Doesn't matter who you're playing," Ole Miss Coach Houston Nutt > > > > said. "Everybody wants a piece of you." > > > > > > > > > > > > Geez. Stop Tim Tebow on a fourth-and-inches and suddenly you're Bear > Bryant. > > > > > > > > > > > > LSU, with two national titles the previous six years, would get some > credit for > > > > opening at Washington; > > > > if Don James was still coaching there. The Huskies were 0-12 last year, > and the > > > > Tigers' remaining three non-conference games are home dates against > fellow Louisiana programs that > > > > combined for 14 wins. > > > > > > > > > > > > Alabama is actually stepping up with a > > > > season-opening, neutral-site game against Virginia Tech at the Georgia > Dome, > > > > but the Crimson Tide steps back down with FIU, North Texas > > > > and Tennessee-Chattanooga. > > > > > > > > > > > > A round of applause, though, for Georgia, > > > > which besides its rivalry season finale with Georgia Tech, opens at > Oklahoma State > > > > and plays host to Arizona > > > > State. > > > > > > > > > > > > "We might have bit off more than we should have," Bulldogs Coach Mark > > > > Richt said. > > > > > > > > > > > > It'd be nice to see more Dawg-like entries in the hunt. > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's a breakdown of the nation's 2009 non-conference games. > > > > > > > > > > > > Which > > > > college football cream-puff contest is the biggest mismatch on the 2009 > > > > schedule? > > > > > > > > > > > > 5 > > > > college football "Christians vs. the Lions" games of 2009 > > > > > > > > > > > > How > > > > BCS conferences stack up with non-conference opponents > > > > > > > > > > > > BCS > > > > opponents by the numbers > > > > > > > > > > > > College > > > > football scheduling's good, bad & the ugly > > > > > > > > > > > > 11 > > > > meaty matchups that make college football worth watching in September > > > > > > > > > > > > How > > > > non-BCS college football conferences have fared against BCS foes since > 1998 > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris Harry can be reached at cha...@orlandosentinel.com. > > > > Staff writer Andrea Adelson contributed to this report. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
