Gameday Snap Judgments: Around the South ... And, Perhaps, Beyond
by Ivory Tower on Sep 26, 2009 7:28 PM EDT
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PrintRecovered. Enjoying other people's disappointments. Perhaps, I could feel slighted when folks talk about the great exposing of the Rebels - and how embarrassed we all should be for daring to get excited about our football prospects - but the truth is that we, maybe not Barnhart or anyone else, knew this might happen in January. So, I am not just prepared, I am excited about the slap in the face that will come tomorrow. We deserve to be slapped. Also, the sting will be numbed because ...
Miami and California sucked the air right out of the "Ole Miss overrated" meme. While I saw the Miami bubble bursting, I was ready to buy, buy, buy on a California team and its star running back. One might toss out the old "parity" argument for college football, but I think "manic depressive" is probably more appropriate. And yet, somehow, LSU is undefeated.
Alabama is the number one team in the country. Florida is already up 24-0 on Kentucky. Congratulations. However, considering the Tide's body of work - now that everyone has a substantial amount of it - none of the top teams in the country can boast such convincing resumes. The season-opening win in Atlanta looks better and better every day. And the difference between Arkansas' offense against Georgia and against Alabama is almost unbelievable.
Did Dan Mullen really go for the jump pass on 3rd and centimeters? Showing an Orgeron-esque potential for taking risks at bizarre times, Comrade Dan must have been trying to spread the crazy. You have, allegedly, black Tebow on the sidelines and two chances against suspect rush defense, but, instead, you ask the worst quarterback in the conference, who is - by the way - somewhere on the order of three feet tall, to execute a semi-trick play and then run a vanilla quarterback sneak. I've seen stupid. I've seen it recently. I saw it on Thursday. But that kind of pissing-away is the kind that ought to be cause for more concern than it has been. Furthermore, that LSU needed that kind of bone-headed-ness to escape Starkville continues to prove that Ole Miss isn't the only SEC West team that needs to drop out of the Top 10.
The Cincinnati-South Florida game is suddenly relevant. I watched the Bulls beat the Seminoles, and I, consequently, am prepared to offer reserved, moderate praise. He isn't so bad. The Bearcats, having already "proven" themselves in a comfortable win at Oregon State, will likely be undefeated when they face the Bulls in three weeks. Between now and then, South Florida has Syracuse and bye.
Every week someone in the SEC looks human. It was Georgia and South Carolina in week 1. It has been Mississippi State, LSU, Vanderbilt, and Tennessee practically every week. It hasn't really been Auburn, yet, but they'll play someone with a pulse soon enough. It was even Florida against Tennessee. This week, the Rebels, Hogs, and Wildcats looked practically sub-human. When will it be Alabama?
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Arkansas
You know, before I found this blog, I has no real grudge against the Razorbacks. Ordinarily I would not have cared much about their game against Alabama today; in fact, for selfish reasons, I might have even pulled for the Hogs, because a Tide loss is good for Ole Miss.
But I absolutely LOVED watching Alabama kick the shit out Arkansas on national television today. Why? One word: Gonzo.
Thanks, Gonz, for making an otherwise meh game mean something for me. Now, please, go fuck yourself.
Don't try and lay no boogie woogie on the king of rock 'n roll.
If there ever was a post that I agreed with...
…it’s this one, especially the “go fuck yourself” part. Hotty Toddy!
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken
by BimBamOleMissByDamn on Sep 26, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
You talkin' 'bout your boy Hightower?
That was nasty.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 27, 2009 2:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Well...
Penn State is down by 8 with 3 minutes left in the game and Iowa has the ball inside the PSU thirty…. this will be the 4,5 and 6 team in the nation losing to unranked teams… not to mention the Miami loss which was another top 10 team but VT was 11th so its not so bad.
Top 10 sucks
Ahahahaha three more top 10 lose. I guarantee they won’t rag on them as ba as they did the rebels.
by wackydeli on Sep 26, 2009 11:25 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Although we haven't played like a top ten team
it seems like no one else wants to be there right now. I really thought we’d fall a notch or two after the way we played today, but I don’t think so now, with all the other losses.
Late post Artiger.
LSU is #4. SEC. You won. You deserve it. On the road.
I don’t care what anyone else will say. Goal line and inches?
Your defense can walk with big balls!
Did we just miss out on the greatest weekend of SEC/college football history?
With all the losses today, October 10th would maybe have seen
- Florida v. #5 LSU
- Bama v. #4 Ole Miss
It’ is only a thought. But, DAMN! That would have been a great weekend.
We lost more than a game Thursday night, I’m afraid.
Gauging Top 10 Losses
As a Gamecock fan, I’m ecstatic about our win, but hate seeing it cheapened by the trash talk that Ole Miss somehow sucks.
But, honestly, let’s rate the other losses by Top 10 teams, particularly because there really seems little rhyme or reason why some are higher than others:
5. Ole Miss loss. Snead shoulda played better. Nutt shoulda called McCluskey’s number earlier. But the Reb defense held USC to five consecutive 3 and outs and Ole Miss had the ball in USC territory at the end, in a hostile environment, where a TD would win. Yes, UM falls to 2-1, but should bounce back against Vandy. It’s the flip side of the LSU-MSU game. If State wins, LSU has crapped the bed. LSU hangs on, and so it’s "A-OK’. That would have been what people said if Ole Miss had triumphed 17-16 on Thursday.
4. Miami loss. Sure, VT was ranked 11 with a nice win over Nebraska, but I don’t think VT is better than a middlin’ SEC team … . Plus, this is ACC on ACC and the Hokies absolutely routed Shannon’s cinderella team A resurgent OU visits Coral Gables next week and should snuff the "U"’s premature return to glory. This is a much, much, much worse loss for a Top 10 team than falling by 6 points on an SEC road game.
3. Southern Cal loss. Ok, Ok. It’s from last week. But it’s an absolute shit-the-bed loss for the Men of Troy because all the SEC, Big 12 and, dare-I-say, Big 10 teams in the championship hunt will have to have 2 losses to get ‘passed’ over by a one loss Trojan squad, no matter what they say in LA about playing with their number 2 QB. The “other” USC should be out, out, out of the BCS Championship hunt. No matter how bad they beat up on WSU. Bonus points for UW immediately crapping the bed vs. Stanford. These sorts of inexplicable in-Conference losses by the Trojans are belie all the platitudes Pete Carroll receives. Losing the Huskies is even worse .. they were O fer everybody except Idaho. Pete’s a decent coach, with superb talent, but not a great coach. But the western writers and coaches will vote Southern Cal up just ’cause.
2. Cal loss. Just. Absolutely. Pathetic. The Bears didn’t show up in Eugene. It just as easily could have been Cal at # 4 and Ole Miss at # 6, and if the results of Thur. and today had been the same, then Cal’s loss is much, much worse than y’all’s to Carolina. Oregon was a team in utter disarray after the Boise State debacle. I don’t see how a fair pollster or coach votes Cal ahead of Ole Miss, or sees Cal as a legit top 15 program. They aren’t. Ole Miss is.
1. Penn State. The Lions were a 10 pt favorite over Iowa. At home … a sold out, white out Beaver Stadium, with the home team playing for revenge at having lost a shot for the BCS. Infinitely more revenge motivation. Giving up 21 unanswered points and generating nuthin’ in the second half … absolutely nuthin … means they should drop lower than Ole Miss. Again, it just as easily could have been PSU at the # 4 slot.
I loved surfing to another CFB blog where some Penn State, Michigan and Pac-10 fans were trashing Ole Miss. I wonder how many would want their team to play the Rebs. Or the Gamecocks for that matter. Yes, it was a great win for Carolina and a bitter one for Ole Miss, but not the worst by a mile.
Good luck with Vandy. Soften ‘em up a bit for us, if you don’t mind.
Thank you Tryptic.
I was about to get lost in my own world.
We will try and do our best with Vandy to “soften ’em up” for ya’ll.
If you wouldn’t mind, could you run the table the rest of the season?
It might take some of the sting off of Thursday night.
BAMA game sets up nicely
We will improve… you think bama will be fired up to play us after watching us against USC? maybe looking ahead to UT? Come in flat Bama and pay dearly, GREAT TRAP GAME!!!!
Not Likely
Ole’ Miss, LSU, Miss State, Auburn and formerly Arkansas stand directly in the path of ’Bama’s main goal: making it back to Atlanta. If the Tide does lose focus at some point I doubt it will be against a divisional foe.
"We intend to go out and hit people in the mouth. That's how we play. We're going to run the ball at you and we're going to stop you from running the ball. That's our personality, and we're going to have fun doing it." - Rolando McClain
While I agree with your point in that
Alabama is going to be a tough, focused opponent against every team they face, I think you fall into the typical Bama fan mentality with this:
If the Tide does lose focus at some point I doubt it will be against a divisional foe.
You’re saying that the Tide has to lose focus in order to lose; basically the other team can’t possibly win on their own accord.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 27, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
No, that's not quite what I was trying to convey.
hotstove97 opined that, after watching Ole’ Miss get beat by USC, the Tide may overlook the Rebels. I found that hypothesis to be flawed. So I asserted that if the Tide does get beat it would not be due to a lack of focus, especially not against Ole’ Miss who is a divisional foe and stands directly in the path of the teams primary goal; making it back to Atlanta. So in essence, I actually argue the complete opposite of the point in your assumption That is where you fall squarely into that typical anti-Tide, envious, hater mentality.
"We intend to go out and hit people in the mouth. That's how we play. We're going to run the ball at you and we're going to stop you from running the ball. That's our personality, and we're going to have fun doing it." - Rolando McClain
You didn't quite elucidate that in your initial post.
But fine, whatever. It’s all about perspective, lawya.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 30, 2009 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions
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