Apples and Bad Apples
Posted by DontBendDontBreak | Filed under PAC-10 Failures, SEC Greatness
Not that I expected any different, but the SEC continues to be a cannibalized feeding frenzy, mercilessly ravaging each other even early in the season, leaving little hope that one will emerge unscathed. If only everyone would recognize, like I have, that a two-loss SEC season is better than an undefeated season anywhere else, probably even the NFL.
The SEC is just too talented from the top all the way to the very, very bottom. How else can you explain the Ole Miss Rebels beating #4 Florida, which was lead by a Heisman-winning quarterback? It just proves that no team in the SEC is a pushover, no matter how long it’s been since that team has won a game in conference.
While over on this end of the country, the PAC-10 continues to prove its sub-mediocrity. If the only ranked team from the conference losing to an unranked team from the conference doesn’t prove to you how bad the conference is, I don’t know what will.
Unfortunately for Florida, the road doesn’t get any easier. There’s no time to heal bruises in the SEC. Instead, the Gators have to turn right around and play Arkansas on the road. The same Arkansas team that currently has two rookie NFL running backs running all over the place.
Meanwhile USC gets the equivalent of a bye week while hosting the Oregon Ducks at the Coliseum. The lowly Ducks are only ranked #23 and have already lost a game as well, despite having such great back-up quarterbacks.
But let’s take a deeper look at last week’s losses.
*Florida lost at home, where the crowd was on their side. That knowledge lulled them into giving up a 10 point halftime lead.
But USC, playing in a hostile road environment at a venue that had caused them problems two years before, should have known what to expect and been ready for it.
*Florida was a blocked PAT away from sending the game to overtime, where they surely would have found the grit and resolve to put away the team that produced last year’s Super Bowl MVP.
Meanwhile, USC lost by SIX points to an Oregon State team whose most well-known NFL players are on teams that haven’t even won a game this season. (Unless you count the 1-win Cleveland Browns. But no one had even HEARD of Derek Anderson until last year.)
*Again, Ole Miss had the element of surprise in their favor, as they hadn’t beaten a ranked team since 2003. Knowing that Oregon State had accomplished this five times in the same time span, USC should have been better prepared.
It’s clear that one of these losses was much, much worse than the others.
Tags: Arkansas, Florida, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, SEC
3 Responses to “Apples and Bad Apples”
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Satire Rocks Says:
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:22 amI know! Florida and ALL things SEC are SOOOO superior to everyone and everything. I’m glad you finally spelled it out for me.
And Florida got punished SOOOO bad for their loss at home, they dropped EIGHT spots in one poll and NINE in the other (from losing to an unranked opponent who hasn’t beat a ranked opponent in 2 1/2 years, and hadn’t won a SEC game in, I believe it was 18 tries?).
Meanwhile, those Spoiled Trojans from the spoiled Left Coast only dropped EIGHT spots in both polls (after losing on the road to a team that has beat the Trojans 3 out of the past 4 times they have visited Corvallis and has consecutively in 3 years now, knocked off the #3, #2, and #1 team in the nation). Those goofy writers and coaches! What do they know anyway, they so punished Florida more than USC with that 1-spot-drop-difference.
Thats why I love SEC fans, they continue to remind me that the south still hasn’t got over the “War of Northern Agression” also known as the Civil War. In other words, they are delusional.
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anonyouse Says:
October 15th, 2008 at 12:58 pmyou are retarded. any nfl team would destroy any college team.
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JD Says:
December 15th, 2008 at 2:33 am“…that a two-loss SEC season is better than an undefeated season anywhere else, probably even the NFL.”
Ridiculous.