Today I Learned....
Today is my definition of the perfect Sunday afternoon. I'm currently snuggled up on the couch in my jammies with Lex dog curled up next to me. In the background, a horror movie is playing. Outside the rain is coming down which will most assuredly contribute to the nap awaiting me in the very near future. As I'm laying around enjoying the rainy day in all of it's glory, I've uncovered some pretty interesting facts, figures, & really cool useless bits of information as we head into rivalry week.
I seriously cannot think of a player or team that has ever more universally hated than Jameis Winston & the FSU Seminoles. Sure, many in the SEC joined together to secretly wish atrocities against Cam Newton & the 2010 auburn war eagles. But every week pretty much every college football fan in the nation outside of Tallahassee rallies together to pull for whoever's playing FSU. And every week, we walk away disappointed.
Will Muschamp will lead his Florida Gators onto the field for the final time Saturday in Tallahassee. Any rational person or anyone who has been subjected to the Gator offense under Boom's reign knows how far-fetched that possibility is. But in my best Lee Corso voice, "NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND". Ten years ago, Florida had an equally inept head coach named Ron Zook. And like Muschamp, he led his mighty gators into Doak Campbell stadium after he had been fired. The team's record was 6-4 & they were going against a #10 ranked Seminole squad. He left victorious that day defeating FSU 20-13. Saturday, Boom will lead his mighty gators into that same stadium with the same record facing that same top 10 team. Can history repeat itself? I sure as heck hope so!
After shutting out the Ole Miss Rebels Saturday, Bret Bielema's Razorbacks are the first unranked college football team to shut out ranked opponents in back to back weeks. After beating LSU, one could justify it as a team on the rise beating up an emotionally & physically broken LSU squad who had just suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Crimson Tide. But after Saturday's complete and total domination of Ole Miss, I think it's fair to welcome Arkansas back to big boy football. That 14-13 win doesn't look quite so bad now, does it?
Outside of Danny Kanell's delusions, one would be hard pressed to find anyone to argue against the SEC being the dominant conference in college football. As a matter of fact, this conference pretty much owned the BCS National Championship Trophy until auburn had to go screw up the streak. And until they let an ACC team take away our bragging rights, the SEC West had a strong hold on it for 4 straight years. However, even during that streak we could count on at least one Mississippi school and Arkansas to be an easy win. Not this year! With Saturday's performance, every single school in the SEC West in now bowl eligible. Maybe the ESPN Gameday guys should reference this little nugget next time they want to bash the cupcake games sprinkled into the season. Heck, if those cupcakes weren't on the schedule we'd all be fielding scout teams by November.
I seriously cannot think of a player or team that has ever more universally hated than Jameis Winston & the FSU Seminoles. Sure, many in the SEC joined together to secretly wish atrocities against Cam Newton & the 2010 auburn war eagles. But every week pretty much every college football fan in the nation outside of Tallahassee rallies together to pull for whoever's playing FSU. And every week, we walk away disappointed.
Will Muschamp will lead his Florida Gators onto the field for the final time Saturday in Tallahassee. Any rational person or anyone who has been subjected to the Gator offense under Boom's reign knows how far-fetched that possibility is. But in my best Lee Corso voice, "NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND". Ten years ago, Florida had an equally inept head coach named Ron Zook. And like Muschamp, he led his mighty gators into Doak Campbell stadium after he had been fired. The team's record was 6-4 & they were going against a #10 ranked Seminole squad. He left victorious that day defeating FSU 20-13. Saturday, Boom will lead his mighty gators into that same stadium with the same record facing that same top 10 team. Can history repeat itself? I sure as heck hope so!
After shutting out the Ole Miss Rebels Saturday, Bret Bielema's Razorbacks are the first unranked college football team to shut out ranked opponents in back to back weeks. After beating LSU, one could justify it as a team on the rise beating up an emotionally & physically broken LSU squad who had just suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Crimson Tide. But after Saturday's complete and total domination of Ole Miss, I think it's fair to welcome Arkansas back to big boy football. That 14-13 win doesn't look quite so bad now, does it?
Outside of Danny Kanell's delusions, one would be hard pressed to find anyone to argue against the SEC being the dominant conference in college football. As a matter of fact, this conference pretty much owned the BCS National Championship Trophy until auburn had to go screw up the streak. And until they let an ACC team take away our bragging rights, the SEC West had a strong hold on it for 4 straight years. However, even during that streak we could count on at least one Mississippi school and Arkansas to be an easy win. Not this year! With Saturday's performance, every single school in the SEC West in now bowl eligible. Maybe the ESPN Gameday guys should reference this little nugget next time they want to bash the cupcake games sprinkled into the season. Heck, if those cupcakes weren't on the schedule we'd all be fielding scout teams by November.
Auburn is just a small town in West Georgia. For the first time in several years, the Iron Bowl will be played at night in Bryant Denny stadium. Don't listen to the cliches' about throwing the record books out the window. That's completely untrue. The team that is supposed to win typically does. I was there for the 2010 Iron Bowl. I travelled to the plains for the 2013 Iron Bowl. And I'll be there Saturday. I am not looking for revenge this week. I expect a mother f@#$!%* reckoning!!!
Roll Tide, y'all!!! Let's beat the hell out of auburn!!!
Love it! Roll tide!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jay-Z! I love you and Roll Tide right back at ya!
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