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 <[email protected]> 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: > [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of [email protected] > 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: "[email protected]" [email protected]> > Date: Mon, August 17, 2009 11:11 pm > To: [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
