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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:54 AM, 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?<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/orl-sl-college-football-cream-puff-games-081609,0,956620.storylink> > > 5 college football "Christians vs. the Lions" games of > 2009<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/orl-sportsfootball-creampuffs-chart-a-081609aug16,0,4558688.story> > > How BCS conferences stack up with non-conference > opponents<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/orl-sportsfootball-creampuffs-chart-b-081609aug16,0,5410657.story> > > BCS opponents by the > numbers<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/orl-sportsfootball-creampuffs-chart-c-081609aug16,0,6262626.story> > > College football scheduling's good, bad & the > ugly<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/orl-sportsfootball-creampuffs-chart-d-081609aug16,0,7114595.story> > > 11 meaty matchups that make college football worth watching in > September<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-sl-meaty-college-football-matchups-081609,0,2122699.storylink> > > How non-BCS college football conferences have fared against BCS foes since > 1998<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/orl-sportsfootball-creampuffs-chart-16081609aug16,0,2742045.story> > > Chris Harry can be reached at [email protected]. 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