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> On Jul 18, 2017, at 6:14 PM, Ken Kirkley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did they say that when they bombed Pearl Harbor? > > Ken Kirkley > >> On Jul 18, 2017, at 1:58 PM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That’s what the communists said. >> >> Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI >> Real Estate Broker >> PARKS >> 305B Indian Lake Blvd >> Suite 220 >> Hendersonville TN 37075 >> Phone: 615-826-4040 >> Mobile: 615-972-4239 >> [email protected] >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Shane Ford >> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 10:50 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] [AP/SUN]: ACC-SEC on similar footing >> >> I don't make the news... I just report it.... >> >> Sent From Shane's iPhone >> Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! >> ALPCA #8756 >> Europlate #1045 >> >> On Jul 18, 2017, at 9:24 AM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Shane, you don’t have to forward every article you find! >> The ACC is on a similar footing with the SEC? Phhht… >> Oh, they mean basketball? : ) >> >> Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI >> Real Estate Broker >> PARKS >> 305B Indian Lake Blvd >> Suite 220 >> Hendersonville TN 37075 >> Phone: 615-826-4040 >> Mobile: 615-972-4239 >> [email protected] >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Shane Ford >> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 7:35 AM >> To: GatorNews >> Subject: [gatornews] [AP/SUN]: ACC-SEC on similar footing >> >> ACC-SEC on similar footing >> >> >> >> >> The Atlantic Coast Conference has closed the gap on the Southeastern >> Conference with a four-year run that includes two national championships and >> two Heisman Trophy winners. Now the ACC and SEC look awfully similar, from >> their top tiers and divisional imbalances to their Southern-stronghold >> recruiting bases in overlapping geographic footprints. >> >> (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) >> By Aaron Beard >> AP Sports Writer >> >> >> Published: Monday, July 17, 2017 at 4:39 p.m. >> Last Modified: Monday, July 17, 2017 at 4:39 p.m. >> CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For years, the Atlantic Coast Conference has been regarded >> as the basketball power lagging in football behind Southeastern Conference, >> considered stronger, tougher and deeper on the gridiron. >> >> It’s a perception that doesn’t line up with today’s reality. >> >> After two national-title wins against SEC opponents and two Heisman Trophy >> winners in four seasons, the ACC has closed the gap if not erased it >> entirely. And that’s left the two leagues — which have combined for 10 of >> the last 11 national championships — looking awfully similar these days, >> from clear top tiers and divisional imbalances to their Southern-stronghold >> recruiting bases. >> >> “Really,” Clemson defensive end Christian Wilkins said, “it just says those >> are the two best leagues right now in college football.” >> >> It wasn’t that long ago that there was no comparison. The SEC earned its >> reputation as Alabama, Auburn, Florida and LSU combined to win seven >> straight national championships from 2006-12. Meanwhile, the ACC struggled >> in marquee matchups and BCS games, with ACC Commissioner John Swofford >> noting during preseason media days in Charlotte that it was “there for the >> world to see.” >> >> But things look much different amid the ACC’s recent run. >> >> “Oh, I think we’re right there with them now,” Swofford said in an interview >> with The Associated Press. “Top to bottom, they’ve probably been there >> longer than we have. But if you look at last year, as well as the previous >> four or five years, our football’s been coming very, very strongly. >> >> “It’s not an overnight thing. ... By every measureable account, a year ago >> ACC football was the strongest in the country. I don’t think that’s even >> arguable when you put the numbers down compared to any league.” >> >> Florida State started the ACC’s four-year run by winning the 2013 national >> title behind Heisman winner Jameis Winston. Clemson followed last year by >> beating Alabama in a thrilling title-game rematch from a year earlier. And >> the ACC had last year’s top two Heisman finishers in Louisville quarterback >> Lamar Jackson followed by Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson. >> >> The ACC finished 17-9 in 2016 against power-conference opponents — including >> 10-4 against the SEC — and went 9-3 in postseason bowl games to earn a seat >> alongside the SEC. >> >> “I think it’s great to have rivalries throughout the sport,” said Greg >> McElroy, a former Alabama quarterback and now an SEC Network analyst. >> “That’s what makes the sport unique. And the geographic pride that each one >> of these places has is special and unique to college football. >> >> “I think the fact they compete on recruits, the fact they compete within >> their own state and the fan bases are competing constantly for bragging >> rights. It makes it fun to have some rivalries. I know the ACC has been very >> good of late.” >> >> Now the two leagues enter 2017 sharing some common traits: >> >> • Both have a clear top tier, with Alabama several steps ahead of the SEC >> field while Clemson and Florida State headline the ACC. >> >> • The power of those leagues are centered in one division. The SEC West >> (Alabama, Auburn, LSU) has won eight straight league titles against the SEC >> East, while the ACC Atlantic (Clemson, FSU and Louisville) has six straight >> league titles against the Coastal Division. >> >> • The two leagues share geographic footprints that overlap in Kentucky, >> Florida, Georgia and South Carolina and create annual instate >> interconference matchups. >> >> “Some of those rivalries are embedded in states — South Carolina/Clemson, >> Louisville/Kentucky, Florida/Florida State, Georgia Tech/Georgia,” SEC >> Commissioner Greg Sankey said. “And then when you elevate those games to the >> national stage it probably adds a little to the intensity. It seems healthy. >> It elevates attention around our states certainly.” >> >> • Finally, both leagues are working some of the country’s most fertile >> recruiting grounds in their backyards. >> >> “We all try to recruit the best players in the southeast,” said Alabama >> coach Nick Saban, who has won four national titles with the Crimson Tide. >> “And Florida State and Clemson are probably two of the leading teams in the >> ACC, and they both do an outstanding job of recruiting. And we end up >> recruiting a lot of the same players.” >> >> Fans won’t have long to wait for the first marquee game between the leagues. >> Alabama and FSU play Sept. 2 in Atlanta to start the season. >> >> “I think (the SEC) is a tremendous conference, I think the Big Ten is a >> tremendous conference,” FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said. “I think they all are. >> But I think right now what we’ve accomplished in the last five years ... I >> think the ACC is as good a league as there is in football, I really do.” >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Flag >> · Greg Ines >> >> · Rank 0 >> While I remember the Miami's of the 80's thru the early 2000's, they've been >> the big ''where ya' at in the A.C.C.?'' And other than Clemson (an S.E.C. >> blueprint copy), F.S.U., and a Heisman at Louisville, >> I am still not impressed. Not like: U.F, U.T., U.G.A., in the East. 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