For the 1st year or 2, I totally forgot Missouri was in the SEC.
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For the 1st year or 2, I totally forgot Missouri was in the SEC.
They still don't really belong. They're too polite. Almost like Canadians or something.
bucknuticus
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Auburn's Malzahn told me he thinks SEC at disadvantage in CFP because of strength of the league. Others fresher for playoff as result.
Yeah, not everyone can beat Wisconsin 59-0, huh Gus?
Auburn's Malzahn told me he thinks SEC at disadvantage in CFP because of strength of the league. Others fresher for playoff as result.
Yeah, not everyone can beat Wisconsin 59-0, huh Gus?
Yes please!
I guess he was still recovering from getting beaten 34-7 by UGA last year.
Hahahahahaha.
Man, Saban to chicken to play 10 P5 teams a year and now Mahlzan buying that ESPN hype. What's next? Sumlin complaining about 3 road games this year?
perfectchaos007
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b2b sec east champs and they still get no respect in the sec. Poor tigas
bucknuticus
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Sec good bowl season, sec is just that good
Sec bad bowl season, sec is just that good
Also Gus forgot to factor in what I dub "chicken shit Saturday" the slate of sec games in week 13 every year
ConfusingJazz
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That's week 12. That's also when all academic and off field violation investigations are completed.
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I feel for all of the Southern ACC and SEC schools starting up soon as well as HS players. This is how hot it is in GA where I live...
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Frustrated_Grunt
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I thought the AC was broken in my car today, but it turned out to be too weak for the lava weather we're going through right now.
BertramCooper
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The SEC loses their guaranteed spot in the title game and the excuses start flowing.
bucknuticus
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Think I read yesterday one of the coaches said they should move to 8 teams that way they'll ways have 2 in the playoff
BertramCooper
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Wasn't that Malzahn, too?
timetokill
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lol i love watching ohio state guys crow at the sec this offseason
I respect that, but that's more due to UGA tripping over themselves. Beat Mizzou 34-0 last year.
Its pretty pathetic.
Sirpopopop
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I'm weary of living in SC now.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Which thread?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1082845
There might have been a little hyperbole on my part there.
I didn't think it was that extreme for this site. It seems to be okay on GAF to make sweeping generalizations of the south, despite that map showing a pretty clear indication that it's an east coast issue, if anything. Seems like it's close to, if not, as prevalent in the NE as the SE.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Ah okay. Think I might know where this is headed based on the title.
It wasn't and I was more joking around (but realized my statement was drier than intended), and yeah the NE is kinda weird in this regard. African Americans are seen as coming from the city, and there is alot of people who hate city folk in the rural areas (especially upstate vs NYC). However, in the urban areas white flight does exist.
But MRE did post a rebuttal!
edit. Intrastatepolitics also have a huge impact here, I'm not lying when I stated in that North Jersey considers South Jersey to be an extension of Alabama, and the Upstate vs NYC and LI.
Azwethinkweiz
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I found it funny that the study was based on the usage of the n word. If your area only hates Hispanics, Arabs, and Asians, you can still be seen as progressive!
Yeah, others have done a good job pointing out that study's deficiencies. I mean, I'm not sure what sort of searches were being run by these people, but it's hard to measure someone's intentions based off of one word searches.
A few have posted about the deficiencies and limitations. Most just jumped in on the title and ignored that the study authors were only going for one group, choosing a pot shot at Arizona or Texas instead of reading. The authors even point out they eliminated related search terms that were less likely to be racially motivated.
Still, the chemist in me would title the thread "SHOCKING NEWS: Sociology study gives vague results with entangled variables", but that would be the same title as half the internet.
True.. People from the city dislike people from rural areas.. So there's dislike between two different geographical areas, then of course racism. The dislike between geographical regions also seems to exist also relating to whenever racism is brought up it's "lol the south again" ignoring the fact that it's not just limited to the south. "Lol the south" does provide a convenient scapegoat due to Civil Rights era history (of which there is much to be embarrassed of) and enables people not in "lol the south" to feel better about themselves and where they live.
So while there's been a bunch of stuff happening in the south that is worthy of derision, let's not act like the problems are limited to that region and ignore them until they become a bigger issue. Like Baltimore.
I saw that, and I concur.
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Biggest thing that blows my mind/other people's mind is living in GA just the interaction with black people because the population is so high compare to other places. I had a buddy move to Denver for a time cause of his wife's job, and he was like yo I haven't seen a black person since I left the airport. I thought he was bullshitting till I went to visit.
I hear the pacific NW also has low amounts of black people...
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Denver had a large Mexican population.
Visited Montana once. It was like 100% white people except for the Indian reservation.
They touch on that a little bit in this.
Not wanting SEC coaches to be alone in their whining, Art Briles has chimed in.
Right, because Oregon has an older brand name. Lack of a conference championship game had absolutely nothing to do with it.
perfectchaos007
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Which reminds me TCU @ Minnesota is a week 1 matchup for the belt. The belt has been circulating the big 12 for like 5 years so this will be an opportunity to move conferences
Yeah. Good luck finding any outside of the Seattle/Portland metro areas unless you're near a military base.
TCU is gonna smack the shit out of Minny.
Probably won't move conferences for a while.
Yeah, all Americans should get down off their high horse regarding race relations. The entire country has a sordid past in one way or another.
BertramCooper
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Fuck Briles and fuck Baylor.
Lost his bowl game and he STILL won't shut up about the playoff.
He's just trying to get picked up for the next SEC coach opening. Hope he likes Vandy.
BertramCooper
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The SEC: Where even traditionally garbage programs rocket to the Top 10 when they have a semi-competent season.
Hey man, I'm with you there. I don't get why the little sisters of the SEC are suddenly ranked in everybody's top 10. Then again, when they get the shit beat out of them by the big boys it's a good reality check.
Yeah, except it still fucks over other conferences because Bama gets a huge amount of credit for beating a "top 10" Arky and Ole Miss.
Valid point.
It's hilarious how much credit Dan Mullen and Hugh Freeze have gotten while never winning their division.
bucknuticus
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You mean B1G COTY Jerry Kill led Minnesota?
Hey now, Ole Miss finished 2nd in the SEC West in 2008.
Under Houston Nutt.
Yeah, you're right. Those dudes make a killing in spite of never winning a damn thing except the Egg Bowl.
To be fair, it helps with other teams do stupid things like losing to Iowa State.
Yeah, SEC makes no sense. Can't disagree there.
All the shit with the missippi teams makes no sense. A lot of it is completely self-fulfilling prophecy.
Old Miss is good because they beat Alabama, Alabama is good because they only lost to Old Miss who is good, but only because they beat Alabama.
I know a friend from Ames. Never gonna let him live this one down.
All the shit with the missippi teams makes no sense. A lot of it is completely self-fulfilling prophecy.
Old Miss is good because they beat Alabama, Alabama is good because they only lost to Old Miss who is good, but only because they beat Alabama.
I know a friend from Ames. Never gonna let him live this one down.
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