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I was pleased to see UF looking not just better, but quieting this kind of general disbelief in the SEC ranks.....
"UF LOOKS like they might be able to get out of their own way, but once they meet (insert your homer team here)
comes to town, we'll REALLY SEE what they're made of ". Likely not surprising given the weak showings
over the last couple of years. They looked like the genuine article to me this weekend. I have no baseline for
South Carolina....not familiar enough with them. "Better" certainly goes without saying it would seem.

How's the Undefeated Clemson Team, the one the pundits had in the super bowl? (ahh, only lost to FSU...)

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Pretty much agree with all of this. Clemson is still Clemson.

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I think the Tigers are beatable by anyone in 2012....we'll see who takes advantage.

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As a Georgia fan I was very upset with their showing Sat night in Columbia. Mark did not bring a team to play and the players were nowhere near ready for USC. I don't think they are overated I think they were not ready period.

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I've held the opinion during Richt's whole tenure that he is merely an above average coach who does not win the big game nor beat rivals (read Florida) routinely. If Georgia wants to be elite I can't fathom why y'all have kept him so long but as a Florida fan I love it :tu

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I think he has that nice guy factor that people just don't want to fire. I think I see Bobby Petrino coming way down the road.

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Well, Ole Miss got their first SEC win in two years. And Auburn is in a free fall.

Oh..... Oh..... Oh..... Spurrier almost threw his hat down.!!! Got close. Had it in hand, just couldn't let it go!!! Vandy isn't going down as easy as Florida probably thought they would.

Bama's defense pulled them thru, especially after that 35 minute lightning delay seemed to stiffen up all the joints on the offense.

Sideline babe on the Tenn/Miss. St. game has on enough makeup to start her own counter at Macy's!!!

Bouncing between LSU/SC and Tenn/MissSt games.

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I rarely root for LSU, but I'd like to see the Gamecocks lose because my wife is from Charleston. Even if the Gamecocks pull another one out it's been a very good game thus far.

Bama must have went into the locker room and had some early celebratory brews or something during the break, they were making mistakes and just moving slower when it was time to come back. Thankfully the Bama defense is a beast or that could have gotten ugly. Oh well now maybe people will shut up about how Saban was trash talking the hurry up offense because his team can't defend against it.

It's hard to believe Auburn was NC 2 years ago, they look worse than I've ever seen them. When beating Vanderbilt is your big chance at redemption and It's looking like a long shot, you know the season is in the toilet.

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This SC LSU game is a nail biter, best game I've seen this season. 10 seconds to go looking for a big play on either side, interception! Gamecocks no longer #3. I love the SEC.

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Well done LSU. Good game.

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Agreed. Knew it was going to be a very tough game in Death Valley, but i was hoping we were going to pull it out.

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Congrats To The LSU Fans! Great Pull-Out Victory!:tu

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Geezus, talk about a SLUG-fest! USC brought a good game in Death Valley....LSU was
lucky to escape with
the win. Congrats to both MS teams, too, by the way, looked really competent,
a sure buzz saw for
anyone coming into town to play

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The LSU game was one heck of a battle. About the only way to describe it!! LSU's pick with about 4 minutes left was, in my eyes, the turning point. Not many games go that deep waiting for a turning point!!! It was a hard fought battle on both sides, for sure. I'm disappointed because I never saw Spurrier throw down his visor!

I thought, from the early play, that the Tennessee/Mississippi State game was going to be a Miss St. blow-out. But Tennessee hung in there, and made a game of it.

Bama better have it's "A" game in place when they play LSU and Miss.St., or they will be handed their head. LSU seems to have their head back in the game, and any team that takes on Miss. St. based on what they have done in past years is sure to get a very rude surprise.

Wildcard team that could throw a wrench in any SEC contest would seem to be Vandy!!! And, if South Carolina is a great team, they will need to step back to the plate for the rest of the season, and come back strong like LSU did against them!

Auburn? What can be said here?? DAMN, guys, get some leadership! You have good players. Don't know what the "funk" is that has infected them, but it needs exorcising!!!

The SEC Championship game participants??? Who the hell knows, at this point!!!

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Congrats to LSU... I thought USC would take that one late. That was one heck of a game!!
Congrats to Ole Miss... anytime Auburn loses it is a good day.
Congrats to Mississippi State... see about but insert Tennessee
I still question whether the Gators are for real this year or have just caught some really nice breaks. Either way... I hope we play well against USC this weekend.

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I think the end of the season is going to be a different picture than what we see right now. For one thing there are several teams who look good because they've faced a string of crap opponents and haven't really been tested yet.

The Gators look the best so far IMO, they beat LSU for one thing, Gave A&M it's one loss so far, and held Tennessee to their lowest points this season, say what you want about Tennessee but if they had a defense to speak of they'd been in the running.

Who the hell knows about Alabama they haven't really done anything so far and the only teams on the schedule that aren't wildly over rated or downright terrible are LSU and A&M. Also I think Saban is having trouble keeping his players overconfidence in check. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Alabama go undefeated in the regular season only to be trounced in the SEC Championship and lose a bowl game, again.

USC is in the same boat as Alabama, except they lost their first big test, ours is still to come. I don't count Georgia as a test because after the Tenn game everyone knew who GA was and I don't think anyone was surprised when USC smashed them to little bits.

LSU is good but inconsistent, they got better after losing to Florida and I think they have the best chance to keep Bama from going undefeated in the regular season, although as an Alabama fan, I hope they don't.

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What are y'all thoughts on the coach's on the hot seat?

Most common rumors are that Dooley is out at Tennessee, I think Chizik can get fired if Auburn only gets 3-4 wins, and obviously John L. is out at Arkansas while Kentucky might wack there coach as well. Georgia seems to be content with a coach who can never win the big game nor get them over the hump so I guess Richt is comfortable

Thoughts about replacements though?

Being in Fayetteville the rumor is that Charlie Strong is the favorite to get the Arkansas job, which as a Gator I'd be happy.

Y'all think Petrino might come roaring in on a motorcycle to one of the other coaching jobs? I think Knoxville would be the most likely :2

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Y'all think Petrino might come roaring in on a motorcycle to one of the other coaching jobs? I think Knoxville would be the most likely :2[/QUOTE]

This.

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Do you guys even remember, Phillip Fulmer was FIRED the year RIGHT after winning the
National Championship???
That is the funniest thing in the world to me, not being an orange-head. And LOOK at the carnage in the wake of
that decision. I was thinking, "Why on earth would they fire Phillip Fulmer?" Being an LSU fan, I was always well-
schooled in the coaching carousel back when I was a kid. After that, it quieted down considerably, lol, although
there ARE coon-a55es who will tell you that Les Miles needs to GO after he rung up 13 wins last year.

Richt, likely staying
Dooley, gone, they want his head over here.
John L Smith, tossup....no wait, gone, his finances and sad story are all over the websternet.
Chizik, Stays somehow.

But LSU fans at least understand they can't win the NC every year. It is my firm belief that the
bama crowd believes they should be winning it every year. Not too long ago they were the laughing
stock of the league with a handful of hapless coaches. Now with Saban they have quickly let all
that fall away, and one person here actually told me that they are basically the Notre Dame of the
SEC, with too high a set of standards to ever be mired in athletic controversy or questionable character
issues among players. And shockingly, I believe Saban will be there for a while, too.

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I Believe Saban Will Stay, Too, Brad; & We're Happy With Winning The NC Every Other Year & Runner Up In Between!:D

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I can't speak for all Bama fans but I for one take it year by year, Bama has been seriously in the running for NC the last 4 years, and won twice. So I begin the season expectant and hopeful.

Still there isn't a real Bama fan that doesn't remember Dubose 2000 season, Franchione bailing, Shula standing on the sidelines looking confused and Coach Whats-his-name that got fired for going to a strip club.

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Yeah... Mike Price paid the price for that stupidity. Actually got caught because he lent his UoA credit card to the stripper to use!!

As to the Notre Dame of SEC.... That makes me throw up a little in my mouth (I do not care for ND at all!) Is Bama above getting into trouble with the NCAA??? HELL NO! I don't think there is a college out there that doesn't have some booster somewhere doing something wrong. That doesn't have some dad of a prospect shopping his son for $100,000. That doesn't have commercial retailers giving (or trying to give) players products. Too many avenues for a coach and staff to guard against all of them. And that's just on influences from outside of the campus. I expect every year to hear of some school that the NCAA is considering putting on the "kill list". The NCAA is a bureaucracy that has to always have some pot stirring to justify their existence. (Off subject- But about the same way I feel about NASCAR's admin.)

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Still can't get over Towson putting up 22 points on LSU, Notice the mustache on mettenberger has been absent since then.... Unlucky charm?

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Man I wish I didn't have those two on ignore, I bet they laid it on thick as me.

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Actually, Fulmer was fired in 2008. UT won the BCS in 1998.

Carry on.

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Never say what you hear on the radio even if the person saying it is a sports DJ, lol. Sounded right to me.
That would have been T Martin, right? That DOES sound wrong. Thought Fulmer was gone LONG after T left.
You sure are right, cause now that I think of it, Fulmer was fired while I was living here, and they won
the FIRST BCS championship, right? So that is wrong on every level.

Carry on carrying on.

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What the hell is the deal with LSU and this flopping they do to get what just invariably looks like
momentum gouging? As a fan, I let it alone the first 10-12 times. But now I am seeing it much as the rest
of you do. I don't see a lot of games, is this happening everywhere or is LSU trying to break into the Premier League?

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ha ha ha. Looks lke A&M is unraveling.

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As Usual.:tu Gators Spanking The Gamecocks!:sl

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WELL....this was fun.

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Happily mistaken, I am. :D

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What, your week in the top 3?
That's the SEC this year.....Looka Miss State, hell, looka Notre Dame.
Thank goodness for LSU finding their run game, or I'd be sitting there with you.
I have this eternal question with LSU last few years....why is Spencer Ware the number one back?
He has been by far their least effective back for all of the years he has been there, but for
some reason, he gets SO many carries. I guess it could be either the punishment he dishes out makes
for a better 2nd half or maybe its the respect of the team and coaches for all the time he has been there.
But it always seems like LSU struggles until they take him out. That and our QB, looks like the are REALLY
trying to hide him I had to laugh when they showed that he had been given max protect and 2 receivers
running 10 yd comebacks for x number of a 5hitload of plays. No wonder they can never find any recievers
to throw to. But again, nice lucky win for the Tigers. A&M is making some noise in their first year in the SEC.

Felt bad for the Gamecocks.... I thought Clowney was gonna really drag them kicking and screaming to the
championship game. Plus I like the USC folks.

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Well, this was Missouri's best week in SEC play so far. We had a bye so we didn't lose!

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A little late for the top 3 jab, there bud. I was talking about that shitstorm of a game today. What an embarrassment. This one will take me a while to get over. I really have no problem if they actually put forth an effort, but the offense was as bad as I have ever seen them. I feel really bad for the defense corps as they were killing it in the first half.

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I think that Clowney kid is going to be a beast in the NFL, at times he looked like a man among boys.

Brad, I am guessing saying you "like the USC folks" means you don't care much for us Gator folks. :r

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What a win for the Gators!!! We had our annual fraternity reunion and G'ville was rockin' before and after the game. The crowd in the stadium was as electric as I have seen for a LONG time. First time in a long time we had a game of that caliber in the Swamp. Lots of respect for the USC fans on game day, but Friday night was pretty slow downtown.

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Congrats, Brother!:tu May Be A SEC Championship Game Between Us Coming Up!:D

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I'm sure any Gator would want the opportunity to redeem ourselves after that 2009 debacle!!! We have a couple more games to get through though and them dang Dawgs have messed us up too many times to count.

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You don't know what a debacle IS, Brent.... :r (BCS NC game 2012)

Chip, it was only a soft poke...I know my pals in the Palmetto state have been waiting a very long time
for the respect they feel they are due, and being in the top 3 had to be a very heady feeling. You'll
have to excuse me if I mistook your pain the way I did. Remember it could always be worse.

Tom, how could I ever live with myself if I offended you? I have been on a truce with the UF fans for
years now. bama is my new target of wrath. UF handjobs were handed out last week. Where were you?
Michael got his.

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:r Plenny season to go yet before we go puttin the crown on your heads 2 years in a row, Greg. :D
Hell, you guys will be lucky to get past LSU.....our team is SOOO weird. The talent is unmistakable.
But the way they play sometimes is just mind-boggling. I guess they need their weed or something,
because they seem to be able to will themselves to victory when they really need it, but the rest of
the time play like a bunch of drunk frat boys.

Is it a monumental task, sure, but let's wait til you guys get home from B.R. to notch the stick, hahah.
On a positive note, seems I WILL be at home in my chair to watch the tigers and bama play. It was looking
like I was going to be in Dallas working the Nascar Race. I heard through the unreliable grapevine last
week that I will not be on that trip. very nice.

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The only thing keeping Florida from being ranked No. 1 is the preseason poll and the inane marriage to it even after
the season starts. As great as Alabama is, its best win is against a Michigan team that is barely hanging around
in the AP poll.............(yahoo sports)

I wouldn't go THAT far, bama is tough. But I like hearing other people say they are a lesser team compared to UF.
Then I look at Trent Richardson and Mark Ingram and continue to wonder why neither one has set the league on fire.
For a bama hater, it sure does a body good. Now if the Saints would just TRADE the nearly ineffective Ingram,
that'd be fine with me. Get some defensive player instead.

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I'm always a day late and a handjob short, Brad. :r

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On a related note, you know who I am proud of....Percy Harvin. Never a fan of his in college, duh,
but this year he is showing me a lot. It's obvious that he is underpaid, and by all accounts unhappy.
Duh again, he's a BLACK man in Minnesota. But look at what he did in the absence of A.P., and I have to
imagine he is playing for a contract somewhere far from Minn. But I give him credit, he is playing
ball and seems to be keeping his mouth shut. Smart man. Vikes are lucky to have him. He is
KILLING IT.

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Let me begin by saying I personally do not like to be ranked #1, target's on your back and nowhere to go but down. So I'm glad Florida is #2 but I think if you look at the quality of wins as it is now Florida has the best resume in the country to be #1 this week. The meat of Bama's schedule is still to come (Miss. State, LSU, A&M, Auburn). Am I saying we are better than Bama? I don't know if we are but they get the benefit of the doubt as the better team. I just think in pure resume at this point in the season Florida should be #1 but I'm glad we're not

Make sense? :D

Good article to my point:
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/201...es-the-gators/

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Nothing would please me more.


I heard another Saban rumor yesterday, this time to Cleveland.
GO, GO, GO, GO, GO....
Ain't no way, but a man can dream.

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Still bummed about missing the HJ. :(

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Word is we'll get a reach a round if we beat Georgia :D

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I Agree That BAMA Has A Tough Schedule Ahead, My Friends.:) They Seem To Play To The Level Of Their Competition, But I Think They Can Compete With Any Team In The Country. We Shall See.;):tu