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Big Red Parrothead wrote:

hikingontuesday wrote:Personally I think Oregon should have been playing Miami at the Rose Bowl for the National Championship instead of Nebraska. They had two conference losses, we only had one. Darn West Coast Bias.

Just a quick correction--Nebraska only had one loss.

But even as a Nebraska fan, I'll agree that Oregon should have been in that game. NU's loss was absolutely embarrassing and exposed a lot of holes. They had one great player, but very rarely is that enough to make a championship team. Oregon definitely would've had a better shot in that Rose Bowl, although I still think the Canes would've won. That team was just scary good.

Thanks for the correction -- and agreeing with me. I think the Duck/Canes game would have been a better game, but the outcome would have been all Miami -- they were that good. My best comfort from the situation was that the Fiesta Bowl is in my home town, so all my friends came here and we had a great week.

But that was long ago...

Has anyone been to all the stadiums in their division? I've been to all PAC-10 except Washington State -- can't seem to get over to Pullman.

windknot wrote:Allen, I can share lots of stories about "cordial and polite" gator fans

My best example of gator fans is when when my best buddy was dating Miss UF, I sat with her family at the Miss Florida pagent and when Miss FSU was introduced the whole family booed her! I turned to the girl next to me and said something along the lines of "get a little class it's a beauty pagent, not a football game"

many gator fans cannot seperate themselves from the game and behave this way out of habit.

Thats a good one windknot, the worst experience I have ever had with opposing fans was when Tech played Marshall on a Thursday night 2 years ago? Leftwhich was still their QB so it had to be. I am not in any way saying all Marshall fans are like this but I almost got into a fist fight with some guy who ran up behind me grabbed my Vols hat and said take that you GD Hokie B****** My wife had to hold me back because I was going to pummel his butt to the ground. I'm 6'2 and weigh about 285 and it took everything she had to prevent me from beating the tar out of him.

Other games we go 95% of the fans both home and away are great, they talk some junk, have some fun and when their team is losing take it with class and can handle being heckled. My philosophy if you can dish it out you can take whats coming back at you the same way.

When I am with my wife at the Tech games I don't talk junk, I set there and enjoy the game and if Tennessee is playing at the same time and they happen to be losing I get a little crap from the people in my section but it is all in good fun. They know I don't get upset when they start poking fun at UT and I think it should be that way with everyone at college games.

hikingontuesday wrote:
Has anyone been to all the stadiums in their division? I've been to all PAC-10 except Washington State -- can't seem to get over to Pullman.

I have been to every SEC stadium except Florida, Kentucky, and Arkansas. If all goes as planned, this year, I will make my first trips to Lexington and Fayetville. So, by December, I should have been everywhere but the Swamp.

Alan11 wrote:

windknot wrote:Allen, I can share lots of stories about "cordial and polite" gator fans

My best example of gator fans is when when my best buddy was dating Miss UF, I sat with her family at the Miss Florida pagent and when Miss FSU was introduced the whole family booed her! I turned to the girl next to me and said something along the lines of "get a little class it's a beauty pagent, not a football game"

many gator fans cannot seperate themselves from the game and behave this way out of habit.

Thats a good one windknot, the worst experience I have ever had with opposing fans was when Tech played Marshall on a Thursday night 2 years ago? Leftwhich was still their QB so it had to be. I am not in any way saying all Marshall fans are like this but I almost got into a fist fight with some guy who ran up behind me grabbed my Vols hat and said take that you GD Hokie B****** My wife had to hold me back because I was going to pummel his butt to the ground. I'm 6'2 and weigh about 285 and it took everything she had to prevent me from beating the tar out of him.

Other games we go 95% of the fans both home and away are great, they talk some junk, have some fun and when their team is losing take it with class and can handle being heckled. My philosophy if you can dish it out you can take whats coming back at you the same way.

When I am with my wife at the Tech games I don't talk junk, I set there and enjoy the game and if Tennessee is playing at the same time and they happen to be losing I get a little crap from the people in my section but it is all in good fun. They know I don't get upset when they start poking fun at UT and I think it should be that way with everyone at college games.

That actually surprises me about the Marshall fans several years ago before the hometown team (and soon to be alma mater) moved up to division 1, Marshall came here for a semi-final game. After the game (Boise State Won!!!!!) several of the Marshall fans were in the parking lot congratulating our fans. But, there are moronic fans everywhere. Here we call them Vandals

Nothing better than SEC football in the fall.....
GO DAWGS!

FOOTBALL SEASON - NORTH VS SOUTH

WOMEN'S ATTIRE
Up North: Chapstick in their back pocket and a
$20 bill in their front pocket.
Down South: Louis Vuitton duffel with two
lipsticks, powder, mascara waterproof), concealer,
and a fifth of bourbon. Wallet not necessary -that's
what dates are for.

STADIUM SIZE
Up north: College football stadiums hold 20,000.
Down south: High school football stadiums hold
20,000.

NAMES
Up North: Doug Flutie
Down South: Herschel Walker

WEATHER
Up North: Snow and Ice.
Down South: Sunny, highs mid-60s, lows in the
thirties.

FATHERS
Up North: Expect their daughter to understand
Sylvia Plath.
Down South: Expect their daughters to
understand pass interference.

ATTIRE
Up North: Male and female alike: woolly
sweater or sweatshirt, jeans.
Down South Male: -pressed khakis, oxford
shirt, cap with frat logo, Justin Ropers.
Down South Female: -ankle-length skirt,
coordinated cardigan, flat riding boots,
oxford.

ALUMNI
Up North: Take prospects on sailing trips
before they join the law firm.
Down South: Take prospects on fishing trips so
they don't leave for the NFL their senior year.

CAMPUS DECOR
Up North: Statues of Founding Fathers.
Down South: Statues of Heisman Trophy winners.

HOMECOMING QUEEN
Up North: Also a physics major.
Down South: Also Miss USA.

HEROES
Up North: Mario Cuomo
Down South: "Bear" Bryant

GETTING TICKETS
Up North: 5 days before the game you can walk
into the ticket office on campus and still
purchase tickets.
Down South: 5 months before the game you can
walk into the ticket office on campus and
still be placed on the waiting list for tickets.

FRIDAY CLASSES AFTER A THURSDAY NIGHT GAME
Up North: Students and Teachers are not sure
if they are going because they have class on
Friday.
Down South: Teachers cancel class on Friday
because they don't want to see the few hungover
students that might actually make it to class
on Friday.

PARKING
Up North: An hour or two before game time the
university opens the campus for game parking.
Down South: RV's sporting their school flags
begin arriving on Wednesday for the weekend's
festivities. The real faithful begin arriving
on Tuesday.

GAME DAY
Up North: A few students party in the dorm and
watch ESPN on TV.
Down South: Every student wakes up, has a beer
for breakfast, and rushes over to where ESPN is
broadcasting Game Day "Live" to get on camera
and wave to the idiots from up North who wonder
why Game Day is never broadcast from their campus.

TAILGATING
Up North: Wieners on the grill, beer with a
lime in it, listening to local radio station with
truck tailgate down.
Down South: 30-foot custom pig-shaped smoker
fires up at dawn. Cooking accompanied by live
performance by Hootie & the Blowfish, who come
over during breaks and ask for a hit off your
bottle of bourbon.

GETTING TO THE STADIUM
Up North: You have to ask, "Where's the stadium?"
When you find it you walk right in with no line.
Down South: When you're near it, you'll hear
it. On game day, it becomes the State's third
largest city.

CONCESSIONS
Up North: Drinks served in a paper cup filled
to the top with soda.
Down South: Drinks served in a plastic cup
with the home team's mascot-filled less than
halfway to ensure enough room for bourbon.

WHEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED
Up North: Stands are less than half full.
Down South: 80,000+ fans sing along in perfect
3-part harmony.

THE SMELL IN THE AIR AFTER THE FIRST SCORE
Up North: Nothing changes.
Down South: Fireworks with a twist of bourbon.

COMMENTARY (MALE)
Up North: "Nice play."
Down South: "Dammit you slow sumbitch-tackle
him and break his legs!!!"

COMMENTARY (FEMALE)
Up North: "My, this is a violent sport."
Down South: "Dammit you slow sumbitch-tackle
him and break his legs!!!"

AFTER THE GAME
Up North: The stadium is empty before the game > >ends.
Down South: Another rack of ribs on the smoker.
While somebody goes to the nearest package
store for more bourbon, planning begins for next
week's part[/i][/b]

BahamaBreeze wrote:Nothing better than SEC football in the fall.....
GO DAWGS!

FOOTBALL SEASON - NORTH VS SOUTH
GAME DAY
Up North: A few students party in the dorm and
watch ESPN on TV.
Down South: Every student wakes up, has a beer
for breakfast, and rushes over to where ESPN is
broadcasting Game Day "Live" to get on camera
and wave to the idiots from up North who wonder
why Game Day is never broadcast from their campus.
][/b]

Out West: We get up early and watch Game Day "Live" and wish they would come to our campus instead of always going South.


Thanks for the post, it was a good one.

cabinfever wrote:two words: ROLL TIDE!!!!!!

I live in michigan and have been a bama fan since I was 3. Two seasons from now I will be taking the trip to Mecca(for me anyway). I have a cousin that goes to the cow college on the other side of the state...

ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!

...I wouldn't claim your cousin if I were you!!!

awesome post BahamaBreeze and welcome to the board. Good luck to your Dawgs this year and I hope we get you back on oct 9 for kicking our tails last year in knoxville.

Bahamabreeze, y'all gonna give us back our OC?

Alan11 wrote:awesome post BahamaBreeze and welcome to the board. Good luck to your Dawgs this year and I hope we get you back on oct 9 for kicking our tails last year in knoxville.

Thanks for the welcome. Thank goodness we play in Athens this year as I find it may hard to beat UT 4 years in a row. But now ya know how we feel with those pesky Gators. The best game I ever attended was in Jax in 1997 whe we BEAT UF, after 7 years of losing to them. The only disappointment were those mounted police who kept us off the field after the game.

And now with Claussen gone...???

windknot wrote:Bahamabreeze, y'all gonna give us back our OC?

St. Bobby didn't look like he was EVER going to retire, so Richt couldn't pass up on the chance he had been waiting for. Oh, I am soooooo glad we fired Donnan and hired CMR!

windknot wrote:Bahamabreeze, y'all gonna give us back our OC?

WAHOO! Best move we ever made, next to Coach Dooley! St. Bobby didn't look like he was EVER going to retire, so Richt couldn't pass up on the chance he had been waiting for. Oh, I am soooooo glad we fired Donnan and hired CMR!

hikingontuesday wrote:

BahamaBreeze wrote:Nothing better than SEC football in the fall.....
GO DAWGS!

FOOTBALL SEASON - NORTH VS SOUTH
GAME DAY
Up North: A few students party in the dorm and
watch ESPN on TV.
Down South: Every student wakes up, has a beer
for breakfast, and rushes over to where ESPN is
broadcasting Game Day "Live" to get on camera
and wave to the idiots from up North who wonder
why Game Day is never broadcast from their campus.
][/b]

Out West: We get up early and watch Game Day "Live" and wish they would come to our campus instead of always going South.

You know, that is the MAIn reason we didn't move back to the WEST coast. How do you watch football at 9am and drink beer with breakfast?

GAME DAY is a how we start out our Saturday, even take the TV to the tailgate, and just pray that Lee Corso doesn't pick us and give us the Corso Curse!

BahamaBreeze wrote:

Alan11 wrote:awesome post BahamaBreeze and welcome to the board. Good luck to your Dawgs this year and I hope we get you back on oct 9 for kicking our tails last year in knoxville.

Thanks for the welcome. Thank goodness we play in Athens this year as I find it may hard to beat UT 4 years in a row. But now ya know how we feel with those pesky Gators. The best game I ever attended was in Jax in 1997 whe we BEAT UF, after 7 years of losing to them. The only disappointment were those mounted police who kept us off the field after the game.

And now with Claussen gone...???

the year after manning left, martin led them to the national championship basically with the same team that manning had. The only real problem I have noticed with the Vols in the past couple of years is after they lost to LSU in the sec championship game, and blew their chance to play miami in the rose bowl they just tank it in the bowl games. Yeah they beat the crap out of michigan in the citrus, but they didn't even bother showing up for the past two peach bowls. I hope this trend dosen't continue and hopefully a fresh quarterback will buck it once again. You know what I love about fellow SEC fans, no matter how much you talk trash, trade jabs, and so forth at games and on the net in the end we all still hate the Gators

Alan11 wrote:You know what I love about fellow SEC fans, no matter how much you talk trash, trade jabs, and so forth at games and on the net in the end we all still hate the Gators

Gator fans are foul. They pee in their dixie cups and then dump it on you at the games. No joke, as I have seen that happen a couple of times. Must be those tight jean shorts those men wear cutting off the oxygen to their brains?

The SEC is a tough league, with everyone but maybe Vandy, and even they can make you sweat a time or two. All we do is beat each other up week in and week out.

Gosh, I CAN'T wait till fall!

BahamaBreeze wrote:

Alan11 wrote:You know what I love about fellow SEC fans, no matter how much you talk trash, trade jabs, and so forth at games and on the net in the end we all still hate the Gators

Gator fans are foul. They pee in their dixie cups and then dump it on you at the games. No joke, as I have seen that happen a couple of times. Must be those tight jean shorts those men wear cutting off the oxygen to their brains?

The SEC is a tough league, with everyone but maybe Vandy, and even they can make you sweat a time or two. All we do is beat each other up week in and week out.

Gosh, I CAN'T wait till fall!

I know the feeling, first game of the year is Virginia Tech vs USC, my wife is already talking crap about that one. Tech was supposed to open with LSU this year in Baton Rouge and moved them to 2007 for some odd reason. Then they schedule the season opener with USC the other national champion at Fed Ex. The more anti Florida fan posts I read the more I have made up my mind that Florida is the game I am going to choose this year I just hope I don't get a that much of a howdy from a gator at the game if I do go.

Alan11 wrote:I know the feeling, first game of the year is Virginia Tech vs USC, my wife is already talking crap about that one. Tech was supposed to open with LSU this year in Baton Rouge and moved them to 2007 for some odd reason. Then they schedule the season opener with USC the other national champion at Fed Ex.

VT had to reschedule LSU as switching to the ACC totally scrambled Tech's scheduling and they couldn't get the dates to work. With this being a questionable year for the Hokies, probably a blessing in disguise!!

I've got my tickets to the USC - VT game but do not have the confidence your wife seems to have. While I love my Hokies and can't imagine not being there, I am a football realist!

BahamaBreeze wrote:Nothing better than SEC football in the fall.....
GO DAWGS!

FOOTBALL SEASON - NORTH VS SOUTH

When my husband and I were dating and I first went North to meet his parents in NJ, I was met with all this pro-football banter, Giants this, Giants that. When his Dad looked at me and explained that this was real football and that he just didn't understand what all the fuss was about college football, I looked him square in the eye and very politely said, "I guess you don't, being that you live one exit from Rutgers."

I sent him this little North vs. South bit AFTER we were married!

My husband had to make the college football adjustment as well. Almost didn't get married when he wanted to as I had tickets to FL vs. USC in Columbia and I didn't want to miss it. We compromised with a honeymoon in Isle of Palms, ending in Columbia.

He has adjusted nicely and is used to the hectic pace of the fall - Besides our season tickets at Va Tech and Univ. RIchmond (I-AA) I've dragged him to Tex A&M, Ann Arbor, Happy Valley a bowl game or two and, yes, even the VT game at Rutgers - always easy to get a ticket! HAH!

Tailgate-Lady wrote:My husband had to make the college football adjustment as well. Almost didn't get married when he wanted to as I had tickets to FL vs. USC in Columbia and I didn't want to miss it. We compromised with a honeymoon in Isle of Palms, ending in Columbia.

You amost changd your wedding date to watch the Shamecocks play? Wow--you *must* love college football, regardless of the team you're watching.

My wedding was on July 15, purposely scheduled in the middle of a hot southern summer just to AVOID the possibility of conflicting with any type of football game.

When I was reading earlier in this thread about VT playing USC, it was the USC down here I thought you were talking about, and I was thinking, "Why is she worried about "that* game?" Then I realized you were talking about the "real" USC.....

What was worse was that I had to watch a Florida win!!

My husband can be very persuasive and started hounding me in July about getting married. I tend to be independent and was very gun shy - had me so stressed I got shingles when he asked me to marry him!! Finally caved the end of September and then conceded to the November wedding....

BUT - I drew the line at missing that game!!

July in SC - Brutal - My "trial marriage" anniversary was July 16. Even in VA the candles melted before the ceremony as the church was not air conditioned. Should have been an indication of things to come.

Here's the real sign that college football transcends all in my world. My current season tickets at VT are such that my knees (and my husband's) are in my ex-husband's back.