Who the hell is Congrove? I've never heard of them. But I have to say you've sort of become the Gonzo of SEC fans. Your incessant need to boast about the superiority of the SEC in general and Fla in particular is Gonzolike. I think everybody agrees that the SEC is one of the best conferences and that Fla has been one of the best programs since Spurrier returned back in the early 90's. I'm sorry that you are so deeply wounded by people who said that UF didn't belong in the NC game, but they proved that they did and still you ramble on 7 months later. Nobody has challenged that UF deserved their NC, and all the pundits give UF it's due now and admit their mistake. Your team has recruited spectacularily, and is poised for a great run of lots of big victories and I'm sure that the pundits will be on your side again like they were during the Spurrier era. Enjoy it.
"I think everybody agrees that the SEC is one of the best conferences" Some take great offense to the very idea of that Terry.....somehow it demeans their team to even suggest it.... Also...you have a short memory of the Gonzo posts of yore. They were the real deal as far as shrill attacks and put downs. My comebacks are usually just that....true recitals of facts when provoked but I NEVER have anything to say that is personal....contrary to those who take offense to what I post on Florida or the SEC or their opponents. There are some people who love to start the fire but they can't take the heat!!!
No they don't. You seem to take personal offense to any suggestion that there might be another conference that is equal or that another team might be equal to Fla.
No I have read it Dave, you have become like a junkyard dog with a bone you just can't let it go when others challenge that the SEC is the best. You've been like this since those ESPN guys ranted that UF didn't deserve to be in the game. You have been on a personal mission to swat down any idea that there is another conference who could claim to be the best and that any other team could claim to be equal to the Gators. That's what Gonzo used to do drag out fights with anybody who would even suggest that Miami wasn't the best of the best. You seem to have forgotten his incessant attacks on Ohio State after the 2002 game, you seem to have forgotten his boasting after the Hurricanes beat your Gators in back to back years. You aren't to that point yet but you are sliding there fast IMHO.
"you seem to have forgotten his boasting after the Hurricanes beat your Gators in back to back years." Yes.. I have forgotten...those boasts just slid right off my back as they should have. In fact as I say....his boasting was over the top....laughable at times and unprovoked. People read into the info that I post that I am "bragging" , "boasting" or otherwise putting them down. That's what they want to read into it. EXAMPLE: If ND was 20-8 vs. the Big Ten and some scribe from CFN suddenly writes that ND has a huge dominant edge on the Big Ten don't you think for one minute that Bobda, in a debate of that article just might remind you that ND was in fact 0-8 vs. the Wolverines ( if in fact that were to be true )?? Another thing.....Florida right now is like Cisco and Qualcomm were in the 90s....a white hot media commodity with three major NCs in a row. There is a lot being written and said about the Gators and it's all over the media all the time. Not hard to find a positive piece to post about UF or the SEC and most times I try and make it appeal to a general audience such as the CFN post on the SEC's strength as a conference. Somehow that evolved into a tempest that Bill felt the need to lock.
MCG, You've been like Don King with your constant high octane promotions of a team that we all acknowledged was the best in the land in January. Who are you trying to convince, us or yourself? I think I speak for everyone when I say that you've become annoying background noise around here as continue your non-stop publicity campaign SEVEN MONTHS after the fact. I think you have a lot to contribute but you just don't know when to shut up.
umm <t>regarding the actual contents of the article, its interesting to see that during what would be considered (to ND fans) a miserable 14 year stretch, they are still #20. Interesting.</t>
"MCG, You've been like Don King with your constant high octane promotions of a team that we all acknowledged was the best in the land in January. Who are you trying to convince, us or yourself? I think I speak for everyone when I say that you've become annoying background noise around here as continue your non-stop publicity campaign SEVEN MONTHS after the fact. I think you have a lot to contribute but you just don't know when to shut up." How about this comment by Krebs as an example of a rebuke. George....if you just read for a damned moment the article by CFN I posted in the locked topic you will have a very difficult time pointing out to me how I am promoting Florida specifically by posting it. It is AFTER ALL....a new season that approaches and football is again a hot topic and the article is about the strength of the SEC as we stare down the new season. It is NOT a diatribe on how Florida performed in Glendale. Keep stirring those tea leaves oh mystic one. :x :x
Reading comprehension has forever been a problem on this board. Knees jerk whenever the mallet get's within 2 feet resulting in a barrage of shots fired from the hip.
That's right MCG it's always somebody else. However quite the contrary is true, there are many intelligent people here, if the majority just keep misunderstanding you then perhaps, no make that very likely, you should examine the way you deliver your message.
Here's that message again...for those slow readers amongst us... "Talking about the SEC of course and check out what CFN has to say about that and especially those BCS bowl records of other conferences:" FROM COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS>>>> Really, how good is the SEC? No one can deny it’s the best conference going at the moment. No one can deny that the overall speed and talent level is tremendous. The weekly drama is unparalleled, thanks to so many good match-ups, and the overall competition is so tough that it’s just about impossible to get through unscathed. So after the way Florida blew up Ohio State to win the national title, will the conference start to get every benefit of the doubt? It should. Of all the national champions since Florida State won in 1993 (remember that only the BCS champions count in our new world…sorry USC of 2003), only three finished with a loss. Take a wild stab at which league produced those three; yes, the SEC (1995 Florida, 2003 LSU, and 2006 Florida). You can understand why Auburn fans are still angry after their unbeaten team got left out in the cold in 2004. The SEC has proven time and again that when given the chance, it shines through on the highest stage. But really, how good is the SEC? To feed the ego a little more, the league has gone 7-1 in the BCS since 2001, with two national titles, and the lone blemish was Georgia’s 38-35 upset loss to West Virginia in the 2006 Sugar Bowl. In that same time span, the Big Ten went 4-6 (with Ohio State winning three of those), the Big 12 went 3-6, and the ACC was 0-6. Remember, it took USC losing to UCLA and a sizable portion of the voters to go against Michigan just to get Florida in the championship game. Maybe it’s time to start weighing the strength of schedule more when it comes to the SEC, and to realize that a one-loss team here could be the equivalent of an unbeaten team from another conference. That might especially be the case this season. Things have gotten even tougher, with normal bottom-feeders Kentucky and Vanderbilt now good enough to go to a bowl. Ole Miss and Mississippi State are even better than in 2006, when they were more than just competitive by the end the season. And then, of course, there are all the big-name programs. Georgia is getting better with QB Matthew Stafford improving, South Carolina will be better than it’s been in several years, Arkansas has the best running back tandem in the nation, Auburn will be typical Auburn with a fast, nasty defense, Tennessee will be strong again (as long as the receiving corps comes through), and LSU and Florida will open the season ranked among the top five teams in the nation. How good is the SEC? It’s still the best, and it’s only getting better. (end) Bill...you will have to point out to me what specifically is said that promotes the Florida Gators and demeans other specific teams to any significant degree. AS I said....if this article is not suitable for posting on this board then say it and I will be done posting online articles here. Should I edit, censor and delete sportswriters comments just so hypersensibilities here are not provoked?
MCG, if the article wasn't suitable it would have been deleted. You continue to miss the point and I have to almost conclude it's intentional. It isn't any individual article, no any one opinion, it's a constant drumbeat from you. Quit acting like you are being so put on, it's the way you present the message. If I were the only one here that felt that way then I might go further here. I'm not going to. You have people here who want to be friendly to you but your approach turns them off. Like it or not that's the truth. By the way I can read and comprehend as good or better than you so stop the holier than thou, I understand but you guys have comprehension proplems. Look in the mirror and stop this crap.
I don't miss any point you are trying to make. I know when I am twisting the knife and also when I am just trying to inform or post an interesting topic worth debating or at least talking about. You do miss my point however in that anything positive I post about the SEC or Florida is misconstrued. So be it. You win....no more articles from me.