Confessions of an SEC fan to a Big Ten Fan

[NUance]

The first result we have for "Big Ten Football" is...um...this guy. (Photo by Eric Francis/Getty Images)

CONFESSIONS OF AN SEC FAN TO A BIG TEN FAN

by Spencer Hall on Jun 6, 2012 4:38 PM EDT, www.edsbs.com

 

YOU WANT HONESTY, BIG TEN? YOU GOT IT. AN SEC FAN CONFESSES THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR CONFERENCE AND OUR OWN.

 

1. We don't really hate the Big Ten. We think it's boring, but that's mostly because the places involved are boring to us, not the teams. You probably find country-ass Southern college towns boring, and you would be right for the most part unless we're talking about Athens, GA, the finest university town on the planet. Starkville is not Las Vegas, unless you mean Las Vegas, Mississippi, a horrible error in cartography that turned into a casino for lungfish between Ittabena and Toranado Tire Cover, Mississippi.

 

LINK

A mildly amusing hatchet-job blog article from EveryDayShouldBeSaturday. What I really want to know is, WHy is Pelini wearing burnt orange in this photo? Doesn't that void his contract or something?

[husker B-rent]

funny story

[Excel]

I liked this bit...

 

" In fact, here's a shortlist of the Big Ten Teams that are ridiculously fun to watch:

• Northwestern. Floating without wires, though we'll be damned if we can ever explain how.
  
• Wisconsin. Because Bret Bielema will straight up set your sh#t on FIRE. (cc: Bill Lynch)
  
• Michigan under Brady Hoke. Denard Robinson spinning plates and a defense made up of fishing line, happy thoughts, and guys playing eight miles over their head. Oh, and Time Traveling Bob Seger at kicker thinking about brunettes.
  
• Iowa. If only because you're wondering how something can look that utterly sh**ty, and yet walk away with victory.
  
• Michigan State. Someone's going to cry when Michigan State plays. We're never sure who, or how, and that's the fun part for the observer, and the part that makes Spartans fans have the highest suicide rates of any Big Ten Team. (This stat is assumed. Research was not done, but can only confirm it.)"
  

[VectorVictor]

Ugh, just as I thought--nothing on how the SEC cheats their way to victory.

 

And the article that was linked to even calls out live sports (which, last I checked, is what the BTN is primarily about...) as the exception to the declination observed in the cable industry.

 

Frankly, I would expect more of the SEC, but then I remember they're south of the Mason-Dixon line, so the mere fact they published an internet article should merit a holiday and parade in their honor.

[teachercd]

I think the biggest thing that the SEC schools SEEM to do right, is that they embrace having fun before and after the games. I say it seems that way because I have never been to a game at an SEC school.