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	<title>Comments on: Tebow the favorite? Naturally</title>
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	<description>Thoughts from The Oklahoman Sports Columnist Berry Tramel &#124; NewsOK.com</description>
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		<title>By: Reality Check</title>
		<link>http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/06/29/tebow-the-favorite-naturally/comment-page-1/#comment-9025</link>
		<dc:creator>Reality Check</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Few would argue that the SEC has not been the dominant football conference over the past decade.  But, they were not the best conference in 2008.  Florida was very good (not great - great teams don&#039;t lose at home), but the rest of the conference was not.  Everyone who understands football knows that - arguing to the contrary only makes one appear to be whistling through the graveyard.

You really want to go down the academics route?  Putting Florida and Georgia in Vanderbilt&#039;s league is laughable.  DYK that the University of Oklahoma leads the nation in National Merit scholars?  I would put Texas, Missouri, and KU up against any SEC school (ourside Vandy) academically. Do your research before making inane comments - they only damage the rest of your attempted arguments.

P.S.  I suspect you probably don&#039;t want to talk about Florida&#039;s current ranking with the police blotter....  I believe they are #1 with a bullet there, too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Few would argue that the SEC has not been the dominant football conference over the past decade.  But, they were not the best conference in 2008.  Florida was very good (not great &#8211; great teams don&#8217;t lose at home), but the rest of the conference was not.  Everyone who understands football knows that &#8211; arguing to the contrary only makes one appear to be whistling through the graveyard.</p>
<p>You really want to go down the academics route?  Putting Florida and Georgia in Vanderbilt&#8217;s league is laughable.  DYK that the University of Oklahoma leads the nation in National Merit scholars?  I would put Texas, Missouri, and KU up against any SEC school (ourside Vandy) academically. Do your research before making inane comments &#8211; they only damage the rest of your attempted arguments.</p>
<p>P.S.  I suspect you probably don&#8217;t want to talk about Florida&#8217;s current ranking with the police blotter&#8230;.  I believe they are #1 with a bullet there, too.</p>
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		<title>By: SEC Superiority</title>
		<link>http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/06/29/tebow-the-favorite-naturally/comment-page-1/#comment-9019</link>
		<dc:creator>SEC Superiority</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Reality Check, how about the fact that your Sooners can&#039;t even beat Boise State or WV on a neutral field?  How about the fact that the SEC teams dominated Big 12 teams in head-to-head match ups?  How about the fact that it is almost impossible to go undefeated in a competitive conference like the SEC where the average stadium is around 96K?  How about the fact that the SEC produces more NFL stars than any other?  Name one school in the Big 12 that even compares to Vanderbilt, UGA or UF in academics in the Big 12... you can&#039;t!  Yeah, I agree those announcers and sports analysts were off the mark when they went along with the whole &quot;OU and Jason White are the &#039;Greatest Team of All-Time&#039;&quot; propaganda before K-State and LSU hammered your asses.  SEC plays defense, the Big 12 doesn&#039;t...that&#039;s the main factor that determines the difference in bowl games for the teams from the two conferences.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reality Check, how about the fact that your Sooners can&#8217;t even beat Boise State or WV on a neutral field?  How about the fact that the SEC teams dominated Big 12 teams in head-to-head match ups?  How about the fact that it is almost impossible to go undefeated in a competitive conference like the SEC where the average stadium is around 96K?  How about the fact that the SEC produces more NFL stars than any other?  Name one school in the Big 12 that even compares to Vanderbilt, UGA or UF in academics in the Big 12&#8230; you can&#8217;t!  Yeah, I agree those announcers and sports analysts were off the mark when they went along with the whole &#8220;OU and Jason White are the &#8216;Greatest Team of All-Time&#8217;&#8221; propaganda before K-State and LSU hammered your asses.  SEC plays defense, the Big 12 doesn&#8217;t&#8230;that&#8217;s the main factor that determines the difference in bowl games for the teams from the two conferences.</p>
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		<title>By: Reality Check</title>
		<link>http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/06/29/tebow-the-favorite-naturally/comment-page-1/#comment-9007</link>
		<dc:creator>Reality Check</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To &quot;SEC&quot;:  You have once again shown your true colors - an basic inability to formulate a post without reference to race or stereotypes.  Grow up.

Voting against Obama is as indication of intelligence, not racism.  Unless, that is, one like trillions of dollars of debt, unlimited abortion on demand, killing human embroys in the name of scientific research, etc., etc. 

But back to the topic at hand.....  Here are the final COMPUTER standings from last year - FU #1, Tex #3, OU #5, Bama #8, TexTech #10, UGA #13, Missouri #17, Mississippi #26, Okla St #26, Nebraska #30, Kansas #33.  If the SEC can&#039;t put more than 4 teams in the top 50, just exactly where is the vaunted &quot;superiority&quot;?   To save you time, there are 7 B12 teams in the same top 50 - TWICE as many as the SEC

And, since when are mainstream media and announcers the standard for excellence?  These are the same hacks that wanted to break a 3-way Big12 tie by using the head-to-head record for two teams and throwing out the same head-to-head record for the other teams involved!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To &#8220;SEC&#8221;:  You have once again shown your true colors &#8211; an basic inability to formulate a post without reference to race or stereotypes.  Grow up.</p>
<p>Voting against Obama is as indication of intelligence, not racism.  Unless, that is, one like trillions of dollars of debt, unlimited abortion on demand, killing human embroys in the name of scientific research, etc., etc. </p>
<p>But back to the topic at hand&#8230;..  Here are the final COMPUTER standings from last year &#8211; FU #1, Tex #3, OU #5, Bama #8, TexTech #10, UGA #13, Missouri #17, Mississippi #26, Okla St #26, Nebraska #30, Kansas #33.  If the SEC can&#8217;t put more than 4 teams in the top 50, just exactly where is the vaunted &#8220;superiority&#8221;?   To save you time, there are 7 B12 teams in the same top 50 &#8211; TWICE as many as the SEC</p>
<p>And, since when are mainstream media and announcers the standard for excellence?  These are the same hacks that wanted to break a 3-way Big12 tie by using the head-to-head record for two teams and throwing out the same head-to-head record for the other teams involved!</p>
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		<title>By: SEC Superiority</title>
		<link>http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/06/29/tebow-the-favorite-naturally/comment-page-1/#comment-9005</link>
		<dc:creator>SEC Superiority</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even the mainstream media announcers and analysts admit that the SEC is the greatest conference in college football and has the most national titles.  Also, who is this tool who posted above me trying to claim that the Big 12 teams had a better season than the SEC?  The SEC, with the only exception being Bama, won all their bowl games.  Texas Tech and Okie State choked after all the hype (Ole Miss crushed Tech in their home state of TX).  The difference was defense, and the Big 12 didn&#039;t have any.  On the other hand, Tebow came through and wore down the OU defense like he did to all others during the season.  Bradford is a great passer, but he doesn&#039;t have the physical strength that Tebow has.  Your jealousy is unbelievable!  Besides, Okies are the most racist people today, and that is why your state voted AGAINST Obama by the largest margin.  Oklahoma is all puritan Protestant hicks and half-breed squaws with obesity and diabetes.  Why doesn&#039;t OK ever field a team with mostly Okies?  I mean, every state in the South is loaded with black athletes and fields their team with local talent, but you Okies have to cheer for Texans that you all envy so much up there in your reservation state you live in.  At least three major Southern states were blue states and voted for Obama, including the old capitol of Virginia.  Okla-Mobile-Homa is a joke and your state is filled with farmers and redskins.  0kies will always be the South&#039;s rejects that we did not want.  Now, get back to blowing it in bowl games like usual.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even the mainstream media announcers and analysts admit that the SEC is the greatest conference in college football and has the most national titles.  Also, who is this tool who posted above me trying to claim that the Big 12 teams had a better season than the SEC?  The SEC, with the only exception being Bama, won all their bowl games.  Texas Tech and Okie State choked after all the hype (Ole Miss crushed Tech in their home state of TX).  The difference was defense, and the Big 12 didn&#8217;t have any.  On the other hand, Tebow came through and wore down the OU defense like he did to all others during the season.  Bradford is a great passer, but he doesn&#8217;t have the physical strength that Tebow has.  Your jealousy is unbelievable!  Besides, Okies are the most racist people today, and that is why your state voted AGAINST Obama by the largest margin.  Oklahoma is all puritan Protestant hicks and half-breed squaws with obesity and diabetes.  Why doesn&#8217;t OK ever field a team with mostly Okies?  I mean, every state in the South is loaded with black athletes and fields their team with local talent, but you Okies have to cheer for Texans that you all envy so much up there in your reservation state you live in.  At least three major Southern states were blue states and voted for Obama, including the old capitol of Virginia.  Okla-Mobile-Homa is a joke and your state is filled with farmers and redskins.  0kies will always be the South&#8217;s rejects that we did not want.  Now, get back to blowing it in bowl games like usual.</p>
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		<title>By: PJ Johnson</title>
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		<dc:creator>PJ Johnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tebow was bad for the first half of the title game. Percy Harvin was the difference in that game, not Tebow. Not even close. Bradford is better, and was better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tebow was bad for the first half of the title game. Percy Harvin was the difference in that game, not Tebow. Not even close. Bradford is better, and was better.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One thing that most people dont remember is that Bradford did not have his #1 playmaker during the NC. Lets take Harvin from Florida and see if Tebow could produce the same way in that game. DOUBT IT! And to the SEC Superiority comment... you know what, ill give you that in recent yrs. (except last yr, OU UT TTech OKstate Mizz out-weighs Florida BAMA and Ole Miss) But when it comes to stereo types you refer to, the SEC has never and will never be stereotyped as the overall best conference of all time. That stereotype has never been created, maybe in you little swamp rat mind. Figure it out...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One thing that most people dont remember is that Bradford did not have his #1 playmaker during the NC. Lets take Harvin from Florida and see if Tebow could produce the same way in that game. DOUBT IT! And to the SEC Superiority comment&#8230; you know what, ill give you that in recent yrs. (except last yr, OU UT TTech OKstate Mizz out-weighs Florida BAMA and Ole Miss) But when it comes to stereo types you refer to, the SEC has never and will never be stereotyped as the overall best conference of all time. That stereotype has never been created, maybe in you little swamp rat mind. Figure it out&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Reality Check</title>
		<link>http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/06/29/tebow-the-favorite-naturally/comment-page-1/#comment-8977</link>
		<dc:creator>Reality Check</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This just in......according to http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_he_me/us_med_obesity_rankings

Among the most obese states are Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.  The SEC wants &#039;em HUGE!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This just in&#8230;&#8230;according to <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_he_me/us_med_obesity_rankings" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_he_me/us_med_obesity_rankings</a></p>
<p>Among the most obese states are Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.  The SEC wants &#8216;em HUGE!</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/06/29/tebow-the-favorite-naturally/comment-page-1/#comment-8971</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SEC Superiority...fans like you are the reason people hate the SEC.  SEC fans are the only CFB fans i know that will bash every conference.  Big 12 fans respect the Big 10 and Big 10 respect Big 12.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SEC Superiority&#8230;fans like you are the reason people hate the SEC.  SEC fans are the only CFB fans i know that will bash every conference.  Big 12 fans respect the Big 10 and Big 10 respect Big 12.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
		<link>http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/06/29/tebow-the-favorite-naturally/comment-page-1/#comment-8970</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SEC Superiority:  racist much?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SEC Superiority:  racist much?</p>
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		<title>By: Caleb</title>
		<link>http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/06/29/tebow-the-favorite-naturally/comment-page-1/#comment-8969</link>
		<dc:creator>Caleb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some real hating going on here. Unhealthy amounts; it seems with some college football has evolved beyond mere fun and games and friendly rivalries and into a sort of twisted form of sadism (or since no one takes these people seriously perhaps masochism, but I won&#039;t dwell on semantics).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some real hating going on here. Unhealthy amounts; it seems with some college football has evolved beyond mere fun and games and friendly rivalries and into a sort of twisted form of sadism (or since no one takes these people seriously perhaps masochism, but I won&#8217;t dwell on semantics).</p>
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