We here on the west coast (and by we, I mean everyone but me so fuck off) like nothing more than to bitch about east coast bias.
"The media doesn't pay attention to the Pac-10."
"The media underrates the Pac-10."
"The media overrates (insert whichever conference is good in a given year)."
Waaaah. Cry me a fucking river. Here's a picture of Bryant-Denny from Alabama's spring game last weekend.
That's 92,138 fans. For the spring game. And they had to turn away other fans.
You want to know why the SEC is so fucking good at football? There you go. It's not because a bunch of yahoos have nothing better to do on a Saturday than watch a fake game. The fans are symptomatic of the passion that the South has for football. That passion translates to cutthroat competition in all aspects. From stadium building, to facilities, to recruiting, to coaching hires and all the way down to the actual games. Supporters of SEC teams don't fuck around and it's reflected on the product that's put on the field. Is it any wonder then that the media pays so much attention to these teams?
This weekend while the Huskies are playing their Purple-Gold game in front of 20,000, I'll be sitting on Go Strider's couch gambling on the NFL draft. Does that make me part of the problem? Maybe, maybe not. I personally don't believe in an east coast bias and even if it is true, it wouldn't bother me. But that's for another post.
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That is nuts... 92,000 fans come out to watch a bad team play a practice game.
USC wins the championship every year and they can't get a full house for their games. It's almost like they have nothing better do down in Alabama.
as a usc hater i'll gladly point out that they've "only" won one national title under pete caroll. 2003 was a split title my ass. LSU won the official BCS title game.
And while we're at it... I'll point out at that they f*ckin cheat and the NCAA should do something about it.
Just wait til their boosters get their hands on OJ Mayo and Lil' Homeo. No doubt there will be shady dealings.
I bet Alabama requires their fans to attend the spring game in order to maintain their season ticket status... It's like having a 14th game on the schedule, great way to increase revenue!
that's actually not a bad idea. i mean if you're gonna fuck the fans, might as well do it with gusto.
and i will now be using lil homeo to refer to that kid.
UW, for a pac-10 school, doesn't get a bad turnout. especially since they haven't been good in like 6 years.
i bet good teams like cal, oregon, maybe even SC, get a worse turnout than UW for their respective spring games.
that could be true zach. in general though, pac-10 fans are not turning out in numbers approaching 92,000. i applaud the SEC fans' passion but that's insane. As iverson said "we're talking about practice, not a game, practice"
Iverson... so wise.
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