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.
