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Sep. 19th, 2010 10:17 amWith the return of the college students has come the return of college football.
I have nothing against college football. However, I have nothing for it either. I mean, you have teams of players who can bring staggering amounts of money into a university, but the players get in trouble if they sell their jersey.
You can have teams that have lost a couple of games be higher ranked then teams that haven't lost a single game. (Although this is generally based on the fact that the higher ranked team has faced better teams, sometimes it's just because that college football team has such a history of being highly ranked that the lower ranked team can't possibly get noticed because everyone is focusing on the same 10 teams year after year after year.)
If there's one thing I look forward to every year, it is when the Gamecocks inevitably start to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Yes, they're ranked in the top 25 right now, but they face the #1 (currently) team in the nation in a few weeks, so I'm betting they'll get their asses handed to them. Plus, the University of South Carolina football program now effectively has a history of punishing previously legendary coaches. Lou Holtz would have been better served by retiring and staying retired after Notre Dame, and Steve Spurrier's reputation while at USC has been a mixed bag.
Yes, he's had a winning season every year he's been here. However, in all of his years at Florida, the team never lost more then four game (and most of the time only lost one or two). At USC, he hasn't had a season go by without losing at least five games, and he hasn't won a Conference title for USC yet.
So I take a great amount of joy every year when the Gamecock fans act like this will be the year that changes everything, because I can almost guarantee that it won't be.
I have nothing against college football. However, I have nothing for it either. I mean, you have teams of players who can bring staggering amounts of money into a university, but the players get in trouble if they sell their jersey.
You can have teams that have lost a couple of games be higher ranked then teams that haven't lost a single game. (Although this is generally based on the fact that the higher ranked team has faced better teams, sometimes it's just because that college football team has such a history of being highly ranked that the lower ranked team can't possibly get noticed because everyone is focusing on the same 10 teams year after year after year.)
If there's one thing I look forward to every year, it is when the Gamecocks inevitably start to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Yes, they're ranked in the top 25 right now, but they face the #1 (currently) team in the nation in a few weeks, so I'm betting they'll get their asses handed to them. Plus, the University of South Carolina football program now effectively has a history of punishing previously legendary coaches. Lou Holtz would have been better served by retiring and staying retired after Notre Dame, and Steve Spurrier's reputation while at USC has been a mixed bag.
Yes, he's had a winning season every year he's been here. However, in all of his years at Florida, the team never lost more then four game (and most of the time only lost one or two). At USC, he hasn't had a season go by without losing at least five games, and he hasn't won a Conference title for USC yet.
So I take a great amount of joy every year when the Gamecock fans act like this will be the year that changes everything, because I can almost guarantee that it won't be.