The Wall Street Journal reported tonight:
"The rest of college football formally surrendered to the Southeastern Conference Sunday, ending a decades-long war that had become hopelessly one-sided.
The surrender took place just outside Appomattox, Va. SEC officials declined to explain why this site was chosen.
"What began 85 years ago in Pasadena has been finished today," the SEC said in a statement, referring to Alabama's 1926 Rose Bowl victory over Washington, which established Southern schools as a threat. "This is our sport now."
The commissioners of major-college football's other 10 conferences made the decision to capitulate in an emergency conference call Saturday night, following LSU's 47-21 demolition of West Virginia. The rout was the latest in a series of unfortunate encounters between SEC schools and supposedly quality opponents, including LSU-Oregon Sept. 3, Alabama-Michigan State in January and the last five national-title games, only one of which was in doubt at the end.
The terms of the surrender were released by the SEC. They include a number of reforms that seek to restore some dignity to the rest of college football, while giving the SEC its proper due:
The national championship: The Bowl Championship Series title game will continue to be held, but just as a matter of ceremony and to stimulate the economy. The real national-championship game will be designated each year by the SEC. This year it's LSU at Alabama, Nov. 5.
National-championship rematches: The SEC also reserves the right to campaign for an LSU-Alabama rematch in the BCS "title" game if the initial meeting is close and there are no other undefeated major-conference schools at season's end. The rest of college football will not bring up 2006, when SEC partisans pilloried the idea of an Ohio State-Michigan title-game rematch..." Rest of Article
JJ has been unable to confirm a rumor claiming Ole Miss was shipped to the SWAC as part of the deal or that the idea of leaving the SEC for the SWAC was Pete Boone's idea.
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See page B3 of today's Crying Liar. Even the service station alumni are up in arms.
Maybe Willima Winter will write another letter or maybe he wont, he can't decide.
Off topic, I see from Steve Simpson's ad that he is going to "fight Obamacare."
Really?
Couple of observations:
Most LSU band-wagoneers jumped on in the last decade. Prior to Saban's arrival, LSU was mediocre. I think the average tenure of an LSU coach in the quarter-century before DiNardo was something like 3years. Only in the last 10 years have LSU "fans" (vast majority of whom, like Bama "fans" have no connection to the school) decided they'd be for LSU.
Anderson:
I suspect Simpson's ad is a reminder that liberal Democrat Jim Hood, in deference to his political base, refused to file suit to stop Obamacare.
2:53: As far as I'm concerned, being a fan IS their connection, so don't go running down any school based on who goes to the ball games and cheers their team on. It's like that with Ole Miss, State, USM and every other school in the country. BTW, I'm an Alabama fan, graduate, son and father of an Alabama graduate, and I'm married to one. Does that make me connected?
Alabama rules the world in redneck "McFarland Avenue walk on alumni" screaming at your kids as they walk toward BDS for a phucking football game suck.
You suck. Alabama sucks, and your redneck NASCAR 10th grade walk-on alumni SUCK.
THE WORLD HATES YOUR ASS EVEN MORE THAT THE DREAMERS AT TSUN.
6:09 All that jealousy is really unhealthy
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