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Jay making it look easy when he's not sailing the throws.

Defense good, offense, not so much.

Someone needs to read up on the definition of fact.

Here is the last 4 years. 2013 - 4 2012 - 5 2011 - 4 2010 - 3 And remember Sumlin's been around for only the last two. The argument may have gone a to a different place. I dont think the SEC is that great. Its the best conference because its best at the top. I agree that the depth is not there and I agree they dont play tough OOC (exceptions exist). But I was saying that its toughest to get into a BCS game from the SEC because no other conference has as many really good teams at the top. And people should stop using A&M and Mizzou's success as a counterpoint to SEC dominance. Those teams arent Big 12 anymore. They are SEC teams now, the SEC plucked two good programs from the Big 12 and made itself a stronger conference and made the Big 12 weaker. The success they are having in the SEC is not a boon for the big 12. 2010 - 2: http://bcscentral.info/h/2010/bcs_rankings.html This season isn't over yet, either. The success Missouri and A&M are having right away in the SEC should show that the SEC isn't some mammoth obstacle that other schools can never hope to ascend. Two decent Big 12 programs are decent in the SEC just the same. That should have dispelled the myth that a middling SEC team would win any other conference, but the SEC fan's hubris somehow thinks that just putting the SEC name on Missouri and Texas A&M magically made them better.

I had someone try to argue with me that Jay was a worse QB than McCown because he throws the ball "too well" to be caught. McCown is a better option because his lame duck throws give the receivers the opportunity to outjump/wrestle the ball from the opposing DBs.

Really? People have a hold up on what will happen if the catcher blocks the plate? If only they had rules in place to cover that situation at other bases they could apply to that one.

The other funny thing is, most of the people arguing the dominance of the SEC are the dregs that have routinely getting beaten down by the conference, the Mississippis, the Arkansas, the Vanderbilts, the Tennessees. Mostly they don't want to accept the fact that their team and program may just be bad, and not just at a disadvantage in their conference. By "routinely" you mean "twice in history", right?

It's the same smug sense of SEC superiority that had people predicting Missouri to finish 14th in the SEC 3 games into this season. Because they were new, they couldn't possibly keep up with the rigors of the SEC schedule.

SIGN ALL THE DHS.

Haha, Juve, that is what you get for playing for a draw.

The D-Backs know they don't get a DH, right? Someone mentioned that to them before pulling the trigger on the deal?

@AdamSpankyEaton 8m Well, that escalated quickly...

Illinois blitzed Auburn in Atlanta on Sunday, so that's cool. Surprised nobody mentioned it.

The bowl sheet isn't quite big enough to include Illinois this year.

Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in.

40 point lead, opponent has Romo-Murray-Bryant-Witten tonight. Go Bears D.

Matt Prater just hit a 64 yard FG.

What aesthetics? The game is 52-42.

Group G is apparently the first group in World Cup history where all four teams advanced to the second round in the prior Cup.

The game order also works out perfectly for the US...so long as Germany comes out of the gates swinging.

Advancing out of the group all boils down to HAVE TO BEAT GHANA. I'm ok with that.

Here are all the SPI odds, courtesy of Nate Silver: http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1639248/spi-world-cup-group-stage-projections?cc=5901

USA has a 40% chance of advancement from the group, according to SPI.

It's really not as bad as it could have been. No Italy or Holland, and Portugal can be beaten, as Russia beat them in qualifying and Sweden played them close. Ghana is a better option than Ivory Coast, Italy, or Chile for sure. The travel will suck, though, since Manaus is the middle destination for the US.

Yep, Portugal to G, and the nightmare is complete.