Stories of Northerners' Misconceptions of Southern Football

[bamanut_aj]

"The coldest I have been was 45 degrees in Wilcox county Alabama."
That quote came from a man who was born and raised in North Dakota.

did this fellow ever go OUTSIDE when he lived in North Dakota??

 

[gmart74]

It perplexes me when people get into these kinds of discussions about "my part of the country is better than yours etc...." No, the food is not better. It's just what you're used to. No the women are not necessarily hotter. They just talk a little different.

i would agree in general. however chicks from boston are hideous and square shaped. in addition they have raunchy 80's hair and their accent indeed does make them much less attractive. the accent goes for long island as well but generally they are better looking. other than those two places you are generally correct.

 

[RTR91]

Let's be honest guys... you're all just jealous that you don't live in Vegas.

Now, I don't have much of a story, but I do know that I can't really talk football w/ any of my co-workers... they just don't 'get it'.

However, we have an office in Columbia, SC. I was recently helping them out w/ a recruiting search for their office and we were hammering out the details of the job description. I did a 'reply to all' email where I stated, "If this position is going to be in Columbia, maybe we should add a bullet point that says 'Must believe losing 4-5 games in college football is a dream season' on the job description". Now, because this was the first time I've helped them w/ a search, my first response was from a Clemson grad (who runs that office) who LOVED the comment. I then got a reply from a SC grad who said "It is a dream season when you play REAL football like we do in the SEC!"

After a few exchanges, when they learned that I was a Bama grad, all was good and my comments were suddenly OK. I just thought it was funny w/ how defensive WE SEC folks can be and how defensive you southern folk can be. All in good fun though....

That falls under the "I'll diss my family, but you better not say a negative word about them." category. SEC fans can make fun of other SEC schools but no other conference fan better say a negative word about the SEC or an SEC school unless he or she wants a butt whipping.

 

[lynyrd skynyrd]

I love GRITS, Girls Raised In The South.

 

[92tide]

i would agree in general. however chicks from boston are hideous and square shaped. in addition they have raunchy 80's hair and their accent indeed does make them much less attractive. the accent goes for long island as well but generally they are better looking. other than those two places you are generally correct.

funny, i was about to post the same thing about Boston.

 

[BamaNation]

I was listening to the locals ESPN Cleveland radio talk show last week when some OSU idiot called in and said something to the effect of "The only reason the SEC is winning so many championships is because they only give 1 year scholarships and can drop players at any time who don't perform. Whereas in the Big10 we give all our kids 4 year scholarships and expect them to graduate but if they don't perform on the field we don't yank their scholarship because we emphasize academics."

The surprising thing to me was that the show hosts didn't immediately say, "You are a moron." They did later say that they their "sources" and found out that all NCAA schollys are 1 year and schools can do with them as they please.

I'm sure the OSU moron got this very wrongheaded info from the smear job done on Coach Saban a few months ago. My guess is that BJ Scott not coming back will be pulled into this conversation, as well.

 

[BamaNation]

Capt. Jack[/B];1516354] The SEC: our food is better, our women are hotter, and our football teams will beat yours by 30.

...and 'our women' tell you what play the team just ran AND who was out of position. (at least that's what my wife and sisters-in-law can do!)

 

[RJ YellowHammer]

I was listening to the locals ESPN Cleveland radio talk show last week when some OSU idiot called in and said something to the effect of "The only reason the SEC is winning so many championships is because they only give 1 year scholarships and can drop players at any time who don't perform. Whereas in the Big10 we give all our kids 4 year scholarships and expect them to graduate but if they don't perform on the field we don't yank their scholarship because we emphasize academics."

The surprising thing to me was that the show hosts didn't immediately say, "You are a moron." They did later say that they their "sources" and found out that all NCAA schollys are 1 year and schools can do with them as they please.

I'm sure the OSU moron got this very wrongheaded info from the smear job done on Coach Saban a few months ago. My guess is that BJ Scott not coming back will be pulled into this conversation, as well.

My neighbor was a Professor at tOSU. During this season, he told me "Of course the SEC is better. The Big 10 is limited to 25 schollies a year and you guys get 28." *Sigh* I tried explaining the difference between letters of intent and actual scholarships but gave up.

 

[tidedog67]

BamaFanNY,

Spent early childhood in Syracuse, NY. Attended Syracuse Univ. Football games at the old Archibald Stadium--pre Carrier Dome. Still remember a Syr. vs B.C. game in the snow about 15 deg. Art Monk was the Man.