Posted on 10/06/2007 7:49:51 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee
If it means being like you, no thanks.
You are very full of it. BTW, having a season filled with a bunch of light weight teams makes it easier to be healthy at season end. But, you’re still full of it.
What’s USC’s record of playing SEC teams (the teams that have been willing to play SC, that is, since most turn them down every year)? With Auburn? With Arkansas?
The fact that USC has struggled against PAC-10 teams the last 2 years only shows the strength of the PAC-10.
You are really delusional.
“You are really delusional.”
When you can’t refute, you can always resort to name calling. Very clever.
I’m an SC alum (class of ‘81) and I’ve always said that it’s better to be hated than to be pitied. SC has always provoked envy in others (especially SEC fans) and the Saturday upset was bound to bring out the haters. Let ‘em rant...
“SC has always provoked envy in others (especially SEC fans) and the Saturday upset was bound to bring out the haters.”
Now that you mention it, I did find it odd that the whole stadium at the LSU game cheered last Saturday when it was announced that SC lost.
My dad was an SC alum too.
There's no question one has to be in top physical condition to throw a ball around for multi-million dollar contracts.
Cut from a team? Nope. Just amusing myself at how overgrown adolescents obsess over real, live televised adolescents who do indeed have physical talent.
Oh, and I noticed this has been moved to chat! *Snicker*
Sure, sounds good. I agree.
But when I see high-skool and college ball throwers being feted as media personalities, there's a problem.
What's more alarming is seeing allegedly worldly and mature adults following these kids as if it were life and death.
What’s more alarming is seeing allegedly worldly and mature adults following these kids as if it were life and death.”
I’d draw a distinction between being feted as something more than they are from a fan who loves the game for all that it offers but doesn’t raise the participants on a pedestal.
I would also play the devil’s advocate with you as to what is a worthwhile contribution to society. Athletes have always been idolized and worshiped throughout history as athletic prowess symbolizes the greatness in the human form and in days of old were synonymous with military prowess. I can assure you our average pro football player would be quite a force on the battlefields of yesteryear. And what to make of a great musician or opera singer? Are their contributions somehow more beneficial to mankind than the athlete? Depends on what you value. For my part I could care less for most modern artists, most musicians, and certainly most actors. Do we then only value achievements that are associated with saving lives, improving lives, or defending lives? I for one don’t think so. Everybody idolizes somebody and if you didn’t it would mean you had no respect for anybody really. My guess is you just value what you personally find worthwhile and the rest of us are mere fools.
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