<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Oversigning: Why the SEC West Is The Best Division in College Football</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:43:29 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: rittyrich</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188493</link> <dc:creator>rittyrich</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:36:05 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188493</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;what’s “won’t be able to play?” &lt;/blockquote&gt;Point taken.  But what about Junebug Harrison from Rainbow City, Alabama, who you&#039;ve never heard of, who signed a LOI at Auburn but changed his mind to be a rapper, which really means he got a 480 on his SAT and couldn&#039;t get in?/ Junebug isn&#039;t real of course, but he is always my go-to WR on Year 3 of my NCAA football dynasties.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>what’s “won’t be able to play?”</p></blockquote><p>Point taken.  But what about Junebug Harrison from Rainbow City, Alabama, who you&#8217;ve never heard of, who signed a LOI at Auburn but changed his mind to be a rapper, which really means he got a 480 on his SAT and couldn&#8217;t get in?</p><p>/ Junebug isn&#8217;t real of course, but he is always my go-to WR on Year 3 of my NCAA football dynasties.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188481</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:30:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188481</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;So what’s the advantage of taking retards if they won’t be able to play?&lt;/blockquote&gt;what&#039;s &quot;won&#039;t be able to play?&quot;/points at CHEATING retard, terrelle pryor //seriously, that guy couldn&#039;t be dumber ///damn good tho]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>So what’s the advantage of taking retards if they won’t be able to play?</p></blockquote><p>what&#8217;s &#8220;won&#8217;t be able to play?&#8221;</p><p>/points at CHEATING retard, terrelle pryor<br /> //seriously, that guy couldn&#8217;t be dumber<br /> ///damn good tho</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rittyrich</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188479</link> <dc:creator>rittyrich</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:29:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188479</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;oh, auburn just takes retards who couldn’t qualify for big boy college. nothing shady about that. &lt;/blockquote&gt;So what&#039;s the advantage of taking retards if they won&#039;t be able to play?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>oh, auburn just takes retards who couldn’t qualify for big boy college. nothing shady about that.</p></blockquote><p>So what&#8217;s the advantage of taking retards if they won&#8217;t be able to play?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188471</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:25:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188471</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I was speaking more on Auburn’s numbers, not Arkansas’. But your point is well-taken.&lt;/blockquote&gt;oh, auburn just takes retards who couldn&#039;t qualify for big boy college.  nothing shady about that.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I was speaking more on Auburn’s numbers, not Arkansas’. But your point is well-taken.</p></blockquote><p>oh, auburn just takes retards who couldn&#8217;t qualify for big boy college.  nothing shady about that.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Gerard Portmanteau</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188467</link> <dc:creator>Gerard Portmanteau</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:22:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188467</guid> <description><![CDATA[Faulkner and Hemingway had a fairly bitter back-n-forth on the relative merits of half-dollar words over their less pricey fellows. I&#039;ll let you all guess who stood where./OK, it was Faulkner who dug &#039;em //And Faulker &gt; Hemingway ///At least with writing]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Faulkner and Hemingway had a fairly bitter back-n-forth on the relative merits of half-dollar words over their less pricey fellows. I&#8217;ll let you all guess who stood where.</p><p>/OK, it was Faulkner who dug &#8216;em<br /> //And Faulker &gt; Hemingway<br /> ///At least with writing</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188453</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:14:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188453</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was speaking more on Auburn&#039;s numbers, not Arkansas&#039;.  But your point is well-taken.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was speaking more on Auburn&#8217;s numbers, not Arkansas&#8217;.  But your point is well-taken.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188434</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:05:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188434</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Oversigning is a factor…but I don’t think you’ve done any work in showing whether it’s significant or not.&lt;/blockquote&gt;how the fuck could it NOT be significant?  seriously?arkansas had THIRTY more players to choose from than ohio state did (use them because they matched up in the sugar bowl).  that&#039;s six extra recruits per year they got to pick from and discarded the others.you don&#039;t need to show your sources for common knowledge.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Oversigning is a factor…but I don’t think you’ve done any work in showing whether it’s significant or not.</p></blockquote><p>how the fuck could it NOT be significant?  seriously?</p><p>arkansas had THIRTY more players to choose from than ohio state did (use them because they matched up in the sugar bowl).  that&#8217;s six extra recruits per year they got to pick from and discarded the others.</p><p>you don&#8217;t need to show your sources for common knowledge.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188421</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:00:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188421</guid> <description><![CDATA[Duffy uses some big words when he doesn&#039;t need to. I kinda&#039; like that. Once in a while I might learn something from it. I do think the audience here is well-educated and well-read (in general).Oversigning is a factor...but I don&#039;t think you&#039;ve done any work in showing whether it&#039;s significant or not.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Duffy uses some big words when he doesn&#8217;t need to. I kinda&#8217; like that. Once in a while I might learn something from it. I do think the audience here is well-educated and well-read (in general).</p><p>Oversigning is a factor&#8230;but I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ve done any work in showing whether it&#8217;s significant or not.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188411</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:55:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188411</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;We joke around about the media climate from DC to Boston, and it certainly has its many faults. But at least that shit would not happen.&lt;/blockquote&gt;it wouldn&#039;t?/looks at sawx and yanks payrolls //looks at the rest of MLB&#039;s]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>We joke around about the media climate from DC to Boston, and it certainly has its many faults. But at least that shit would not happen.</p></blockquote><p>it wouldn&#8217;t?</p><p>/looks at sawx and yanks payrolls<br /> //looks at the rest of MLB&#8217;s</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: sportsdork</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188399</link> <dc:creator>sportsdork</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:52:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188399</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Genuinely curious, has anyone gotten Miles or Saban or Nutt on the record about this? I didn’t see it in any of the linked articles? No one has the balls to ask?someone asked nutt after he signed 37 kids…nutt just laughed it off like a big joke.&lt;/blockquote&gt;We joke around about the media climate from DC to Boston, and it certainly has its many faults. But at least that shit would not happen.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Genuinely curious, has anyone gotten Miles or Saban or Nutt on the record about this? I didn’t see it in any of the linked articles? No one has the balls to ask?</p><p>someone asked nutt after he signed 37 kids…nutt just laughed it off like a big joke.</p></blockquote><p>We joke around about the media climate from DC to Boston, and it certainly has its many faults. But at least that shit would not happen.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: derickg3</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188378</link> <dc:creator>derickg3</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:44:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188378</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sideboob became an immediate issue in this year&#039;s recruiting as soon as Charlie Weis entered the conference.No one wants his sideboob.  It makes us sad.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sideboob became an immediate issue in this year&#8217;s recruiting as soon as Charlie Weis entered the conference.</p><p>No one wants his sideboob.  It makes us sad.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: WIDEWORDOFSPORT</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188374</link> <dc:creator>WIDEWORDOFSPORT</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:42:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188374</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here is the difference Duffy.  In all honesty, did the word &quot;abstemious&quot; come to you in the natural flow of words, or did you stop to think about it or look it up.  That&#039;s what makes &#039;big words&#039; unnecessary.  In scientific writing, we are always taught to use the smallest and fewest words necessary to make the point.  You may disagree, but I think that sports writing is similar, especially in an a medium which is not prose, but rather conveying an data-based opinion./also thinks that the word doesn&#039;t fully convey the meaning of what you are trying to say]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is the difference Duffy.  In all honesty, did the word &#8220;abstemious&#8221; come to you in the natural flow of words, or did you stop to think about it or look it up.  That&#8217;s what makes &#8216;big words&#8217; unnecessary.  In scientific writing, we are always taught to use the smallest and fewest words necessary to make the point.  You may disagree, but I think that sports writing is similar, especially in an a medium which is not prose, but rather conveying an data-based opinion.</p><p>/also thinks that the word doesn&#8217;t fully convey the meaning of what you are trying to say</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188372</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:42:16 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188372</guid> <description><![CDATA[according to mark may, penis is supposed to go in his butt.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>according to mark may, penis is supposed to go in his butt.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: sportsdork</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188371</link> <dc:creator>sportsdork</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:41:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188371</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Genuinely curious, has anyone gotten Miles or Saban or Nutt on the record about this? I didn’t see it in any of the linked articles? No one has the balls to ask?someone asked nutt after he signed 37 kids…nutt just laughed it off like a big joke.&lt;/blockquote&gt;We joke around about the media climate from DC to Boston, and it certainly has its many faults.  But at least that shit would not happen.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Genuinely curious, has anyone gotten Miles or Saban or Nutt on the record about this? I didn’t see it in any of the linked articles? No one has the balls to ask?</p><p>someone asked nutt after he signed 37 kids…nutt just laughed it off like a big joke.</p></blockquote><p>We joke around about the media climate from DC to Boston, and it certainly has its many faults.  But at least that shit would not happen.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: arkbadger</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188370</link> <dc:creator>arkbadger</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:41:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188370</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;someone asked nutt after he signed 37 kids…nutt just laughed it off like a big joke.&lt;/blockquote&gt;damn, because according to mark may he is the &quot;right reverend.&quot;/crock of shit]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>someone asked nutt after he signed 37 kids…nutt just laughed it off like a big joke.</p></blockquote><p>damn, because according to mark may he is the &#8220;right reverend.&#8221;</p><p>/crock of shit</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188359</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:37:06 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188359</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Genuinely curious, has anyone gotten Miles or Saban or Nutt on the record about this? I didn’t see it in any of the linked articles? No one has the balls to ask?&lt;/blockquote&gt;someone asked nutt after he signed 37 kids...nutt just laughed it off like a big joke.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Genuinely curious, has anyone gotten Miles or Saban or Nutt on the record about this? I didn’t see it in any of the linked articles? No one has the balls to ask?</p></blockquote><p>someone asked nutt after he signed 37 kids&#8230;nutt just laughed it off like a big joke.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rittyrich</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188356</link> <dc:creator>rittyrich</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:36:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188356</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;it’s ok to admit yall do some shady shit to compete. &lt;/blockquote&gt;I&#039;m genuinely interested in this and I&#039;m going to build a narrative as far as Auburn goes.  I&#039;ll see how it turns out.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>it’s ok to admit yall do some shady shit to compete.</p></blockquote><p>I&#8217;m genuinely interested in this and I&#8217;m going to build a narrative as far as Auburn goes.  I&#8217;ll see how it turns out.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: coop247</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188351</link> <dc:creator>coop247</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:35:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188351</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Not to mention quitting, getting injured, etc.&lt;/blockquote&gt; I believe you mean run off by the coach or declare injured, both of which are likely to coincide with the player not being very good.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Not to mention quitting, getting injured, etc.</p></blockquote><p>I believe you mean run off by the coach or declare injured, both of which are likely to coincide with the player not being very good.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: sportsdork</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188347</link> <dc:creator>sportsdork</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:34:11 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188347</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Coverage of oversigning is minimal.  Columnists and bloggers notice, but those with teeth won’t use them.  Beat writers won’t risk relationships. CBS and ESPN, with lucrative SEC television deals, trump up the conference’s greatness.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Genuinely curious, has anyone gotten Miles or Saban or Nutt on the record about this?  I didn&#039;t see it in any of the linked articles?  No one has the balls to ask?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Coverage of oversigning is minimal.  Columnists and bloggers notice, but those with teeth won’t use them.  Beat writers won’t risk relationships. CBS and ESPN, with lucrative SEC television deals, trump up the conference’s greatness.</p></blockquote><p>Genuinely curious, has anyone gotten Miles or Saban or Nutt on the record about this?  I didn&#8217;t see it in any of the linked articles?  No one has the balls to ask?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/01/25/oversigning-why-the-sec-west-is-the-best-division-in-college-football/comment-page-3/#comment-1188345</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:34:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=77962#comment-1188345</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Not to mention quitting, getting injured, etc.&lt;/blockquote&gt;how many kids have you seen just up and quit D-1a football?  i can think of maybe five or six in the past decade for OSU.  that&#039;s just unrealistic.and that many kids getting catastrophically hurt before the season?  come on.it&#039;s ok to admit yall do some shady shit to compete.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Not to mention quitting, getting injured, etc.</p></blockquote><p>how many kids have you seen just up and quit D-1a football?  i can think of maybe five or six in the past decade for OSU.  that&#8217;s just unrealistic.</p><p>and that many kids getting catastrophically hurt before the season?  come on.</p><p>it&#8217;s ok to admit yall do some shady shit to compete.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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