<?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: SEC Dominating in Football, as Academics Get Reamed by Budget Cuts</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 14:19:26 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: Quietgoesthedon</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647248</link> <dc:creator>Quietgoesthedon</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:31:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647248</guid> <description><![CDATA[When I was at UGA, there was this one guy up in the stands who (when Auburn came to town) would organize &quot;cheat, cheat, cheat&quot; chants. Cracked me up. But everyone in the SEC cheats.One of the OL&#039;men at Georgia once told me a story about the Alabama players. Once upon a time, on road games, Alabama would bring its players down to the hotel lobby the night before a road game and let them meet and greet with the high dollar donors. The Georgia player said that the toasted, brandy-stink donor wives would be shoving $100s into the players underwear. I know this is all a meat market, but wow.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I was at UGA, there was this one guy up in the stands who (when Auburn came to town) would organize &#8220;cheat, cheat, cheat&#8221; chants. Cracked me up. But everyone in the SEC cheats.</p><p>One of the OL&#8217;men at Georgia once told me a story about the Alabama players. Once upon a time, on road games, Alabama would bring its players down to the hotel lobby the night before a road game and let them meet and greet with the high dollar donors. The Georgia player said that the toasted, brandy-stink donor wives would be shoving $100s into the players underwear. I know this is all a meat market, but wow.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: GloriousMullet</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647235</link> <dc:creator>GloriousMullet</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:27:06 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647235</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;fucking their students is ok.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Dammit, beat me to it]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>fucking their students is ok.</p></blockquote><p>Dammit, beat me to it</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: AssaultWithAConcreteDildo</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647211</link> <dc:creator>AssaultWithAConcreteDildo</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:16:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647211</guid> <description><![CDATA[BTW, what an incredibly stupid article by Ty Duffy.  I assume he didn&#039;t even bother to look at any school other than SEC ones when writing this steampile.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW, what an incredibly stupid article by Ty Duffy.  I assume he didn&#8217;t even bother to look at any school other than SEC ones when writing this steampile.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Gerard Portmanteau</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647210</link> <dc:creator>Gerard Portmanteau</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:16:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647210</guid> <description><![CDATA[Probably the worst professional decision I ever made was not dropping out of college to keep doing concrete, which I loved and would have kept me in high financial cotton.But no! Journalism!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Probably the worst professional decision I ever made was not dropping out of college to keep doing concrete, which I loved and would have kept me in high financial cotton.</p><p>But no! Journalism!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: AssaultWithAConcreteDildo</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647209</link> <dc:creator>AssaultWithAConcreteDildo</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:15:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647209</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oh, what do you know, Husker Dawg is trolling.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, what do you know, Husker Dawg is trolling.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647188</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:06:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647188</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Or, play with people that are just good. Will pick up plenty of good tips for free&lt;/blockquote&gt;totally.  hell, not even tips...youll get better just by watching how great players approach the game.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Or, play with people that are just good. Will pick up plenty of good tips for free</p></blockquote><p>totally.  hell, not even tips&#8230;youll get better just by watching how great players approach the game.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Peer (Less) Prices</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647170</link> <dc:creator>Peer (Less) Prices</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:54:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647170</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;/seriously, i wish i had the time and money to play&lt;/em&gt;Or, play with people that are just good. Will pick up plenty of good tips for free]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>/seriously, i wish i had the time and money to play</em></p><p>Or, play with people that are just good. Will pick up plenty of good tips for free</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647163</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:51:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647163</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;what do the Florida teachers think?&lt;/blockquote&gt;fucking their students is ok.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>what do the Florida teachers think?</p></blockquote><p>fucking their students is ok.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Milk Steak To Go</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647149</link> <dc:creator>Milk Steak To Go</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:44:27 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647149</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;/seriously, i wish i had the time and money to play&lt;/blockquote&gt; If you start, get a couple of lessons first.  It&#039;ll save you from developing bad habits that you&#039;ll need to break later.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>/seriously, i wish i had the time and money to play</p></blockquote><p>If you start, get a couple of lessons first.  It&#8217;ll save you from developing bad habits that you&#8217;ll need to break later.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647148</link> <dc:creator>Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:44:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647148</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;time is one thing, since you can’t just get rid of your family…but money is another. you can DEF play golf on the cheap, you just gotta do a little research. i don’t think ive paid more than $150 for any single club in my bag and you can practice anywhere. tons of discounts on tee times online, esp during the recession.&lt;/em&gt;don&#039;t take away my excuses in a public forum, and i can get rid of my family]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>time is one thing, since you can’t just get rid of your family…but money is another. you can DEF play golf on the cheap, you just gotta do a little research. i don’t think ive paid more than $150 for any single club in my bag and you can practice anywhere. tons of discounts on tee times online, esp during the recession.</em></p><p>don&#8217;t take away my excuses in a public forum, and i can get rid of my family</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: José Ovechkin</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647147</link> <dc:creator>José Ovechkin</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:44:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647147</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I need my ACL repaired: &lt;strong&gt;Anywhere except MSU&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Fixed. Unless you want to get your ACL repaired multiple times.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I need my ACL repaired: <strong>Anywhere except MSU</strong></p></blockquote><p>Fixed. Unless you want to get your ACL repaired multiple times.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Some Random Old Dude</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647146</link> <dc:creator>Some Random Old Dude</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:43:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647146</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;smoking weed thru an apple is a stupid way to smoke weed, bro.&lt;/em&gt;Uh...okay.  You&#039;re deep, bro.  Real deep./searching mental Rolodex for appropriate response //finds nothin&#039;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>smoking weed thru an apple is a stupid way to smoke weed, bro.</em></p><p>Uh&#8230;okay.  You&#8217;re deep, bro.  Real deep.</p><p>/searching mental Rolodex for appropriate response<br /> //finds nothin&#8217;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Milk Steak To Go</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647143</link> <dc:creator>Milk Steak To Go</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:42:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647143</guid> <description><![CDATA[Professors?  TAs?  Who are you referring to?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Professors?  TAs?  Who are you referring to?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jason McIntyre</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647137</link> <dc:creator>Jason McIntyre</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:40:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647137</guid> <description><![CDATA[what do the Florida teachers think?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what do the Florida teachers think?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647135</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:39:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647135</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;/seriously, i wish i had the time and money to play&lt;/blockquote&gt;time is one thing, since you can&#039;t just get rid of your family...but money is another.  you can DEF play golf on the cheap, you just gotta do a little research.  i don&#039;t think ive paid more than $150 for any single club in my bag and you can practice anywhere.  tons of discounts on tee times online, esp during the recession.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>/seriously, i wish i had the time and money to play</p></blockquote><p>time is one thing, since you can&#8217;t just get rid of your family&#8230;but money is another.  you can DEF play golf on the cheap, you just gotta do a little research.  i don&#8217;t think ive paid more than $150 for any single club in my bag and you can practice anywhere.  tons of discounts on tee times online, esp during the recession.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: squawkbox</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647132</link> <dc:creator>squawkbox</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:38:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647132</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Man…huge difference.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Look, even I&#039;m smart enough to know that different colleges to different stuff better. For example, would I choose a uga grad or an Auburn grad:I need my ACL repaired: uga My dog needs an ACL repaired: auburn My computer needs to be repaired: auburn I need a divorce attorney: uga I need an electrical power system for the space shuttle: auburn I need some advice starting a tree farm: toss a coin (incl Clemson) I need my toilets cleaned: bama]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Man…huge difference.</p></blockquote><p>Look, even I&#8217;m smart enough to know that different colleges to different stuff better. For example, would I choose a uga grad or an Auburn grad:</p><p>I need my ACL repaired: uga<br /> My dog needs an ACL repaired: auburn<br /> My computer needs to be repaired: auburn<br /> I need a divorce attorney: uga<br /> I need an electrical power system for the space shuttle: auburn<br /> I need some advice starting a tree farm: toss a coin (incl Clemson)<br /> I need my toilets cleaned: bama</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: bobbob510</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647130</link> <dc:creator>bobbob510</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:37:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647130</guid> <description><![CDATA[I generally try to ignore Duffy&#039;s axe-grinding on all things SEC, but this is one of his more disingenuous postings yet. Singling out SEC schools as if they are the only ones facing budget cuts is basically distortion by isolation. Trying to then somehow link those cuts to profitable football programs is even more ridiculous and illogical, unless you account for the sub-text of Duffy&#039;s Big Ten inferiority complex... then it all makes sense. The SEC is only better than the Big Ten at football because the SEC doesn&#039;t care about academics! Ohhh, that must be it.I love his writing on soccer - truly. However, this stuff with the SEC is just getting kind of old. And not just because I&#039;m a Georgia alum. I would imagine the mighty University of Michigan has faced some budget cuts recently - and also simultaneously fielded a college football team. Only difference: Michigan&#039;s team wasn&#039;t very good. Could go further and somehow compare the buyout money they paid RichRod to the amount cut from academic budgets, but I think the point is made.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I generally try to ignore Duffy&#8217;s axe-grinding on all things SEC, but this is one of his more disingenuous postings yet. Singling out SEC schools as if they are the only ones facing budget cuts is basically distortion by isolation. Trying to then somehow link those cuts to profitable football programs is even more ridiculous and illogical, unless you account for the sub-text of Duffy&#8217;s Big Ten inferiority complex&#8230; then it all makes sense. The SEC is only better than the Big Ten at football because the SEC doesn&#8217;t care about academics! Ohhh, that must be it.</p><p>I love his writing on soccer &#8211; truly. However, this stuff with the SEC is just getting kind of old. And not just because I&#8217;m a Georgia alum. I would imagine the mighty University of Michigan has faced some budget cuts recently &#8211; and also simultaneously fielded a college football team. Only difference: Michigan&#8217;s team wasn&#8217;t very good. Could go further and somehow compare the buyout money they paid RichRod to the amount cut from academic budgets, but I think the point is made.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647129</link> <dc:creator>Seven Different Kinds Of WhatHaveYa</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:36:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647129</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;all my hard work, for what? to go back to bullshit over the top hacker slices the minute the wind starts playing tricks? fuck that.&lt;/em&gt;sign me up! here&#039;s a million dollars and half of my awake time. what&#039;s next?/seriously, i wish i had the time and money to play]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>all my hard work, for what? to go back to bullshit over the top hacker slices the minute the wind starts playing tricks? fuck that.</em></p><p>sign me up! here&#8217;s a million dollars and half of my awake time. what&#8217;s next?</p><p>/seriously, i wish i had the time and money to play</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647120</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:33:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647120</guid> <description><![CDATA[scripty...nice.  i hear that place is the absolute tits.i know what you&#039;re talking about with the confidence being shot and id kill to be even half-dialed in with my irons.  i struck the ball so fucking poorly from tee to green all weekend im disgusted with myself.  all my hard work, for what?  to go back to bullshit over the top hacker slices the minute the wind starts playing tricks?  fuck that.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>scripty&#8230;nice.  i hear that place is the absolute tits.</p><p>i know what you&#8217;re talking about with the confidence being shot and id kill to be even half-dialed in with my irons.  i struck the ball so fucking poorly from tee to green all weekend im disgusted with myself.  all my hard work, for what?  to go back to bullshit over the top hacker slices the minute the wind starts playing tricks?  fuck that.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: squawkbox</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/04/24/sec-dominating-in-football-as-academics-get-reamed-by-budget-cuts/comment-page-3/#comment-1647119</link> <dc:creator>squawkbox</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:33:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=177519#comment-1647119</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;All I have to see is dude better be killing it with his UGA degree as much shit as he talks about Auburn.&lt;/blockquote&gt;I find his narrow-minded views an interesting approach to life.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>All I have to see is dude better be killing it with his UGA degree as much shit as he talks about Auburn.</p></blockquote><p>I find his narrow-minded views an interesting approach to life.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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