GoldRing: "So you want to fight, well do you punk!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Orange and White
When Clemson and LSU score could shape game
The Clemson Sports Blog
- By Brandon Rink
LSU's Jeremy Hill
(photo by Steve Franz, LSU Sports Information)
Clemson owns the second quarter (and as a result, the first half), while LSU controls the third (and the second half), and that’s not good news for either side.
Clemson scored a school-record 191 points for a quarter in the second period – not coincidentally, leading at the half in every game this season (28-12 average score). Meanwhile, the Bayou Bengals have given up its most per quarter in the same one, 5.6.
Just in the second quarter, quarterback Tajh Boyd completed 71 percent of passes for 1,167 yards and 16 touchdowns, with a passing efficiency of 198.
CFA Bowl: LSU, Clemson scoring by quarter (averages)
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Greater New Orleans
Atlanta offers Chick-Fil-A Bowl visitors plenty to do outside of the Georgia Dome
The crashing wave overhead simulates the animals’ natural
habitat in this tank at the Georgia Aquarium. Visiting the aquarium is
just one thing Atlanta's visitors can do while preparing for the
Chick-Fil-A Bowl.
(Photo by photo couresty of the Geogia Aquarium)
By
Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on December 24, 2012 at 12:08 PM, updated December 24, 2012 at 12:32 PM
1) The Man with a Dream: The Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Site includes a visit to King's childhood home, the Ebenezer Baptist Church where he served as reverend and the final resting place of both King and his wife, Coretta Scott King. Tours of King's birth home are available daily, but it's suggested visitors come early because first-come first-served tours fill up quickly. (Note: Sites are closed on New Year's Day.)
2) The Peach Drop: A tradition that began in 1989, the Peach Drop is billed as "the biggest New Year's Eve party in the Southeast," according to the event's website. An 800-pound fiberglass peach is refurbished every year for event, which sees the peach drop in time to ring in the new year. The free event is in Underground Atlanta, a shopping and entertainment district built.
3) Fun on a String: Since Kermit the Frog and Jim Henson cut the ribbon in 1978, the Center for Puppetry Arts has exposed kids of all ages to the art and skill of puppetry. Performances of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" run through Jan. 6, and the center also offers a museum. Read more...http://www.nola.com/living/
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Five reasons LSU should leave the Southeastern Conference
The time has come.
Imbalanced, arbitrary football schedules, unfavorable bowl politics and a conference office that frequently indicates it is ignoring LSU’s concerns and needs have led the school and its athletic program to this point:
It is time to consider seceding from the Southeastern Conference.
LSU is a charter member of the SEC dating to 1933, but that doesn’t mean it has to stay there forever. Not if there are other, appealing options out there.
Where could LSU go? With the Big East dissolving, the ACC in flux, the Big Ten and Pac-12 too far away and independent status not a viable option for scheduling and economic reasons, LSU’s only real option would be to join the Big 12. It’s the conference closest to LSU in terms of physical location and philosophy.
Here are five reasons why there’s no better time for LSU to leave the SEC:
The main problem, from LSU’s perspective, is a schedule that puts the Tigers at a competitive disadvantage to its chief rival for SEC West supremacy (with apologies to Texas A&M and Johnny Heisman), Alabama. Not only does LSU have to play at Alabama in 2013 as it usually does in odd-numbered years, but the Tigers also have to play at Georgia and host Florida, teams that tied for first in the SEC East this past season with 7-1 marks.
Alabama’s two opponents out of the East? Tennessee in Tuscaloosa and Kentucky on the road, teams that went a combined 1-15 in conference play and are breaking in new coaches.
The SEC did LSU a disservice and cannot be unaware of that. The Tigers have the chance to field another prime BCS title contender in 2013 (one early poll puts LSU as preseason No. 3), but the Tigers will have a much tougher road to Pasadena and the final non-playoff BCS Championship Game playing the Bulldogs and Gators than will the Crimson Tide playing the Volunteers and Wildcats.
National championship seasons are hard to come by. And LSU’s may get short-circuited before it even starts. Read more...http://theadvocate.com/
Imbalanced, arbitrary football schedules, unfavorable bowl politics and a conference office that frequently indicates it is ignoring LSU’s concerns and needs have led the school and its athletic program to this point:
It is time to consider seceding from the Southeastern Conference.
LSU is a charter member of the SEC dating to 1933, but that doesn’t mean it has to stay there forever. Not if there are other, appealing options out there.
Where could LSU go? With the Big East dissolving, the ACC in flux, the Big Ten and Pac-12 too far away and independent status not a viable option for scheduling and economic reasons, LSU’s only real option would be to join the Big 12. It’s the conference closest to LSU in terms of physical location and philosophy.
Here are five reasons why there’s no better time for LSU to leave the SEC:
1 Unfair football scheduling
The newly expanded SEC goes into 2013 with a temporary schedule in place for the second straight year as the conference grapples with how to set up a long-term scheduling format. The SEC slapped a bandage on this upcoming season’s schedule, but it hardly attempts to cover the wounds the 2012 temporary schedule created.The main problem, from LSU’s perspective, is a schedule that puts the Tigers at a competitive disadvantage to its chief rival for SEC West supremacy (with apologies to Texas A&M and Johnny Heisman), Alabama. Not only does LSU have to play at Alabama in 2013 as it usually does in odd-numbered years, but the Tigers also have to play at Georgia and host Florida, teams that tied for first in the SEC East this past season with 7-1 marks.
Alabama’s two opponents out of the East? Tennessee in Tuscaloosa and Kentucky on the road, teams that went a combined 1-15 in conference play and are breaking in new coaches.
The SEC did LSU a disservice and cannot be unaware of that. The Tigers have the chance to field another prime BCS title contender in 2013 (one early poll puts LSU as preseason No. 3), but the Tigers will have a much tougher road to Pasadena and the final non-playoff BCS Championship Game playing the Bulldogs and Gators than will the Crimson Tide playing the Volunteers and Wildcats.
National championship seasons are hard to come by. And LSU’s may get short-circuited before it even starts. Read more...http://theadvocate.com/
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SEC vs. Big Ten: New Year’s another day of opportunity in not-so-friendly rivalry
Travis Bell/Sideline Carolina
Gamecock Terrence Campbell holds up the trophy after South Carolina’s win in The Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla., on Monday. Jan. 2, 2012. The Gamecocks and two other SEC teams are favored in 2013 bowl games vs. Big Ten opponents.
Gamecock Terrence Campbell holds up the trophy after South Carolina’s win in The Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla., on Monday. Jan. 2, 2012. The Gamecocks and two other SEC teams are favored in 2013 bowl games vs. Big Ten opponents.
The first shots were fired by Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany shortly after Florida trounced Ohio State in the BCS National Championship Game in January 2007.
In an open letter, a bitter Delany denounced the SEC as a conference built around speed and attacked the character and intelligence of its players. Essentially, Delany, relying on a variety of well-worn stereotypes, insisted that SEC players weren’t smart enough to play in the Big Ten, and that his league offered a better balance between academics and athletics.
Almost five years later, the SEC’s vise grip on college football has only grown stronger with six straight national championships in the books heading into the highly anticipated Jan. 7 match-up between Alabama and Notre Dame in Miami.
Meanwhile, the Big Ten’s star is fading, at least for this season and the foreseeable future. Two of the premier programs in the conference (Ohio State and Penn State) were banned by the NCAA this year from playing in bowl games, and 2012 has been, by all accounts, a miserable campaign for the Big Ten, which has failed to make a dent nationally.
The battle lines between the SEC and Big Ten even extended to the discussions that led to the creation of a four-team playoff starting in 2014. By all accounts, the SEC got everything it wanted.
Delany sought semifinal games at campus sites. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive didn’t. The SEC won as the semifinals will rotate among the BCS bowls.
Delany wanted conference champions – and as few “at-large bids” as possible — for the four-team playoff. Slive insisted on the playoff consisting of the “four best teams.” The SEC won on that issue as well.
The SEC’s dominance over the Big Ten extended into the regular season with a half-dozen schools from the former conference crowding into the Top 10 on a weekly basis.
Right now, the highest-ranked Big Ten in the BCS standings is Nebraska at No. 16. Six SEC teams, all in the Top 10, are above the Cornhuskers. Moreover, the conference’s representative in the Rose Bowl (Wisconsin) has lost five games, the most ever for a Big Ten team headed to Pasadena.
But all those uncomfortable details will be conveniently forgotten if the Big Ten is able to beat the SEC in three New Year’s Day bowl games in Florida.
SEC teams are favored to beat Big Ten opponents in all three games, though, including South Carolina’s match-up against Michigan in the Outback Bowl. Then again, Big Ten schools are underdogs in all seven bowl games, a testament to the league’s lack of depth. Read more...
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