S Carolina -6.5 at Vandy (ov/un 45.5) Thu 7 ET, ESPN

[Bestbuck36]

"Hostile environment..." Whatever Mark May.

 

[HorseshoeFetish]

And the outpouring of SEC love on espin begins.

 

[HorseshoeFetish]

"Hostile environment..." Whatever Mark May.

Hey they might of only had 40 thousand fans but it sure seemed like it was more like 42 or 43 thousand.....And SEC SEC SEC carries over into the next broadcast.

 

[buckeyeintn]

My wife in response to Mark May, "Vanderbilt, a hostile environment? Have you ever been there, dude?" Followed by laughter. And she has been there.

 

[Poe McKnoe]

Hey now, this isn't the Big East.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=273350277

 

[NFBuck]

Like Jesse Palmer's voice. I refuse to believe there are non-relatives who can stand listening to him.

Is he still sporting mini-ties?

 

[jwinslow]

Wow a higher ranked SEC team commits a blatant penalty and doesn't get called for it. I'm shocked.

No one roots for and protects their own better than them:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZAl--pvJ0Q"]Good Catch by AJ Green bad call Vs LSU - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og5SO4XUodk"]How to guarantee you win at home in the SEC..... - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_uSPMjT5U0"]Arkansas screwed by Refs (Delay of Game) - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abuCLF7hJ6s"]LSU gets screwed by Refs against Alabama (2009) - YouTube[/ame]

and yes, those are all from one season

 

[redguard117]

Last year, Nebraska loses a toughie to Northwestern, Michigan St gets stuffed by Nebraska and we lose to Purdue.

ESPN: Big Ten sucks, no good teams. Parity implies no depth and no elite teams, conference has no talent, blah blah blah.

This year. #9 SC almost loses to Vanderbilt, on a bs no call PI.

ESPN: SEC!!1!!!!1 Look at that conference depth. SEC SPEEDDDdDDdDDDD. Whole conference is [censored]ing stacked. Every team has enough talent to compete. Can't take any weeks off.

 

[Mike80]

Last year, Nebraska loses a toughie to Northwestern, Michigan St gets stuffed by Nebraska and we lose to Purdue.

ESPN: Big Ten sucks, no good teams. Parity implies no depth and no elite teams, conference has no talent, blah blah blah.

This year. #9 SC almost loses to Vanderbilt, on a bs no call PI.

ESPN: SEC!!1!!!!1 Look at that conference depth. SEC SPEEDDDdDDdDDDD. Whole conference is [censored]ing stacked. Every team has enough talent to compete. Can't take any weeks off.

Tell us how you REALLY feel there

 

[SEREbuckeye]

Last year, Nebraska loses a toughie to Northwestern, Michigan St gets stuffed by Nebraska and we lose to Purdue.

ESPN: Big Ten sucks, no good teams. Parity implies no depth and no elite teams, conference has no talent, blah blah blah.

This year. #9 SC almost loses to Vanderbilt, on a bs no call PI.

ESPN: SEC!!1!!!!1 Look at that conference depth. SEC SPEEDDDdDDdDDDD. Whole conference is [censored]ing stacked. Every team has enough talent to compete. Can't take any weeks off.

You do have a point. Just before the SC QB took up a knee to kill the clock one of the announcers asked if this was a top ten team. The other announcer said "well, not tonight. However, tonight they were handicapped because their quarterback isn't a 100 percent and were not sure if their runningback is a 100 percent."

WTF.

 

[BB73]

My wife in response to Mark May, "Vanderbilt, a hostile environment? Have you ever been there, dude?" Followed by laughter. And she has been there.

I figured that, since everybody knows she's "been around".

 

[Dryden]

From Spurrier's postgame remarks on Vandy, "They don't have any slow dudes like they used to."

 

[MaxBuck]

Still no explanation as to why their TE whose helmet flew off when he was hit by the DB (and I still think that personal foul call on the Vandy safety resulted from a bullshit rule) was not forced to sit out the next play. Did the referees forget the new rule? Or is a helmet forced off during a penalty not counted?

 

[OHSportsFan]

Still no explanation as to why their TE whose helmet flew off when he was hit by the DB (and I still think that personal foul call on the Vandy safety resulted from a bullshit rule) was not forced to sit out the next play. Did the referees forget the new rule? Or is a helmet forced off during a penalty not counted?

The latter is correct.

Losing a helmet as a result of a penalty doesn't count and the player may remain in for the next play.

Of note, I believe it was the Minnesota-UNLV game where the Rebels snuck a player back onto the field after losing his helmet the previous play. The horror!

 

[Muck]

You do have a point. Just before the SC QB took up a knee to kill the clock one of the announcers asked if this was a top ten team. The other announcer said "well, not tonight. However, tonight they were handicapped because their quarterback isn't a 100 percent and were not sure if their runningback is a 100 percent."

WTF.

Next week Vandy will edge it's way into the Top 25 on the merit of it's strong performance against a juggernaut SEC team.