Around the SB Nation: Big 10 fans know how to irritate SEC fans

by Joel Hollingsworth on Jul 14, 2009 12:00 PM EDT in Rocky Top Talking Points

Maize N Brew offers Big 10 fans a handy guide on how to irritate SEC fans:
As discussed in previous chapters, each particular fanbase has its own unique set of genetic hair triggers that will set its members off like old, wet dynamite strapped to a paint mixer. The SEC is no different, though its context is. While a slur involving a mullet and an IROC is guaranteed to get you into a fight in Big East country, in the SEC such conversations are generally considered complimentary. Mullets are appropriate in any social setting and commenting on an IROC implies that their mode of conveyance is not up on blocks in front of their motor home. Which is also up on blocks. You must know and understand these cultural differences between subsets to get under the skin and/or tube top of these fans if you are to irritate them for your own amusement.
Dave then proceeds to do just that, but even he can't bring himself to criticize Chick-fil-A.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are getting a brand spanking new stadium this fall. It's outside. It's open-ended and its end zones are not situated on the north and south points of the compass, but east and west. You know, where the sun rises and sets? Yeah.
The Rivalry, Esq. is messing with your head.

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Wow

Funniest thing I’ll probably read all week:

With the rolling hills, meth labs, and horse farms of Kentucky you truly get a feel for how and why Louis and Clark almost said “[redacted]” on a number of occasions

Tennessee WILL beat Georgia on the way to 9+ wins in '09!!!

by VolBrian on Jul 14, 2009 12:12 PM EDT reply actions

These Michigan people got some nerve

1 = 2x the number of National Championships they’ve won in the past 60 years (That’s 0.5 for the math-challenged).
2 = Bankrupt car companies which, evidently, allow all those alums to spend all day misspelling Meriwether Lewis’s name on the internet.
3 = Wins last year, which is incredible since they had a 6-2 conference record. (I guess, ex-GM accountants must keep those records).

by wvvol on Jul 14, 2009 9:31 PM EDT reply actions

You know...

They sure are smart up there in Yankeeland. It shore was funny but I wonder who it is we’re misquoting.

In describin’ group 2 of us fans, (the ones whose family is from up thar an’ only been in the South for a couple generations) they pondered “four feet of snow v. misquotes”. I’m jus wanderin’ who we been misquotin"? What did they say and how did we misquote them? Jus wanderin".

Wait a minute… did he mean….? Oh.

Hey y'all!! Welcome to Knoxville, Kiffin Kounty, Tennessee! Home of the best koachin' in the kountry. Now y'all put on this uniform and see how it fits. Woo-wee!!! Yaw yaw yaw FOOTBAW!!!

by XRayVol on Jul 14, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions