The propaganda machine sponsored by CBS and certain elements at ESPN took a hit Saturday as Florida State stuck it to Alabama in the first River City Shootout. While for some in the media it must have come as a shock that an ACC school, especially FSU who has been much ridiculed by the national media could humble a SEC school with a great coach like Nick Saban, here at Canes Rising we know that the myth of SEC infalibility has been built up through a clever propaganda machine which has sold a totally unsuspecting national media on a set of facts which just don't add up.
Here are some facts: (Taken from Vinnie Cane's post on Canes Sport after the FSU "upset" of Alabama.)
- Over the past seven years the SEC is 41-42 in OOC play versus BCS opponents. Those numbers are deceiving. If you take out BCS bottom dwellers Rutgers, Temple, Duke, Wake Forest, and Indiana the mighty SEC is 29-42 in OOC play versus the big boys.
- The SEC has also managed to drop 24 games versus non-BCS D-1 teams. Damn, that's not very good. They also managed to drop two contests to 1-AA competition. It's bad enough they are scheduling these teams but do they have to lose to them?
- Florida has not played an OOC game outside of the state of Florida since 1991......so perhaps Florida State and Miami have already racked more OOC miles this year than UF has since 1992!
Let me also add that it was the success of Miami and Florida State as programs that created this SEC propaganda machine. With two independent upstarts in the state of Florida showing up SEC competition, the elites that run the league were determined to run down those two schools and essentially sell an inferior product to the public. This involved clearly packaging a product as a one of a kind experience both on gameday and during the week and running down the lack of tradition of Florida State and Miami. The SEC lords succeeded in hoodwinking the public and media on this and furthermore then started raiding the Miami and Florida State coaching staffs and stealing the concepts of winning football FSU and Miami employed to try and prove their superiority.
Other ACC notes:
- Al Groh's UVA team is looking stronger every week. Don't be shocked to see the Cavs in Jacksonville for the title game.
- Maryland also had a nice win for the ACC with the 34-24 upset of Rutgers on the road.
- NC State continues to struggle in Tom O'Brien's first year. Scoring only 10 points against a horrible Louisville defense is unacceptable.
- Georgia Tech's win against Clemson keeps the Jackets alive in the race for an ACC title game birth. A third league loss this early would have been devastating.
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You are a mindless punk. Check back in this space when LSU, Florida, Kentucky or Georgia wins the national title. The SEC is head and shoulders above every other league and your mindless rant shows a tinge of envy of what we have and you never will.
From SI.com
While the NCAA is largely powerless to police the often shady academic practices -- jock majors, athlete-friendly teachers, etc. -- that are believed to take place at most football or basketball powerhouses, deliberate fraud is one area it takes quite seriously.
With that in mind, the report Florida State issued Wednesday regarding an internal investigation into acts of academic impropriety on the part of two university employees sounds quite serious and highly likely to result in NCAA ramifications.
According to the report, as described by the Florida Times-Union, a tutor and a “learning specialist” -- both of whom resigned last summer -- “perpetrated academic dishonesty” in their work with 23 athletes in nine different sports during the 2006-07 school year. The names of the players or the specific sports were not disclosed, though the school said the players involved have been suspended pending a petition to restore their eligibility.
The investigation centered around a specific online class in which 118 athletes were enrolled, of which 23 admitted to receiving or being directed to the answers by a tutor. The learning specialist also typed papers for five athletes. The probe apparently began when an athlete informed his academic advisor that the learning specialist had directed him to complete an online quiz on behalf of another athlete and was given the answers to the quiz. According to the Orlando Sentinel, when the athlete who was supposed to take the quiz asked for an extension, the learning specialist told him the quiz "was taken care of."
While Florida State will earn some leniency from the NCAA for uncovering the transgressions itself, there’s almost no question sanctions will be involved, considering school employees played a direct role and considering the large amount of athletes involved.
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