oh god.

read more of my posts in the past before you make a claim like that.

Someone hitting .330 in the big leagues doesn't need to answer to the criticism of one hitting .230 in rookie ball.

I don't have anything to prove about who I do or don't like to you, man. Sorry.

I been on board the Miles bandwagon since the Tennessee loss at home. Someone can drag up the thread where THE NIGHT of that game, I called the team would win out.

Right. The same Auburn team who beat a mediocre Va Tech team by 3 in the Sugar Bowl, right?

USC played that same Va Tech team ON THE ROAD and won by 11 that year.

And who beat a Marcus Randal-led team by 1 at home.

Either way, LSU played that same OU team a year before and won by 7 in Louisiana.

USC played them a year later and won by 30+.

They didn't "suck" when LSU beat them, did they?

OU was a really good team both years and Auburn was overrated their undefeated season.

C'mon John, you're kidding yourself. Half their wins came vs. bottom feeders and 1AA schools that went a combined 14-21 last year.
They let UL-L hang with them through the 3rd quarter. Barely beat North Carolina (a bottom feeding ACC school), and lost to VANDY!!
You can not play remotely close games against those two, lose to Vandy (at HOME), miss out on a Bowl, and still be considered "better than average".

How do you define average?

Final AP poll:

Arkansas: 31
Kentucky: 28
South Carolina: unranked, not receiving votes

Final Coaches Poll:

Arkansas: 39
Kentucky: 31
South Carolina: unranked, not receiving votes

If LSU was 39th or 31st, would you be saying "Everything is fine, we're much better than above-average" or would you have a huge wad in your backside?

I do not know much about you, but a quick guess lets me believe that you're the type to want Miles fired after an opponent has a 7-0 lead on LSU, so I think I know my answer.

I know that South Carolina team had some key injuries to deal with, but regardless, it is nice to see Spurrier humbled, just like he was in the NFL. But I think 2007 South Carolina was pretty good and I was very happy to beat them last year. That fake FG was one of my favorite moments in LSU history. To me, that was the play that put that game away. I love the reactions to it by Coach Miles and Coach Spurrier (that's right Mr. Master of Offensive Trickery, there's a new Sheriff in town).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVQbtqF0dDU

I also think that South Carolina will be even better in 2008. Back when I heard of Lee Corso picking South Carolina to win the East in 2008, I laughed at anyone thinking that they were going to be on the level of TN, FL, or GA, but since then, I have to admit that I might have underestimated South Carolina after I've started to learn about the number of top players the South Carolina team will have this season.

I honestly keep forgetting this, but we will be playing them at their place on Oct 18.

Here's how they have done against Georgia, Florida, and TN during three seasons under Spurrier:

2007
@GA (11-2) -- W 16-12
FL (9-4) -- L 31-51
@TN (10-4) -- L 24-27

2006
GA (9-4) -- L 0-18
@FL (13-1) -- L 16-17 (I got to see this one, great game)
TN (9-4) -- L 24-31

2005
@GA -- L 15-17
FL (9-3) -- W 30-22
@TN (5-6) -- W 16-15

South Carolina ain't winning the East next year.

I agree that 2008 South Carolina isn't going to be as good as 2008 Florida or 2008 Georgia, but I am starting to think that they might be just as good as 2008 Tennessee.