<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post7998538534615808117..comments</id><updated>2007-11-06T00:41:37.895-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Epic Carnival: THE BEER TENT: IS THERE REALLY PARITY IN THE SEC?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/feeds/7998538534615808117/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/7998538534615808117/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/11/beer-tent-is-there-really-parity-in-sec.html'/><author><name>DCScrap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06109944563728433069</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-2132122405889793254</id><published>2007-11-06T00:41:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-06T00:41:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>They always say the ACC is a bad conference when t...</title><content type='html'>They always say the ACC is a bad conference when they do the exact same thing that the SEC does. They beat up on each other and no real team is able to separate from the rest of the conference.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/7998538534615808117/comments/default/2132122405889793254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/7998538534615808117/comments/default/2132122405889793254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/11/beer-tent-is-there-really-parity-in-sec.html?showComment=1194331260000#c2132122405889793254' title=''/><author><name>Brian P. Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10464334584266019209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/11/beer-tent-is-there-really-parity-in-sec.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-7998538534615808117' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/7998538534615808117' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6271028527106813745</id><published>2007-11-05T13:41:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-05T13:41:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, the simple fact that South Carolina lost to ...</title><content type='html'>Well, the simple fact that South Carolina lost to Vanderbilt and that Tennessee blew Georgia out after being blown out by Florida...Then the Bulldogs went down to Jacksonville and handed a loss to the Gators. These games weren't decided in squeakers...It just seems to me that there is no team in the SEC this year (other than LSU) that is dominant enough to prove the SEC to be the best conference in the nation.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/7998538534615808117/comments/default/6271028527106813745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/7998538534615808117/comments/default/6271028527106813745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/11/beer-tent-is-there-really-parity-in-sec.html?showComment=1194291660000#c6271028527106813745' title=''/><author><name>dswinder</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09176252210462216062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/11/beer-tent-is-there-really-parity-in-sec.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-7998538534615808117' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/7998538534615808117' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-3689955097330217726</id><published>2007-11-05T13:21:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-05T13:21:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>It's a good argument and it's hard to tell which w...</title><content type='html'>It's a good argument and it's hard to tell which way it goes on this one. I think in terms of merit, everyone will give the SEC teams more leeway then anyone else because of their clout which everyone seems to acknowledge on some scale. I would have to say it is parity though. Ron Zook has been able to sell the awful Illinois program on the fact that you can start right away. The names of the school aren't carrying like they used to because opportunity is more key then tradition</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/7998538534615808117/comments/default/3689955097330217726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/7998538534615808117/comments/default/3689955097330217726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/11/beer-tent-is-there-really-parity-in-sec.html?showComment=1194290460000#c3689955097330217726' title=''/><author><name>Dr. C</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11091169261308007550</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/11/beer-tent-is-there-really-parity-in-sec.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-7998538534615808117' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/7998538534615808117' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>