Everywhere you turn there is talk about equality, in the workplace, at school and in sports. People say that they want to be considered as equal, however what they truly mean is that they want to be considered equal until it no longer benefits them. A perfect example would be those with disabilities. Now I know what you are thinking, I am going to attack cripples (your words not mine), but that’s not the case. In the employment world I am not allowed to base my decision on a potential employee based on their physical limitations, unless those disabilities would prevent one from completing tasks that are entailed in a specific job. Meaning I do not have to hire a wheelchair bound applicant for labor intensive landscaping position. However, if they were to work around the office, then I would be discriminating by not hiring a handicapped individual, if I took their disability in consideration in the hiring process. Now here is the problem that I have with that, I am supposed to treat this disabled individual as equal, yet ignore the fact they have specialized parking closer to buildings, make special arrangements/ install more facilities to accommodate them all the while possibly working extra to compensate for their lack of physical ability. Gloria Steinem once made the argument that female firefighters should not be subject to the same testing as male firefighters. Her point of contention was that many females who wanted to be firefighters could not pass the physical exam and carry a 150 lbs dummy up/down three flights of stairs in a specific amount of time. Gloria felt that female firefighters should be tested with a lighter dummy’s then their male counterparts. However, Gloria feels that males and females should be considered as equals, but components of equality can not be interchangeable. With the Imus mess, the same situation exists. I am sure that many people have no idea that the Chappelle show was partially written by Dave’s partner who is white. What if Chappelle was not the host, but a white guy? How long do you think that it would have taken for the show to get canceled? Actually it probably would have not been green lit. Do you think that the next on air personality will be fired for calling someone a hillbilly, #### or backwoods? Of course not and I think I know why, because white people do not give a rat’s #### what they are called. I am from the south and I have heard every derogatory term that can be used to describe someone and it does not bother me. I can laugh at a black joke, a Jewish joke, and a #### joke, which by the way I heard this really funny joke about….well I tell you about it later. Anyway the ability to use certain terms and or tell certain jokes makes you equal. Previously Jesse Jackson has made some comments regarding the guilt of the Duke Lacrosse players and just yesterday after the charges were dropped he stated that he would not apologize for any comments that he made regarding that issue. Where is the outcry for his firing? Hey I believe in equality, but I just feel that if you really want equality, then you have to take all aspects of it, such as having to park in the green section of Mickey 3 and walking your #### a half a mile to Disney, taking comedy for what it’s worth, ignoring comments from idiots, enjoying the tension with your college roommate (Dawan) while you insert ODB’s #### Please album while he (ODB) goes on for about 3 minutes about hating white people. O.k. that last part did not really fit, but was a funny experience.
- Michigan is not in my top 10, nor should they be, their schedule was weak, like Ohio State.
- Boise St should be ranked at least 2nd
- I can not believe that Louisville wins their game and drops in the polls.
- LSU played a great game against Notre Dame. They are ranked lower then Louisville because they have 2 losses.
- USC was ranked 8th in the AP so they move up some to 5
- Wisconsin won their game, they stay put, in the AP they also drop from winning which makes no sense.
- Auburn wins they move up.
- WVU moves up (although I am a fan), but because they won coming from behind without their key player, actually according to stats, Slaton is in the Top 3 for running backs in the nation.
- Ohio State, I feel that I was nice by keeping you in the Top 10, you played no one this season and coasted in on reputation alone. People gave Florida #### saying that they barely beat opponents. Ohio beats Illinois 17-10, Rutgers beats Illinois 33-0, no one mentions that, go figure.
- Rutgers, you were one of the darlings this year, have a good defense, a great running back and a great coach.
Now I know some of you might be upset by how many Big East teams are in the Top 10, but the Big East is undefeated in Bowl games this year, the only conference to do that. I also want to point out that many detractors said that the “spread offense” that was invented by WVU head coach Rodriguez would never work in the SEC or other “Major Conferences”. Florida uses it and they won the National Title.
It is amazing to me that so many people come onto fox sports and make statements that just do not have any facts behind them. They regurgitate them over and over again hoping to get other sports fan to eat up their supposed knowledge and become a believer. The main focus of my argument today is the Lie that the SEC is the best conference in football. Now, let me start off by saying that I am a Big East fan (WVU). So I take a special interest considering most people who blog on fox sports considers our conference the “Big Easy”. Listed below are a couple of statements made by other bloggers and my reply with statistical evidence to the contrary.
The Big East plays 1-AA schools, get a real schedule.
Reply – Actually many teams in D-1 play 1-AA schools, I would say the majority do at one time during the year. But, if you look at the stats, the SEC teams have more games against 1-AA schools then the Big East. 8 out of 12 SEC teams play 1-AA schools or 66%. 5 out of 8 Big East schools play 1-AA schools or 62%.
The out of conference teams that are played by the Big East are easy wins because they do not play anyone.
Reply – In reality this is not the case. With the season not over yet, it is difficult to add up total wins and losses but as of Thursday, here are the stats.
WVU’s out of conference opponents winning percentage 41%
Rutgers out of conference opponents winning percentage 43%
Louisville out of conference opponents winning percentage 43%
LSU’s out of conference opponents winning percentage 35%
Florida’s out of conference opponents winning percentage 45%
Auburn’s out of conference opponents winning percentage is 44%
The difference breaks down to about a game, nothing more.
Now for the sake of argument listed below is Ohio State’s and Michigan’s out of conference opponent’s schedule
Ohio State’s out of conference opponents winning percentage 62%
Michigan’s out of conference opponents winning percentage 47%
Any SEC team could play in the Big East and win the conference
Interesting considering that the Big East is 2-0 verses the SEC this year. I think that same thing was said before WVU played UGA in the Sugar Bowl, I forget what happened to your reigning SEC Champions again.
WVU should not be ranked as high as they are what have they done.
Reply, actually they have done a lot; they beat the best team the SEC had in the Sugar Bowl, in Atlanta no doubt. They have remained undefeated thus far this year. Have two legitimate Heisman trophy candidates in Slaton and White. Thus far they have done everything that the pollsters have asked of them.
As you can see the SEC is not as great and powerful as many would have you believe. If you prescribe to the antidote that you are only as strong as your weakest link(s), the bottom three teams by record in the SEC are a combined 8-19. The bottom three teams in the Big East are 11-14.
