Only 7 northern teams going to bowl games?

[Sean Miller Fan]

Kinda shows you the priorties of these schools and how football trumps all else in the south.

OSU
ND
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Northwestern
Army

Not sure if WVU counts as a northern school but culurally, they are southern.

 

[GNTRUITT]

Cincinnati opted out?

 

[RaleighPittFan]

Oregon; Iowa State; Cincinnati; Ball State; Buffalo; Colorado - all in the south in SMF’s alternate reality.

 

[TD_6082]

Cincinnati, Buffalo, Ball State, Iowa State.

Several other mid-west & western schools accepted bids.

 

[upj87]

Oregon; Iowa State; Cincinnati; Ball State; Buffalo; Colorado - all in the south in SMF’s alternate reality.

that is because his perpetual stupidity and desire to make inane suppostitions just to listen to his keyboard click trumps all else...

 

[bayardstreet]

WVU is neither north or south. They are a mason dixon line one off

 

[anon_4dfwm2pijbr0a]

that is because his perpetual stupidity and desire to make inane suppostitions just to listen to his keyboard click trumps all else...

There are some things that just can't be fixed. He's a prime example.

 

[WVUinColumbus]

WVU is neither north or south. They are a mason dixon line one off

Nor Midwest nor mid-Atlantic. Culturally, all Southern. Including northern panhandle.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Oregon; Iowa State; Cincinnati; Ball State; Buffalo; Colorado - all in the south in SMF’s alternate reality.

My bad. Forgot the MAC was playing this season. Also forgot about Cincy and ISU since they play in southern leagues. I don't really consider Colorado or Oregon "northern" in a college football sense. Geographically, they are north, but they are more "west" than "north."

 

[HopeandChangeforAntoons]

Oregon; Iowa State; Cincinnati; Ball State; Buffalo; Colorado - all in the south in SMF’s alternate reality.

Buffalo is obviously in the South. It was named after Confederate General Buffalo Bill Cody.

 

[ameoba defense]

Nor Midwest nor mid-Atlantic. Culturally, all Southern. Including northern panhandle.

WV is Appalachian to it's core. A subgroup of the South, but vastly different from SEC country, which is actually why the state exists. People always want to divide the US into a handful of big regions. It doesn't work. Look at the so called Midwest. The Great Lakes cities fit very nicely together, but what the hell do they have in common with Cincy, or St Louis? Not much.

 

[Pitt79]

Kinda shows you the priorties of these schools and how football trumps all else in the south.

OSU
ND
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Northwestern
Army

Not sure if WVU counts as a northern school but culurally, they are southern.

Pitt should of went, I hope it's not because of the A-hole governor and THAT MAN

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Pitt should of went, I hope it's not because of the A-hole governor and THAT MAN

As a selfish fan, I would have liked to watch another Pitt game but I agree with their decision. 3 COVID tests/week, no social interaction around the holidays. I get it. And for what? 1 extra game which wouldn't have been a normal bowl experience anyway?

 

[Pitt79]

As a selfish fan, I would have liked to watch another Pitt game but I agree with their decision. 3 COVID tests/week, no social interaction around the holidays. I get it. And for what? 1 extra game which wouldn't have been a normal bowl experience anyway?

Why? Because I'm JUST LIKE those RED NECK HILLBILLIES from the SOUTH! YEEEEEEEE-HAAAA! I WANT MY FOOTBALL, don't care about anything you just said!

And actually the NORTHERN college football attitude sucks, too bad we don't value being good at football like BAMA or Clemson.

 

[RaleighPittFan]

My bad. Forgot the MAC was playing this season. Also forgot about Cincy and ISU since they play in southern leagues. I don't really consider Colorado or Oregon "northern" in a college football sense. Geographically, they are north, but they are more "west" than "north."

I don’t consider Oregon or Colorado to be ”northern” teams, either. But, they are not “southern” teams, where football trumps all, as you asserted.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I don’t consider Oregon or Colorado to be ”northern” teams, either. But, they are not “southern” teams, where football trumps all, as you asserted.

Right but Oregon won the P12 so it makes sense they wouldn't opt out.

I wonder what the opt-out rate was for northern vs southern teams. I'm surprised all those Sun Belt/CUSA teams decided to bowl.

 

[pittdan77]

So we're adding geography to the list of things that SMF struggles with?

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

WVU is neither north or south. They are a mason dixon line one off

WV and KY had a unique place in the Civil War. Basically anti-slave/black and anti-slave owner alike. And those politics sort of persisted especially in WV. Their electoral history is basically that of the white working class as well: FDR four times, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Carter then Reagan, Clinton then Bush and Trump.

There were definitely still some blue counties in deep south WV (and a few in Eastern Kentucky) where miners basically fought wars for their rights until recently, but in the last 5-10 years even those started to vote differently.

Obviously geographical categorization is more than voting patterns as an expression of ideology or identity, just raising it as one factor.

 

[pittdan77]

WV and KY had a unique place in the Civil War. Basically anti-slave/black and anti-slave owner alike. And those politics sort of persisted especially in WV. Their electoral history is basically that of the white working class as well: FDR four times, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Carter then Reagan, Clinton then Bush and Trump.

There were definitely still some blue counties in deep south WV (and a few in Eastern Kentucky) where miners basically fought wars for their rights until recently, but in the last 5-10 years even those started to vote differently.

Obviously geographical categorization is more than voting patterns as an expression of ideology or identity, just raising it as one factor.

So is "Country Roads" about Virginia or West Virginia?

 

[Pitt79]

So we're adding geography to the list of things that SMF struggles with?

Oregon is in the northern half of the country.

 

[pierre93]

So is "Country Roads" about Virginia or West Virginia?

Wv residents are so screwed up and think the song is about them lmao. They want to be relevant nationally but can't.

 

[pittdan77]

Oregon is in the northern half of the country.

And?

 

[Pizzaboy2]

Wv residents are so screwed up and think the song is about them lmao. They want to be relevant nationally but can't.

John Denver is the one that didn't know geography not us.93 did you see where Greene County lost one of our head football coaches yesterday,Chad Coss.I actually coached with Chad a few years ago.Good guy died way to young.

 

[pierre93]

John Denver is the one that didn't know geography not us.93 did you see where Greene County lost one of our head football coaches yesterday,Chad Coss.I actually coached with Chad a few years ago.Good guy died way to young.

Yeah I saw that and way too young. God Bless him, he seemed like a great guy. You and he coached with George? Sorry to hear about your loss down there. With it being a small community makes it even more difficult.

 

[pittdan77]

John Denver is the one that didn't know geography not us.

😐

 

[Pizzaboy2]

Yeah I saw that and way too young. God Bless him, he seemed like a great guy. You and he coached with George? Sorry to hear about your loss down there. With it being a small community makes it even more difficult.

Yes he coached with George at Mapletown.Chad was HC at Waynesburg the last 3 years.George and Chad were tight.Chad always went trout fishing with us at George's cabin in Elk County.George is having a hard time with this.

 

[pierre93]

Yes he coached with George at Mapletown.Chad was HC at Waynesburg the last 3 years.George and Chad were tight.Chad always went trout fishing with us at George's cabin in Elk County.George is having a hard time with this.

Yeah I'm so sorry to hear about this. Especially around the holidays is even tougher. Keep the faith pizza.

 

[TD_6082]

I think the Gamecocks have backed out as well.