Rivarly perspective from a Tiger in FL (long rant)

Jun 7, 2012, 11:28 AM

I may have a different perspective on our rivalry because I am not exposed to it daily. I feel sorry for all of ya'll in SC who have to deal with these fools daily. I only have to deal with Gators and Noles and the occasional Cane in the haystack. However, from my perspective here is what Carolina South football fans can’t understand:

Would we prefer to have beaten you the last 3 years?

Of course we would.

Do we want to be you? Are we envious of you?
Hell no we don’t want to be you, we are not envious of your program. That’s like asking UF fans if they are jealous of Carolina South. No, they are not. They would prefer to have beaten Carolina South the last couple of years, but they do not wish their program has what Carolina South has.

Dumbfounded Coot: How could they not want what we have? We have a 1969 ACC championship, the 2009 SEC East Division Title, and we won 11 games en route to a fifth place conference finish just last year.

No fan in the country wants Carolina South’s history, recent or historical. Carolina South prestige is laughable and the word “prestige” can only truly be paired with Carolina South in a virtual reality game. Since coots have recently labeled us with a “P” word I would proclaim that Probation is the correct “p” word for your beloved institution.

Dumbfounded Coot: Wait…History has nothing to do with it, this is about right now. Only losers live in the past, 34-17,29-7, 34-13. Need I say more?

Right, and you should be proud of your current win streak right now against your rival, which currently puts you at a roughly 37% all time winning percentage against Clemson. You should be proud of your win “streaks” against UGA, UT, and UF. But don’t expect any of your big brothers to give you any respect. We all have multiple streaks against you both recent and historically.

The difference is when we beat you 3 times in a row, you want to be us. You want to own a current win streak and the bonus of knowing you have historically dominated your rival. You want to have the current satisfaction as well as the memories of many “fat” years feasting on your chicken clucker rival. When you beat us 3 times in a row we are embarrassed, we are pissed, but we wouldn’t trade one thing in our program for the best thing in yours.

The only fallback you have is the proclamation that your streak is the beginning of a historically unprecedented run of domination that will place Carolina South at the top of the college football world and bury your rival among the likes of Duke (wait) and The Citadel (oops). You have notions of future grandeur because your past has been epic in its enduring failures.

You have no frame of reference, no self awareness, and no logical basis of argument.

You have had moderate success in football for a couple of seasons, and as a result of success you are out of your element.

Keep your mouths shut get, on your knees and give thanks to Spurrier and Slive: Every morning when you wake up you should thank these men along with Jesus for giving you another day.

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