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Originally Posted by ScarletStorms
No the speed remarks didn't come from Florida. I think we have a thread on it, if someone could help me out. That fun fact has been around for a while and it got rehashed while ESPN was trying to hype the OSU Florida game. When we lost it kinda reaffirmed it and now as far as we know there is a speed gene swimming around in the SEC pool. It would be funny if it weren't an insult to our conference or speak volumes of the American education system. |
Bingo. The "SEC / Southern Speed" mantra has been around for as long as I can remember. It's just that January made it an irrefutable fact as far as the talking heads are concerned. Which makes it even more ridiculous because speed had little to nothing to do with that loss.
Of course meatchickens' meltdown to start the year only amplified it even moreso -- but they really do have some speed issues.