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SEC Versus PAC-10 Debaters: Shut Up

 
If this past week's college football action proved anything, it's that anyone can beat anyone.  Oh, and the people who constantly bicker and sling mud over which conference is the best need to shut up—at least for now.  At the conclusion of USC's loss to unranked Oregon State, all you could hear from SEC fans and USC haters alike was, "Told you so!"  They barked that USC shouldn't have jumped over Georgia in the polls early in the season (and maybe they shouldn't have) and that they definitely shouldn't have been No.1. Along came Saturday.  The SEC, particularly the eastern portion, got flipped on its lid.  Think fast: Who leads the SEC East? That would be the Vanderbilt Commodores.  The same Vanderbilt team that beat Ole Miss last week.  How did the Rebels do this week? They did just fine in beating No.4 Florida.  At the Swamp no less.  With the Gators' loss, not only would the Georgia Bulldogs have a clear and unchallenged path to ... (link)

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