This years opening weekend will feature a couple of caste battles.
Boise State-Georgia and BYU-Ole'Miss. There is a link on the front page of this site to some in-depth discussion of the games at Stuff Black People Don't Like. The irony of nearly all white teams playing nearly all black teams of the SEC is tremendous. The teams of Ole' Miss and Georgia were once at the forefront of segregation and now are back at the forefront of new segregation. There is some interesting discussion on the games at that site.
To add some spice to the games are some comments below by Daniel Sorenson a safety for the Cougars. Dan did not get the memo that white people are never to speak of any kind of group whiteness. Even though he stuck to specifically allowed terms in describing white people (i.e. in only insulting fashion-"white boys"), I still expect him to get treated poorly for having the audacity to consider whiteness in any way shape or form.
Boise State-Georgia and BYU-Ole'Miss. There is a link on the front page of this site to some in-depth discussion of the games at Stuff Black People Don't Like. The irony of nearly all white teams playing nearly all black teams of the SEC is tremendous. The teams of Ole' Miss and Georgia were once at the forefront of segregation and now are back at the forefront of new segregation. There is some interesting discussion on the games at that site.
To add some spice to the games are some comments below by Daniel Sorenson a safety for the Cougars. Dan did not get the memo that white people are never to speak of any kind of group whiteness. Even though he stuck to specifically allowed terms in describing white people (i.e. in only insulting fashion-"white boys"), I still expect him to get treated poorly for having the audacity to consider whiteness in any way shape or form.
(from the article)
Sorensen, who will be a starting safety, said the team had just talked earlier in the day about its goals from here on out.
Here's what he said:
"The purpose of BYU, why we're here and why we're playing – and where we're trying to go with this program. It kind of fires you up. It kind of gets you excited.
"To go out there and play for a specific purpose of showing people that we're playing for more than football. This is a faith-based university and we're trying to represent that. The players, and the flag bearers.
"What if we go out there and dominate (at Ole Miss, Sept. 3) and people start seeing us? And they put us on the map, and we're on ESPN. And they start wondering who these kids are – what are they doing with their lives, and why are they so good?
"And maybe a bunch of white boys out there go down and beat up on an SEC team, a big, physical team like (Ole Miss). If we go in there and dominate, what does that say? It starts raising questions and curiosity.
"It starts making things interesting. Getting the pot stirred, and what not. Shoot, that's fun. That's what we're out here to do. We're out here to turn heads. We're out here to change the norm of BYU and what people think of us.
"I would like to see people start fearing us. I don't know. Kind of looking at BYU as a dominant team. Especially the defense. Nobody is going to want to run against us. Start setting that respect.
"This is exciting. I can't wait to go down to Ole Miss."
Read more: http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/c...1cc4c03286.html?oCampaign=email#ixzz1Wc2XzFXn
Sorensen, who will be a starting safety, said the team had just talked earlier in the day about its goals from here on out.
Here's what he said:
"The purpose of BYU, why we're here and why we're playing – and where we're trying to go with this program. It kind of fires you up. It kind of gets you excited.
"To go out there and play for a specific purpose of showing people that we're playing for more than football. This is a faith-based university and we're trying to represent that. The players, and the flag bearers.
"What if we go out there and dominate (at Ole Miss, Sept. 3) and people start seeing us? And they put us on the map, and we're on ESPN. And they start wondering who these kids are – what are they doing with their lives, and why are they so good?
"And maybe a bunch of white boys out there go down and beat up on an SEC team, a big, physical team like (Ole Miss). If we go in there and dominate, what does that say? It starts raising questions and curiosity.
"It starts making things interesting. Getting the pot stirred, and what not. Shoot, that's fun. That's what we're out here to do. We're out here to turn heads. We're out here to change the norm of BYU and what people think of us.
"I would like to see people start fearing us. I don't know. Kind of looking at BYU as a dominant team. Especially the defense. Nobody is going to want to run against us. Start setting that respect.
"This is exciting. I can't wait to go down to Ole Miss."
Read more: http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/c...1cc4c03286.html?oCampaign=email#ixzz1Wc2XzFXn
