<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Good Sunday to you Six Pack:</font></span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">I know it's a joyous occasion for the Bulldog faithful as they say good-bye to the legend known as Croom. The Stallion believes that there may be a couple of legends ending next year as well - on the Plains and in Death Valley - if they can't rebound from this season's miserable performance. As we approach the holiday season, the cream clearly has separated from the rest of the pack, and the Stallion believes this is the most unstable and unintimidating 3 through 12 that the SEC has seen in quite some time. But the SEC has not enjoyed a top two like this in quite some time either. The Stallion is looking forward to next week's championship game, i.e., National Semifinals matchup between the Gators and the Tide. I am feeling a strange vibe coming from the Sabanites about next week's game. I have this feeling that the ghosts of 1992 will be absorbed in the 2008 club and give Florida a very competitive ending next weekend. If my memory serves correct, Alabama has never beaten any team other than Florida for the SEC championship since its conception.</font></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">On a side note, I want to bid a final farewell to the Dark Walrus and the Great Pumpkin. Together they made for some great comic relief for the Cream Talk and the Stallion can only hope that the combined weight between the next head coaches at the respective colleges is at least three quarters of the tag team tandum of Croom/Fulmer, aka "The Midnight Snack Express" with their manager Jim Coronet. They will truly be missed.</font></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Week 13's Cream Rankings are as follows.
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">
1)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Florida - Another statement win for the Urban Cowboy and his crew against archrival Florida State. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">2)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Alabama -Strong performance against the Mississippi State of Alabama. Saban has the Gators where he wants them - AS HEAVY FAVORITES.
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">3)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Ole Miss - Climbing up the polls to lead the rest of the Insignificant Teams of the SEC. Houston Nutt has done a complete 180 in Oxford. As a prize, you will most likely play Texas Tech.
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">4)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Georgia -As the Stallion predicted, the Bulldogs had more than they could handle against GT. No run defense equals no success against a team like Georgia Tech. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Five through 12 can really be rearranged however you feel, because they all suck
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">5)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">South Carolina - Another poor finish by Spurrier has got to keep the 'neck in Carolina wondering when Spurrier is supposed to work his magic
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">6)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Vanderbilt - Do you really deserve a bowl opportunity …. Really?
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">7)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Tennessee - Strong finish to the end of the year makes you have a respectable cream ranking as Fulmer exits the doors. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">8)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Kentucky - Just never really got on the Stallion's radar screen all year.
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">9)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Arkansas - Doesn't deserve to have a single digit ranking but where else would you put them?
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">10)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">LSU - Smells like corn dogs. That's all I've got to say about that.
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">11)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Auburn- Tubby, did you not even put a game plan together?
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">12)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Mississippi State- May the light shine on Starkpatch and guide them to the promise land. If the glove does not fit, you must acquit. Oh Happy Days, oh Hap----py Daays (as sung by Big Momma)!</font></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Hot Boudin Award - Greg Byrne - For not delaying the inevitable. For realizing that what good is going to come out of only firing the coordinators. For realizing that MSU football needed a change. For probably saving face because HD6 was ready to pounce on him in his next General Consensus.</font></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Cold Couscous Award -Les Miles - The Honeymoon is over in Stallion's world. From now on if you are kicking into the wind, and your kicker's career long is 52 yards and he doesn't have the potential to kick off for touchbacks, then he probably won't make a 63-yarder unless his right foot suddenly turned into a club foot. You can't even get lucky with that wrong call. Also, discipline your defensive coordinators and your defense next year or there won't be a 2010 in Tiger Land for you.</font></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Love,</font></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Stallion</font></span></span></p>
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">
1)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Florida - Another statement win for the Urban Cowboy and his crew against archrival Florida State. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">2)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Alabama -Strong performance against the Mississippi State of Alabama. Saban has the Gators where he wants them - AS HEAVY FAVORITES.
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">3)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Ole Miss - Climbing up the polls to lead the rest of the Insignificant Teams of the SEC. Houston Nutt has done a complete 180 in Oxford. As a prize, you will most likely play Texas Tech.
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">4)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Georgia -As the Stallion predicted, the Bulldogs had more than they could handle against GT. No run defense equals no success against a team like Georgia Tech. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Five through 12 can really be rearranged however you feel, because they all suck
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">5)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">South Carolina - Another poor finish by Spurrier has got to keep the 'neck in Carolina wondering when Spurrier is supposed to work his magic
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">6)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Vanderbilt - Do you really deserve a bowl opportunity …. Really?
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">7)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Tennessee - Strong finish to the end of the year makes you have a respectable cream ranking as Fulmer exits the doors. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">8)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Kentucky - Just never really got on the Stallion's radar screen all year.
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">9)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Arkansas - Doesn't deserve to have a single digit ranking but where else would you put them?
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">10)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">LSU - Smells like corn dogs. That's all I've got to say about that.
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">11)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Auburn- Tubby, did you not even put a game plan together?
</font></span></span> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri">12)</font> </span></span> <font face="Calibri">Mississippi State- May the light shine on Starkpatch and guide them to the promise land. If the glove does not fit, you must acquit. Oh Happy Days, oh Hap----py Daays (as sung by Big Momma)!</font></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Hot Boudin Award - Greg Byrne - For not delaying the inevitable. For realizing that what good is going to come out of only firing the coordinators. For realizing that MSU football needed a change. For probably saving face because HD6 was ready to pounce on him in his next General Consensus.</font></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Cold Couscous Award -Les Miles - The Honeymoon is over in Stallion's world. From now on if you are kicking into the wind, and your kicker's career long is 52 yards and he doesn't have the potential to kick off for touchbacks, then he probably won't make a 63-yarder unless his right foot suddenly turned into a club foot. You can't even get lucky with that wrong call. Also, discipline your defensive coordinators and your defense next year or there won't be a 2010 in Tiger Land for you.</font></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Love,</font></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><font face="Calibri">Stallion</font></span></span></p>