Synopsis "The Best College Football Quotes From Down South"
This is a collection of the most memorable college football quotes from Down South. We're talking SEC Country, folks. Way down in Dixieland. Legendary coaches like Paul "Bear" Bryant, Steve Spurrier, Les Miles, John Heisman, General Robert Neyland, Lou Holtz, Gene Stallings, Shug Jordan and Nick Saban. Classic quotes from unforgettable players like Tim Tebow, Bo Jackson, Peyton Manning and Joe Namath. Journalists, announcers and personalities like Charles Barkley, Frank DeFord, Brent Musberger and Beano Cook. Plus some Bobby Bowden quotes - because even through Florida State isn't in the SEC, you've gotta love some good ol' Bobby Bowden homespun country wisdom. A sample of some of the quotes you'll find in "The Best College Football Quotes From Down South": "Well, the Southeastern Conference season has begun. I have it on good authority that other college football teams around the country will also be playing games this fall." - Sports Illustrated columnist and NPR contributor Frank Deford in 2012 "The national championship trophy has been in the South so long it has a sunburn." - Ray Glier, Atlanta-based national journalist and Author "I don't know when exactly the SEC took over America. I know this is hard to believe, but the epicenter of college football used to be in the Midwest. I'm so old, I can remember when Notre Dame actually mattered, and the real tough players were supposed to come from Western Pennsylvania and Ohio." - Sports Illustrated columnist and NPR contributor Frank Deford in 2012 "Football mania is still intensifying throughout the South. ... Though football is a national game, the ability to play it well is inordinately concentrated in the South." - John F. Rooney Jr., Oklahoma State professor and author of Geography of Sports "It's easier to win the national championship than the SEC. Ask Nick Saban." - Former Florida & current South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier "In the East, college football is a cultural exercise. On the West Coast, it is a tourist attraction. In the Midwest, it is cannibalism. But in the South, college football is a religion, and every Saturday is a holy day." - Marino Casem, Alcorn State University professor "The SEC is a downhill, man on man game, and you gotta line up and play." - Florida coach Will Muschamp "They got a little bit different athlete running around out there. Look at their defensive linemen. Standing next to them, walking off the field, they don't look like a lot of the guys we see. That's the common trait." - Former Oregon and current Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly "If you are a fan of Tennessee or Alabama football there are two rules to live by: Don't get married on the third Saturday in October, and try not to die... because in either case, the preacher might not show." - ESPN college football expert Beano Cook "Our fans, to say that they are excited about us being in the SEC would be a complete understatement. They've become fanatical about it." - Missouri coach Gary Pinkel on the Tigers' inaugural season in the SEC "The girls are prettier, the air is fresher, and the toilet paper's thicker." - Missouri wide receiver T.J. Moe, when asked about the Tigers moving from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference and what he'd heard about the SEC. "The SEC has moved out into Texas and up into Missouri. Basically, though, the SEC has always been Deep South, plus Kentucky. Kentucky is apparently allowed in the conference so that everybody else but Vanderbilt gets a guaranteed win - plus, Kentucky bourbon can fuel those famous Southern tailgate parties." - Sports Illustrated columnist and NPR contributor Frank Deford in 2012 "It's a pretty damn hard league." - Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin, when asked by reporters about playing his first SEC West schedule.
