Patterson on what separates the Big 12 from the SEC

Pony^ · Post by **Pony^** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:00 pm

"There are a lot of good players every where else. If you look at the NFL per capita, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi they put out more NFL players than anywhere else in the country," Patterson told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "It's the body types in the regions of the United States that make a difference, too. You are going to find the skill players, but what we don't have as much in this state is the size of bodies of offensive and defensive linemen that the southeast part of the United States has. It's the gene pool."

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/colleges ... nd-the-sec

SmooBoy · Post by **SmooBoy** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:32 pm

Whose book did gp just finish reading: Al Campanis' or Jimmy the Greek's?

TidePony · Post by **TidePony** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:00 pm

Fatterson is welcome in Tuscaloosa anytime for a good old fashion butt whoopin'! Can you imagine the tantrum he'd throw after the game?
Major wish: SMU and Bama both destroying TCU in the same season!

ponyscott · Post by **ponyscott** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:23 pm

Patterson is from a extremely shallow gene pool....

leopold · Post by **leopold** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:43 pm

I don't know. I remember a couple of years ago when Ole Miss beat TT in the Cotton Bowl Tech was BIG across the line - size wasn't an issue. Most people seem to believe that it's speed, especially on Defense, that separates the two conferences.

Having grown up and lived in both places, I can say that the deep south is simply fatter than Texas - that may be an issue.

Whatever. TCU will have problems competing in either conference.

redpony · Post by **redpony** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:49 pm

After the next couple of years the little froggies may have wished that they had stayed in the BEAST instead of becoming one of bevos little beatches.

Pony^ · Post by **Pony^** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:18 pm

leopold wrote:TCU will have problems competing in either conference.

Patterson agrees:

TCU held a scrimmage on Saturday, and in what's become somewhat of a tradition, Gary Patterson is looking to light a fire under his underachieving defense.

"They ran around us, they ran through us, they threw it over our head," Patterson told reporters after the 30-minute scrimmage. "We'll give up about 50 points a game in the Big 12 if we play like I just saw us play today."

http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id ... -d-commish

Junior · Post by **Junior** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:01 pm

ponyscott wrote:Patterson is from a extremely shallow gene pool....

and a very branch-free family tree.

DanFreibergerForHeisman · Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:08 pm

If an SMU coach made a comment about a "gene pool" the local media would be all over us to fire him/her.

Why the hell does Froggie High get a pass?

Alaric · Post by **Alaric** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:58 pm

leopold wrote:I don't know. I remember a couple of years ago when Ole Miss beat TT in the Cotton Bowl Tech was BIG across the line - size wasn't an issue. Most people seem to believe that it's speed, especially on Defense, that separates the two conferences.

Having grown up and lived in both places, I can say that the deep south is simply fatter than Texas - that may be an issue.

Whatever. TCU will have problems competing in either conference.

Shocking that he's stupid enough to say that. I heard Saban say a year ago that everyone has good skill people but that the SEC is loaded with NFL talent at CB and DL while the rest of college football is thin at those positions. Talked about how it limits your offense when the d can man up while 3 DL can put pressure on your qb

SMU89 · Post by **SMU89** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:45 pm

He should focus on what separates a bowl of fruit from a bowl of ice cream.

SMU 86 · Post by **SMU 86** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:11 am

I hate to say it but Patterson is probably right.

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:03 pm

I vaguely remember a prof once saying that the reason the SEC linemen were so big was that they were descended from overseers and the running backs and wide receivers from field slaves. But I agree if JJ said something like that, he'd be skinned alive by the Dallas and National press.

SMU 86 · Post by **SMU 86** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:11 pm

I wouldn't put the overseers in that at all. Especially, if you look at players. I highly doubt that Brandon Moore nor Donald Hawkins descended from overseers.

MustangStealth · Post by **MustangStealth** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:22 pm

ponyscott wrote:Patterson is from a extremely shallow gene pool....

Shallow, but definitely very wide.