Hal Welch

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LSU lost the same two games in '07 that UGA did, in fact one could argue that their losses were worse. Kentucky and Arkansas were both outside the top 30 and the Arkansas loss was teh final regular season game for them while we lost twice in September to two top 20 teams, they just both happened to be in our division. LSU lucked out that year and the perception that even our fans like you have bought into is a big part of what did it.
They have a better trophy case based on ESPN bias. Specifically Kirk Herbstreit who openly campaigned against UGA being in THAT NC game that LSU won. He argued vehemently that UGA could not even be considered in '07 because we didn't win the division when he also turned coat and argued that it was fine in '09 when that team was Alabama. They are not better than us because they beat us in one SEC CG... we beat them in one as well and I don't believe we were clearly a better program than them from say '05 to '11. Yours is perception and not reality.
I'd disagree that we aren't LSU, Auburn, or Florida. Frankly we own Auburn. We're in a similar position as Florida. And the LSU comparison is a ESPN driven perception issue. Les Miles backed into his only national championship with two losses in the same year we had two and we were clearly a better team. Since then LSU has won 38 conference games, same as UGA and we're 2x2 against them... we're everybit on the same level as LSU. The only team we are clearly behind is Alabama.
Again... he did something. Your friend was not pushed down stairs unprovoked... if you say he was you either missed what he said or did, or you're a liar. Simple as that.
no... we'd just say you aren't telling the truth. I've been to Cola three times and won't go back myself. But that's because I didn't like the environment. I like to take my kids to games and Columbia just doesn't set up well for that. Your fans lean toward nasty too and that's a consensus of fans around the SEC and Clemson. But make no mistake about it, there's a difference between the nasty I expect and being spit on and all that crap. I simply don't believe it. Even not liking the environment in Cola, I've never been spat at or treated anyway other than you suck or whatever. Neither have you, neither has this guy that started this unless you did something.
Nice letter bud, I appreciate the high road you're taking and the invitation speaks well of not just you but our fan base as your view is shared by most of us I'm certain. I will say however what you did not... there are parts of this Auburn fans letter that are a fabrication. A lie. He did not find one person that spat on him 20 times or 20 people that spat on him once unless he did something. Did he find a jerk? Possibly... we have them in all our towns. But in over 30 years now of going to that stadium and following UGA across the county, and yes I have partied my tail off in bars everywhere at all hours of the night at varying levels of inebriation, I have never experienced anything remotely close to what the fan describes. As you pointed out, if we'd spotted a UGA fan doing something of this nature we'd whip his butt and buy the enemy the next drink and apologize. It's just not how we roll. And I do not for one minute believe this guy experienced this as he said he did. Sorry.