Not sure what you people are arguing about anymore. But ok. I'll bite.
1. Southern did not have 19 starters out. That is the biggest misinformation ever. MAYBE 19 starters from spring practice or something? Or maybe 19 players total? Check the depth chart for the Savannah State game and the UF game.
http://www.gseagles.com/documents/2013/8....pdf?id=37
http://gseagles.com/documents/2013/11/20...pdf?id=221
18 similar starters. Give me a freakin break with your 19 starters out.
2. I completely agree the style of offense played a factor. Because UF didn't give two flips to prepare for it. They were in the midst of their worst season in 30 years, playing for an unpopular coach with a quarterback who at that point could barely throw the ball more than 10 yards down field because of a shoulder injury. There were some motivational issues.
3. The USC/UGA game is an even worse argument. First of all comparing two different games is moronic. But I was at all three games. Trust me. UF didn't play any better against USC than they did Southern. Muschamp had a good game plan and kelvin taylor ripped off two nice runs in the first half. That's it. There was nothing special they did against USC that they didn't do against Southern.
4. Stats are accumulated throughout the season. Sure UF had a top 10 defense. They also had that level of talent on the field at certain points of the season. If you are saying that UF had a top 10 defense on that day on the field than you are the biggest moron ever. UF first 5 games (healthy to somewhat healthy defense) allowed 217 yards per game. Last 7 games they allowed 383 yards per game.
Having said all of that, I swallowed my pride long ago and congratulated Southern for its biggest win in program history. My previous post was to simply point out that was their only win ever against an FBS opponent and should not be used as an argument that they should expect to be able to simply handle lower level SEC opponents. I also already admitted that wasn't what the poster said and that I had overreacted. Anyone else want to try me with some BS?