<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Get The Picture]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Senator Blutarsky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/author/blutarsky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Rivalries are in the eye of the&nbsp;beholder.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Lester&#8217;s still got a bee in his bonnet about <a href="http://theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/6030743-123/miles-still-seeking-change-to" target="_blank">those cross-division rivalries</a>.  But now he wants to make you feel guilty about it if you disagree with him.</p>
<blockquote><p>“I trust they will recognize with the upcoming playoff, and with the BCS bowls being so important, everyone should shoulder the burden of playing the better teams,” Miles said. “Everybody.”</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m supposed to give up support of the oldest rivalry in the South because Miles&#8217; fair play fee-fees are hurt?  Screw you, Les.</p>
<p>But I do have a suggestion to calm the man&#8217;s troubled soul.  I&#8217;ve said most of it before &#8211; move the two Alabama schools to the East and switch Missouri to the West.  That solves the bulk of the cross-division problems.  My new candidate for the last transfer is South Carolina, since the &#8216;Cocks are backing LSU&#8217;s play.  If longstanding rivalries don&#8217;t matter to the folks in Columbia, then not having Georgia and Florida on the schedule every year shouldn&#8217;t bother them in the least.</p>
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