Congratulations dip shits

[jadennis]

Pat Forde went through the conferences naming "best" and "worst" basketball towns.

No surprise, we're the worst basketball town in the SEC.  Special thanks to Jacobs and Lebo on working their asses off to secure this title.

SEC
Best Town: Nashville (25).

Comment: "Athens is a great college town. It's a great football town. But Nashville is an actual sorta-city, with cultural offerings and pro sports and a real, honest-to-goodness downtown."

Also receiving votes: Athens, Baton Rouge.

Worst Town: Starkville (26).

Comment: "The most appropriately named city in the United States."

Also receiving votes: Auburn, Fayetteville.

Best Basketball Town: Lexington (27). Easy choice. By far the best program, by far the best fans, by far the biggest arena. And by far the most Ashley Judd (28).

Comment: "Lexington by a long shot. Probably the best hoops town/state in the country."

Also receiving votes: Nashville.

Worst Basketball Town: Auburn (29).

Comment: "No one else is even close. This is a school that once booted the basketball team across the state line to Columbus, Ga., to play an exhibition game because the school scheduled an R.E.M. concert for the same night and didn't tell the basketball coach. And that was during the team's never-before, never-again run of five straight NCAA tournament trips. What does it say when they have to drop a curtain [to cover the upper deck] and down-size the seating capacity for high-flying Chris Porter and the 1999 SEC champions that went 29-4? When they budget $92.5 million for a new arena but set the seating capacity at 9,600? Football's pregame Tiger Walks draw bigger and more enthusiastic crowds."

Also receiving votes: Tuscaloosa, Athens, Oxford.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4899366

[Mr. Sensible]

I'd like to thank the Academy, my folks, God...

[AWK]

oh yes...and...Satan.

[Saniflush]

I have said many times and stand by that Auburn's basketball problems will be solved when Auburn decides to fix it's basketball program.

We have the means but have never had the will.

[Mr. Sensible]

oh yes...and...Satan.

Nah, Satan sucks.

[djsimp]

I do see some effort with the new arena and all...........nevermind, I forgot the new arena was for womens basketball.

[AUChizad]

I take issue with this.

Runner up for worst college town overall in the SEC?

 

I can see their point with the worst basketball town, although I don't agree with "No one is even close".

[jadennis]

I take issue with this.

Runner up for worst college town overall in the SEC?

 

I can see their point with the worst basketball town, although I don't agree with "No one is even close".

I almost deleted it when I posted the quote, because I don't see it.  Personally, after Starkville, I don't know that there is a "bad" college town in the SEC.  Some are better than others, but "worst" implies "bad", which I can't agree with.

[AUChizad]

I almost deleted it when I posted the quote, because I don't see it.  Personally, after Starkville, I don't know that there is a "bad" college town in the SEC.  Some are better than others, but "worst" implies "bad", which I can't agree with.

Right. If the "No one is even close" tag applied anywhere, it'd be Starkville for worst town overall.

[Godfather]

I guess it depends on what Forde is using for criteria

Looking at this:

Comment: "But Nashville is an actual sorta-city, with cultural offerings and pro sports and a real, honest-to-goodness downtown."

Auburn really doesn't have any of those things, which is what I like about it personally.  If I wanted to go to a city college I would have gone to UCF or Miami. 

Athens is a great college town. It's a great football town.

Never been to Athens, but from what I have heard their amenities seem to be on par with Auburn's, that being the case Forde can suck it.

[Saniflush]

I guess it depends on what Forde is using for criteria

Looking at this:
Auburn really doesn't have any of those things, which is what I like about it personally.  If I wanted to go to a city college I would have gone to UCF or Miami. 
Never been to Athens, but from what I have heard their amenities seem to be on par with Auburn's, that being the case Forde can suck it.

And Athens smells like pee.

[Buzz Killington]

Never been to Athens, but from what I have heard their amenities seem to be on par with Auburn's, that being the case Forde can suck it.

This.  Athens and Auburn are very similar...except that neither the B-52's or REM started on campus in Auburn.

[GH2001]

This.  Athens and Auburn are very similar...except that neither the B-52's or REM started on campus in Auburn.

Physically, they look similar. We just dont have a bunch of Michael Stipe wannabees running around acting like weirdos. Athens is just the Austin of the East Coast - and smaller.

[Iwannaplay]

This.  Athens and Auburn are very similar...except that neither the B-52's or REM started on campus in Auburn.

Athens has double the population of Auburn. And there is no comparison to the downtown bar areas, Athens wins that hands down.