SC is No. 6 so now the media focus is on undeserved rankings

Imagine that. South Carolina moves to No. 6 in the BCS polls and the topic of conversation quickly turns to teams that are undeserving of their ranking (i.e. SC.)
We have to look no further than our old friend Ron "MoRon" Morris http://www.gogamecocks.com/index.php/site/daily_article/for_truer_rankings_coaches_discount_spurrier_aura/

to read: If truth be known, the coaches, and their poll, recognize USC is not the sixth-best team in the country.

Of course there never was any debate over the legitimacy of the polls when Clemson climbed to lofty heights after blowing out the likes of Temple and Florida Atlantic last year. As a matter of fact MoRon opined a year ago, that Clemson's win over a putrid John Bunting UNC squad was evidence of the team's greatness.
And MoRon, although he is the most likely and usual suspect to rush to an argument to discount SC, he is not the only one.
Last night on Sportstalk, K-Mac, rolled his eyes (according to Phil) when the idea that SC may be a contender was broached. K-Mac was fervent in his pleas that SC is over-rated. This media lockstep and thought process is hatched and grows right there in downtown Clemson. Read the words on Gamecock Central about Mickey Plyer from WCCP-Clemson radio. The Clemson rank and file are drunk with the belief that SC is undeserving. Of course they could be right. But my problem is the negative gang mentality that takes over anytime SC accomplishes something.
Could SC be over-rated?....YES...
But the rush to make the Clemson-think mindset the order of the day is appalling, yet par for the course with this state's media.
Why is it done? An ingrained inability to respect SC is one reason. Many local media people are just too lazy to think that things have changed for the SC program. The cliched thinking that permeates The State newspaper's "Old Guard" is the easy way out. And many accept that instead of thinking for themselves.
Also: focusing on SC in a negative way takes attention away from Clemson and gives Tommy Bowden a better opportunity to correct the mediocrity that has set in up there.



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