on the left side under Pac-10.

p.s.

Blog rivalry?  Don't you have to steal something from us to start a rivalry?  :)

It's no longer under the "Blogs we like" on the right side.  Dang.... they don't like us anymore.  That makes me a sad panda.

But it is interesting on how it got to this point.

When I started this site I was naive to think that I could have any sort of civil discourse with BN. Early on as the new guy on the block at SBN I was tested quickly when one commenter decided to take a shot at Nestor. I had two choices, 1 - support my SBN colleague who had endorsed my coming to SBN but who also has alienated himself from every other SC blogger out there with his hateful and sanctimonious tone or 2 - hop on the hate bandwagon by allowing said commentors comments to stand thus endorsing that kind of tone.

Obviously, I took the former as I chose not to get in the gutter and it cost me with a couple of high-profile SC bloggers as they have hardly if ever participated here or have seldom given us a link back here from their sites. That's fine we all do things differently and I have only given it a cursory glance in the rearview mirror. I did attempt very recently to have a dialogue with one of those bloggers as I asked for his guidance on how to proceed in order to mend fences; my request has been met with silence, hardly a class move in my opinion as I ALWAYS answer any email sent to me. When people take the time out to send you a message I feel it's my responsibility to at least acknowledge them with a response. The only time I haven't is when a couple of emails came from Nestor with a tone that was clearly trying to pick a fight, sometimes you just have to ignore that type of tone. But like I said that's in the rearview mirror.

Nestor's brand of writing simply encourages a mob mentality that I would prefer not to have here on CC. I realize that arguments should be backed up with fact but merely having an opinion that one may disagree with shouldn't start a range war because its contrary to the collective mindset as these forums are supposed to encourage civil discourse. Telling a commenter to F*** off just because you feel he hasn't based his opinion on fact, or that you may disagree with in my opinion is petty and childish.

In the end we are on our own track here. They will do things their way and we do things our way. There really isn't a rivalry as our missions are different. I don't have to like something or someone in order to have respect for it but that also means I don't have to endorse it either.

Like I said, I really couldn't care less.

We all know what nestor is about.  He writes very well when he concentrates on his team.  But there is an obvious negative approach to his writing about USC.  He is emotionally involved with both schools and it pours over into what he says.  

Some of his stories are so ridiculous that I wonder if hes joking.  He actually posted the phone numberes for the NCAA and PAC-10 and encouraged the bruin faithful to call and complain about a barbeque that a USC donor had provided for the team.

Not every donor is like "Papa" Sam Gilbert.

That site smells from the top down. People who come on CC and try and rationalize it by saying it has a lot more traffic and it's hard to control what random posters contribute skirt that issue. It is what it is, and its rep precedes it throughout the blogosphere.