Another year of SEC hype
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Doesn't matter if Bama won, or not. We were definitely going to hear that Crap from ESPN and its minions. Hey, the SEC is a good conference.
So is the Big10. And the ACC and even the PAC 12. That's what makes College Football so
much fun.
ESPN and especially Kirk Herbstreit is fast becoming unwatchable, though
So is the Big10. And the ACC and even the PAC 12. That's what makes College Football so
much fun.
ESPN and especially Kirk Herbstreit is fast becoming unwatchable, though
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Why use the top 12? Without looking at the final poll, let me guess, did Michigan finish at 12? Did an SEC team finish at 10 or 25? That way you exclude some of their teams to make the Big 10 look better.
Top 12, you serious?? A glance at top 25. B1G 6, SEC 5, one of which NC! Pretty even in my book.
SEC bowls were fairly respectable. Wins against Penn St., NW , Texas Tech, Okie St. and of course MSU, a huge arse beating.
You say weak I say fairly respectable, I'll buy that. So MSU and NW are the hardest bowls they had? Not very, judging by the out comes.
You take away the playoff games and look at the teams they played compared to other conferences and it is a weak bowl schedule. Add in that they get these teams in their backyard and avoid any PAC team and it looks even weaker. The B1G by far has the toughest slate in the bowls every year but we like it that way. The B1G will go anywhere and play anybody.
Alabama just won the national title and was clearly the best team in the country. The SEC was 9-2 in bowl games, which is the most by a conference in bowl history. They've earned the hype.
The SEC is the best conference right now, and it's been that way for the better part of this millennium, it sucks that they've been so dominant, but it's the reality. No way to sugar coat the fact that the BIGs top two teams got absolutely embarrassed in their bowl games. Besides Ohio State, nobody in the BIG could have hung with Alabama. Bottom line, the SEC has a lot of advantages over the BIG for recruiting, geography being a major one.
Here's my takeaway: a big ticket program beat another (slightly less) big ticket program in a football game.
I get that ESPN needs to spin a big story out of every event to fill their airtime. The general population doesn't, and so would be advised to keep perspective.
I get that ESPN needs to spin a big story out of every event to fill their airtime. The general population doesn't, and so would be advised to keep perspective.
I'm still not buying that Iowa and MSU were the best 2 teams in the big ten, but I'd agree THIS bowl season the sec did earn the hype.
Unless you are Alabama, then you are allowed to lose a game and still be in the Championship Playoffs.
Or if you're from the whine ass big 12. Texas couldn't even make it to a bowl game.
If they had proved themselves like OSU did last year against WI, then I'd see it...but I didn't see them do that.
That said I'm not sure how I'd feel about 2 teams in the playoffs from the same conference(even the B1G)! Whats the point of the regular season then?
And the best team doesn't always win the Super Bowl, but Iowa and MSU won the games they needed to finish 1 and 2. They represented the BIG and fell flat on their face, giving the BIG a pretty big black eye.
Alabama was very impressive, everyone else in the SEC is at a similar level as other power conference teams. The SEC is good, but not as good as it was a few years ago ...
Uhhhh Michigan State also had a loss and made in into the Championship Playoff, as did Oklahoma.
I hate the SEC as much as the next guy, but there is no denying they have the most talent in their conference and it isn't even close. Fortunately, because a lot of these teams are constantly losing guys to the draft they usually play a few young, inexperienced guys at key positions. Also most of the coaches in the SEC are great recruiters but not very good coaches.
never said 1 and 2 always win...that why I said I don't think ia/msu were 1/2.
Anyhow using "earned spots", I guess will call them. The 4th b1g team beat the 2nd sec team and the 6th best b1g team beat the 2nd best pac12 team...so I guess the other conferences were just top heavy and we are "top light" I guess
The NFL agrees with you, however, there is more to making up good football teams than pure talent alone. I think this year the SEC had Alabama and everyone else ... not a great conference this year, still 1 of the best (if not still the best) but not as dominate as they were a few years ago ... UT, LSU and Ole' Miss next in line after Bama, but then tails off considerably.
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/91053/breaking-down-nfl-rosters-by-conferences-and-colleges
You are correct but you can't tell me there isn't SEC inflation.
1. LSU loses three of the last four games of the season to Bama, Ark, and Ole Miss. Beats aTm and then Tex Tech in a bowl and all of a sudden the are 16. Tell me what other team in the country could go on a 3 game losing streak at the end of the season and bounce back to 16 with some mediocre wins? That is ridiculous. They also played one less game against McNeese state due to lightning, not that would have mattered.
2. Ole Miss is the best 3 loss team in the country with losses to Florida, Memphis, and Ark. They are a good football team but are they really the best? Mich has better quality losses including all to ranked teams- Utah, MSU, OSU. Ole Miss is really better than ND, Mich, Baylor, FSU, NC, LSU, Utah, Ok St, Wisc, and Northwestern?
3. The only conference to have two ranked four loss teams in Florida and Tennessee. The only other 4 loss team is Oregon
4. Tennessee lost to OK, Ark, Bama, and FLA. They have zero quality wins except taking NW to the woodshed and all of a sudden they come out of no where are ranked 22nd.
5. Tell me how Florida loses three games in a row and still remains top 25? Only quality wins are Tennessee (which is a decent but mediocre team) and Ole Miss.
Florida's last 6 games:
3 wins against Vandy South Carolina and florida atlantic(in OT).
They won those 3 games by 18 points COMBINED
Last 3 games, losses to FSU MI and bama by a COMBINED 73 points!
Closest game being the 14 point loss to bama
. Not to mention the FSU game was at home and the MI game was in Florida, basically a home game. Sounds like a top 25 team to me :crazy:
