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CornfieldCounty

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At the beginning of the year, I was drinking the proverbial kool aid that the national media was spinning.. SEC was the king of college football. Well, 80% of the season is through, and I have finally seen the light. For all of the fanfare, the SEC is not the god conference. Lets take a look at how good these teams have been:


Georgia likely Top 5
Buffalo 4-7 (W 45-23) this was 24-16 at halftime.
Tennessee 4-7 (W 51-44) again, halftime was 30-30 and UT just fired their coach, effective immediately.
South Carolina 9-2 (L 35-7) This was not even a close game I would classify as a blow out.
Kentucky 2-9, 0-7 conf (W 29-24) Really? A 2 and 9 team you win by 5?
Florida 10-1 (W 17-9) Will cover in a minute, impressive? Not!
Georgia South 8-3 (FCS) Lead 17-7 at halftime.. a Sub-division team.
5 bad wins, one bad loss


Now, Florida, likely top 5
Bowling Green 7-4 (27-14) 14-7 halftime
Tennessee 4-7 (37-20) 10-14 halftime
Missouri 4-5, 1-5 conf (14-7) 0-7 halftime
LA – Lafayette 5-4 (27-20) 7 point win, at home, to a Sun Belt team
Sluggish offense is kind words..


LSU, again likely top 5
They looked good non-con, much like NU, but then
Auburn 3-8, 0-7 conf (12-10) 9-10 at halftime. This is a bad Auburn team
Towson 7-4, yes FCS, (38-22) 17-9 halftime
Florida 9-1 (6-14) one of the most anemic offenses in the SEC.


Now, look at our season in perspective:
So Miss 0-11, (49-20) opening game, slow start but won by 4 TD's
@UCLA 9-2, Pac12 Southern division champions (30-36) a game we all know we SHOULD have won had we just tackled the swing pass.
Arkansas State 8-3, 6-1 Sun Belt leaders (42-13) “Steamrollsâ€￾ is the headline on ESPN.
Idaho State 1-10 (FCS) (73-7) We did our part, period.
Wisconsin 7-4 (30-27) Will represent the Leaders in the B1G CG.
Ohio State 11-0 (38-63) The one we imploded on.. yes, ugly.
NW 8-3 (29-28) Cardiac #1, will play on Jan 1
UM 8-3 (23-9) With Dennard, who knows, but good win, period. Will play on Jan 1
MSU 5-6 (23-20) Cardiac #2, one of the best defenses in the country, on the road.
PSU 7-4 (32-23) Cardiac #3, if it was not for tOSU, would be the best in the Leaders division
MU 6-5 (38-14) was not close, against a team going bowling.


Our two losses have come on the road, against a combined 20-2. Our opponents are a combined 68-51 and remember that includes and 0-11 Miss State and 1-10 Idaho State.


Everyone seems to think the Big 10, Pac 12, Big 12, ACC, etc.. are second fiddle to the SEC, I think that is BS.


Just some Sunday morning musing to think about.
 

Alabama didn't look overrated against Michigan ... I'm sorry, but trying to sell the SEC as not being a great conference is pointless. Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Texas A&M are all good football teams. Florida is a good team ... MSU isn't too bad, either. They haven't won all those NCG on accident ... the SEC is a great conference. Trying to say otherwise is just a waste of time.
 
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You forgot the rest of the story....they have won because of their shady recruiting practices....when you bring 40 kids and trim 15 out you don't want evey year its a huge advantage...and they rarely if ever get called out on it.....and it doesn't hurt that the recruiting services are all but in their employment...

OTTR 15 said:
Alabama didn't look overrated against Michigan ... I'm sorry, but trying to sell the SEC as not being a great offense is pointless. Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Texas A&M are all good football teams. Florida is a good team ... MSU isn't too bad, either. They haven't won all those NCG on accident ... the SEC is a great conference. Trying to say otherwise is just a waste of time.
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You seem to like halftime scores yet neglect to mention that we were only beating Southern Mississippi 28-17 at halftime. A team that hasn't won a game all season. Also, Michigan is the only conference opponent before yesterday that we had a lead on at halftime. And that was only by one point. Spin it however you have to but the SEC is a lot better than the Big 10. A lot better.
 



Red Reign said:
You forgot the rest of the story....they have won because of their shady recruiting practices....when you bring 40 kids and trim 15 out you don't want evey year its a huge advantage...and they rarely if ever get called out on it.....and it doesn't hurt that the recruiting services are all but in their employment...
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Despite how they got there, saying their teams aren't that good is ridiculous.
 
ColoREDo said:
You seem to like halftime scores yet neglect to mention that we were only beating Southern Mississippi 28-17 at halftime. A team that hasn't won a game all season. Also, Michigan is the only conference opponent before yesterday that we had a lead on at halftime. And that was only by one point. Spin it however you have to but the SEC is a lot better than the Big 10. A lot better.
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I agree, but I did say "Opening game, slow start" right?

I just don't see how they are "a lot better x2".
 




I agree that they have some shady recruiting ... they also have superior recruiting for other reasons, too.

The OP wasn't about how they got to be a great conference ... it was about how they aren't that good and, you and I both know, that's just not true. I know we're riding high on what's hopefully going to be a 10-win season, but keep your head people.
 
CornfieldCounty said:
I agree, but I did say "Opening game, slow start" right?

I just don't see how they are "a lot better x2".
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I think top to bottom, they really are better and they usually show it bowl season. Certainly they get the benefit of the doubt in many situations but I think they have earned that, it wasn't given to them. I am more concerned about Nebraska and how they handle their business right now. Hopefully we can continue to improve and have a good showing in our bowl this year.
 



The only thing I can add is that Georgia was very fortunate to have such an easy schedule, in my opinion anyway. I think Alabama clobbers them in the SEC title game.
 
mjw11 said:
they will win another NC this year and have 5 teams in the top 10...pretty solid
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As I pointed out, IMHO that is inflated by the ones who put the names on their rankings.

I am not saying they are crap, but I do not believe they are so superior to everyone else.
 

mjw11 said:
they will win another NC this year and have 5 teams in the top 10...pretty solid
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The hype is why they are rated so high. You take any conference & place 8 of their teams in the top 25 & you're going to end up a lot of teams left high in the standings. If I recall correctly Arkansas & Auburn were rated very high also with Arkansas top 5. Where are they now? Preseason hype is crap, especially when ESPN is driving the hype machine.
 
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