Let's discount Florida from the SEC's record too, then. Interesting enough, the Pac 10 is still over .500 without USC's 19-3 record during the period.
Over the past 12 years (1998 - 2009), the Pac-10 actually leads the SEC 11-9 (.550).
If you want to add in the Oregon beat down on Tennessee from earlier this season, go ahead.
I just don't buy that the SEC is on a different level. Sure it isn't an argument that can be had with an SEC fan sipping the kool aid given to them by the media, but in their championship streak, there are some interesting things to note. Primarily, in the OSU games, is the way OSU is built. OSU is built to play tough, grind it out football games, in the cold winter weather. If Florida or LSU had played OSU at a neutral site in cold weather in January, it would have been a different game both times. OSU can compete in a nice climate, but they aren't going to win because they are not built for that kind of style, where the weather is comfortable.
I've been saying this for years, but I just get laughed at when I bring it up.
Just wondering, if the SEC teams are so good, from top to bottom, why do they schedule teams such as Troy, Charleston Southern, The Citadel, FAU, Jacksonville St, Alabama-Birmingham, Georgia Southern, Georgia st, etc etc etc. There is nothing wrong with scheduling a decent FBS team from a non-automatic qualifying conference, but why schedule FCS teams and other cupcakes?
Furthermore, if everyone, especially SEC fans are so adamant about Boise St and TCU not deserving an opportunity to play in the National Championship game, then here is your solution: SCHEDULE THEM. If they are not on the level to play, then why doesn't one of your better teams schedule them and prove to the rest of us that they are so bad. Oregon and Oregon St for example haven't had that problem. They have lost against these teams, and nothing bad has happened to them. Oregon is #1 in the human polls and played in the Rose Bowl last season despite an opening week loss at Boise St.
As for Boise State, they say NO ONE will play them ....boo hoo, if they didn't always want 2 home and eventually a road game with whoever they are looking to play, they might get more people interested in playing them.
Btw, who the hell wants to go play on that UGLY field they play on.
IF Boise REALLY wanted to prove themselves, they would JOIN a conference that is affiliated with the BcS, but they refuse.
Personally, I think they would be a middle of the pac team if they played in the SEC, Big Ten or probably the Pac Ten too, the BIGGEST advantage they have, is when they play a Big team, thats the ONLY Big team they play, if they played a schedule from one of the conferences I mentioned every week, they would not hold up to the standards they THINK they are achiving.
