3-7, only wins Georgia, LSU, Auburn.
SEC is the most overrated conference this year.
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3-7, only wins Georgia, LSU, Auburn.
SEC is the most overrated conference this year.
It is overrated just because people would have you believe that the SEC is better than the NFL. Alabama and Florida were the only really good teams in the SEC this year. LSU is highly overrated, and everyone else was just average.
Better than the NFL? Not at all.
Better than last season's version of the Conference? Maybe/maybe not?
Will Alabama cakewalk in the BCSCG? Probably not, Texas is not Ohio State in terms of athletic ability to match up with quickness/footspeed. Brown probably fares better than Tressel in this type of game also.
LSU overrated? Not al all. They would steamroll to a Confernce title in the ACC, Big East and possibly the Big Ten.
Would hang right with Texas in the Big 12 and be a top half team in the PAC 10.
Those 7-5 SEC teams you call average would also contend for most any other BCS Conference title and would win the ACC with ease.
Georgia Tech and Clemson played that out for the world to see just two weeks ago.LSU/Georgia Tech matchup last season in a bowl game was also an ass whipping for all to see.
Other Conferences play good football, SEC doesn't have the market cornered in that department. Other Conferences have some top flight teams and play good football both in and out of the BCS Conferences. ACC and Big East though are the two weakest BCS Confernces by a substantial margin.(IMO)
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Yeah I know, but the measure of how great the SEC is isn't how it fares against the ACC. There's lots of other conferences out there. As I recall Oklahoma St beat Georgia and UCLA beat Tennessee. Given the hype of the SEC it's fair to say it is overrated if there aren't 5 teams in the top 10 and 8 teams in the top 25, because that's how good folks want you to believe the SEC is. Face it the Pac 10 was much better than the SEC this year.
PAC Ten is also a top flight conference. From top to bottom they are on par with SEC this season. I have no trouble admitting that. If some think the PAC 10 is better, I wouldn't debate that with a ton of conviction. Both Conferences are top flight this season.
As for that top 25 argument I reject that whole heartedly. Both the SEC and Pac 10 cannibalize each other within the Conference. Makes it harder to have a plethora of top 15 teams.
For example I submit Rutgers as exhibit A.
8-4 team that at one time was ranked in the top 25. An absolute joke. Their OOC wins this season were over Howard, Fla International,Texas Southern,Army and a pathetic Maryland team. Couple that with playing in a weak conference make for a very undeserved gaudy record. Leads to a top 25 ranking,leads to other teams saying we beat a ranked team.
Please! There are at least 50 teams in the country better than Rutgers. Only playing that schedule combined with their Conference affiliation perpetuates the myth that they are a decent team, they're not at all.
As for that top 25 argument I reject that whole heartedly. Both the SEC and Pac 10 cannibalize each other within the Conference. Makes it harder to have a plethora of top 15 teams.
For example I submit Rutgers as exhibit A.
8-4 team that at one time was ranked in the top 25. An absolute joke. Their OOC wins this season were over Howard, Fla International,Texas Southern,Army and a pathetic Maryland team. Couple that with playing in a weak conference make for a very undeserved gaudy record. Leads to a top 25 ranking,leads to other teams saying we beat a ranked team.
Please! There are at least 50 teams in the country better than Rutgers. Only playing that schedule combined with their Conference affiliation perpetuates the myth that they are a decent team, they're not at all.
Not according to Sagarin.
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I even questioned the SEC vs. the Pac-10 in my podcast week before last, but I think the SEC has pulled ahead. Georgia lost to OkSt in week 1 but beat Arizona State and Georgia Tech out of conference. I just don't see evidence that the Pac-10 was "much better".
If Rutgers is Exhibit A then LSU is exhibit B. They played Tulane, LA Tech, LA Monroe, and Washington OOC. They lost to the 3 best teams they played all year, and got fat beating up on mediocre conference opponents (And I use the term beating up liberally if you saw their wins over Georgia, Miss St and Arkansas). The problem is that LSU has a great tradition, and Rutgers does not. Thus people make every excuse in the book for LSU, and even pencil them in the top 10 to start the season, while Rutgers would have to go undefeated to earn any respect. Once you remove the biases there's not much difference.
Such a bold statement, I maybe hopeing for a lot by saying 8 and 2, but I will almost gurantee they will win at least more then half.
While LSU's OOC is not that tough it's still much harder than Rutgers. You ignore the fact that LSU plays 8 In conference games that are tough matchups.
Rutgers struggles to stay ahead of Vandy for title of 11th best team in the SEC.
Though they(Rutgers) might be a top half of the Conference team in the ACC. Even that's doubtful.
If you think Rutgers and LSU are even close to being on the same level, I don't know what to say other than you're sadly mistaken. LSU has backups sitting on the bench that would be all conference players if they played for Rutgers.
Forget Rutgers and LSU - if you want a crappy OOC schedule, look at...
Texas.
I think Alabama beats them by 20+
Texas.
I think Alabama beats them by 20+
Texas has been living dangerously. They have only one good win, Oklahoma St. Their OOC opponents were terrible, they barely skated past Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Nebraska, and they trailed at the half to Colorado.
At least they beat credible opponents- compare that to TCU's cupcake-loaded schedule or Bama's laughable OOC.
TCU's schedule included a pathetic Virginia team, Texas State, SMU, Colorado State, UNLV, San Diego State, Utah, Wyoming.
Yep, those are quality wins.
Try Clemson, Utah and BYU. Texas doesn't have more quality wins than that.TCU's schedule included a pathetic Virginia team, Texas State, SMU, Colorado State, UNLV, San Diego State, Utah, Wyoming.
Yep, those are quality wins.
I submit any team west of the Mississippi. The Big8 didn't get respect until they became the Big12. WAC still has no respect. The Pac10 continues to do well in bowls. The 3 strongest states for High school ball are Florida, Texas and California. To win 10 or 11 games in a year is one thing, to do that on an outdoor BLUE field in a northern clime is astonishing. BCS kept their dignity in tact by having TCU and Boise State play each other. It would be demeaning to have them play and beat one of those Eastern writer approved Eastern schools.
