NCAA 2013 Football Season
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How is it that when Bama plays the teams they do, other than the top 2 in the sec that they palyed a tough schedule when OSU and FSU schedules are no worse.
Bama ends up playing a few more tough teams, but they are hardly playing a tough team every week.
Good teams they have played this year :
Texas A&M, LSU ... Auburn upcoming ... SEC Championship game, provided they don't slip up.
Lousy teams they have played :
VT, Colorado State, Georgia State, Kentucky, Tennessee, Miss. State (in progress) and the world beater Chattanooga next week.
I would say that thier schedule isn't really any tougher than the rest.
Theres a feeling in the country that the sec plays such a tough and difficult schedule every week.
Most play 2-3 tough games a year.
That may be 1 more than the Buckeyes play this year, but it's hardly head and shoulders above the other conferences.
As for FSU, I don't know the ACC teams as well, but if I look at the schedule that FSU plays, heres what I see.
Looks like FSU , Clemson and Duke are the main top teams this year.
Good teams they have played:
Clemson
Miami ... was ranked at the time, struggling since, ala Northwestern.
So so and lousy teams:
Pitt, Nevada, Bethune-Cookman, BC ( not great, not lousy), same for Maryland, although both thier conference records are lousy., NC State, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Idaho next week and a very down Florida team to end the schedule.
Ohio State
Good teams they played:
Wisconsin
Michigan State (upcoming in BT Championship game)
Northwestern (was undefeated when they played, lousy since then.)
So So and lousy teams:
Buffalo, (although Buffalo is having a good season and 2nd in the MAC with a 7-3 record)
San Diego State (replacement for Vandy I believe), Cal (was a top 10 team when Scheduled), Florida A&M (another replacement for a team that backed out), Iowa (no different than the sec 6-4 teams that are not good, but not despicable), Penn State (another 6-4 avg team, many expected to be much worse) Purdue Lousy team, Illinois , next week Indiana and then Michigan.
Then the Big Ten Championship against probably Michigan State
I was obviously able to give input on the BT teams as I see them regularly.
Bama ends up playing a few more tough teams, but they are hardly playing a tough team every week.
Good teams they have played this year :
Texas A&M, LSU ... Auburn upcoming ... SEC Championship game, provided they don't slip up.
Lousy teams they have played :
VT, Colorado State, Georgia State, Kentucky, Tennessee, Miss. State (in progress) and the world beater Chattanooga next week.
I would say that thier schedule isn't really any tougher than the rest.
Theres a feeling in the country that the sec plays such a tough and difficult schedule every week.
Most play 2-3 tough games a year.
That may be 1 more than the Buckeyes play this year, but it's hardly head and shoulders above the other conferences.
As for FSU, I don't know the ACC teams as well, but if I look at the schedule that FSU plays, heres what I see.
Looks like FSU , Clemson and Duke are the main top teams this year.
Good teams they have played:
Clemson
Miami ... was ranked at the time, struggling since, ala Northwestern.
So so and lousy teams:
Pitt, Nevada, Bethune-Cookman, BC ( not great, not lousy), same for Maryland, although both thier conference records are lousy., NC State, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Idaho next week and a very down Florida team to end the schedule.
Ohio State
Good teams they played:
Wisconsin
Michigan State (upcoming in BT Championship game)
Northwestern (was undefeated when they played, lousy since then.)
So So and lousy teams:
Buffalo, (although Buffalo is having a good season and 2nd in the MAC with a 7-3 record)
San Diego State (replacement for Vandy I believe), Cal (was a top 10 team when Scheduled), Florida A&M (another replacement for a team that backed out), Iowa (no different than the sec 6-4 teams that are not good, but not despicable), Penn State (another 6-4 avg team, many expected to be much worse) Purdue Lousy team, Illinois , next week Indiana and then Michigan.
Then the Big Ten Championship against probably Michigan State
I was obviously able to give input on the BT teams as I see them regularly.
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They've been that way for years. Sometimes I think they just stay ranked because of Spurrier.
Baylor up 21-20 by the way. Starting to come to life with a vengeance. And that's just the first quarter.
But I don't think Tech is going away any time soon.
Jimbo, Im with ya. I think the SoS is such a skewed opinionated thing. Im glad to know next year we will be using a playoff system. Id like to see it expanded to 6 or 8 teams down the road, then this silliness gets sorted out. Right now, its a popularity contest.
If you count OSU upcoming game you should count Alabamas upcoming game against SEC east champ as well...
But I do agree with you that the parity between the top schedules is not mind boggling. They are close, but clearly Alabama has the edge of the 4 undefeateds right now.
And I still stand by the fact they are the litmus test. Somebody needs to show up and beat em to change things. Bama has slow starts, but they adjust and do well in the second half. If FSU is able to play them for a NC, Id hope they could put pts up quick and get a sustainable lead, because our run D isnt the best and we still have a freshmeat QB. Hard to figure out though when you have 30+ days off and its two teams that dont normally play.
What I can say though is even if it means Will gets a contract extension I still want us to beat FSU
Oh man what better way to cap off our worst season in 3 decades then to end FSUs championship dreams. It might be worth it to put up with a few more years of Will Moosedump.
The SEC has sent 9 teams to the BCS title game and never lost. They have certainly earned the benefit of the doubt. Alabama has done it what 2 times in a row now? So until someone puts them on there back they deserve to stay wherever they are.
oh Im expecting us to be embarrassed like no tomorrow in our home stadium.. But if by some miracle (maybe Jamis trips on his way off the bus?? wink wink) we do pull it off it will be glorious.
I agree 100% about Bama. Someone has to bloody their nose to change things. Now as far as the rest of the SEC, I think they are weaker as a whole this year than they have been in awhile. Im a 100% ACC/SEC guy, so I hate seeing teams like UM and UF struggling. As much as I dislike TN, Id like to see them get back to the good ol days.
I agree as well the SEC this year is not the super power it has been in previous years. Over all it still has the edge, (I have not seen a single ranking system/method that has them not at #1) But certainly are not in a league of there own this year as in years past.
I also enjoy seeing FSU back in the lime light. It makes a rivalry that much better when the other team has something to play for other then just a rivalry. Just sucks though that FSUs rise is at UFs fall. Much like Mich vs OSU. Mich has faded fast and far and its almost considered an easy win for OSU. It kind of takes some of the fun out of it.
When Tebow was leading the Gators we beat the noles all 4 years pretty badly most the time. It just didnt seem fair. Now you guys with Winston will be giving it right back to u.s
Personally, I would have went directly to a 8 team playoff ... the Conference Champs and 2 at-large.
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