SEC sets record with 8 bowl wins

[GOAT]

Bama will try to make it 9 next week.

 

But you guys are right, the SEC sucks.

 

 

[huskerenner]

You can bet that ESPN will let everyone know how great the sec is.

[Mavric]

Let's look at this a little more:

 

SEC Wins:

13-1 Alabama (SEC Champ) over 12-2 Michigan State (B1G Champ)

10-3 Ole Miss (3) over 10-3 Oklahoma State (T-2 Big XII)

9-3 LSU (T-4) over 7-6 Texas Tech (T-5 Big XII)

9-4 Tennessee (T-4) over 10-3 Northwestern (T-4)

10-3 Georgia (T-4) over 7-6 Penn State (7 B1G)

8-5 Arkansas (T-4) over 6-7 Kansas State (8 B1G)

9-4 Mississippi State (T-8) over 7-6 NC St. (T-9 ACC)

7-6 Auburn (T-10) over 9-4 Memphis (5th in AAC)

 

SEC Losses:

8-5 Texas A&M (T-8) loses to 8-5 Louisville (T-5 ACC)

10-4 Florida (2) loses to 10-3 Michigan (T-4 B1G)

 

Alabama is legit. Credit to them. Other than that, the SEC had one win over a team that finished better than 4th in their own conference. They can only play the games in front of them but they only beat one team that finished higher in a P5 conference than the SEC team they played. And only one other one even finished in the same spot. They had a lot of favorable matchups. Auburn only got into a bowl game because they play nobody out of conference. Florida won the SEC East despite having the #113 offense in the country - and the fifth-best offense in the state of Florida. Last year Indiana beat the SEC East Champ.

[BigRedBuster]

Let's look at this a little more:

 

SEC Wins:

13-1 Alabama (SEC Champ) over 12-2 Michigan State (B1G Champ)

10-3 Ole Miss (3) over 10-3 Oklahoma State (T-2 Big XII)

9-3 LSU (T-4) over 7-6 Texas Tech (T-5 Big XII)

9-4 Tennessee (T-4) over 10-3 Northwestern (T-4)

10-3 Georgia (T-4) over 7-6 Penn State (7 B1G)

8-5 Arkansas (T-4) over 6-7 Kansas State (8 B1G)

9-4 Mississippi State (T-8) over 7-6 NC St. (T-9 ACC)

7-6 Auburn (T-10) over 9-4 Memphis (5th in AAC)

 

SEC Losses:

8-5 Texas A&M (T-8) loses to 8-5 Louisville (T-5 ACC)

10-4 Florida (2) loses to 10-3 Michigan (T-4 B1G)

 

Alabama is legit. Credit to them. Other than that, the SEC had one win over a team that finished better than 4th in their own conference. They can only play the games in front of them but they only beat one team that finished higher in a P5 conference than the SEC team they played. And only one other one even finished in the same spot. They had a lot of favorable matchups. Auburn only got into a bowl game because they play nobody out of conference. Florida won the SEC East despite having the #113 offense in the country - and the fifth-best offense in the state of Florida. Last year Indiana beat the SEC East Champ.

Good post.

[Atbone95]

Let's look at this a little more:

 

SEC Wins:

13-1 Alabama (SEC Champ) over 12-2 Michigan State (B1G Champ)

10-3 Ole Miss (3) over 10-3 Oklahoma State (T-2 Big XII)

9-3 LSU (T-4) over 7-6 Texas Tech (T-5 Big XII)

9-4 Tennessee (T-4) over 10-3 Northwestern (T-4)

10-3 Georgia (T-4) over 7-6 Penn State (7 B1G)

8-5 Arkansas (T-4) over 6-7 Kansas State (8 B1G)

9-4 Mississippi State (T-8) over 7-6 NC St. (T-9 ACC)

7-6 Auburn (T-10) over 9-4 Memphis (5th in AAC)

 

SEC Losses:

8-5 Texas A&M (T-8) loses to 8-5 Louisville (T-5 ACC)

10-4 Florida (2) loses to 10-3 Michigan (T-4 B1G)

 

Alabama is legit. Credit to them. Other than that, the SEC had one win over a team that finished better than 4th in their own conference. They can only play the games in front of them but they only beat one team that finished higher in a P5 conference than the SEC team they played. And only one other one even finished in the same spot. They had a lot of favorable matchups. Auburn only got into a bowl game because they play nobody out of conference. Florida won the SEC East despite having the #113 offense in the country - and the fifth-best offense in the state of Florida. Last year Indiana beat the SEC East Champ.

But hey, f#*k you for trying to present facts Mav, can't we all just accept the SEC as God?

 

 

[Creighton Duke]

[BigRedBuster]

Saw the title and felt like I was going to throw up.

 

Clemson better kick their ass.

[GOAT]

Let's look at this a little more:

 

SEC Wins:

13-1 Alabama (SEC Champ) over 12-2 Michigan State (B1G Champ)

10-3 Ole Miss (3) over 10-3 Oklahoma State (T-2 Big XII)

9-3 LSU (T-4) over 7-6 Texas Tech (T-5 Big XII)

9-4 Tennessee (T-4) over 10-3 Northwestern (T-4)

10-3 Georgia (T-4) over 7-6 Penn State (7 B1G)

8-5 Arkansas (T-4) over 6-7 Kansas State (8 B1G)

9-4 Mississippi State (T-8) over 7-6 NC St. (T-9 ACC)

7-6 Auburn (T-10) over 9-4 Memphis (5th in AAC)

 

SEC Losses:

8-5 Texas A&M (T-8) loses to 8-5 Louisville (T-5 ACC)

10-4 Florida (2) loses to 10-3 Michigan (T-4 B1G)

 

Alabama is legit. Credit to them. Other than that, the SEC had one win over a team that finished better than 4th in their own conference. They can only play the games in front of them but they only beat one team that finished higher in a P5 conference than the SEC team they played. And only one other one even finished in the same spot. They had a lot of favorable matchups. Auburn only got into a bowl game because they play nobody out of conference. Florida won the SEC East despite having the #113 offense in the country - and the fifth-best offense in the state of Florida. Last year Indiana beat the SEC East Champ.

 

Sounds like a lot of excuses to me. Bottom line is, they set the record.

[Mavric]

Sounds like a lot of excuses to me. Bottom line is, they set the record.

No excuses. I just don't think it's actually as impressive as it sounds.

[GOAT]

Well, I'm sure there have been numerous similar circumstances over the years, and yet this year's SEC is the one with the record. 8 wins in a bowl season is impressive no matter how you look at it, in my opinion. It's not like they were playing garbage teams.

[Mavric]

Did you start a thread about how the SEC West did in bowl games last year?

[VA Husker Fan]

Let's look at this a little more:

 

SEC Wins:

13-1 Alabama (SEC Champ) over 12-2 Michigan State (B1G Champ)

10-3 Ole Miss (3) over 10-3 Oklahoma State (T-2 Big XII)

9-3 LSU (T-4) over 7-6 Texas Tech (T-5 Big XII)

9-4 Tennessee (T-4) over 10-3 Northwestern (T-4)

10-3 Georgia (T-4) over 7-6 Penn State (7 B1G)

8-5 Arkansas (T-4) over 6-7 Kansas State (8 B1G)

9-4 Mississippi State (T-8) over 7-6 NC St. (T-9 ACC)

7-6 Auburn (T-10) over 9-4 Memphis (5th in AAC)

 

SEC Losses:

8-5 Texas A&M (T-8) loses to 8-5 Louisville (T-5 ACC)

10-4 Florida (2) loses to 10-3 Michigan (T-4 B1G)

 

Alabama is legit. Credit to them. Other than that, the SEC had one win over a team that finished better than 4th in their own conference. They can only play the games in front of them but they only beat one team that finished higher in a P5 conference than the SEC team they played. And only one other one even finished in the same spot. They had a lot of favorable matchups. Auburn only got into a bowl game because they play nobody out of conference. Florida won the SEC East despite having the #113 offense in the country - and the fifth-best offense in the state of Florida. Last year Indiana beat the SEC East Champ.

And I can easily flip that around to make it look neutral.

 

The top 3 teams had two blowout wins and one blowout loss. They played an equal, a team above them (with respect to conference standings), and a team 2 spots below.

 

The T-4 teams are actually T4 thru T7. Two of them played equals, the other two played just one notch lower, as did T8.

 

T9 played 4 spots higher (biggest mismatch of all games and it was unfavorable) and lost a close game.

 

T10 played a higher team but in a mid major conference so that's about a wash, and they won.

 

So of the 9 P5 matchups:

- 3 equals (4 if you count the game vs. the AAC)

- 3 1 spot favorable

- 1 2 spots favorable

- 1 1 spot unfavorable

- 1 4 spots unfavorable.

 

That comes out to dead even. I know there are a couple things here you could pick at, but it's a lot less slanted than your anti-SEC view. My point is that you looked at this and drew the worst conclusion you could. Figures don't lie, but liars figure.

 

And they went 8-2.

 

Big 10 had a much tougher haul, but only went 5-4. Also impressive, I'd say. Maybe just as much as the SEC.

[GOAT]

Did you start a thread about how the SEC West did in bowl games last year?

 

Not sure why you want to focus primarily on the SEC West... that's the equivalent of me focusing only on the B1G West. Say what you want, but 7 of the past 9 years the national championship has been won by an SEC school (and no, it hasn't just been Bama, either... 4 different SEC schools have won during that span). Bama will likely make it 8 of 10 this year. But you're right, it's not impressive; it's all just a big conspiracy.

[Moiraine]

They set a record, but that was bound to happen very soon and will probably be broken again soon. When a conference adds more teams, the chances of the conference getting more bowl games and winning more bowl games increases. A better stat is proportion of bowl games won.