Does the SEC circle jerk finally end today?

[Ratt Mhule]

Bama - Their schedule is equally as weak as ours. Difference is, they take care of business. They'll be tested in a couple weeks when they play LSU, but there's no reason for them not to run the table in dominating fashion. Because face it, aside from the Crimson Tide, the SEC is full of flawed teams this year. I look forward to watching either Winston or Mariota torch them in the title game, because we've seen the past 2 years what happens when Bama actually plays a team with a quality offense and a good QB (A&M), unlike the undisciplined thrown-together style of offenses that most SEC teams put onto the field.

The thing is, with more than a month to prepare for the title game for both teams, Satan is the best in the business. If it was only a week between SEC CG and MNC, Id give the edge to either of those two teams. But with more than a month, Ill take Satan over anyone.

 

[huKSer]

To answer the thread title: No (emphatically).

Ever since Urban Meyer guided Florida to a BCS national championship in 2006 and an SEC team won every BCS title since, we've wondered what it would take to finally end the SEC's dominance.
NCAA sanctions?

Alabama coach Nick Saban returning to the NFL?

Meyer using an SEC blueprint to build a championship team at Ohio State?

Well, if we've learned anything over the past two weeks, it's that the SEC might end up beating itself.

Over the past two weeks, five ranked SEC teams lost to lesser-ranked or unranked opponents. On Saturday alone, unranked Vanderbilt upset No. 15 Georgia 31-27, unranked Tennessee knocked off No. 11 South Carolina 23-21, No. 24 Auburn outlasted No. 7 Texas A&M 45-41 and unranked Ole Miss stunned No. 6 LSU 27-24.

As a result, with seven weeks left in the regular season, the SEC suddenly looks a lot like the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12, with all of its eggs sitting in one or two baskets. When the initial BCS standings were released Sunday night, only two SEC teams -- No. 1 Alabama and No. 5 Missouri -- were ranked in the top 10. It's the first time since 2006, when the SEC's record streak of consecutive national titles began, that at least three of its teams weren't included in the top 10 of the initial BCS standings.

The SEC is its own worst enemy.

ESPN Article (if you can stomach it)

The comments on that article are just a bunch of SEC fans making the "our team had injuries" excuse. So does Nebraska get a pass for Martinez not being 100% for the UCLA game? If we have a 100% running threat Martinez, the game possibly turns out differently, but were not in the SEC, so our injury excuse doesn't hold much weight...

Or if our coaches put in a healthy TA or III, what woulda coulda happen - the best thing about Bo is that he is loyal, the worst thing about Bo is that he is loyal

 

[huKSer]

Mizzou - I keep thinking they are bound to get exposed one of these weeks. I'll give them credit though. They've competed well so far this year. But them again, they are still Mizzou, destined to disappoint.

KC radio guy - "If Missouri beats South Carolina (the third team with major injury issues, my addition) THEN I will talk about them in the national championship game"

Last year they were not that bad considering all of the injuries MU suffered last year, this year they are not that good considering all fo the injuries MU opponents suffered this year.

 

[Count 'Bility]

@KirkHerbstreit:

Didn't he go to a B1G school?

Yes, but, who pays his salary? He really got no say.

 

[deedsker]

The SEC is 2-1 vs. the Big12, 1-0 vs. the B1G, 1-1 vs. the PAC12, 2-2 vs. the AAC, and 2-2 vs. the ACC for a grand total of 8-6 vs. BCS automatic qualifying conferences. Domination I tell you.

 

[AgMarauder04]

The SEC is 2-1 vs. the Big12, 1-0 vs. the B1G, 1-1 vs. the PAC12, 2-2 vs. the AAC, and 2-2 vs. the ACC for a grand total of 8-6 vs. BCS automatic qualifying conferences. Domination I tell you.

And at the end of the season, when bowls roll around, we can revisit this stat. Yes, at this point, it's not exactly overwhelming.

 

[SandhillshuskerW]

The SEC is 2-1 vs. the Big12, 1-0 vs. the B1G, 1-1 vs. the PAC12, 2-2 vs. the AAC, and 2-2 vs. the ACC for a grand total of 8-6 vs. BCS automatic qualifying conferences. Domination I tell you.

And at the end of the season, when bowls roll around, we can revisit this stat. Yes, at this point, it's not exactly overwhelming.

There's nothing to revisit on this stat IMO. You would like to think that all teams are playing hard to win their bowl game, but it's just not true. These stats are what they are right now. The SEC is not the juggernaut that ESPN likes to portray them, plain and simple. I still feel that they are the best conference right now, but they are not as far ahead of everyone else that ESPN likes to report every single day.

 

[QMany]

The SEC is 2-1 vs. the Big12, 1-0 vs. the B1G, 1-1 vs. the PAC12, 2-2 vs. the AAC, and 2-2 vs. the ACC for a grand total of 8-6 vs. BCS automatic qualifying conferences. Domination I tell you.

And at the end of the season, when bowls roll around, we can revisit this stat. Yes, at this point, it's not exactly overwhelming.

These bowls you speak of, where are they?

 

[AgMarauder04]

I'm sorry, QMany, but I fail to see what you are asking? Do you mean WHERE in the country?

 

[Landlord]

I'm sorry, QMany, but I fail to see what you are asking? Do you mean WHERE in the country?

I'm guessing he's referring to how many of the bowl games are in the south and advantageous for schools down there.

 

[QMany]

I'm sorry, QMany, but I fail to see what you are asking? Do you mean WHERE in the country?

I'm guessing he's referring to how many of the bowl games are in the south and advantageous for schools down there.

Sorry, I should have spelled it out in crayon for our SEC friends.

 

[tschu]

The SEC is 2-1 vs. the Big12, 1-0 vs. the B1G, 1-1 vs. the PAC12, 2-2 vs. the AAC, and 2-2 vs. the ACC for a grand total of 8-6 vs. BCS automatic qualifying conferences. Domination I tell you.

without listing which teams played which, stuff like this is meaningless

hell, given the sample size of 14 games it's relatively meaningless anyway

 

[tschu]

Vegas Power Rankings

1. Alabama

2. Florida State

3. Oregon

4. Baylor

5. Stanford

6. LSU

7. South Carolina

8. Wisconsin

9. Texas A&M

10. Ohio State

^^^ Only thing I find surprising about those rankings is how high Baylor is, given their one half-competitive game they played they barely beat a bad KSU team

 

[AgMarauder04]

I'm sorry, QMany, but I fail to see what you are asking? Do you mean WHERE in the country?

I'm guessing he's referring to how many of the bowl games are in the south and advantageous for schools down there.

Sorry, I should have spelled it out in crayon for our SEC friends.

Was that comment really necessary? Did you just call me a child intellectually? I just want to make sure you went ahead and insulted me during a generally friendly debate.

"Classy fanbase" indeed.

 

[deedsker]

The SEC is 2-1 vs. the Big12, 1-0 vs. the B1G, 1-1 vs. the PAC12, 2-2 vs. the AAC, and 2-2 vs. the ACC for a grand total of 8-6 vs. BCS automatic qualifying conferences. Domination I tell you.

without listing which teams played which, stuff like this is meaningless

hell, given the sample size of 14 games it's relatively meaningless anyway

14 games is a season or more for any given team. It is what we have to base this year on and it shows no dominance.

Any given day anybody can beat anyone else, but what we do have for this year shows no SEC dominance.