Does the SEC circle jerk finally end today?
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StPaulHusker
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Florida lost to Miami FL. Still has Florida State to play.
Alabama beat Virginia Tech.
Arkansas lost to Rutgers
Auburn beat Washington St
Georgia lost to Clemson. Still has Georgia Tech to play.
Kentucky lost to Louisville.
LSU beat TCU
Missouri beat Indiana
Mississippi St lost to Oklahoma St
Ole Miss beat Texas
South Carolina beat North Carolina. Still has Clemson to play.
Tennessee lost to Oregon
Texas A & M did not/will not play a major conference team.
Vanderbilt plays Wake Forest on Nov 30th
So there are 4 more games for the SEC to play against major conference teams.
I hope this adds to the conversation.
Alabama beat Virginia Tech.
Arkansas lost to Rutgers
Auburn beat Washington St
Georgia lost to Clemson. Still has Georgia Tech to play.
Kentucky lost to Louisville.
LSU beat TCU
Missouri beat Indiana
Mississippi St lost to Oklahoma St
Ole Miss beat Texas
South Carolina beat North Carolina. Still has Clemson to play.
Tennessee lost to Oregon
Texas A & M did not/will not play a major conference team.
Vanderbilt plays Wake Forest on Nov 30th
So there are 4 more games for the SEC to play against major conference teams.
I hope this adds to the conversation.
Landlord
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AgMarauder04
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Still, post season matchups are a better metric than early season games.
AgMarauder04
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Still, the best metric would be to line up the teams in each conference 1-12 (or 14) side by side. Which ones win, which ones lose. That's the best way to really judge how good a conference is. No one is arguing that Kentucky can beat Ohio State.
Some of those aren't good measurements, others are.
Oregon v Tenn? C'mon.
Georgia vs Clemson was good, but Georgia is probably 4-5 this year
FLA vs Miami was a good one. Shows Florida was overrated.
Kentucky is, well, Kentucky.
Arky sucks and Fatty B won't change that
Miss St. is likewise not good.
Some of those aren't good measurements, others are.
Oregon v Tenn? C'mon.
Georgia vs Clemson was good, but Georgia is probably 4-5 this year
FLA vs Miami was a good one. Shows Florida was overrated.
Kentucky is, well, Kentucky.
Arky sucks and Fatty B won't change that
Miss St. is likewise not good.
BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
So, what you are saying is we really have no clue which conference is better because bowl games haven't been played?? So.....SEC shouldn't be being crowned God's gift to football this year yet?
AgMarauder04
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That's a fair assessment, but all polls are subjective. Do any of us know better than the voters? Maybe, maybe not, but that's the system we operate within.
StPaulHusker
Banned
I disagree because anything can happen in the bowl games. Boise State upset Oklahoma. Utah beat Alabama. You can't tell me that those 2 bowl winners were better overall than the teams they beat. They were better after a month to prepare.
QMany
All-American
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deedsker
All-Conference
SEC vs. BCS
3-3 when both have winning record
4-0 when SEC has winning record & BCS losing
0-2 when SEC has losing record & BCS winning
0-0 when both have losing record
1-0 when SEC has winning record & BCS .500
0-1 when SEC is .500 & BCS has winning record
Looks to me like everything is equal except the SEC has beat more losing record teams from other conferences than the BCS has beat SEC teams.
deedsker
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AgMarauder04
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BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
Let me ask this.
Why is Missouri ranked #5? I will give you that they are undefeated. However, the only major wins are against two three loss teams. One of those also lost to Vanderbuilt. The only other real tests they will have are this weekend against another 3 loss team and then against aTm and I have no clue how many losses they will have by the end of the year. They just got beat by the #24 team.
So....other than being in the mighty SEC, what is going to hold them up in that high spot? I really don't see any dominant teams on their schedule that they can hang their hat on as a major win.
I thought maybe they had all of a sudden started recruiting well. But, their average recruiting class is ranked 36 over the last 4 years.
Why is Missouri ranked #5? I will give you that they are undefeated. However, the only major wins are against two three loss teams. One of those also lost to Vanderbuilt. The only other real tests they will have are this weekend against another 3 loss team and then against aTm and I have no clue how many losses they will have by the end of the year. They just got beat by the #24 team.
So....other than being in the mighty SEC, what is going to hold them up in that high spot? I really don't see any dominant teams on their schedule that they can hang their hat on as a major win.
I thought maybe they had all of a sudden started recruiting well. But, their average recruiting class is ranked 36 over the last 4 years.
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AgMarauder04
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Why are Baylor and Tech also in the Top 10? They have literally played nobody. (Well Tech played TCU, but they suck)
But that being said, undefeateds belong in the Top 10. If you are from a major conference and undefeated at this point, its somewhat legit.
But that being said, undefeateds belong in the Top 10. If you are from a major conference and undefeated at this point, its somewhat legit.