It's hard to argue with 7 straight BCS National Championships, especially when on so many occasions the eventual national champ from the SEC does it so convincingly (i.e. Alabama over Notre Dame). However, we've all heard the arguments. "Why did that 1-loss SEC team get in over my 1-loss team from (insert conference here)?!?" Thought???
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Re: Is the SEC really that dominant or overrated???
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Re: Is the SEC really that dominant or overrated???
Don't see how anyone can argue this. I am no fan of any SEC teams or the conference in general. Other teams need to start scheduling games vs SEC teams and show that they can play with them. A lost early in the seasons can still be made up at the end.
Not to side track your post, but I am more interested in what the next power conference will be. The SEC was extremely competitive within itself during the 90's which lead to its dominance today. We might see the same trend in the ACC.Comment
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This thread comes up once a year at the least. Even as a fan of the conference in question, I'm tired of reading and talking about it.
No offense OP, but we don't need it again.Comment
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Re: Is the SEC really that dominant or overrated???
I'll just say this...no I won't.Comment
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I missed the conversations from the other years, so, I'll bite...
I'm an Ohio State fan (insert joke here) and I'll tell you the SEC is so far and above the Big 10 its not even funny... Sure there are team's from every conference that are on that "sec level" and Ohio State might be one of them, but they are few and far between...
The SEC has 5 legit BCS Title Contenders every year... Its a scary good conference.Comment
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The SEC is the best but not by far. It is usually 4 to 5 elite teams and then cellar dwellers.Comment
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See this is where I disagree. As a whole conference, the SEC is as solid as you can get top to bottom. You know why the bottom 3-4 teams look so bad??? Because they're playing the top 9-10 teams every week. I challenge anyone to take the final standings of any conference & look at the match-ups between the two. Who would win #1 vs. #1, #2 vs. #2, #3 vs. #3....#14 vs. #14. I think you would struggle to find any conference that could win more than 2-3 match-ups. You can't ask is the #12 team in the SEC better than the #4 team in the ACC, you have to ask is the #12 team in the SEC better than the #12 team in the ACC, Big Ten, etc.Comment
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Judging by this post, I don't think you know me or what a real troll is. I wasn't trying to draw a negative reaction out of you, just trying to make the point that a lot of the insightful regulars in this forum are burnt out on this particular discussion.
Please, by all means carry on.Comment
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The problem with that is that SEC teams have to be willing to play you and most are not. UF hasn't left Florida since 1990.
Is it the top conference, sure, but not that big of a league. The top teams are better, but the mid/bottom teams are just like all the other power conferences. They just get inflated rankings because they play the top teams.
The top teams also get inflated rankings because they played each other.
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My sec rankings are this:
Bama
Georgia
Florida
LSU
Texas AM
South Carolina
Vandy
Miss St
Arkansas
Auburn
Ole Miss
Tennessee
Mizzou
UK.
My spaces are intentional, to show the difference between the top 5ish and everyone else.Comment
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Re: Is the SEC really that dominant or overrated???
Really? That big of a discrepancy between Aggy and South Carolina? I get that you're a Clemson man, but let's be realistic.Boston Red Sox
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This all depends on how you judge what "best conference" really means.
Does it mean the conference which produces the national champion? If that's the case, then it's clearly the SEC, as they have produced the last 7 national champions.
Does it mean the best conference vs conference record? In which case, the SEC is still the best conference.
Does it mean the best conference top to bottom, where the bottom team of one conference is better than the bottom team of another conference, all the way up to the top teams from each conference? If that's the case, then it isn't clear that the SEC is the best conference.Comment
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