You are right in that tOSU outclasses the rest of the league and I do think it hurts them in that they don't get them tough games that build a teams backbone. In 2002 when we had a score of nailbiters them were very battle tested by time they played Miami in the NC game and it showed in how they handled the pressure. In our one loss this year Illinois rattled Boechman and he threw 3 picks.....that speaks for itself.
Big11Ten doesn't look so bad after all. Especially considering half or more of the athletes from the SEC could not accademically compete in the Big Ten. There are twenty-some public schools given the accredidation as public ivy league for tying in higher standards for athletes in accademics The Big11Ten is the ONLY conference that all ten public schools have qualified for that honor. Only Northwestern, as a private does not qualify, yet has the highest standards of all. I think Florida and Georgia are the only two SEC schools that qualify.
well when quiz bowl attracts 100k each weekend let us know. til then lets not even pretend its relevant to justify crappy football. we have tulane for that.
Is there a tangible way to sort the 250 by conference? I'm not counting them all by hand :grin: I went back 5 years to the 03 class. SEC vs b10 13 vs 4 ***** - 5 star verbals 65 vs 36 **** - 4 star verbals Another large factor, somehow SEC schools manage to sign 3-5 more kids per year than in the B10. Perhaps SEC speed also fasttracks attrition, but this disparity has always baffled me. Where are all of them going? recruiting class team 03 04 05 06 07 - total verbals across that span lsu 28 28 13 25 26 - 120 uf 26 23 18 27 27 - 121 uga 25 21 19 28 23 - 116 ten 22 24 27 22 32 - 127 aub 26 27 21 25 30 - 129 usc 29 28 28 24 31 - 140 ala 17 27 32 23 25 - 124 mis 28 24 27 30 22 - 131 osu 16 25 18 20 15 - 94 (I think UM was about 100) OSU only has 15 schollies for the '08 class before pro departures or transfers. It will likely take OSU 7 years to catch up to the # of players brought in over 5 years by the above schools.
We'll give you Notre Dame. They are located in same geographic area. They also play the same type of football as Big Ten does. Slow.:hihi:
The SEC had five of its schools with 30-or-more-players on NFL rosters, the ACC has two, the Big 10 has 1. Players on 2007 NFL opening day active rosters Miami 46 Ohio State 44 Florida State 41 Tennessee 36 Georgia 35 LSU 33 Auburn 32 Florida 31
This is a pretty funny thread. We should just go with the "what have you done for me lately" analysis. Who cares what has happened in the DISTANT past? in the not so distant past, you got your asses kicked by the Jorts (that would be the FU Gators). :lol: 'Nuff said, see you in Nu Wahlins, bra!
Conference record in all BCS games SEC – 10-4 Pac 10 – 7-4 Big East - 5-4 Big 10 – 7-7 Big XII – 5-7 ACC – 1-8 Conference record in National Championship games SEC – 3-0 (3 teams- UT,LSU, and UF) Big 10 – 1-1 (1 team- OSU) Pac 10 – 1-1 (1 team- USC) Big XII - 2-3 (2 teams- OU and Texas) ACC – 1-2 ( 1 team- FSU) Big East - 1-2 (1 team- Miami) How can anyone look at those records and still have doubts as to which conference in the best. If you define success by wins and losses in the games that matter most, the SEC blows everyone else away. 10-4 in The BCS since the beginning is just unbelievable. Furthermore 3 of the 4 SEC losses came before 2001. The SEC is 8-1 in BCS bowls since 2001. Domination at its finest . BTW, anyone else surprised at how horrible the ACC has done? 1-8, 7 straight losses, and no wins in this millenium. Neither the ACC nor the Big east have ever had an at large bid.
those are the stats i wanted though i had no idea where each conference fell. Obviously the most relevant bowls where teams are very motivated to be there unlike most of the other 100 weedeater bowls nowadays. Much more representative imo.
