Miss. St. has lost to Georgia Tech and Houston this year. Ten. lost to UCLA Georgia lost to Okl. St. And Vandy lost to Army I count 5 OOC losses
the SEC appears down because there are only 3 good teams. UGA, UT and AU are big programs that are down. but this is similar to last year when for most of the season only UF, bama and UGA looked good. then you add OM at the end.
Yes, you add those and then you need to add the rest of the SEC OOC schedule, which I don't know the results but I think we have a better than 70% winning record, just like against BCS conference teams. I just don't see how they can say we are down. I agree, some of the power houses are down, but the overall strength of the conference is deeper.
Eh, it has been my understanding that the SEC has always had an average OOC record in reg season play. The SEC shines during post season... Or at least LSU does unlike UF and BAMA LOL....
The only reason I could think of for saying the SEC is down this year is because Tennessee, Georgia, and Auburn aren't as great as they usually are. But here at the polls from for this time in Oct for the last 5 years, and SEC is looking strong as always. The conference that is the most down this year is obviously the Big 12. SEC Oct 25, 2009 #1 Florida #2 Bama #9 LSU #21 South Carolina #24 Ole Miss Oct 26, 2008 #2 Bama #5 Florida #8 Georgia #15 LSU Oct 28, 2007 #3 LSU #10 Georgia #17 Alabama #18 Florida #19 Auburn #23 South Carolina #24 Tennessee Oct 29, 2006 #6 Auburn #7 Florida #8 Tennessee #12 Arkansas #13 LSU Oct 23, 2005 #4 Georgia #5 Alabama #7 LSU #16 Florida #19 Auburn #23 Tennessee Big 12 Oct 25, 2009 #3 Texas #14 Oklahoma State #25 Oklahoma Oct 26, 2008 #1 Texas #4 Oklahoma #6 Texas Tech #9 Oklahoma St #14 Missouri Oct 28, 2007 #5 Oklahoma #8 Kansas #9 Missouri #14 Texas Oct 29, 2006 #4 Texas #18 Oklahoma #21 Texas A&M Oct 23, 2005 #2 Texas #17 Texas Tech Big Ten Oct 25, 2009 #7 Iowa #12 Penn State #18 Ohio State Oct 26, 2008 #3 Penn State #13 Ohio State #20 Minnesota #22 Mich State Oct 28, 2007 #1 Ohio State #15 Michigan Oct 29, 2006 #1 Ohio State #2 Michigan #17 Wisconsin Oct 23, 2005 #11 Penn State #12 Ohio State #15 Wisconsin #21 Northwestern #25 Michigan Pac 10 Oct 25, 2009 #4 USC #10 Oregon #23 Arizona Oct 26, 2008 #7 USC #23 Oregon Oct 28, 2007 #4 Oregon #6 Arizona State #13 USC Oct 29, 2006 #9 USC #10 Cal #24 Oregon #25 Wash State Oct 23, 2005 #1 USC #8 UCLA #14 Oregon #24 Cal ACC Oct 25, 2009 #11 GT #14 VT #18 Miami Oct 26, 2008 #16 FSU #21 UNC #25 Maryland Oct 28, 2007 #2 Boston College #11 VT #21 Wake Forest #25 Clemson Oct 29, 2006 #16 Boston College #19 Clemson #20 GT #22 Wake Forest #23 VT Oct 23, 2005 #3 VT #6 Miami #10 FSU #13 Boston College
Yeah, some dude on the CBS site just wrote an article about the SEC being so overrated, etc. I don't really get it. I think the SEC will put a minimum of 9 teams in bowls this year and I think they have a pretty good chance of getting 10 teams in. That's a lot. Now, they'll be some 6-6 teams going, but I don't make the rules. I think only teams with winning records should go, but that's me. I think if LSU finishes strong then it will seem like a dominant year in the SEC. You would likely have three teams with 10+ wins and 6-7 other bowl teams. And with the three top teams, there's a good chance that one of them will play for the BCS title. Relative to other conferences, the SEC is doing very well and looks like the best again. Who else is that close? I don't know where all this BS is coming from. One week all these guys are drooling over Bama claiming that they have without a doubt been the best team in the nation...fast forward after a scare against Tennessee and they're saying that Bama is not near as good as once thought to be. Theses guys don't know anything just like anyone else. The SEC is hard no matter how good you are and there are many big rivalries within the conference. All the pundits usually do is praise teams with big offenses. They ignore the fact that the SEC is looking like it has a number of really good defenses (Ole Miss' scoring defense is actually ahead of LSU's by .3). That's 1/3 of the conference's teams giving up less that 14 each game. I was watching some dude on ESPN U yesterday (some black dude that used to play in the MEAC - didn't catch his name) talking about JJ. He says, I don't really care about big games you have against "cupcakes like Auburn..." Then he said something about playing that way against the big teams. Auburn may not be in usual form this year, but Auburn isn't a cupcake. Tulane is a cupcake. Akron is a cupcake. Washington State is a cupcake. A team that was 5-2 going into the LSU game with a win over now #20 West Virginia is not a cupcake (even less so when you consider our rivalry). Also, I know Tennessee isn't great this year, but they are really good defensively and not exactly easy to beat. Auburn put up 450+ yards on that D at Tennessee. They'll likely be going bowling too. They're not great, but they're not terrible either (although they never really seemed in it against LSU). Some of these guys like to shoot down teams in the SEC just to make the other conferences look stronger. The SEC's results aren't lies though.
considering the way cowherd (who i usually like) was blowing usc and petey today, i guess the mad dash to "justify" is on. :rolleye33:
Thats just it, they are trying to sell the crap out of other conferences, Pac-10, to justify why they should get in instead of a 1 loss SEC team. They are on pump patrol now, so that even if a team like LSU, runs the table and wins the SECCG that there are other teams that are more deserving. Teams like Iowa, TCU, and USC. I ain't buying it. If a 1 loss team comes out of the SEC with an SECC then they are better than anyone ahead of them even with a perfect season, with the exception of Texas.
