Conference Talent

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FatHobbit
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Aug 26, 2010 9:50am
Are we really arguing about grammar on the internets? lol
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vball10set
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Aug 26, 2010 9:52am
it's all good--if it makes someone feel good about themselves,then so be it.

all I know is that I can't wait for the season to begin,and then the fun will really start!!!

(and look,NO capital letters,NO spaces after punctuation marks,and a double hyphen thrown in for fun--in PARENTHESES no less!!!)
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karen lotz
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Aug 26, 2010 10:42am
the plural of parenthesis is PARENTHESES FYI








:)
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vball10set
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Aug 26, 2010 10:45am
^^^ LOL--touche'
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Aug 26, 2010 10:52am
I'm curious to see jmog's numbers after final NFL roster cuts. LSU is a surprise at the top of the list.
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Aug 26, 2010 12:54pm
se-alum;461321 wrote:It helps that the SEC is able to oversign.

This!
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Aug 26, 2010 12:55pm
se-alum;461321 wrote:It helps that the SEC is able to oversign.

This!
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jmog
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Aug 26, 2010 1:26pm
Speedofsand;462411 wrote:I'm curious to see jmog's numbers after final NFL roster cuts. LSU is a surprise at the top of the list.

The website I used was NFL.com I believe, so I'm sure it will update by game 1/53 man rosters. Maybe I'll run them again at that time if I remember.
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cats gone wild
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Aug 26, 2010 1:54pm
Im actually stunned that LSU is on top also. I see that # dwindling in the next few years. LSU has high recruiting classes every year, but they arent getting used properly.
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Aug 26, 2010 4:16pm
jmog;462570 wrote:The website I used was NFL.com I believe, so I'm sure it will update by game 1/53 man rosters. Maybe I'll run them again at that time if I remember.


Thanks, I found this. I might have time Sunday the 5th
August 31 — Rosters cut down to 75 player maximums.

September 4 — Rosters cut down to 53 player maximums.
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TheMightyGators
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Aug 27, 2010 7:16am
Once they cut the NFL rosters to 53, I'm pretty sure you'll still see the SEC leading the way.
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jmog
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Aug 27, 2010 10:12am
TheMightyGators;463307 wrote:Once they cut the NFL rosters to 53, I'm pretty sure you'll still see the SEC leading the way.

Well yeah, right now there are about 386 NFL players from the SEC and 333 from the B10 (12 vs 11 teams and the difference in average).

The SEC would have to have 23+ players cut MORE than the B10 to drop below the B10 in average. It doesn't take a math genius to figure out that the "2" advantage in average is pretty significant.
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Aug 27, 2010 12:25pm
Pretty sad that the SEC is still dubbed the best conference in college football. Outside of Florida, Bama, and LSU, all the other teams are mediocre at best. Sounds to me like its very similar to I don't know, the Big Ten? The Big Ten has Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, and Iowa. That doesn't even count a depleted Michigan squad who's usually very good, another random team popping up from under the radar(example: Illinois), and adding one of the all-time great programs in college football history, Nebraska. All this and the Big Ten still blows every conference out of the water in academics(sans Ivy League), and they actually play by the rules instead of trying to hoodwink the system with shady coaches and their tactics.

It must be nice in the SEC, play 4 powder puff cake schools outside of conference(all in the south), and win 2 of your conference games against any of their bottom feeders(Vandy, Ole Miss, Miss St, Arkansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Auburn, or Kentucky), and BAAM you're bowl eligible with the easiest bowl schedule in college football(most played in the south as well). What other conference gets to play Utah and Hawaii for a BCS bowl game?

And even with all the edges handed to the SEC, they STILL have a losing record overall against the Big Ten all-time, and are 14-15 against the Big Ten in the past decade. What a joke. I'd love to see an SEC school have a home and home with Ohio State, because we all know at worst OSU would be 1-1, because there's no way in hell they are losing in the shoe, and you can take that to the bank.
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cats gone wild
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Aug 27, 2010 2:47pm
Sleeper wrote his longest post ever........and its still stupid.
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Aug 27, 2010 3:04pm
cats gone wild;463664 wrote:Sleeper wrote his longest post ever........and its still stupid.

14-15 against the Big Ten over the past decade...

Which conference is better? LOL
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Aug 27, 2010 3:23pm
sleeper;463524 wrote:I'd love to see an SEC school have a home and home with Ohio State, because we all know at worst OSU would be 1-1, because there's no way in hell they are losing in the shoe, and you can take that to the bank.

Sleeper -

I loved your post, but this part I have to frown at.

Signed,

Texas & USC
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cats gone wild
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Aug 27, 2010 3:49pm
sleeper;463686 wrote:14-15 against the Big Ten over the past decade...

Which conference is better? LOL
Your big post was wayyyyy off. And btw, back up this ^^ post with facts.
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Aug 27, 2010 4:32pm
1998 Citrus Bowl - Michigan vs. Florida
1998 Outback Bowl - Penn State vs. Kentucky
1999 Citrus Bowl - Michigan State vs. Florida
1999 Orange Bowl - Michigan vs. Alabama
1999 Outback Bowl - Purdue vs. Georgia
2000 Citrus Bowl - Michigan vs. Auburn
2001 Citrus Bowl - Michigan vs. Tennessee
2001 Sugar Bowl - Illinois vs. LSU
2002 Outback Bowl - Michigan vs. Florida
2002 Capital One Bowl - Penn State vs. Auburn
2002 Music City Bowl - Minnesota vs. Arkansas
2003 Music City Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Auburn
2003 Outback Bowl - Iowa vs. Florida
2003 Capital One Bowl - Purdue vs.Georgia
2004 Outback Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Georgia
2004 Capital One Bowl - Iowa vs. LSU
2004 Music City Bowl - Minnesota vs. Alabama
2005 Capital One Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Auburn
2005 Outback Bowl - Iowa vs. Florida
2006 Outback Bowl - Penn State vs. Tennessee
2006 Capital One Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Arkansas
2007 Capital One Bowl - Michigan vs. Florida
2007 Outback Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Tennessee
2008 Capital One Bowl - Michigan State vs. Georgia
2008 Outback Bowl - Iowa vs. South Carolina
2009 Capital One Bowl - Penn State vs. LSU
2009 Outback Bowl - Northwestern vs. Auburn

16-11 since the BCS began.

*Winners in bold, year of season, not year bowl played.

Go ahead and spin away SEC fans, 2nd best to the Big Ten LOL
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TheMightyGators
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Aug 27, 2010 9:04pm
sleeper;463524 wrote: What other conference gets to play Utah and Hawaii for a BCS bowl game?
Fortunately, the SEC gets to play OSU on occasion. 9-0 or 0-9 for you.
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Aug 27, 2010 11:15pm
I will add some food for thought on the statistics for number of players in the NFL.

Half the Big East (Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida, and UConn) weren't in the BCS until a few years ago. They weren't able to get a whole lot of NFL caliber talent because UConn was DIaa, and Cincy, USF and UL were in inferior conferences. I guarantee that if you wait 3 or 4 years the number of NFL players per team in the Big East will be up around the other BCS conference numbers. In 2009 The Big East had the most players drafted into the league per team than any other conference if memory serves correct.

I will agree though that we should wait til the 53 man roster is made to determine which conferences are doing the most with their talent.
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Aug 28, 2010 9:51am
sleeper;463686 wrote:14-15 against the Big Ten over the past decade...

Which conference is better? LOL

Probably the conference with 5 times as many national championships in that time?
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cats gone wild
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Aug 28, 2010 12:33pm
I noticed sleeper went to sleep after I asked him to prove his incorrect statement.
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Aug 29, 2010 10:33pm
He also called Auburn and Tennessee "bottom feeders" of the SEC when AU had an undefeated season this decade, and TN has a NC in the last 15 years... Plus, didn't south carolina beat OSU two years in a row?
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Sep 2, 2010 9:13am
cats gone wild;463728 wrote:Your big post was wayyyyy off. And btw, back up this ^^ post with facts.

Actually it's my fault, the Big Ten is 16-15 over the past decade against the SEC. Post it with facts? Try Google. LOL
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Sep 2, 2010 9:15am
Rotinaj;464344 wrote:Probably the conference with 5 times as many national championships in that time?

The Big Ten has 38 National Championships, the SEC only has a measly 36. And that's with more teams LOL

Let me know when the SEC gets on the Big Ten's level, because as of right now they are fighting with the depleted Big 12 for 2nd best.