Memphis is in that conference...correct?Azubuike24;1688902 wrote:AAC. UCF and Cincinnati are playing hapless ACC opponents. If they split ECU/Florida and Houston/Pittsburgh, they go 4-1. I could see them going 5-0, although I think Florida handles ECU.
Man, can't wait to hear you cry about the SEC all bowl season.sleeper;1688954 wrote:SEC. Most of their teams have easy matchups.
What's there to cry about? They only got 1 team in the CFP and they are up against a team that will absolutely shred their overrated defense. Alabama hasn't played a defense half as good as Joey Bosa's left pinkie toe; he will have 7 sacks in the first half alone and they will have to institute a rule where OSU can only rush 2 to protect the entire Alabama OL from having concussions. Did you watch the Wisconsin game? That D-line is better than half the NFL teams today and no way in hell is Alabama going to move the ball a fucking inch.Rotinaj;1688993 wrote:Man, can't wait to hear you cry about the SEC all bowl season.
Miami (ACC 10th) vs South Carolina (SEC 11th)sleeper;1688954 wrote:SEC. Most of their teams have easy matchups.
You forgot to mention OSU vs Alabama. : thumbup:Azubuike24;1689135 wrote:Miami (ACC 10th) vs South Carolina (SEC 11th)
West Virginia (Big 12 6th) vs Texas A&M (SEC 8th)
Texas (Big 12 5th) vs Arkansas (SEC 12th)
Notre Dame vs LSU (SEC 7th)
Louisville (ACC 4th) vs Georgia (SEC 4th)
TCU (Big 12 1st) vs Ole Miss (SEC 5th)
Georgia Tech (ACC 2nd) vs Mississippi State (SEC 3rd)
Wisconsin (Big 10 2nd) vs Auburn (SEC 6th)
Minnesota (Big 10 4th) vs Missouri (SEC 2nd)
Iowa (Big 10 6th) vs Tennessee (SEC 10th)
East Carolina (AAC 4th) vs Florida (SEC 9th)
Tons of easy games, yeah.
He only listed the easy matchups; Alabama doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell of coming within 3 TDs of Ohio State.believer;1689167 wrote:You forgot to mention OSU vs Alabama. : thumbup:
You also forgot to mention the SEC plays 90% of its bowl games within a stones throw from their home stadium.Azubuike24;1689533 wrote:C'mon. I didn't mention OSU/ALA because it's obviously the conference champ vs conference champ. It's neutral to the argument.
Point was, in 9 of 11 games, the SEC is playing teams who finished higher in their leagues. This has basically been the case every year in the last decade.
The SEC is 57-26 in bowl games over the last decade, and that includes an Alabama vs LSU title game where clearly one is going to get a loss to another.
The SEC also had 18 BCS teams in those 10 seasons, meaning every bowl season but two, they are playing "above the seeding" in their bowl tie-ins. Many of those tie-ins already match lower-seeded SEC schools against higher-finishing schools from other leagues.
Lets see the records for other conferences.
Does that explain Tennessee's win over Florida State for the title in Tempe, AZ? How about Florida's win for the title over Ohio State in Phoenix, AZ? What about Auburn's title win over Oregon in Phoenix, AZ or Alabama's title win over Texas in Pasadena, CA?sleeper;1689743 wrote:You also forgot to mention the SEC plays 90% of its bowl games within a stones throw from their home stadium.
Get outta here with the truth. Sleeper can't handle the truth.Azubuike24;1689784 wrote:Does that explain Tennessee's win over Florida State for the title in Tempe, AZ? How about Florida's win for the title over Ohio State in Phoenix, AZ? What about Auburn's title win over Oregon in Phoenix, AZ or Alabama's title win over Texas in Pasadena, CA?
You then have 75% of the SEC bowl tie-ins with either the Big 12 or the ACC, and all are in the south or southeast, which is pretty much neutral to both conferences.
The only geographical advantages are usually the SEC vs Big Ten games in Florida (Outback, Citrus, Gator (ACC or Big Ten)). Even the Music City Bowl in Nashville vs a Big Ten/ACC is usually just as close for those schools.
Again, none of these bowls games are being played in B1G country. The SEC continues to have all the advantages it needs to be even be considered a relevant conference. When the SEC wants to stop oversigning, raise academic standards to something above a community college, self report violations, and play by the rules of other conferences than we can start the discussion that the SEC is something more than an average conference with big media influences.Azubuike24;1689784 wrote:Does that explain Tennessee's win over Florida State for the title in Tempe, AZ? How about Florida's win for the title over Ohio State in Phoenix, AZ? What about Auburn's title win over Oregon in Phoenix, AZ or Alabama's title win over Texas in Pasadena, CA?
You then have 75% of the SEC bowl tie-ins with either the Big 12 or the ACC, and all are in the south or southeast, which is pretty much neutral to both conferences.
The only geographical advantages are usually the SEC vs Big Ten games in Florida (Outback, Citrus, Gator (ACC or Big Ten)). Even the Music City Bowl in Nashville vs a Big Ten/ACC is usually just as close for those schools.
