ytownfootball wrote:

enigmaax wrote:

ytownfootball wrote: Not addressing Miami specifically, just pointing out that were weather and cold temps not an issue then it wouldn't have been pointed out by announcing crews and cameramen that the Miami players were acting like they were playing a game located in the arctic circle rather than 48 degrees in Florida.

The cold probably is an issue for teams who aren't used to it. The point is that warm weather is NOT an advantage for anyone. I can't count the number of times I've read posts that crutch on the fact that a bowl game was played in a warm weather locale as some kind of mitigating factor to an outcome. It isn't....at all. Northern teams don't recruit fat slow players so that they can play in the snow. They recruit the best players they can and sometimes they win, sometimes they lose, just like everyone else.

That mitigating factor you speak of generally has to do with the fact that those warmer temperature means the game is being played in the SEC's backyard--a home game--and not relevent to the heat being a factor. Obviously not always the case but that's seems to be the general concensus.

You bring up the fact that the Big10 recruits fat, slow players. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that the Big10 in general recruits these type players, not to play in the snow agreed, but to compete in the league they're in. Wisconsin, Iowa, Penn State, Sparty OSU...all huge lines that you must match up size wise not only to compete but in order to make it through the schedule healthy. Going up against that takes atoll on the bodies week in week out certainly. The 'smaller' teams get brutalized in the Big10, there are other issue with Michigan, but their smaller lineup got beat like a drum the last several seasons in the Big10, they used to be one of the big horses in the league. Now with a smaller line-up they're the doormat.

Then comes the bowl game where a smaller, quicker lines of the SEC's and some other come in. They can manage to hang for a game with the bigs as they haven't had the snot knocked out them all season. They don't always win, but they've had their runs. I have a hard time saying one is better than the other because they each do what they do to compete against their respective leauges, most of the time recently the SEC has had the advantage, but I can't say it's a clear advantage based on what I've outlined.

TheMightyGators wrote:

ytownfootball wrote:

enigmaax wrote:

ytownfootball wrote: Not addressing Miami specifically, just pointing out that were weather and cold temps not an issue then it wouldn't have been pointed out by announcing crews and cameramen that the Miami players were acting like they were playing a game located in the arctic circle rather than 48 degrees in Florida.

The cold probably is an issue for teams who aren't used to it. The point is that warm weather is NOT an advantage for anyone. I can't count the number of times I've read posts that crutch on the fact that a bowl game was played in a warm weather locale as some kind of mitigating factor to an outcome. It isn't....at all. Northern teams don't recruit fat slow players so that they can play in the snow. They recruit the best players they can and sometimes they win, sometimes they lose, just like everyone else.

That mitigating factor you speak of generally has to do with the fact that those warmer temperature means the game is being played in the SEC's backyard--a home game--and not relevent to the heat being a factor. Obviously not always the case but that's seems to be the general concensus.

You bring up the fact that the Big10 recruits fat, slow players. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that the Big10 in general recruits these type players, not to play in the snow agreed, but to compete in the league they're in. Wisconsin, Iowa, Penn State, Sparty OSU...all huge lines that you must match up size wise not only to compete but in order to make it through the schedule healthy. Going up against that takes atoll on the bodies week in week out certainly. The 'smaller' teams get brutalized in the Big10, there are other issue with Michigan, but their smaller lineup got beat like a drum the last several seasons in the Big10, they used to be one of the big horses in the league. Now with a smaller line-up they're the doormat.

Then comes the bowl game where a smaller, quicker lines of the SEC's and some other come in. They can manage to hang for a game with the bigs as they haven't had the snot knocked out them all season. They don't always win, but they've had their runs. I have a hard time saying one is better than the other because they each do what they do to compete against their respective leauges, most of the time recently the SEC has had the advantage, but I can't say it's a clear advantage based on what I've outlined.

What a complete moronic post. First of all there is no such thing as a home game in bowl games, unless you are playing in your own stadium, or own city. I'm pretty sure LSU isn't exactly near Orlando, and Auburn isn't right next door to Tampa. Get a clue.
Second of all the Big10 is recruiting the same players any other major conference is recruiting. The lines in the Big10 aren't any bigger than the lines in the SEC, and they certainly aren't any more physical. Get a clue.

ytownfootball wrote:

TheMightyGators wrote:

ytownfootball wrote:

enigmaax wrote:

ytownfootball wrote: Not addressing Miami specifically, just pointing out that were weather and cold temps not an issue then it wouldn't have been pointed out by announcing crews and cameramen that the Miami players were acting like they were playing a game located in the arctic circle rather than 48 degrees in Florida.

The cold probably is an issue for teams who aren't used to it. The point is that warm weather is NOT an advantage for anyone. I can't count the number of times I've read posts that crutch on the fact that a bowl game was played in a warm weather locale as some kind of mitigating factor to an outcome. It isn't....at all. Northern teams don't recruit fat slow players so that they can play in the snow. They recruit the best players they can and sometimes they win, sometimes they lose, just like everyone else.

That mitigating factor you speak of generally has to do with the fact that those warmer temperature means the game is being played in the SEC's backyard--a home game--and not relevent to the heat being a factor. Obviously not always the case but that's seems to be the general concensus.

You bring up the fact that the Big10 recruits fat, slow players. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that the Big10 in general recruits these type players, not to play in the snow agreed, but to compete in the league they're in. Wisconsin, Iowa, Penn State, Sparty OSU...all huge lines that you must match up size wise not only to compete but in order to make it through the schedule healthy. Going up against that takes atoll on the bodies week in week out certainly. The 'smaller' teams get brutalized in the Big10, there are other issue with Michigan, but their smaller lineup got beat like a drum the last several seasons in the Big10, they used to be one of the big horses in the league. Now with a smaller line-up they're the doormat.

Then comes the bowl game where a smaller, quicker lines of the SEC's and some other come in. They can manage to hang for a game with the bigs as they haven't had the snot knocked out them all season. They don't always win, but they've had their runs. I have a hard time saying one is better than the other because they each do what they do to compete against their respective leauges, most of the time recently the SEC has had the advantage, but I can't say it's a clear advantage based on what I've outlined.

What a complete moronic post. First of all there is no such thing as a home game in bowl games, unless you are playing in your own stadium, or own city. I'm pretty sure LSU isn't exactly near Orlando, and Auburn isn't right next door to Tampa. Get a clue.
Second of all the Big10 is recruiting the same players any other major conference is recruiting. The lines in the Big10 aren't any bigger than the lines in the SEC, and they certainly aren't any more physical. Get a clue.

Seriously? The only thing you can make comment on is a statement that more or less states the obvious? That being what most fans see/think outside the SEC?

You obviously lack the the capacity to discuss anything rationally.

Enjoy your power house OOC game against Florida State.

That mitigating factor you speak of generally has to do with the fact that those warmer temperature means the game is being played in the SEC's backyard--a home game--and not relevent to the heat being a factor. Obviously not always the case but that's seems to be the general concensus.