slide22 wrote:

thedynasty1998 wrote: Yea since it's so cold up north when these games are played.

I don't think its the cold.. but the fact that SEC teams do not travel hardly at all to play. Most of their OOC games are in the Southeast. They need to grow a pair and travel to the west coast, midwest, and northeast.

goosebumps wrote: I'm not a ND hater, but Every game they play is a non-conference game lol. They were bound to pop up on the list a few times

Azubuike24 wrote: All my point addressed is those people who claim the SEC only plays Sun Belt and FCS opponents OOC. It's not true. That's all. Where they are played wasn't part of my point.

Why travel when you can get the top teams from other leagues to come to your backyard?

Why play OOC outside your region when you know you have the inside track on a BCS national title game if you end the season with 1-loss or unbeaten?

The SEC has a distinct advantage in many areas (better coaching, better recruiting), but they also have a current system that benefits them and will always give them the benefit of the doubt over a team with a similar resume from another conference.

Why would ANY SEC team not go with the flow?

Little Danny wrote: I disagree FatHobbit. I think Boise plays an exciting brand of football. Ditto for Virgina Tech who always plays lights out special teams and solid defense and have an electrifying QB. Conversely, I think PSU is about as exciting to watch as watching paint dry. Alabama was not much better, their offense last year was three yards and a cloud of dust for the most part and they really under utilized the next great NFL receiver Julio Jones.

I am guessing you are basing your preference due to name recognition other than entertainment value. It is amazing to me the number of people who think that way.

athlete37 wrote: Horribly written piece

Writerbuckeye wrote:

Azubuike24 wrote: 7 of the 25 games involve SEC teams. They don't play anyone OOC though.

They get zero credit for always having these games at home or as close to home as possible (in SEC territory).

When I see SEC teams doing what OSU does every year, playing a top program in a home & home series where they actually have to travel by plane I'll give them credit.

Most SEC schools don't do this. One exception being Tennessee and another being Arkansas.

Little Danny wrote: I think what NNN is trying to say is that there are more quality BCS teams surrouding the region of the SEC school's than in the northeast or the midwest. For instance,SEC schools frequently schedule ACC teams Florida State, Miami, Clemson, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, all of the Texas schools, etc. Those are quality opponents anyway you slice it. OSU and other teams only have a couple BCS conference schools to schedule from in their region UC, Pitt, WVU, Missouri and Iowa State. In other words, the reason B10 teams travel to play OOC is because they have to for the most part. The SEC does not.

TheMightyGators wrote:

Writerbuckeye wrote:

Azubuike24 wrote: 7 of the 25 games involve SEC teams. They don't play anyone OOC though.

They get zero credit for always having these games at home or as close to home as possible (in SEC territory).

When I see SEC teams doing what OSU does every year, playing a top program in a home & home series where they actually have to travel by plane I'll give them credit.

Most SEC schools don't do this. One exception being Tennessee and another being Arkansas.

Do you know what Big10 schools don't do? Win National Champinoships. They've won 1 1/2 in the past 42 years. Is that because of those 1 or 2 extra plane trips per year?

j_crazy wrote: i think LSU WVU is a home and home.

darbypitcher22 wrote: of those 7 games involving the SEC 5 of them are at home and 2 of them are Neutral site, one of which is in SEC country @ the Georgia Dome.

Take a trip above the Mason Dixon line then I'll be impressed

Pick6 wrote: Lot of talk going on from Florida fans whose team isnt even on the list. Because their biggest game is against Florida State..lol.

The LSU game.. I dont think its that big, just because I expect WVU to be horrible next year.
Same for the North Carolina game...its North Carolina, come on.
Alabama and PSU..I expect Alabama to beat PSU by a couple TD, especially since PSU will be breaking in a new QB. But with the defense it could be closer and maybe swing PSU's way.

I would like some of the schools to come up here in November. But thats really hard to do since the OOC is usually at the beginning of the season. JMO I think a Nat'l Championship should be played up North outside one year. Both teams would be playing on the same field. I believe the NFL is going to do it for the Super Bowl in a couple years. And dont even give me that crap about ticket sales.

centralbucksfan wrote:

TheMightyGators wrote:

Writerbuckeye wrote:

Azubuike24 wrote: 7 of the 25 games involve SEC teams. They don't play anyone OOC though.

They get zero credit for always having these games at home or as close to home as possible (in SEC territory).

When I see SEC teams doing what OSU does every year, playing a top program in a home & home series where they actually have to travel by plane I'll give them credit.

Most SEC schools don't do this. One exception being Tennessee and another being Arkansas.

Do you know what Big10 schools don't do? Win National Champinoships. They've won 1 1/2 in the past 42 years. Is that because of those 1 or 2 extra plane trips per year?

Coming from a fan of a school that took 100+yrs to win their FIRST major title in a major sport...that really hurts!

Pick6 wrote: Lot of talk going on from Florida fans whose team isnt even on the list. Because their biggest game is against Florida State..lol.

The LSU game.. I dont think its that big, just because I expect WVU to be horrible next year.
Same for the North Carolina game...its North Carolina, come on.
Alabama and PSU..I expect Alabama to beat PSU by a couple TD, especially since PSU will be breaking in a new QB. But with the defense it could be closer and maybe swing PSU's way.

I would like some of the schools to come up here in November. But thats really hard to do since the OOC is usually at the beginning of the season. JMO I think a Nat'l Championship should be played up North outside one year. Both teams would be playing on the same field. I believe the NFL is going to do it for the Super Bowl in a couple years. And dont even give me that crap about ticket sales.

NNN wrote:

Pick6 wrote: Lot of talk going on from Florida fans whose team isnt even on the list. Because their biggest game is against Florida State..lol.

The LSU game.. I dont think its that big, just because I expect WVU to be horrible next year.
Same for the North Carolina game...its North Carolina, come on.
Alabama and PSU..I expect Alabama to beat PSU by a couple TD, especially since PSU will be breaking in a new QB. But with the defense it could be closer and maybe swing PSU's way.

I would like some of the schools to come up here in November. But thats really hard to do since the OOC is usually at the beginning of the season. JMO I think a Nat'l Championship should be played up North outside one year. Both teams would be playing on the same field. I believe the NFL is going to do it for the Super Bowl in a couple years. And dont even give me that crap about ticket sales.

So there's absolutely no reason why Ohio State or another Big Ten team shouldn't play at LSU in late August in the middle of a Saturday afternoon.

Unless, of course, they're afraid of melting in the suffocating heat and humidity.

Zombienation wrote: I would personally love to see, any team from the SEC come up to BIG 10 country, around late november, when its freezing rain, sometimes snowing, and come out with a win. But the sad reality is, they won't. The teams from the SEC will NEVER come up here to play, EVER.

karen lotz wrote: SEC schools aren't the only ones who are "afraid" to play in "big ten country." USC hasn't traveled to South Bend in November since 1959. They threatened to end the series if the game at Notre Dame wasn't moved from late Nov/early December. I would like to see the game played in November, but I'm not gonna bash USC because of it. It just seems like Big 10 fans (bucknuts) have a hard on for the SEC.