re: Has the SEC been down for the last 2 years? (with stats)

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UT went to 3 SECCG and had finished #11 in 2007.

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But they went 8-5 in 2002. 5-6 in 2005. They weren't good every year.

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LSU has three straight top 5 seasons.

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And Bama was bad when LSU was doing that. They've flip flopped. Plus LSU did have some bad seasons this decade as well.

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They weren't complete shite before Saban got there.

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Yes they were. They have the best record in the SEC over the last 2 years and they're still 6th in the SEC on the decade. They averaged a little over 6.5 wins a season for the first 8 years of the decade.

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The UGA program looks a lot different than it did several years ago. People wee starting to turn on the coaching staff this year.

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UGA had 10 wins last year and only lost to Bama, Florida, and GT. This year they weren't as good.

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UF won a NC in 2006 so I would say OMG they are all the sudden unbeatable. They also finished 16th in 2007.

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This was still their best 2 year period of the decade by far.

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I don't see how UK and Ole Miss being decent make up for 3-4 big time programs trending downwards or slipping a little.

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Bama has gone from a little over 6.5 wins a year in the first 8 years to 12.5 in the last 2. Ole Miss has gone from bad to beating upper tier Big 12 teams 2 years in a row. They were 0-8 in the SEC just a few years ago. UK went 50 and 69 for the decade and that's even worse if you take out the last 2 years. Now they're a bowl team.

The SEC had a 3 year span having 5, 5, and 6 teams with losing records in the mid 2000's. It's impossible to argue that the bottom of the conference wasn't incredibly weak during those years.