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When did SEC dominance originate?
Posted on 12/2/11 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 12/2/11 at 9:46 pm
I think the "official" taking over of CFB began with Florida's drubbing of OSU in the 2006 title game, but I suspect that most SEC fans believe that the SEC has ALWAYS been the countries superior CFB conference.
So, assuming that's true, when did the SEC become the nation's premiere CFB conference, how, and defend your stance.
So, assuming that's true, when did the SEC become the nation's premiere CFB conference, how, and defend your stance.
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Posted on 12/2/11 at 9:49 pm to Luke4LSU
Alabama
Posted on 12/2/11 at 9:51 pm to Luke4LSU
when vince young left UT
Posted on 12/2/11 at 9:51 pm to Luke4LSU
We set the tone by winning the first BCS title
Posted on 12/2/11 at 9:58 pm to Luke4LSU
Year Champion
1933 Bama 7-1-1
1934 Bama 10-0 NC
I'd say when it was formed.
1933 Bama 7-1-1
1934 Bama 10-0 NC
I'd say when it was formed.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 10:31 pm to Luke4LSU
The modern resurgence is probably from Florida's rise in the mid-90s...
Florida Tenn and Georgia were early contributors.
LSU joined the fray with Auburn at the turn of the century.
Shortly after, Florida took a break from licking the SECs arse.
Saban resurrected Bama and Tennessee fell off.
Florida Tenn and Georgia were early contributors.
LSU joined the fray with Auburn at the turn of the century.
Shortly after, Florida took a break from licking the SECs arse.
Saban resurrected Bama and Tennessee fell off.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 10:40 pm to Luke4LSU
Bama brought respect to Southern football, but it's only been recent times where I would say the SEC has been dominant. I would say Spurrier brought some dominant football to the SEC at Florida. 3 yards and a cloud of dust doesn't usually inspire the opinion of doninance.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 10:40 pm to Luke4LSU
I'd say with LSU paying Saban what they did - 1.2 million. that made put him in the top 4 at the time.
after that, a lot of the schools spent the money to get the best coaches there is, including coordinators and trainers.
after that, a lot of the schools spent the money to get the best coaches there is, including coordinators and trainers.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 11:02 pm to Luke4LSU
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2006
That would my vote.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 11:49 pm to Luke4LSU
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when did the SEC become the nation's premiere CFB conference,
With the advent of the Bowl Coalition in 1992. This isn't really even debatable.
From 1957 on, the SEC had some fantastic teams, and even a period of almost 20+ years where Paul Bryant's teams were perennial contenders, but there had been a long drought after the 1980 UGA championship. 1992 was where the game changed.
The Bowl Coalition was created to (in theory) guarantee the top two teams a chance to play at the end of the season, and eliminate some of the old bowl tie-ins that had always prevented this in the past.
Since that time, the SEC has won 9 of 19 national championships, and is almost guaranteed to make it 10 of 20. This will have been accomplished by FIVE different members of the conference.
January 1, 1993 was the day the SEC as a whole decided to make all of CFB its bitch.
Posted on 12/2/11 at 11:56 pm to Luke4LSU
when we joined in 1992 duhh
dammit do I have to tell ya'll everything?
dammit do I have to tell ya'll everything?
This post was edited on 12/2/11 at 11:58 pm
Posted on 12/3/11 at 4:52 am to Luke4LSU
in the 30's Bama and tennessee
40's UGA had sinkwich
50's NC = UT, AU,Ole Ms, LSU
60's and 70's = Bryant at Bama
80's= hershel/bo, balance with AU/UT/Bama/UGA/LSU
90's =Spurrier, Bama 92, UT 98,
00's= too numerous to count
40's UGA had sinkwich
50's NC = UT, AU,Ole Ms, LSU
60's and 70's = Bryant at Bama
80's= hershel/bo, balance with AU/UT/Bama/UGA/LSU
90's =Spurrier, Bama 92, UT 98,
00's= too numerous to count
Posted on 12/3/11 at 7:46 am to Luke4LSU
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When did SEC dominance originate?
At inception.
Seriously, I did a thread several years ago on this board showing that the SEC beat all other conferences for # of teams finishing a season ranked in the final AP poll for every decade since the start of the 1933 season.
You can argue that the Western Conference (i.e., the "Big Ten") was better team-for-team in the 40's & 50's because they had fewer teams (and the same goes for the Big 8 and SWC for several years during the 70's), but for every single decade the conference with the most AP ranked finishes was the SEC.
The SEC's first era of "glory years" was from around 1957 to 1974, but then integration/demographics/rogue-programs put a damper on SEC dominance for a while, and the 1980s in particular was an era dominated by indies (ND, FSU, Miami, Penn State, WVU, Pitt, Syracuse, etc.).
Nonetheless, the SEC was back on top in the 1990s, and the huge deal to create the Big XII that was supposed to surpass the SEC never went anywhere after Tom Osborne left Nebraska.
All that being said, yeah, the SEC has now entered a whole new era of super-dominance over the last 5 years or so.
Posted on 12/3/11 at 8:15 am to Luke4LSU
When the conf split
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