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A look at SEC West bowl history
Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:35 pm
Bowl Winning Percentage
1. Ole Miss - .657 (23-12)
2. Mississippi State - .611 (11-7)
3. Auburn - .605 (22-14-2)
4. Alabama - .592 (34-23-3)
5. LSU - .522 (23-21-1)
6. Texas A&M - .457 (16-19)
7. Arkansas - .372 (13-23-3)
Fun Bowl Facts
Ole Miss has the highest bowl winning percentage of any team that has played in at least 30 bowl games in both NCAA and SEC history. The Rebels have also won six straight bowl games.
Mississippi State is 5-1 in bowl games since 2000.
Auburn is 8-2 in their last ten bowl games.
Alabama holds the NCAA record for bowl appearances with 61.
LSU is 9-5 in bowl games since 2000 and 4-1 in BCS bowl games in that same time span.
Texas A&M is 5-12 in their last 17 bowl games dating back to 1991. In that same time span, Ole Miss is 11-2 in bowl games.
The only Arkansas HC with a winning bowl record is Bobby Petrino at 2-1. The Arkansas football wikipedia page is also the only SEC West team page that does not include a bowl history section.
1. Ole Miss - .657 (23-12)
2. Mississippi State - .611 (11-7)
3. Auburn - .605 (22-14-2)
4. Alabama - .592 (34-23-3)
5. LSU - .522 (23-21-1)
6. Texas A&M - .457 (16-19)
7. Arkansas - .372 (13-23-3)
Fun Bowl Facts
Ole Miss has the highest bowl winning percentage of any team that has played in at least 30 bowl games in both NCAA and SEC history. The Rebels have also won six straight bowl games.
Mississippi State is 5-1 in bowl games since 2000.
Auburn is 8-2 in their last ten bowl games.
Alabama holds the NCAA record for bowl appearances with 61.
LSU is 9-5 in bowl games since 2000 and 4-1 in BCS bowl games in that same time span.
Texas A&M is 5-12 in their last 17 bowl games dating back to 1991. In that same time span, Ole Miss is 11-2 in bowl games.
The only Arkansas HC with a winning bowl record is Bobby Petrino at 2-1. The Arkansas football wikipedia page is also the only SEC West team page that does not include a bowl history section.
This post was edited on 6/13/14 at 3:03 pm
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Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:36 pm to Tornado Alley
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1. Ole Miss - .657 (23-12)
2. Mississippi State - .611 (11-7)
Big 2
Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:38 pm to Tornado Alley
I think we have the 4th best bowl winning percentage of all time.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:38 pm to Tornado Alley
Why don't you sort by bowl appearances instead? After all, playing in a bowl and losing is better than not playing in a bowl at all.
Feel free to also notate the number of "major" bowl appearances, such as BCS bowls or Cotton Pre-1990.
I'll wait
Feel free to also notate the number of "major" bowl appearances, such as BCS bowls or Cotton Pre-1990.
I'll wait
This post was edited on 6/13/14 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:39 pm to Tornado Alley
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1. Ole Miss - .657 (23-12)
Not that hard to get a good record playing all your bowls in the Music City, BBVA Compass, Motor City, Liberty, and Independence Bowls.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:39 pm to Tornado Alley
When you're playing shitty teams like Georgia Tech and Rice it's easy to boost up the bowl record.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:41 pm to Tornado Alley
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7. Arkansas - .372 (13-23-2)
Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:42 pm to Tornado Alley
The search for relevance continues
Posted on 6/13/14 at 3:01 pm to Tornado Alley
Arkansas has been to 39 bowls not 38
17 of those have been big bowl games
17 of those have been big bowl games
This post was edited on 6/13/14 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 6/13/14 at 3:06 pm to Tornado Alley
So appearances look something....
1. Alabama- 60
2. LSU- 45
3. Arkansas- 39
4. Auburn- 38
5. Ole Miss- 35
5. Texas A&M- 35
7. Mississippi State- 18
1. Alabama- 60
2. LSU- 45
3. Arkansas- 39
4. Auburn- 38
5. Ole Miss- 35
5. Texas A&M- 35
7. Mississippi State- 18
Posted on 6/13/14 at 3:54 pm to Tornado Alley
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Bowl Winning Percentage
6. Texas A&M - .457 (16-19)
7. Arkansas - .372 (13-23-3)
The good old Southwest Conference for you, which was back then what the Big Ten is now -- plow through the conference and then get stomped when you face actual competition.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:45 pm to Tornado Alley
Let's narrow it down to the BCS bowls plus the Cotton, first by appearances (I moved quickly through wikipedia so these numbers may be slightly off)
Alabama - 38 (not including one which was vacated)
LSU - 25
Arkansas - 21
Texas A&M - 15
Ole Miss - 14
Auburn - 11
Mississippi State - 3
By winning percentage:
Ole Miss - 10-4 - .714
Alabama - 21-16-1 - .553
LSU - 12-12-1 - .500
Texas A&M - 8-8 - .500
Auburn - 5-5-1 - .500
Mississippi State - 1-2 - .333
Arkansas - 6-13-2 - .286
But I think the appearance number is far more important. And BTW, it was clear the Ole Miss numbers were inflated by the Vaught era. Apart from 3 fairly recent Cotton Bowls, they haven't done much.
Alabama - 38 (not including one which was vacated)
LSU - 25
Arkansas - 21
Texas A&M - 15
Ole Miss - 14
Auburn - 11
Mississippi State - 3
By winning percentage:
Ole Miss - 10-4 - .714
Alabama - 21-16-1 - .553
LSU - 12-12-1 - .500
Texas A&M - 8-8 - .500
Auburn - 5-5-1 - .500
Mississippi State - 1-2 - .333
Arkansas - 6-13-2 - .286
But I think the appearance number is far more important. And BTW, it was clear the Ole Miss numbers were inflated by the Vaught era. Apart from 3 fairly recent Cotton Bowls, they haven't done much.
This post was edited on 6/13/14 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 6/13/14 at 9:28 pm to Tornado Alley
Ol' Bret gonna turn it around for The hogs. He would never lose a bowl of anything. Just imagine what he'd do if they had a Ben & Jerry's bowl
Posted on 6/13/14 at 9:36 pm to Tornado Alley
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Texas A&M is 5-12 in their last 17 bowl games dating back to 1991. In that same time span, Ole Miss is 11-2 in bowl games.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 9:42 pm to Tornado Alley
Has anyone said 'Print the mother trucking shirts?'
Posted on 6/13/14 at 10:14 pm to Tornado Alley
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Ole Miss has the highest bowl winning percentage of any team that has played in at least 30 bowl games in both NCAA and SEC history. The Rebels have also won six straight bowl games.
So OM has a higher winning percentage than any other team from the SEC when it plays the middle to lower ranked teams from other conferences in bowl games. Gotcha.
The problem is OM only leads MSU in its all time head-to-head record with all of its permanent opponents from the SEC WEST including A&M (0-6). The historical advantage over MSU has even shrunk due to losing 4 of the last 5 and 6 of the last 10 games. Even Vandy has managed to beat OM 6 of the past 10.
In the past ten years OM is the only school in the SEC to have a losing record against all of its permanent opponents. Pathetic. But but but when we play bottom-feeders from other conferences we do better than even Bama.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 10:24 pm to Tornado Alley
From our time in the Big 12, I can tell you that some other conferences don't give a damn about most bowl wins. If you're not playing in a top bowl winning 10ish plus games, it doesn't matter. Bowl appearances is probably a better measuring stick. If you went to a bowl game you were at least mediocre.
Ole Miss might have won a lot of bowl games, but they probably lost to LSU and were in a shitty bowl
A&M lost a lot of bowl games, but if we lost to OU/TX then all the bowl game matters is for practice for freshmen for doing better next year
Ole Miss might have won a lot of bowl games, but they probably lost to LSU and were in a shitty bowl
A&M lost a lot of bowl games, but if we lost to OU/TX then all the bowl game matters is for practice for freshmen for doing better next year
Posted on 6/13/14 at 10:34 pm to Tornado Alley
[quote]Ole Miss has the highest bowl winning percentage of any team that has played in at least 30 bowl games in both NCAA and SEC history. The Rebels have also won six straight bowl games.[/quote
]I just shat myself
]I just shat myself
This post was edited on 6/13/14 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 6/14/14 at 2:09 am to Tornado Alley
Having a significantly higher (or lower) win % than .500 in bowl games can be an indication that your team is getting put into bowls either way above or way below them too often.
It seems like a strong chance to me that when Ole Miss is good they don't get enough respect from the polls or bowl and get put into lower bowls than they deserve, thus they have a great win %.
Likewise if you win % is way below .500 it's a strong indication that you're being put in bowls too big for you.
Notre Dame had an NCAA record 9 game bowl losing streak from 1995 to 2007 and a lot of it had to do with them getting bigger bowl bids than they deserved, not only evidenced by the losses, but also how frequently they got absolutely blown out. 7 of those 9 losses they got crushed.
It seems like a strong chance to me that when Ole Miss is good they don't get enough respect from the polls or bowl and get put into lower bowls than they deserve, thus they have a great win %.
Likewise if you win % is way below .500 it's a strong indication that you're being put in bowls too big for you.
Notre Dame had an NCAA record 9 game bowl losing streak from 1995 to 2007 and a lot of it had to do with them getting bigger bowl bids than they deserved, not only evidenced by the losses, but also how frequently they got absolutely blown out. 7 of those 9 losses they got crushed.
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