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The SEC Should Be Grateful For Alabama (article)
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:28 am
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The SEC should thank its lucky stars for Alabama.
After a 52-6 win against No. 20 USC, the No. 1 Crimson Tide look like the only truly dominant team in college football. But elsewhere, the heralded SEC fell flat on its face.
No. 9 Tennessee failed to live up to the preseason hype and needed overtime to top Appalachian State. No. 5 LSU’s playoff chances took a significant hit after losing to Wisconsin. The bottom of the conference was even worse, racking up losses to South Alabama, Southern Miss and West Virginia. The SEC was 4-7 against the spread overall.
While the weekend was bad, this isn’t a new problem. Although the SEC – deservedly – is considered the top conference in football, Alabama has carried the SEC since Urban Meyer left Florida in 2010.
The Crimson Tide have won three of the five division titles since 2010. In the two off years, Alabama still won a national championship in 2011 and only failed to beat Auburn in 2013 after the miraculous “Kick Six.” Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze is 2-2 against Saban – the rest of the conference is 3-37 since 2011.
Obviously, when there’s a dominant team, it makes it harder for other teams to gain a foothold. It’s easy to say that if Alabama were in another conference, other SEC teams would step up and take its place. However, the data doesn’t back that up.
Outside of its national title-game run in 2013, Auburn has averaged more than six losses a year since 2011. LSU hasn’t finished better than third in the SEC since 2011. Florida and Georgia were plagued with inconsistency throughout the last five years – just see the two-time SEC East champ Missouri Tigers. There’s no reason to believe any of these teams could have taken Alabama’s place at the national forefront.
Maybe Florida could have beaten a fairly fraudulent Notre Dame team in 2012 and saved that title (though Oregon probably gets into the game instead). If Will Grier doesn’t get suspended, perhaps Florida could have sneaked into the playoff last season. The SEC would at least have a title in 2011, when LSU and Alabama played in the championship game.
However, the aura of the conference would seem a whole lot different if the SEC won just one championship in the last five years instead of three. Instead, the ACC would have a pair of titles, an independent Notre Dame might and Big Ten Ohio State still would. Heck, Oklahoma State might have stolen the other one from LSU had it been granted its rightful shot at the national championship in 2011.
Nick Saban is likely the greatest coach in college football history, but the rest of the SEC has no excuse. From LSU to Kentucky, the resources at every SEC school are too great to produce this level of mediocrity. At this moment, calling the SEC the most proven conference in college football simply is taking credit for Alabama’s success.
If nothing changes in the next few seasons, the SEC will be in big trouble when Saban finally decides to hang it up.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:29 am to TideSaint
Do you guys ever get sore from sucking your own dicks all the time?
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:32 am to Grim
Hey baw. I didn't write the article.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:34 am to Grim
Pardon me but I am not that flexible. Some of you guys teams that you support need to step up to the plate. But until then, Bama and its fans dont mind carrying the torch. Roll Tide
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:36 am to TideSaint
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If nothing changes in the next few seasons, the SEC will be in big trouble when Saban finally decides to hang it up
Change is the only constant.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:37 am to Grim
That's gross. I'm a serial fapper, tho.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:37 am to TideSaint
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Maybe Florida could have beaten a fairly fraudulent Notre Dame team in 2012 and saved that title (though Oregon probably gets into the game instead).
Also, WTF is this shite?
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:38 am to TideSaint
I'm only grateful for Alabama's fans because they make LSU fans look like Angels
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:40 am to Ping Pong
really? I think as a whole we are a fairly tame fan base. And please dont talk about Harvey or the tea bagger. They are only 2 of millions of people who pull for the Tide
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:41 am to TideSaint
The SEC is grateful for Bama in football and UK in basketball.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:41 am to TideSaint
This article conveniently forgets that Georgia was in the SECCG in 2012 and was #3 in the country. If they knocked off Alabama, they were going to the national title game.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:43 am to TideSaint
Maybe the $$ distro plan should be modified
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:47 am to kywildcatfanone
quote:I'll drink to that! They both represent the standard in their sport.
The SEC is grateful for Bama in football and UK in basketball.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:52 am to TideSaint
quote:LSU or aTm would have beaten that overrated Irish team. Moo State could beaten them that night. They forgot how to tackle.
Maybe Florida could have beaten a fairly fraudulent Notre Dame team in 2012 and saved that title
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:54 am to SECFan1995
I have been reading articles from all around "ACC land" The ACC media has already declared evrybody dead (SEC) who isn't Alabama(a couple of articles questioning how good USC is( some of the same guys that said USC's athletes were just as good as Bama's, mind you) I am sure the rest of the country is writing the same things.Make no mistake, these articles do not please most Alabama fans. Most Bama fans know that perception of SEC strength of schedule is very important to the SEC Champion(not Alabama yet, as the national media is already claiming, it seems) to making the playoffs. I have been using these articles to get me pumped for this game. If Ole Miss can upset Alabama twice, they can certainly do it to FSU once in week 1. If FSU falls, that leaves 1 real contender in their whole conference. It might just shut them up.
This post was edited on 9/5/16 at 11:56 am
Posted on 9/5/16 at 12:06 pm to Grim
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Do you guys ever get sore from sucking your own dicks all the time?
Do you guys ever get sore from taking it up the arse from Less Miles every season?
Posted on 9/5/16 at 12:07 pm to TideSaint
It's great to be BAMA now and we are enjoying the success but this article is another example of the SEC envy from around the country. BAMA is showing out and it is hard to find fault with the recent championships so the jabs are being pushed at other teams through BAMA. The SEC is the strongest from top to bottom of any conference still. A few weak performances and losses don't change that. The author is trying to exploit the less than stellar performances of the first weekend of football. Don't fall for it.
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Posted on 9/5/16 at 12:08 pm to TideSaint
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TideSaint
Stop embarrassing us fagg*t!!
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Posted on 9/5/16 at 12:08 pm to TideSaint
To be fair to them, UT and LSU did nothing to earn a top 10 ranking this year. At least UT had 4th quarter leads against its toughest opponents though.
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