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Games that created the "SEC bias"

Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:08 am
Posted by AgMoney2143
Member since Oct 2013
52 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:08 am
I've noticed more and more people complaining about how there is an SEC bias, and how 4 of the top 5 is ridiculous. Other than all the national championships in a row, what games led to the thinking that the SEC is just better? For the record, the SEC is just better... Starting around 2005/2006 when the SEC bias began to pick up steam, until 2011 where it was very clear that SEC > everyone else, name some games other than the NCs that showed the SEC dominance. I'll begin:

2005:
LSU 40 - Miami 3
UF 34 - FSU 7

2006:
LSU 41 - ND 14

2007:
LSU 48 - VT 7
UGA 41 - Hawaii 10
UF 45 - FSU 12

2008:
Alabama 34 - Clemson 10
Ole Miss 47 - TTU 34
UF 45 - FSU 15

2009:
UF 51 - Cincinnati 21
USC 34 - Clemson 17
UF 37 - FSU 10

2010:
Miss State 52 - Michigan 14
USC 29 - Clemson 7
Alanama 49 - MSU 7

2011 (the year of the SEC bias ):
USC 34 - Clemson 13
UGA 31 - GT 17
LSU 41 - Oregon 27
LSU 47 - WVU 21

This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 9:38 am
Posted by thelawnwranglers
Member since Sep 2007
38736 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:10 am to
I've noticed more and more people complaining about how there is an SEC bias, and how 4 of the top 5 is ridiculous. Other than all the national championships in a row, what games led to the thinking that the SEC is just better? For the record, the SEC is just better... Starting around 2005/2006 when the SEC bias began to pick up steam, until 2011 where it was very clear that SEC > everyone else, name some games other than the NCs that showed the SEC dominance. I'll begin:

2005:
2006:
2007:

2008:
2009:
2010:
2011 (the year of the SEC bias ): LSV vs Oregon
Posted by SouthOfSouth
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2008
43456 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:10 am to
LSU has longest reg season non conference win streak in football.

2014: Wisconsin
2013: TCU
2012: Washington
2011: Oregon, West Virginia
2010: UNC, West Virginia
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 9:13 am
Posted by Tornado Alley
Member since Mar 2012
26489 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:12 am to
2007
LSU v. Virginia Tech (something like 48-7 )

2008
Alabama v. Clemson
Ole Miss v. Texas Tech (Cotton Bowl)

2010
Alabama v. Michigan State (Capital One Bowl)
Mississippi State v. Michigan (Gator Bowl)

2011
LSU v. Oregon
LSU at West Virginia

2012
Alabama v. Michigan
Alabama v. Notre Dame (BCSNCG)
Texas A&M v. Oklahoma (Cotton Bowl)

I'd also be willing to say Carolina spanking Clemson's arse for the better half of the last decade has helped.
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 9:17 am
Posted by uscwillie7
Conway, SC
Member since Jan 2013
96 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:15 am to
"I'd also be willing to say Carolina spanking Clemson's arse for the better half of the last decade has helped."


especially when they have clearly been the 2nd best team in the ACC and ACC champions 1 year.
(even though WVA took care of that title...lol)
Posted by StopRobot
Mobile, AL
Member since May 2013
15365 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:15 am to
quote:

LSU has longest reg season non conference win streak in football.



No you don't. Pretty sure you lost to Clemson two years ago.
Posted by GeauxPack81
Member since Dec 2009
10479 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:15 am to
Regular season. Yes we do
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:16 am to
The 7-6 UGA team beating the dog crap out of Georgia Tech's best team in 20 years.
Posted by BigEdLSU
All around the south
Member since Sep 2010
20268 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:16 am to
Read the quote slowly this time

LSU and UF decimating the buckeyes in 06 and 07

Va tech beat down 07

Miami beat down 05

Notre dame beat down 06
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 9:18 am
Posted by RollDawgRoll
Member since Sep 2009
1944 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:17 am to
quote:

2010 Alabama v. Michigan State (Capital One Bowl)



This game was big in terms of SEC bias. Mich St was 11-1 and shared the Big 10 Conference Championship. BAMA had lost 3 games. Final Score 49-7
Posted by JPLSU1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
26232 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:17 am to
quote:

No you don't. Pretty sure you lost to Clemson two years ago.



It is indeed true that LSU has the longest regular season non-conf win streak in college football, as he said. It's actually a CFB record, and is still going.
Posted by BloodSweat&Beers
One Particular Harbor, Fl
Member since Jan 2012
9153 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:18 am to
UF - Ohio State in 2006 BCS championship game. The game that started the streak.
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
30832 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:18 am to
2008:
Florida v. Oklahoma

2009:
Alabama v Texas
(both of these NCGs were double digit wins)
Florida v. Cincinnati

2011
LSU v WVU

This also comes from an article written in DEC of 2012:

quote:

Since 2006, the SEC has won 17 bowl games against nonconference opponents ranked in the Top 25 (at the time the game was played), including 10 over top-10 teams. In January bowl games, the SEC is 22-10 (.688), excluding last year's BCS title game. Since 2008, the league is 16-6 (.727) in January games.
Posted by StopRobot
Mobile, AL
Member since May 2013
15365 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:18 am to
quote:

Regular season. Yes we do



That wasn't what he posted so....irrelevant
Posted by GeauxPack81
Member since Dec 2009
10479 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:19 am to
LSU VT in 07
LSU UM in 05
LSU Oregon
LSU wvu
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:19 am to
quote:

This game was big in terms of SEC bias. Mich St was 11-1 and shared the Big 10 Conference Championship. BAMA had lost 3 games. Final Score 49-7



And it wasn't even that close.

Michigan State started taking out players to avoid injury. I can't even remember seeing Alabama physically dominate to the point where I semi-feared injury for the other team more than that game.
Posted by StopRobot
Mobile, AL
Member since May 2013
15365 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:19 am to
quote:

It is indeed true that LSU has the longest regular season non-conf win streak in college football, as he said.


Except that wasn't what he said
Posted by RollDawgRoll
Member since Sep 2009
1944 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:19 am to
quote:

UF - Ohio State in 2006 BCS championship game. The game that started the streak.


Yep, it also started the phrase SEC speed.
Posted by JPLSU1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
26232 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:26 am to
quote:

Except that wasn't what he said


it's exactly what he said...you even quoted it.
Posted by asphinctersayswhat
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
3359 posts
Posted on 10/20/14 at 9:28 am to
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StopRobot



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