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SEC 4th best conference in the power 5 per ESPN
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:36 pm
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Man ESPN is desperate for some ratings. Instead of getting out of politics, they think trolling SEC fan base is the answer.
Man ESPN is desperate for some ratings. Instead of getting out of politics, they think trolling SEC fan base is the answer.
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Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:38 pm to smoker68
Pretty accurate for the current season. It's Alabama and then everyone else, and Bama isn't even that good this year.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:42 pm to smoker68
So they don't even use conference head to head to determine their rankings anymore?
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:44 pm to Stonehog
quote:its week four ffs. Lets revisit conference strength around week 8
Pretty accurate for the current season. It's Alabama and then everyone else, and Bama isn't even that good this year.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:45 pm to Stonehog
I disagree and you should be ashamed of yourself :)
SEC vs ACC this year is 3-1. So the 4th best conference has beaten the "best" conference 3 out of 4 times and that makes them worse? Sounds like ESPN logic. There best team was beaten soundly by bama, their second best team barely beat a middle of the pack SEC team at home.
SEC vs ACC this year is 3-1. So the 4th best conference has beaten the "best" conference 3 out of 4 times and that makes them worse? Sounds like ESPN logic. There best team was beaten soundly by bama, their second best team barely beat a middle of the pack SEC team at home.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:45 pm to smoker68
lol I remember after Week 1 when everyone on this board thought the SEC was good.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:47 pm to smoker68
Are they wrong? If they go back to last season, are they wrong? The SEC isn't good except for Alabama and possibly Mississippi State.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:48 pm to ChexMix
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its week four ffs. Lets revisit conference strength around week 8
A lot of people are talking way, way too early.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:51 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Agreed but just because LSU defecated the sleeping quarters does not mean the entire SEC is a worse conference. We might finally be seeing more parity in the league, minus Bama. Way too early to tell.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:55 pm to Arkansasrazorback
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Alabama and possibly Mississippi State.
UF barely lost to Mich with 10 players out
UGA is undefeated a beat a good ND team on the road
Auburn lost to the #1 ACC team because of QB play holding on to the ball
LSU on the road lost to the Miss St team you listed
What basis do you have to say any of this???
Posted on 9/22/17 at 11:00 pm to smoker68
Yea,the pulled out the SEC bashing card pretty heavy
in the UVA BSU blowout.Stupid freaking arguments along
with the typical ESPN group think.
in the UVA BSU blowout.Stupid freaking arguments along
with the typical ESPN group think.
This post was edited on 9/22/17 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 9/22/17 at 11:09 pm to Arkansasrazorback
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Are they wrong
Yes
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The SEC isn't good except for Alabama and possibly Mississippi State.
What?3 outta 4 vs the might ACC and AU held Clemson to its losing rushing total in 2 years.
6 teams in the top 25.Big 10 might have better top 4
teams but I would love to see those head to head match ups.You saw what happened to OSU vs OU.
Big 12?OU and OSU are pretty damn good but who else you got?TCU?Hell,VANDY just beat one of your ranked teams.
Let that sink in.
This post was edited on 9/22/17 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 9/22/17 at 11:11 pm to RD Dawg
At the risk of sounding like a Tennessee fan, recruiting is still SEC dominated
Year / number of SEC schools in top 10
2017 4
2016 4
2015 5
2014 7
2013 6
No other conference is close to that.
And putting players in the NFL, the SEC dominates almost all statistics. So if the SEC is down, it is not because of talent.
Year / number of SEC schools in top 10
2017 4
2016 4
2015 5
2014 7
2013 6
No other conference is close to that.
And putting players in the NFL, the SEC dominates almost all statistics. So if the SEC is down, it is not because of talent.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 11:12 pm to smoker68
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Agreed but just because LSU defecated the sleeping quarters does not mean the entire SEC is a worse conference. We might finally be seeing more parity in the league, minus Bama. Way too early to tell.
LSU could actually be a pretty damn good team. They had a few touchdowns called back -- as a Gator fan watching a struggling offense there is nothing that takes the winds out of your sails than a touchdown called back. They had two.
We were winning against Tennessee 21 - 3, and they won in the second half. Teams come in flatfooted all the time, and I hate how reactionary it's become, even if this is just clickbait tRant has been this way since week 1.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 11:22 pm to smoker68
Sec is garbage now
Posted on 9/22/17 at 11:28 pm to smoker68
Lol. That's a whopping 3 whole people from espn and those 3 people are 1, a show host and not even an analyst that's prob never played organized football in his frickin life, 2, dusty d that played def end and oklahoma so he is biased, and 3, some chick named molly. Haha I don't give a single frick what those idiots have to say at all regarding football in general, much less who they feel are the best conferences. If they all had the sec at number 1, i would still feel the same way about their opinions.
This post was edited on 9/22/17 at 11:31 pm
Posted on 9/22/17 at 11:35 pm to smoker68
People are such prisoners of the moment. The SEC has been, is, and will always be the best conference. Until the great athletes that live in the South decide to move to schools in the North/West/East in vast numbers, the SEC will dominate.
As another poster has already said, the SEC still dominates recruiting largely because the best players are mostly in the South. And the SEC still puts the most players into the NFL. So the NFL agrees with the recruiting rankings that the best talent is in the SEC.
So the media and idiot fans in other conferences can argue all they want about this but facts are facts. Until the great athletes start moving out of the South, the SEC will dominate.
As another poster has already said, the SEC still dominates recruiting largely because the best players are mostly in the South. And the SEC still puts the most players into the NFL. So the NFL agrees with the recruiting rankings that the best talent is in the SEC.
So the media and idiot fans in other conferences can argue all they want about this but facts are facts. Until the great athletes start moving out of the South, the SEC will dominate.
This post was edited on 9/22/17 at 11:36 pm
Posted on 9/22/17 at 11:54 pm to smoker68
It's because Mizzou is down
Posted on 9/23/17 at 12:05 am to RD Dawg
The SEC's 2nd best team last year was a team that lost five games (56-3 I know but that doesn't make them good) and got destroyed in the Sugar Bowl. This year looks similar. The days of the SEC being the best conference are behind us. It simply isn't. Everyone else has caught up.
Posted on 9/23/17 at 12:15 am to IT_Dawg
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UF barely lost to Mich with 10 players out
They were never in that game. Their defense made it close.
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UGA is undefeated a beat a good ND team on the road
"Good?" Ok. It was a good win but calling Notre Dame good is a huge stretch.
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Auburn lost to the #1 ACC team because of QB play holding on to the ball
Indeed, great effort. Same as last year in the Auburn/Clemson game.
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LSU on the road lost to the Miss St team you listed
LSU got annihilated badly. They' should not lose to anyone in that fashion.
What basis do you have to say any of this???
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Two weeks of football and an entire 2016 season. The SEC was bad outside of Bama last year.
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