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What must the other conferences do to compete with SEC football?
Posted on 12/13/12 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 12/13/12 at 3:19 pm
During this whole conference realignment talk, Ive been looking at the other conferences and assessing their ability to compete against the SEC. its pretty laughable in most cases. But I cant put my finger on exactly what they need to do to keep up. Obviously the SEC has a built in advantage due to location and having so many great athletes within our borders. But Texas and California have great athletes too and Miami and FSU are in the same hotbed as the SEC teams.
So my question to you ranters is this: What do the other conferences have to do to get on the level of SEC football?
is it,
A: get better coaches
B: spend more money of their football programs
C: oversign
D: change their style of play
E: beg for mercy
F: something else
So my question to you ranters is this: What do the other conferences have to do to get on the level of SEC football?
is it,
A: get better coaches
B: spend more money of their football programs
C: oversign
D: change their style of play
E: beg for mercy
F: something else
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Posted on 12/13/12 at 3:20 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Simply joining the SEC seems to have a 50-50 shot of succeeding.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 3:20 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Compete??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO
Posted on 12/13/12 at 3:23 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
All of the above
Posted on 12/13/12 at 3:29 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
give rednecks something else to do. frankly there's not much going on in the state of Alabama, so all they have is college football.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 4:08 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Recruit
Posted on 12/13/12 at 4:12 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Hold
Posted on 12/13/12 at 4:15 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Cheat.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 4:46 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Simply put the fans have to demand more. The bigger the fan demand for a quality product in a particular area drives the aggresiveness of the media in that area. The agressiveness of the media puts pressure on the people in charge of the product to do something to make a quality product.
Do you think Auburn fans were going to sit back and allow Chizik to return after going 3-9 just because he won a recent championship? Nope. Not going to happen.
Do you think LSU, Florida, South Carolina, and Georiga fans are satisfied with just having a good season. Keep in mind these are teams that were a play or two away from playing for a SEC or BCS championship. They'll take it, but next year you better win.
Texas A&M had a very good season this year, but I can ganruntee you they want more.
Ole Miss, Vandy, and Miss State have all improved under their current head coaches, but they want more.
Do you think Auburn fans were going to sit back and allow Chizik to return after going 3-9 just because he won a recent championship? Nope. Not going to happen.
Do you think LSU, Florida, South Carolina, and Georiga fans are satisfied with just having a good season. Keep in mind these are teams that were a play or two away from playing for a SEC or BCS championship. They'll take it, but next year you better win.
Texas A&M had a very good season this year, but I can ganruntee you they want more.
Ole Miss, Vandy, and Miss State have all improved under their current head coaches, but they want more.
This post was edited on 12/13/12 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 12/13/12 at 4:47 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:
What do the other conferences have to do to get on the level of SEC football?
Big 10: Recruit more black players and fewer slow, white people.
Big XII: Play defense.
ACC: Care about football as much as they do about basketball.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 4:55 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Quite simply, they can't. The SEC is a mile ahead and the gap is bigger every year. The demographics of the country are one reason. The fact CFB is king in the South is another. The budgets and facilities is another. Great conference leadership and vision is another.
In the end though the best HS football athletes are in the South and they have no reason to leave to go to school elsewhere. That isn't changing for the forseeable future.
In the end though the best HS football athletes are in the South and they have no reason to leave to go to school elsewhere. That isn't changing for the forseeable future.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 5:26 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Well I think the geographical location of the SEC schools makes us better.
And other schools can't do shite about it.
And other schools can't do shite about it.
Posted on 12/13/12 at 5:47 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:And sell their soul to the devil.
All of the above
This post was edited on 12/13/12 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 12/13/12 at 5:55 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
We spend money on football. It's as simple as that.
The best tech companies spend money on engineers and coders. Those that have the best typically often do well.
Look at AD budgets. Look at how much of said budget is spent in the recruiting budget for football, and the football program as a whole. You could say facilities, but a ton of those are built by off the book non profit booster groups so investments like that don't always show up.
But the SEC's priority is football. We make money by making this a priority. LSU made $18 million net last year, and donated $9 million, and just agreed to make that type of donation to the University itself an annual contribution.
The best extraction engineers and petroleum engineers are in the Southeast and Southwest because plants were built close to the raw materials they work with.
Same as coaches. The athletes are here, its easier to get them and develop them where they're treated like a priority, and you can win and be rewarded at a higher level.
Cold hard math here...
The best tech companies spend money on engineers and coders. Those that have the best typically often do well.
Look at AD budgets. Look at how much of said budget is spent in the recruiting budget for football, and the football program as a whole. You could say facilities, but a ton of those are built by off the book non profit booster groups so investments like that don't always show up.
But the SEC's priority is football. We make money by making this a priority. LSU made $18 million net last year, and donated $9 million, and just agreed to make that type of donation to the University itself an annual contribution.
The best extraction engineers and petroleum engineers are in the Southeast and Southwest because plants were built close to the raw materials they work with.
Same as coaches. The athletes are here, its easier to get them and develop them where they're treated like a priority, and you can win and be rewarded at a higher level.
Cold hard math here...
Posted on 12/13/12 at 7:11 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:
beg for mercy
Posted on 12/13/12 at 8:58 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
No shot
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:41 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
"Sometimes a warrior just has to lay down and have a good bleed."
-- John Pelphrey
-- John Pelphrey
Posted on 12/13/12 at 9:59 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:The other conferences just don't have the talent base we do. Only a couple of schools from the other conferences can really compete, and they don't face the same competition SEC teams do every week.
What must the other conferences do to compete with SEC football?
Posted on 12/13/12 at 10:03 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:
A: get better coaches
B: spend more money of their football programs
are the only two that will help and that they control. Most are already behind because of location(recruits), and lack of passion.
No passion for CFB leads to not spending enough money on facilities and coaches.
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