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SEC's detractors may be out in force next week
Posted on 9/13/13 at 9:51 am
Posted on 9/13/13 at 9:51 am
With high-profile losses by Georgia to Clemson, Florida to Miami and MSU to Oklahoma State already in the books, expected blowout losses in the UK-Louisville and UT-Oregon games, and an underdog Ole Miss on the road at Texas this weekend, the potential is there for a whole lot of SEC-bashing next week and in the weeks to come.
With our best OOC wins being against unranked BCS AQ teams Va. Tech, Wash. St., TCU and North Carolina, it will be hard to make excuses for the six (or even five) high profile losses noted above.
With our best OOC wins being against unranked BCS AQ teams Va. Tech, Wash. St., TCU and North Carolina, it will be hard to make excuses for the six (or even five) high profile losses noted above.
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Posted on 9/13/13 at 9:53 am to Nuts4LSU
Valid points.
Don't much care though.
Don't much care though.
Posted on 9/13/13 at 9:53 am to Nuts4LSU
Well we lost by 3 to a top 10 team in their stadium. Granted we still lost but it shouldn't hurt us as much as the other losses listed.
Posted on 9/13/13 at 9:55 am to Nuts4LSU
and not a single frick will be given by me. I don't care what "sec detractors" say, I care about the BCS. We keep winning and we'll keep moving up.
Posted on 9/13/13 at 9:55 am to Nuts4LSU
Florida has done the worse ....
Posted on 9/13/13 at 10:07 am to Nuts4LSU
The UGA and UF losses look bad, but the other games aren't ones that the SEC teams were supposed to win.
UT is historically a great program but they've been struggling recently, and Oregon would give any SEC team trouble.
OSU scheduled State so they could say that they beat an SEC team. The same could probably be said for Texas. I think it says a lot that other schools will hype up any game against an SEC team even if it's one that will likely have a 6-6 record.
If SC and Bama lost their opening games the bashing would be warranted. But, does anyone expect UT and UK to win this weekend?
UT is historically a great program but they've been struggling recently, and Oregon would give any SEC team trouble.
OSU scheduled State so they could say that they beat an SEC team. The same could probably be said for Texas. I think it says a lot that other schools will hype up any game against an SEC team even if it's one that will likely have a 6-6 record.
If SC and Bama lost their opening games the bashing would be warranted. But, does anyone expect UT and UK to win this weekend?
Posted on 9/13/13 at 10:08 am to Nuts4LSU
when did sec fans become so insecure? and who is an sec fan or cares for that matter?
Posted on 9/13/13 at 10:13 am to Nuts4LSU
I can't believe Vegas has the Lousiville / Kentucky game at 14. Could be lock of the year.
Posted on 9/13/13 at 10:21 am to Nuts4LSU
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the potential is there for a whole lot of SEC-bashing next week and in the weeks to come.
Posted on 9/13/13 at 10:30 am to Nuts4LSU
If the SEC does a clean sweep on rivalry week...nobody will give a frick what happened in Aug/Sept.
Posted on 9/13/13 at 10:36 am to Nuts4LSU
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MSU to Oklahoma State
On the flip side of that, we were two TD underdogs. Also a mid level SEC defense held them to their lowest point total that they will put up all year.
Posted on 9/13/13 at 10:58 am to Nuts4LSU
SEC vs. BCS AQ league OOC (* indicates currently ranked team):
South Carolina*-UNC: WON
Miss. St.-Okla. St*.: LOST
Alabama*-Va. Tech: WON
LSU*-TCU: WON
Auburn-Wash. St.: WON
Georgia*-Clemson*: LOST
Florida*-Miami*: LOST
Kentucky-Louisville*: LOST
Tennessee-Oregon*: LOST
Ole Miss*-Texas: WON
So that puts the SEC at 5-5 vs. BCS AQ league teams (also have a loss to mid-major WKU by Kentucky). Note that four of the five wins have been by ranked SEC teams against unranked OOC teams, while the other featured unranked teams from both conferences. Against ranked OOC BCS AQ teams, the conference is 0-5 so far, despite the fact that the SEC team was ranked higher going into two of the games.
Upcoming, with projected results (* indicates currently ranked team):
Arkansas-Rutgers: Toss-up
Missouri-Indiana: WIN
South Carolina*-UCF: WIN
Vandy-Wake Forest: WIN
Georgia*-Ga. Tech: WIN
South Carolina*-Clemson*: Toss-up (slight underdog)
Florida*-FSU*: Toss-up (slight underdog)
That projects to 4-0 with three toss-ups, but the SEC is a slight underdog in two of the three tossups. Assuming 1-2 in the tossups, that's 5-2, added to our current 5-5 for a combined 10-7 vs. BCS AQ leagues, plus the aforementioned loss to a Sun Belt team. Against ranked OOC BCS AQ teams upcoming, we are projected 2 tossups with the SEC team being a slight underdog in both. Even assuming a split of the tossups, we would supplement our current 0-5 record vs. ranked OOC BCS AQ opponents with an additional 1-1, for a final slate of 1-6.
That is not the stuff that will get a one-loss SEC champion into the NC game over an undefeated Louisville, and maybe even a one-loss Clemson or FSU. And forget about a one-loss SEC team getting in over an undefeated Oregon/Stanford, Clemson/FSU, Ohio State/Michigan or Big XII champion.
South Carolina*-UNC: WON
Miss. St.-Okla. St*.: LOST
Alabama*-Va. Tech: WON
LSU*-TCU: WON
Auburn-Wash. St.: WON
Georgia*-Clemson*: LOST
Florida*-Miami*: LOST
Kentucky-Louisville*: LOST
Tennessee-Oregon*: LOST
Ole Miss*-Texas: WON
So that puts the SEC at 5-5 vs. BCS AQ league teams (also have a loss to mid-major WKU by Kentucky). Note that four of the five wins have been by ranked SEC teams against unranked OOC teams, while the other featured unranked teams from both conferences. Against ranked OOC BCS AQ teams, the conference is 0-5 so far, despite the fact that the SEC team was ranked higher going into two of the games.
Upcoming, with projected results (* indicates currently ranked team):
Arkansas-Rutgers: Toss-up
Missouri-Indiana: WIN
South Carolina*-UCF: WIN
Vandy-Wake Forest: WIN
Georgia*-Ga. Tech: WIN
South Carolina*-Clemson*: Toss-up (slight underdog)
Florida*-FSU*: Toss-up (slight underdog)
That projects to 4-0 with three toss-ups, but the SEC is a slight underdog in two of the three tossups. Assuming 1-2 in the tossups, that's 5-2, added to our current 5-5 for a combined 10-7 vs. BCS AQ leagues, plus the aforementioned loss to a Sun Belt team. Against ranked OOC BCS AQ teams upcoming, we are projected 2 tossups with the SEC team being a slight underdog in both. Even assuming a split of the tossups, we would supplement our current 0-5 record vs. ranked OOC BCS AQ opponents with an additional 1-1, for a final slate of 1-6.
That is not the stuff that will get a one-loss SEC champion into the NC game over an undefeated Louisville, and maybe even a one-loss Clemson or FSU. And forget about a one-loss SEC team getting in over an undefeated Oregon/Stanford, Clemson/FSU, Ohio State/Michigan or Big XII champion.
This post was edited on 9/19/13 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 9/13/13 at 11:33 am to Nuts4LSU
I didn't care what outsiders thought before and I sure as hell don't care now. The SEC is still the best athletic conference in the nation and that ain't gonna ever change, IMO.
SEC = Cannon's punt return, Run Lindsey Run, Blue Grass Miracle, Punt Bama Punt, Miracle on Markham I & II, The Earthquake Game, Hershel and Bo, Three Mannings, DMAC & Felix, The Bear, The Ole Ball Coach, The Grove, Tween the Hedges, Rocky Top, and the finest women in all of CFB.
No other conference can compare.
SEC = Cannon's punt return, Run Lindsey Run, Blue Grass Miracle, Punt Bama Punt, Miracle on Markham I & II, The Earthquake Game, Hershel and Bo, Three Mannings, DMAC & Felix, The Bear, The Ole Ball Coach, The Grove, Tween the Hedges, Rocky Top, and the finest women in all of CFB.
No other conference can compare.
This post was edited on 9/13/13 at 11:43 am
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