re: 2016 Big Six

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Ah, its the annual we haven't won anything in a long time but "bah Gawd" we are still relevant thread from a Georgia fan.

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Why don't we compare resumes since your team entered the leage in 1992:

Conference Winning Percentage:
63.2%- Georgia (124-72-1)
44.6%- Arkansas (86-107-2)

"Big 6" Winning Percentage:
43.9%- Georgia (39-50-1)
33.5%- Arkansas (35-70-1)

SEC Championships:
2- Georgia
0- Arkansas

SEC Division Championships:
5- Georgia
3- Arkansas

AP Poll Ranking
#11- Georgia
#40- Arkansas

*Georgia has finished ranked 16 times since 1992 (#8, #10, #14, #16, #20, #22, #3, #7, #10, #10, #23, #2, #13, #19, #5, #9)
*Arkansas has finished ranked 5 times since 1992 (#16, #17, #15, #12, #5)

That makes nine Top 10 finishes for Georgia compared to Arkansas' one.

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There is no Big 6 in the modern era of SEC football.

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Want to bet?

Let's look at how the AP ranks the SEC since 1992:

#3 Florida
#4 Alabama
#8 LSU
#11 Georgia
#14 Tennessee
#15 Auburn
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#24 Texas A&M
#34 South Carolina
#35 Missouri
#36 Ole Miss
#40 Arkansas
#48 Mississippi State

That's a pretty significant gap between those Top 6 and everyone else.... Texas A&M is the closest, and they weren't even in the SEC for 20 of those 24 seasons counted.

Meanwhile the "Big 6" all rank as Top 15 programs over the last quarter century.... along with Ohio State, Florida State, Oklahoma, Michigan, Oregon, Texas, USC, Nebraska, and Miami.

Arkansas, at #40, is sandwiched between BYU and Washington. Big difference there.

How about records vs. the "Big 6":

64.7%- Florida
55.7%- Alabama
47.4%- Auburn
47.3%- LSU
43.9%- Georgia
39.0%- Tennessee
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33.5%- Arkansas
27.7%- Ole Miss
25.5%- S. Carolina
25.5%- Mississippi State

**Did not include Texas A&M or Mizzou since its only been four years.

But oh look! The same six teams at the top... that's weird.

How about we look at SEC Championships:

7- Florida
6- Alabama
4- LSU
3- Auburn
2- Georgia
2- Tennessee

Again, shockingly its the same 6 teams. No other program has won an SEC Title.

How about Divisional Titles?

11- Florida
10- Alabama
5- Georgia
5- LSU
5- Auburn
5- Tennessee
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3- Arkansas
2- Missouri
1- Mississippi State
1- South Carolina

Again, I'm absolutely shocked! THe same six teams are at the top. Isn't that so weird?

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Face it, you are part of the little 8 right now and unlike most of the other schools there Georgia has no excuse whatsoever to have done as poorly as they have.

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You are correct. Georgia has underachived the past quarter century. Yet we still rank as the #11 program during that time, and easily part of the Top 6 in the conference. And even during an era in which everyone agrees our program has underachived, we blow away Arkansas in every single statistic. Imagine how bad it will look when we start meeting expectation.