Which of the non Big 6 schools will win the SEC 1st

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You do understand you have to win the SEC WEST first right? Just to get there?


It'll actually be a East school. One of them will get there and pull a upset. Not this year or next maybe but I could see a USC or Missouri getting there and somehow pulling it off. Esp if the West team is a first timer too (doubtful)

A&M came pretty close to winning the West their first year in conference
If the LSU game was the last game they would have won

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I think the Big 6 is a misnomer

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You don't understand the Big 6.

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A&M came pretty close to winning the West their first year in conference If the LSU game was the last game they would have won

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A&M can't beat LSU. In any year

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A&M came pretty close to winning the West their first year in conference

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Next time you have a heisman trophy winner you will probably come close again

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because A&M has won championships in the 80's and 90's

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80's aTm "Championship Seasons":
1985 - 10-2 (Lost to Alabama in opener which lost to SEC Champion 9-1-2 Tennessee). No SEC Championship that year for aTm.

1986 - 9-3 (Lost opener to LSU which won the SEC that year). No SEC Championship that year for aTm.

1987 - 10-2 (Lost opener to LSU that year...Auburn won the SEC that year). No SEC Championship that year for aTm.

90's aTm "Championship Seasons":
1991 - 10-2 (Lost to freakin Tulsa...Florida edged out Alabama for the SEC that year). No SEC Championship that year for aTm.

1992 - 12-1 (would have had a shot...but Alabama went undefeated and won the NC that year). No SEC Championship that year for aTm.

1993 - 10-2 (would have had to play Auburn 11-0, but on probation and couldn't play for NC. SEC won by 11-2 Florida. Florida's only losses were to undefeated Auburn and NC Florida State). Probably no SEC Championship that year for aTm...but might have been able to represent the West.

1998 - 11-3 (SEC won by 13-0 NC Tennessee). No SEC Championship that year for aTm, but might have represented the West.

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believe it will be A&M I think the Big 6 is a misnomer because A&M has won championships in the 80's and 90's

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So if the SEC were to add Tulsa and Southern Miss we would have to make it the big 8?

All those conference USA championships

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I truly believe it will be A&M

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I agree... of course the "Other 8" you are up against are not exactly an attractive group. So I'm not sure how impressive this is.

But Texas A&M by far has the most going for it. If any program in America were to pull off what Florida did in the 1990s (go from mediocre program to National power in a decade), it would have to be Texas A&M.

Here's why. Let's look at the size of each state for the "little 8" in terms of population:

27,500,000- Texas
6,100,000- Missouri
4,900,000- South Carolina
4,400,000- Kentucky
3,000,000- Mississippi
3,000,000- Arkansas

I didn't include Tennessee because let's be honest, Vandy is not really ever going to take that state.

Now let's take a look at the size of each stadium... while on its own it doesn't mean anything, it does show a commitment to football by the University and its fans:

102,733- Texas A&M
80,250- South Carolina
72,000- Arkansas
71,168- Missouri
64,038- Ole Miss
61,337- Mississippi State
61,000- Kentucky
39,790- Vanderbilt

Again, Texas A&M dominates.

The foundation has been built. Texas A&M has all the tools it needs. For whatever reason though, they've not quite arrived. It's like everyone is waiting for it to happen, but people are starting to get tired of waiting.

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If the LSU game was the last game they would have won

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And if 4th and 25 doesn't happen we win the West last year and curb stomp UF in Atl for the rematch.
But it didn't happen and that's how sports go.