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Caleb Downs: "SEC, you play dudes each week; Big 10, you play 4-5 hard games each year"

Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:20 pm
Posted by Hugh McElroy
Member since Sep 2013
19441 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:20 pm


But Ohio State and Indiana and Oregon and Tech are all seeded higher than all but one SEC team.
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
34275 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:23 pm to
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But Ohio State and Indiana and Oregon and Tech are all seeded higher than all but one SEC team.


Texas Tech isn't in the Big 10.

And Ohio State managed to avoid both Indiana and Oregon during their regular season, so he's not wrong. OSU's best opponent is the SEC's # 5 team this year.
Posted by 3down10
Member since Sep 2014
36955 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:23 pm to
I respect that he is keeping it real and being honest.
Posted by Meltologist
Member since Sep 2025
61 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:25 pm to
It's not as many as 5 hard games
I'm surprised he admitted it
Someone will make him walk that back.
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
10150 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:26 pm to
Posted by RollTide4Ever
Nashville
Member since Nov 2006
19620 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:29 pm to
Dude is a few games away from nfl, I doubt he gives a isht.
Posted by BuckeyeGoon
Member since Jan 2025
894 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:33 pm to
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But Ohio State and Indiana and Oregon and Tech are all seeded higher than all but one SEC team.

How would you seed them?
Posted by BreakawayZou83
Kansas City, Missouri
Member since Oct 2011
10184 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:45 pm to
Not a scientific metric, but just by using ESPN's Power Index:

Average SEC team ranking: 23
Median SEC team ranking: 19.5
Average SEC team ranking for bottom half of conference: 34
Lowest SEC team ranking: 49 (Mississippi State)


Average B1G team ranking: 40
Median B1G team ranking: 38
Average B1G team ranking for bottom half of conference: 65
Lowest B1G team ranking: 86 (Purdue)

B1G teams below SEC's lowest ranking team: 8
Posted by KPBuckeye87
Member since Aug 2025
122 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:45 pm to
Then he went on mention the SEC losing to the Big 10 in bowl games last year... seemed like a very political answer.
Posted by BreakawayZou83
Kansas City, Missouri
Member since Oct 2011
10184 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 12:51 pm to
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Then he went on mention the SEC losing to the Big 10 in bowl games last year... seemed like a very political answer.

I think it's just the truth. The top few programs in the B1G are every bit as good as the best of the SEC. Especially Ohio State. But the middle and bottom tiers of the SEC are so much stronger across the board than the B1G.
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