re: Congratulations Missouri on finishing as the second best SEC team. Unbelievable

Well the cap1 bowl does pick before the cotton bowl.

Not that I really matters. The bowls are comparable. Looking at the resumes as a whole is more interesting

No USC was one spot higher in both the ap and coaches poll at 8.

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So your argument is malleable in any way you wish as long as it reinforces your originally biased presupposition. If y'all had lost in Columbia and won the East, we'd hear this same garbage about how y'all were the better team because you won the East.

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No, you wouldn't, at least not from me. In that situation I would say you had the better team as you had a comparable schedule and beat us on the field. Claiming otherwise is idiotic. It's the same argument we have heard, and are currently hearing from Clemson fans. We beat them on the field, but because they went to and won a BCS bowl or played for or won their conference they feel they are the superior team. Does that make sense to you as well?

lol...bass....their resume is better than both.

We sound like UGA and Florida fans the last couple years.

The SEC East isnt "down" just different teams leading the way.

good times.

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USC has better wins. USC won head to head.
On the other hand:
Mizzou has better losses. Mizzou win the division

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We'll give you stat champion. We'll take the standings...winner east division. thx

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You really don't have to bend anything that hard to understand an argument for USC at 2 unless you're sticking your head in the sand (you are)

USC has better wins. USC won head to head.
On the other hand:
Mizzou has better losses. Mizzou win the division

Pretty much all it boils down to. If you can't understand how those are comparable then I can't help you

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You mean except the loses are to common opponents and your wins ( "clemson and UCF" ) are not?

Spin away man. Do what you gotta do to find relevance.

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We beat them on the field, but because they went to and won a BCS bowl or played for or won their conference they feel they are the superior team. Does that make sense to you as well?

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No. Because bowls are beauty pageants. If it's not the BCSCG, it's not really that important whether it's a BCS bowl or not. And it certainly doesn't matter if it's the Outback, Cap 1 or Cotton.
Heck, the Chick Fil A bowl had a higher initial payout than the Cotton bowl. I don't think anyone would say it's a better bowl than the Cotton Bowl.

Fair point. I'm not spinning anything though by saying we have 3 victories against the top 15

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No. Because bowls are beauty pageants. If it's not the BCSCG, it's not really that important whether it's a BCS bowl or not. And it certainly doesn't matter if it's the Outback, Cap 1 or Cotton.
Heck, the Chick Fil A bowl had a higher initial payout than the Cotton bowl. I don't think anyone would say it's a better bowl than the Cotton Bowl.

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But it's the exact same logic you're using to justify your superiority. Because you beat the teams we lost to it ignores the fact that we beat you and had better wins, even though the Georgia team we faced was not the same Georgia team you faced and you played UT at home while we played them on the road. You also ignore the fact that our OOC schedule was dramatically better than yours (the worst of ours was between a 7-6 bowl winner in UNC and a 12-3 Coastal who were knocked out of the FCS playoffs by the eventual champions, the best of yours was a 7-5 Arkansas State who is currently losing its bowl...). If that equals a tougher cross divisional opponent for you guys is up for debate, I guess (if two games is superior to four...). If you take all that into consideration and consider it a wash then you are left with head to head... which we won.