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re: Is this the golden age of the SEC?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:08 pm to CharlotteSooner
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:08 pm to CharlotteSooner
Do not believe the media on Harbaugh
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Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:13 pm to AggieMan2005
Media? I'm looking at his career results only.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:13 pm to CharlotteSooner
In the 80's only UGA and Auburn could claim titles. UGA did and Auburn got screwed by beating a florida team that miami lost to 28-3. I know they beat nebraska but nebraska had played NO ONE in 83 and almost lost to a pedestrian oklahoma when Spencer Tillman went all Barry Sanders. If I am correct nebraska played one team that finished in the top 20. Auburn played texas, georgia, bama, Maryland and I believe florida that finished in the top 20.
Bama was good through the 80s but only 80, 81 and 89 were they top 5 type. Penn state derailed us in 85 and state handed us a crushing loss in 80 that we struggled to recover from.
Tennessee had a great team in 89 but weren't national title good even though they finished 11-1. Ut's 1985 team would have beaten ANYONE by seasons end but didn't start clicking consistently, ironically, until Tony Robinson went down.
It's a lot like the 70s right now with Bama elite, LSU georgia and ole miss being "ok" and Auburn and florida sucking 2 out of 4 years.
Bama was good through the 80s but only 80, 81 and 89 were they top 5 type. Penn state derailed us in 85 and state handed us a crushing loss in 80 that we struggled to recover from.
Tennessee had a great team in 89 but weren't national title good even though they finished 11-1. Ut's 1985 team would have beaten ANYONE by seasons end but didn't start clicking consistently, ironically, until Tony Robinson went down.
It's a lot like the 70s right now with Bama elite, LSU georgia and ole miss being "ok" and Auburn and florida sucking 2 out of 4 years.
This post was edited on 6/27/16 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 6/27/16 at 11:42 pm to Lordofwrath88
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Texas 05
Not sure most from the South or Texas would count Texas as "the South." That's more of a Yankee thing. They're too lazy to figure out the difference, but Southerners and Texans generally make a distinction.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 2:23 am to randomways
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Not sure most from the South or Texas would count Texas as "the South." That's more of a Yankee thing. They're too lazy to figure out the difference, but Southerners and Texans generally make a distinction.
They are geographically down here.
also
They seceded
They have a team in SEC
They're the south
Remember the Alamo
This post was edited on 6/28/16 at 2:25 am
Posted on 6/28/16 at 6:33 am to Rodo
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Finally, now that A&M is in the SEC there is legitimacy.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 8:32 am to TouchdownTony
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Auburn got screwed by beating a florida team that miami lost to 28-3. I know they beat nebraska but nebraska had played NO ONE in 83 and almost lost to a pedestrian oklahoma when Spencer Tillman went all Barry Sanders. If I am correct nebraska played one team that finished in the top 20. Auburn played texas, georgia, bama, Maryland and I believe florida that finished in the top 20.
The Resumes side-by-side paint a pretty good picture (all rankings are FINAL AP rankings):
#1 MIAMI
Defeated #2 Nebraska, 31-30
Lost to #6 Florida, 28-3
Defeated #16 West Virginia, 20-3
Defeated #20 East Carolina, 12-7
Defeated #25 Florida State, 17-16
#2 NEBRASKA
Lost to #1 Miami, 31-30
Defeated #17 UCLA, 42-10
Defeated #22 Penn State, 44-6
Defeated #23 Oklahoma State, 48-10
Defeated #24 Oklahoma, 28-24
#3 AUBURN
Defeated #4 Georgia, 13-7
Lost to #5 Texas, 20-7
Defeated #6 Florida, 28-21
Defeated #8 Michigan, 9-7
Defeated #15 Alabama, 23-30
Defeated #21 Tennessee, 37-14
Defeated #25 Florida State, 27-14
Each of the three teams had a loss to another Top 6 opponent.... But Auburn had 6 wins over ranked opponents compared to 4 each for Miami and Nebraska.
Nebraska got a lot of credit for the way they ran up the score on all of their opponents. They were certainly a solid team.
For Auburn to play four teams that finished in the Top 8 and come away with just a #3 finish is absurd though.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 8:53 am to TailbackU
I would say no. Until a team not named Bama wins the conference and wins a championship I would say this is the golden age of Bama. Sadly for us, their run has destroyed the parity that made our conference so dangerous and respected as a whole.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:38 am to Tigerdev
well yea if you keep firing or putting coaches under the flame for......not being Nick Saban.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 10:57 am to Lordofwrath88
Louisiana fans have very short memories.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 12:03 pm to AUCE05
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The 80s were strong. AU, UA, UGA, and UT could all claim a title.
Only UGA was awarded a title.
I would say it's similar to the 60's.
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