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re: OU played 5 of top 15, 6 of top 22 and 7 of top 31 teams
Posted on 12/1/24 at 5:16 pm to OU Guy
Posted on 12/1/24 at 5:16 pm to OU Guy
Hate to break it to you but in 2025 every SEC opponent is going to land a top 20 class/transfer class & you will go @ SC, @ Tenn, @ Bama.
Not a big deal though since you get Ole Miss, a loaded Auburn, a peaking Texas and Mizzou at home. Looks like Michigan as well.
It’ll never get easier, everyone gets injuries here and everyone has enough depth to still be a SOB to play late in the year. This is the best conference for a reason. Welcome to the new normal.
Not a big deal though since you get Ole Miss, a loaded Auburn, a peaking Texas and Mizzou at home. Looks like Michigan as well.
It’ll never get easier, everyone gets injuries here and everyone has enough depth to still be a SOB to play late in the year. This is the best conference for a reason. Welcome to the new normal.
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Posted on 12/1/24 at 5:17 pm to msudawg1200
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State played numbers 2,5,6,12,15, 22, 26, and 33. Welcome to a typical year in the SEC
Again, show me prior to this year any SEC team playing at least 6 top 25 ranked “conference” teams.
No one can but they are dickriding the success of the top teams who win titles. It never happened. I have always claimed the SEC was hardest conference but posters exaggerate as if they always played 6 ranked conf teams lol. We sucked this year on offense and not only played one of this years hardest SEC schedules - we did it with most of our O starters hurt. No team would have survived that circumstance.
Still waiting for all these receipts on ranked teams played on conf.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 5:23 pm to OU Guy
Aren't there like 10 scholarship receivers per team? Every single one of them was injured all season?
Posted on 12/1/24 at 5:31 pm to OU Guy
What is your point, OP, and why should I care?
Posted on 12/1/24 at 5:35 pm to OU Guy
In 2018, State played Bama-2, LSU-6, Florida-7, Kentucky-12, A&M-16, and Auburn-31. Add in Iowa-25 for good measure.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 6:04 pm to OU Guy
2016 Ole Miss 6 top 25 in conference plus (at the time (4th ranked) FSU in the kick-off classic.
2014 5 top 25 ranked conference teams plus ranked Boise State in the kickoff classic plus 6 ranked Texas Tech in Cotton Bowl
2015 5 top 25 in conference plus 8 ranked Ok st in sugar Bowl
2017 4 top 25 in conference
2018 3 top 25 in conference
2019 3 top 25 in conference plus 24 ranked Cal
2020 4 top 25 in conference plus 11 ranked Indiana-Outback Bowl
2021 4 top 25 in conference plus Baylor in Sugar Bowl
2022 2 top 25 in conference
2023 3 top 25 in conference plus 23 ranked Tulane and 6 ranked Penn State in Peach Bowl
2024 2 top 25 in conference plus???
How you like them apples?
Edited to add link to ESPN website for info and 2014/2015 bowl info.
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2014 5 top 25 ranked conference teams plus ranked Boise State in the kickoff classic plus 6 ranked Texas Tech in Cotton Bowl
2015 5 top 25 in conference plus 8 ranked Ok st in sugar Bowl
2017 4 top 25 in conference
2018 3 top 25 in conference
2019 3 top 25 in conference plus 24 ranked Cal
2020 4 top 25 in conference plus 11 ranked Indiana-Outback Bowl
2021 4 top 25 in conference plus Baylor in Sugar Bowl
2022 2 top 25 in conference
2023 3 top 25 in conference plus 23 ranked Tulane and 6 ranked Penn State in Peach Bowl
2024 2 top 25 in conference plus???
How you like them apples?
Edited to add link to ESPN website for info and 2014/2015 bowl info.
LINK
This post was edited on 12/1/24 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 12/1/24 at 6:14 pm to OU Guy
Oklahoma's and Florida's schedules are also why judging tough games only by "Top 25 opponents" is short sided in the SEC.
While neither Oklahoma nor Florida are great, a good argument could be made that if they had simply played 3 more games against teams #45, #50, #55 instead of #15, #25, #35 they could easily be 8-4 and #25 themselves.
It's why I like the performance based systems (like the NCAA basketball tourney uses) more than the Polls to compare schedule strength.
Both Oklahoma and Florida are in that #25-35 range in almost all performance based metrics.
While neither Oklahoma nor Florida are great, a good argument could be made that if they had simply played 3 more games against teams #45, #50, #55 instead of #15, #25, #35 they could easily be 8-4 and #25 themselves.
It's why I like the performance based systems (like the NCAA basketball tourney uses) more than the Polls to compare schedule strength.
Both Oklahoma and Florida are in that #25-35 range in almost all performance based metrics.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 6:15 pm to narddogg81
tenn trying to say they play this schedule every year lol bullshite
Posted on 12/1/24 at 6:26 pm to OU Guy
Yeah, Auburn has to do this every year.
Welcome to the SEC.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 6:43 pm to OU Guy
Playing 4 to 6 top 30 teams is completely normal in the SEC.
Half of the top 30 programs are in the SEC.
It's tough man.
I thought Oklahoma really did show their SEC spirit by upsetting Bama at home late in the year. Yall are going to fit in nicely but expect just wars with good teams nearly every week.
No rest for the weary.
Half of the top 30 programs are in the SEC.
It's tough man.
I thought Oklahoma really did show their SEC spirit by upsetting Bama at home late in the year. Yall are going to fit in nicely but expect just wars with good teams nearly every week.
No rest for the weary.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 9:17 pm to OU Guy
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Show me the proof. I called out the other poster as a liar and he is quiet and ran away crying
Dude, you have come to the sec rant unprepared like your team. Grow some thick skin and get over it. While iam in noway a horns fan, they spent the last two years preparing to come to the SEC.
Oklahoma came in on day one without a offensive line. You can't win in this league without great line play on both sides of the ball. And my beloved LSU tigers might fall into this problem next year. It depends on transfers and how will the younger plays developed.
And don't waste your time on presenting facts and all that shite. I've been on this board for almost ten years. I just post my opinions and don't give a damn if someones else is different. But this is a bad look for you. I have respected the way the Sooner fans for the most part have been on here. When you make statements like you do, it sounds like a kid having a tantrum. So good luck.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 9:42 pm to OU Guy
We could have had Army’s schedule and we still have a loss or two. 100% loss to ND. Just enjoy one last game and look forward to September. I bet we keep most of our team and we’ll be much healthier.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 10:46 pm to NickPapageorgio
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Playing 4 to 6 top 30 teams is completely normal in the SEC.
Moving the posts I see.
I stated facts and thats all it was, facts. Not one poster can provide any evidence of having played 6 top 25 SEC teams in 1 season.
Its a very simple observation. It does not take away from how hard the SEC was in the past. But SEC added 2 blue bloods and on top of that NIL has changed the landscape. Some of the “up” teams have been down for a while and have not been good the past 10 years.
A few teams like tx caught the short bus and an easy schedule but thats an outlier. Goikg forward there will be more good teams on a yearly basis.
A team in the past that had some issues might skate by with a 5-3 or 4-4 conf record in a down year. Now that turns into 2-6 or so because NIL will make it easier to buy players that can tilt the teams.
OU is just the first example of whats to come for all teams. You lose just enough players and can’t skate by any longer. And its gonna take a few years for everyone to fully see it - once their team goes through it then they will.
Unless they create divisions its going to be a bloodbath every year. But in past years SEC was not as deep as it is now. And thats my point. Even if both schools had not started in SEC this year - this was going go be the deepest SEC conf ever. All due to NIL.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 10:47 pm to sooner4life130
Miss ST was the only bad team this year who was an automatic win There were alot of good teams who could beat anyone and a few mediocre ones as well. Tx and Georgia were the best two but even they would struggle at times
Posted on 12/1/24 at 10:48 pm to OU Guy
Which rankings are you using?
Posted on 12/1/24 at 10:49 pm to OU Guy
You get to do it all next year too..
Posted on 12/1/24 at 10:49 pm to GoGators1995
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Which rankings are you using?
Its posted clear as day in my first post. AP top 25 as of today
Posted on 12/1/24 at 10:50 pm to OU Guy
No it's not. 
Posted on 12/1/24 at 10:55 pm to TideTurf
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You get to do it all next year too..
Works both ways. We will have a real OC. And will never have so many injuries to most O starters. We’ll have a more experienced QB no matter if its JA or someone from portal. Our freshman Oline got so many game reps too. And all teams except Bama loaded up the box which meant too many men attacking to block. Imagine having actual WRs to throw to meaning less pressure for Oline. Its all interconnected.
This was the worst it can get. And if our O can score then our D will play even better. Keep in mind this was our DC year 1.
Enjoy it now.
Posted on 12/1/24 at 10:57 pm to GoGators1995
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No it's not.
Dude!! Are you blind? It is listed right at the top of the chart. Its the AP rankings for SEC teams. My post is about SEC only. Where did you go to school?
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