re: SEC supremacy

The SEC is good... but there are a couple of things going on...

1. The offenses in the SEC really suck this year.

2. Other teams are tired of hearing about the SEC and are coming out pumped looking to beat them.

3. There were plenty of SEC teams this year with national championship hopes. When that didn't pan out, they weren't as motivated like earlier in the season. Teams like Louisville and Clemson never really had national championship hopes and were just happy to get where they were. Winning their bowl was a huge goal to their season.

4. When teams have a month to prepare for SEC defenses, they should score more points than they normally would.

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Code for "trying to read Nick Fairley and him playing the QB and the Option because he's fricking Nick Fairly not Ricky Heimuli."

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this makes no sense

if you're going to laugh the concept of "rust" off, are you willing to accept that Oregon defended Auburn than any of the vaunted SEC defenses?

Is this post serious? Woulda coulda shoulda.

I don't even know where to start but LSU got Clemson without Sammy Watkins. And I attended a lot of LSU games. That was not our D game. We played that way much of the year.

The fact is that LSU, Florida, and UGA are not top 5 teams this year. Too sporadic and undisciplined on the whole.

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That was not our D game. We played that way much of the year.

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Certainly wasn't your A, B, or C game. It wasn't like Clemson was shutting down Hill...Miles was.

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Clemson outgained LSU all night on offense. If you're going to qualify the loss by saying Miles and LSU gave it away by not running the ball late, I will go ahead and say that if Clemson doesn't fumble deep in their own territory twice it's a blowout. Edit - Clemson won that game without their best player.

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Did you even watch the game? Or did you look google a recap?

LSU dominated the trenches. The LSU D-Line was blowing up Clemson's line pretty much the whole night. The Clemson QB was balling though. The officiating was horrendous and slanted against LSU- there's no discussion about that. If there is, it's another sign you don't know much about football, but given the fact that you are a PAC 12 fan, it is to be expected.

LSU averaged 7.36 yards per carry. That's hardly a poor showing by an offensive line. Metts got sacked a lot. Metts got sacked a lot because he's a bad QB. He thinks he has 8 seconds to throw the ball and / or moves into defenders on a regular basis because he's got no sense of the pocket. LSU loses that game because of terrible play callling and terrible coaching. Period.

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Rushing: Notre Dame - 202.50 ypg (4.99 ypc) LSU - 179.92 ypg (4.53 ypc) Passing: Notre Dame - 218.83 ypg LSU - 207.25 ypg Total: Notre Dame - 421.33 ypg (6.03 ypp) LSU - 387.17 ypg (5.56 ypp) Scoring: LSU - 30.25 ppg Notre Dame - 26.75 ppg 40 total yards per game more than LSU and 3.5 points per game LESS than LSU tells me that both offenses are equally bad...LSU usually has a shorter field.

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Good points. Damn facts always going to shine through!

Why then does no one other than OM fans say this.....

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Damn skippy. 3 points bitches!!!!

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We loved your work in the 3-2 defensive shootout game. All of those MSU/AU tilts are legendary.

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I fully expect Alabama to demolish ND, and I think the SEC is still the best conference in football. However I dont think the gap is anywhere near what SEC pundits and fans made it to be. There is a lot more parity in college football than many thought

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Easy Ducktales, watching this league closely for the first time I can say I never understood just how big the gap was until this year.

Every other conference has 1, some have 2 or even 3 very good teams a year. SEC will roll out 5-6 very very good teams every year. And by very good I mean they could very well beat whoever is slotted to play against the SEC in the nat'l championship.