re: The SEC gauntlet schedule mythos

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perennial powerhouses A&M, South Carolina, Kentucky and Arkansas this year!!!

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Arkansas has beat ya'll the last two times. You're right it doesn't take a perennial powerhouses.

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Lol y'all are the ones asking to be worshipped, not Texas and OU. Don't be mad because facts refute your delusions

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how many big matchups were there in the ACC and Big 12 games vs sec this year.

Texas beat bama-great win for Texas but I doubt Texas would be favored 4 months later

USCe lost twice to Clemson and UNC
Ark lost to BYU
LSU lost to FSU-good win for FSU and their best win

UK beat the L'ville...one of the teams in ACC championship

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The point is you are playing rosters loaded with NFL talent most weeks in the SEC. That is not the case in the Big 12 most years.

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Most Texas and OU fans agree: we're entering a better conference with some better teams. Namely Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Florida (the teams with consistently the most pro prospects).

We're laughing at the notion of the lower-tier teams like Kentucky, South Carolina, A&M, Arkansas, etc... bloating themselves up because they share a league with those four aforementioned teams.

Sure, a&m's had plenty of talent (including the "best recruiting class of all time") but talent only gets you so far apparently.

Texas will have an uptick in competition. But to pretend like they're going from playing high schools to playing in the NFL is laughable. Especially considering Texas has scheduled non-conference ambitiously and has consistently had a higher ranked SOS than half of the schools in the SEC over the past 10-15 years already

In 2014 there were 93 NFL Defensive Lineman from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. There were 27 from ALL of the Big 12 States. Almost 4 times as many from an area about 80% the size of Texas. I will work on current numbers but does anyone thing it has gotten much better???

I haven't found the information on Offensive linemen but it will be similar. Its an observable fact when you visit both areas....the SE is FULL of high school football players with the basic physical attributes need to play on the line in the NFL. Texas and the rest of the Big 12 area is not. There is a ton of QBs, running backs and receivers but there aren't nearly as many linemen. Football is won in the trenches and won at a high level who are extremely physical in the trenches. Today you need to be 2-3 deep at every position along the line. In the last 3 seasons UGA is a better than mediocre football team if they had an above average offensive and defensive line. They had an elite offensive and defensive line and have been an elite program because of it.

Watch UGA and Alabama when Alabama is doing what Alabama normally does. They simply lean on people at the line on both sides of the ball and smother them in the trenches. 2-3 yard runs between the tackles turn into 7-8 yard runs midway through the third quarter when your smaller and less deep D line is sucking for wind and wore slap the frick out. The same is true on the other side of the ball....all of a sudden those edge rushers are getting home and your taking a TFL between the tackles and watching a nose tackle beat your tailback to the corner. This is why UGA and Alabama games are so competitive...because they both have the talent and depth to simply smother opponents over a 60 minute game in the trenches. The Big 12 hasn't played that kind of football in years and years. They have beaten some SEC teams but there is a HUGE difference between doing so once a year and doing so 7 times a year....just like UGA and Bama starts leaning on you midway through the third the entire conference starts to do it midway through the season...and if you do not have the depth you will be smothered. UT and Oklahoma will have comparable or much better skill players than most of the SEC, even at the top of the SEC, they will not have the linemen to impose their will on the top of the SEC for several recruiting cycles.

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did you miss my qualifier that I said in the modern NIL/transfer portal era?

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I doubt that Texas Tech will be able to match Auburn's recruiting even in that era.

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I doubt that Texas Tech will be able to match Auburn's recruiting even in that era

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Or New Mexico State's

The grind in the SEC happens in the trenches. It has always been what separates the leagues.

"It's true because darn it, it just feels true!"

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The lesser teams in the SEC have NFL players in their front 7.

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In reality, the SEC looks more like a version of the 2000's B12 than an older SEC league. Alabama & Georgia are strong across the board, but the other 12 are similar to everybody else.

In the 1st round of the 2023 NFL Draft;

The B12 had more lineman drafted than the "line of scrimmage league"

There were 9 DL drafted,
3 from B12
3 ACC
2 from B10
1 from SEC.

There were 4 OL drafted,
2 from SEC
1 from B12
1 from B10

In total,
9 from SEC, 14 schools, 3 each from AL & GA
9 from B10, 14 schools, 3 from OSU
6 from B12, 10 schools, 1 each from 6 schools
4 from ACC, 14 schools
3 from P12, 12 schools

1 Carolina Panthers Bryce Young QB Alabama SEC
2 Houston Texans C. J. Stroud QB Ohio State BIG
3 Houston Texans Will Anderson Jr. LB Alabama SEC
4 Indianapolis Colts Anthony Richardson QB Florida SEC
5 Seattle Seahawks Devon Witherspoon CB Illinois BIG
6 Arizona Cardinals Paris Johnson Jr. OT Ohio State BIG
7 Las Vegas Raiders Tyree Wilson DE Texas Tech B12
8 Atlanta Falcons Bijan Robinson RB Texas B12
9 Philadelphia Eagles Jalen Carter DT Georgia SEC
10 Chicago Bears Darnell Wright OT Tennessee SEC
11 Tennessee Titans Peter Skoronski OT Northwestern BIG
12 Detroit Lions Jahmyr Gibbs RB Alabama SEC
13 Green Bay Packers Lukas Van Ness DE Iowa BIG
14 Pittsburgh Steelers Broderick Jones OT Georgia SEC
15 New York Jets Will McDonald IV DE Iowa State B12
16 Washington Commanders Emmanuel Forbes CB Mississippi State SEC
17 New England Patriots Christian Gonzalez CB Oregon P12
18 Detroit Lions Jack Campbell LB Iowa BIG
19 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Calijah Kancey DT Pittsburgh ACC
20 Seattle Seahawks Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR Ohio State BIG
21 Los Angeles Chargers Quentin Johnston WR TCU B12
22 Baltimore Ravens Zay Flowers WR Boston College ACC
23 Minnesota Vikings Jordan Addison WR USC P12
24 New York Giants Deonte Banks CB Maryland BIG
25 Buffalo Bills Dalton Kincaid TE Utah P12
26 Dallas Cowboys Mazi Smith DT Michigan BIG
27 Jacksonville Jaguars Anton Harrison OT Oklahoma B12
28 Cincinnati Bengals Myles Murphy DE Clemson ACC
29 New Orleans Saints Bryan Bresee DT Clemson ACC
30 Philadelphia Eagles Nolan Smith LB Georgia SEC
31 Kansas City Chiefs Felix Anudike-Uzomah DE Kansas State B12