re: To our Big 10 posters

USC is better than Texas, not sure on OU but its debatable.

Oregon has one large donor and no idea he will be there forever. Oklahoma state lost their big donor when he died and they are struggling, Oregon has 0 history and no idea they will last

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if you think that what are you basing that on?

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National titles which USC has more than double. when teams are close on the margins I'm gonna go with the top prize

That was probably the best summation of the difference in conferences, exactly what Texas fans have seen the first 1.5 years in the SEC.

I am not sure anyone will understand unless they get both sides.

Same reason why Texas and OU (mainly OU) dominated the BIG 12 especially when NU and others left to other conferences.

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I don't think that matters for 2025 really much at all. Just because a team wins a national title doesn't make the conference good. Tennessee winning a title in 1998 has nothing to do with them not being very good in 2025. LSU winning in 2019 has nothing to do with them getting run out of their own stadium less than 10 days ago. Auburn winning a title with Cam doesn't mean they are competitive this season.

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It does and it doesn't. It shows you the SEC consistently has more than one to two "good teams" and the rest of the conference sucks. For 2025, I don't need to point to history to know the conference is deeper from top to bottom. I can watch NFL draft shows and the amount of NFL draft prospects that are now at places like Vanderbilt, South Carolina, etc that just five and six years ago didn't, tells me the conference is deeper.

I literally watched three former Bama players (this weekend) who pre NIL/Portal would have still been at Bama and providing excellent depth for Alabama. But are now starters and high contributors for other SEC teams. In years past that wouldn't have happened. Those teams would have been absent that talent and Alabama would have had it as depth.

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The Rant craps on Ohio State

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This is the SEC Rant sir.

1. So moving forward towards the playoffs, if you aren't challenged, how can you get. If you meant you think they bucknuts are 10 points better now than anyone, then say so. Don't change your statement to match your narrative.

2. Oh boy you got me there. They beat us. You know a rival. I know you arent really familiar with what beating a rival means the last few years. They have also had to come from double digits down to beat MSU and OT with Kentucky. Again, don't change what you mean to match your narrative.

3. So if you are never challenged throughout the year, how do you get better at it? I know you were in a dogfight until halftime with that juggernaut that is Ped St, but you were able to pull away.

Im gonna laugh my arse off if michigan beats you guys again.

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Again I can be proven completely wrong and SEC fans can say OSU was a fraud, but nothing in the metrics indicates that, and nothing from watching every snap says that either

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Anyone claiming OSU is a fraud can just be ignored. The biggest difference between conferences is the future NFL talent even at the middle/lower tier schools.

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Im gonna laugh my arse off if michigan beats you guys again.

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Ok I've already laughed my arse off at you twice in just this thread so you'll be one behind even after that fantasy world occurrence

I’ve only watched one Ohio State game (against Texas) and zero Indiana games.

That being said, both are legit NC contenders imo. Why you ask?

Two stats found on BCF Toys

FEI Ratings
1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Oregon
4. Georgia

Why do I care about FEI Ratings? The NC has finished in the Top 3 FEI the past 10 years, and #1 in 4 of the last 5 years.

Points per Drive
1. Indiana
2. Ohio State
3. Oregon
4. Texas Tech

This stat has also been very important to the NC for the past 10 years, finishing above 2.0 Net PPD every year since 2017. Those 4 teams above are the only ones above 2.0 ppd right now.

Still lots of football to be played, but if I was betting, I’d pick one of those B1G teams to hold the trophy.

If my count is correct, there have been 33 games so far between the Power 4 leagues, including Notre Dame as a power conference team.

The breakdown of these games is as follows.

The SEC is 10-4
The Big 12 is 8-6
Notre Dame is 5-2
The Big Ten is 5-7
The ACC is 5-14

SEC
4-2 vs ACC
3-0 vs Big 12
2-1 vs Big Ten
1-1 vs Notre Dame

Big Ten
2-1 vs ACC
2-2 vs Big 12
1-2 vs SEC
0-2 vs Notre Dame

The following Big Ten teams do not have a Power 4 opponent on their schedule outside their conference.

Indiana
Washington
Northwestern
Maryland
Rutgers
Penn State

In the SEC the only team that will not play a team from a power 4 conference in the regular season is Ole Miss.

The Big Ten's performance this year in out of conference games is very weak, and there are a significant number of teams unconnected from direct comparisons to teams in other conferences. IMO, the one Ohio State win over Texas is doing a significant amount of heavy lifting in the annual "SEC is overrated!" screeching from the northern part of the country this year.