Started By
Message

re: Which of the past six SEC BCS Championship teams was the best?

Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:13 pm to
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
68325 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:13 pm to
2008 Florida or 2009 Alabama. 2011 Alabama would have been the best without question if not for the blemish and a lack of an SEC title.



This post was edited on 1/17/12 at 1:13 pm
Posted by Tuscaloosa
12x Award Winning SECRant user
Member since Dec 2011
49297 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

09 bama
10 auburn
08 Florida
11 bama


Having the best defense in the modern era of college football is enough to rank 2011 Bama ahead of '10 Auburn, and probably '08 Florida, too.
Posted by Swoopin
Member since Jun 2011
22041 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:17 pm to
Cammy Cam would have won it in the 4th. You know it, I know it, that guy over there knows it. Deal with it.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
12x Award Winning SECRant user
Member since Dec 2011
49297 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:20 pm to
Touche.

There's just no way you rank a team that won 5 games by 3 points or less, won 7 games by a touchdown or less, and gave up 3+ touchdowns in 9 games ahead of this year's Bama team.

2010 Auburn had poor special teams and an abysmal defense.

This post was edited on 1/17/12 at 1:21 pm
Posted by joeyb147
Member since Jun 2009
16019 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:20 pm to
quote:

2008 Florida Gators

Correct answer.
Posted by bama1959
Huntsville, AL
Member since Nov 2008
4980 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

Best defense: 2011 Alabama
Best offense: 2008 Florida
Best overall team: 2009 Alabama


2011 Bama was the best Bama team since Bryant so I have them better than 2009, and 1992 as well. 2011 probably is the best defense but I don't know about best overall team in the BCS era. I can't really say. The would have beaten the last 5-6 teams for sure.
Posted by SpartyGator
Detroit Lions fan
Member since Oct 2011
79682 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

09 bama
10 auburn
08 Florida
11 bama
06 Florida
07 lsu


Pretty solid list

10 AUB and 08 UF could flip because UF had a very good defense that season, was just loaded everywhere. I understand the argument at least, now if we didn't frick up against OleMiss....
This post was edited on 1/17/12 at 1:23 pm
Posted by parkjas2001
Gustav Fan Club: Consigliere
Member since Feb 2010
45000 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

2010 Auburn had poor special teams


No we didnt.
Posted by bama1959
Huntsville, AL
Member since Nov 2008
4980 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:24 pm to
quote:

Cammy Cam would have won it in the 4th. You know it, I know it, that guy over there knows it. Deal with it.


Since our 2010 team damn near embarrased the 2010 AU team with a major beat down there is NO WAY AU 2010 beats the Bama 2011 team which was several notches better than the year before.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
12x Award Winning SECRant user
Member since Dec 2011
49297 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:24 pm to
quote:

No we didnt.


It was pretty bad. Auburn fans complained ALL YEAR about the return game and coverage teams.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
12x Award Winning SECRant user
Member since Dec 2011
49297 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:25 pm to
quote:

Since our 2010 team damn near embarrased the 2010 AU team with a major beat down there is NO WAY AU 2010 beats the Bama 2011 team which was several notches better than the year before.


Faulty logic because 2009 Auburn almost beat us, and that '09 Bama team is the best on that list.
Posted by Swoopin
Member since Jun 2011
22041 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:25 pm to
Did you have a single offensive half this year like the one you did in IB 2010?
quote:


Faulty logic because 2009 Auburn almost beat us, and that '09 Bama team is the best on that list.


:highfive:

It's all silly talking about this, but there's one serious flaw with the 2011 Bama team... they didn't go undefeated.
This post was edited on 1/17/12 at 1:27 pm
Posted by parkjas2001
Gustav Fan Club: Consigliere
Member since Feb 2010
45000 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:26 pm to
quote:

Auburn fans complained ALL YEAR about the return game and coverage teams.


No they didnt.

We had some of the best coveage teams in both KO and punts. We had a clutch kicker and a decent punter. You must be thinking about a different year.
Posted by TheMightyTerrier
Member since Nov 2010
2102 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:26 pm to
It only took 1 page to make this an Alabama/Auburn pissing match. I'm unsure whether that is a positive or negative.

To answer the question, there is no correct answer. Since we will never know, I have no opinion on the matter.

Posted by TTsTowel
RIP Bow9den/Coastie
Member since Feb 2010
92253 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:26 pm to
quote:

It was pretty bad. Auburn fans complained ALL YEAR about the return game and coverage teams.


Tha frick?
Posted by parkjas2001
Gustav Fan Club: Consigliere
Member since Feb 2010
45000 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:27 pm to
quote:

Since our 2009 team damn near embarrased the 2009 Bama team
Posted by Tha Truth
Kenner
Member since Apr 2008
417 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:30 pm to
2011 Bama hands down best of the bunch.
Posted by bulldawger
Fish Creek, GA
Member since Jul 2010
2973 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:30 pm to
I know that this thread is about the last 6 years, but none of those teams beat '03 LSU.


Having said that, I'll take Bama '09.
Posted by CigarLovingTiger
Buford, GA
Member since Sep 2010
2987 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:30 pm to
quote:

Obviously the worst of them all



At least the 07 team won the SECC and the SECW.

Posted by Tuscaloosa
12x Award Winning SECRant user
Member since Dec 2011
49297 posts
Posted on 1/17/12 at 1:30 pm to
quote:

You must be thinking about a different year.


Yep, you're right. I was mistaken. My apologies.
first pageprev pagePage 2 of 6Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow SECRant for SEC Football News
Follow us on X and Facebook to get the latest updates on SEC Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitter