re: Why has the east division been so much worse than the West recently

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People say Mizzou won it when the East was down, but it was like the 3rd best division those 2 years.

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2013 the east was definitley good, as was missouri. They deserve all the credit. Although to be fair, UGA was the best team in the division (beat 2 top 10 teams back to back) before injuries decimated them, but still...kudos to missouri.


2014 is was definitely "down". Only 2 teams finished above .500 in SEC play, they were also the only 2 teams to finish with less than FIVE losses on the season.

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But I think the reasoning for those better recruiting classes is a snowball effect that stems from the weekly competition. The perception of the superior competition in the west nets them a higher level of quality recruits more regularly than teams on the east. Not to mention that every team in the east has undergone a head coaching change sometime in the past 5 years. Nobody in the west has done that except ole miss

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I agree with that logic. Put simply, the West has won multiple SEC and National Championships over the last 7 years and the East hasn't won any. And with Florida being down since losing Meyer, the East simply hasn't been very competitive.