Marcusaureliussayshi

Top 10 teams don’t lose 3 games. If the CFP had allowed Alabama, Ole Miss or South Carolina, then they would have diluted the game.

Right now I think the SEC is in a similar situation as the Big 10 was back in 2006-2008. I remember seeing so many Big 10 posts bragging about the strength of their conference and how a 2 loss LSU was going to get embarrassed. I also remembered seeing the SEC dominate the bowl season with many of the top SEC teams saying that they played tougher games in conference. That was where the conference pride thing really took off. The SEC teams knew they were already facing the best teams in conference and proved it in the bowl games afterwards.

We just need for our three representatives to prove the SEC deserves those three in the national playoffs, and our bowl game representatives to prove their status on the football fields. That is how you shut down the other conference fans. They can no-longer claim it’s mysterious bagmen and cheating boosters.

You are assuming that your current 6 teams ranked in the top (31??? lol) will stay ranked after playoffs and bowl season. You know what they say about when you assUME? There are still a few games waiting for teams that have high draft players who might sit out rather than risk injuries, or a coach who ( for whatever reason), sucks in post season, or key players who might get injured in practice or in the game. I still say your analysis is flawed because you are trying to compare end of season rankings to OUs season in process.

I already showed you 6 ranked (top 25) sec teams that Ole Miss played, plus a 4th ranked FSU game in the kickoff classic in the 2016 season. OUs schedule this season, while brutal, is not different than any other’s teams experience in the SEC.

Edited to correct sp and add 2016 season

Again you are comparing end of year rankings to season in progress ratings. A lot could happen to your rankings after playoffs and bowl games are taken into consideration.

Your analysis is flawed. You are asking us to compare apples to oranges. An arbitrary (your) ranking before the end of the season to final rankings after all playoffs and bowl games are played.

The facts are almost every team in the SEC will have one of these types of years. If someone from each team was willing to do a deep dive, over the past 20 years I believe anyone could pull up similar tough schedules. That is why depth counts as much or more than elite talent. When you go to war with 7 of your fellow conference members each year, you need the jimmies and the joes and their second and third string teammates to be competitive.

2016 sucked for Ole Miss as well. Starting the kickoff classic with #4 FSU and blowing them up in the first half… then watching them pull away in the second was a demoralizing portent of the rest of the season. Opening SEC play with another close loss to #4 Alabama in which we led most of the game … only to see us wear out in the 4th and lose in a close one really drives home the lesson that lack of depth kills.

I stated facts and thats all it was, facts. Not one poster can provide any evidence of having played 6 top 25 SEC teams in 1 season.

Pretty sure I already brought the receipts…

Regular Season
DATE OPPONENT RESULT W-L (CONF) HI PASS HI RUSH HI REC
Mon, 9/5
vs
FSU
4 FSU * Out of conference
L45-34 0-1 (0-0) Kelly 313 Judd 44 Engram 121
Sat, 9/10
vs
WOF
WOF
W38-13 1-1 (0-0) Kelly 219 Judd 64 Pack 46
Sat, 9/17
vs
ALA
1 ALA. 1- ONE
L48-43 1-2 (0-1) Kelly 421 Judd 45 Engram 138
Sat, 9/24
vs
UGA
12 UGA 2- TWO
W45-14 2-2 (1-1) Kelly 282 Kelly 53 Engram 95
Sat, 10/1
vs
MEM
MEM
W48-28 3-2 (1-1) Kelly 361 Brazley 124 Stringfellow 94
Sat, 10/15
@
ARK
22 ARK 3- THREE
L34-30 3-3 (1-2) Kelly 253 Kelly 89 Engram 111
Sat, 10/22
@
LSU
25 LSU 4- FOUR
L38-21 3-4 (1-3) Kelly 218 Kelly 56 Stringfellow 92
Sat, 10/29
vs
AUB
15 AUB 5- FIVE
L40-29 3-5 (1-4) Kelly 465 Kelly 40 Engram 95
Sat, 11/5
vs
GASO
GASO
W37-27 4-5 (1-4) Kelly 226 Judd 139 Engram 75
Sat, 11/12
@
TA&M
8 TA&M 6- SIX
W29-28 5-5 (2-4) Patterson 338 Judd 100 Brown 77
Sat, 11/19
@
VAN
VAN
L38-17 5-6 (2-5) Patterson 222 Judd 63 Engram 102
Sat, 11/26
vs
MSST
MSST
L55-20 5-7 (2-6) Patterson 320 Judd 107 Stringfellow 97

It shows that Kirby Smart and Nick Saban were probably using fake injuries to slow down HUNH offenses way before Kiffin did so. It is hypocritical for them to complain now about Kiffin doing what they taught him.

Y’all shouldn’t be starting something then complaining when someone uses your tactics to beat you. Look up the origin of the ‘Saban’ rule that allows defensive substitutions. Smart and Saban used fake injuries to slow down HUNH offenses that were exploiting the penchant for creating mismatches by situational substitutions.

But Smart and Saban DID use it as a tactic to slow down HUNH offenses so they could disrupt the flow and make substitutions. In fact the rule that allows defensive substitutions was called the ‘Saban’ rule. Y’all shouldn’t get so hypocritical and pointing at Kiffin when you first created the problem that Kiffin warned about.

Kirby Smart and Nick Saban perfected the fake injuries to slow down HUNH of fences back in 2012…

“Another problem that arose from this game was the matter of injuries. There's no way to know for certain whether or not the injuries are legitimate, so we must make a conservative assumption. Damion Square went down to the ground after a long pass play from the Aggies, who were lining up to run a play as soon as the officials set the ball. Determining his level of injury is impossible as an outsider looking in, but it can't be argued that Square's possibly coincidental injury slowed down the Aggie offense to allow Nick Saban and Kirby Smart time to substitute on defense”

Read More: How Has Nick Saban Defended the HUNH on the Field? | LINK