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re: AP Poll Released at Noon Today
Posted by D3Fan on 8/17/26 at 12:32 pm to CatfishJohn
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I think this year we really, as a conference, need to shut up the country. We've laid some post season eggs recently.
The expanded playoff format was tough on the SEC. Now you have to earn it on the field.
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re: AP Poll Released at Noon Today
Posted by D3Fan on 8/17/26 at 12:31 pm to CatfishJohn
Funny but I don't remember SEC fans being all upset about pre-season rankings when it stacked a bunch of SEC teams at the top creating the cycle where SEC conference losses were "good losses" and propping up both teams' rankings next week.
re: Ole Miss finally gets a ring in football
Posted by D3Fan on 8/6/26 at 1:16 am to stopitnow1
WHat's the big deal? Didn't teams used to issue rings for major bowls? They did play in the Fiesta Bowl that year.
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I'm an OU fan first and by virtue of having to play a killer SEC schedule for the third year in a row, I readily admit that the SEC is, from top to bottom, the toughest conference in the country.
The SEC is the toughest from top to bottom? I think you'd better check the head to head results against the Big Ten in the last two years. As Curt Cignetti said, the Big Ten is not the result of a hype machine.
re: Pre-season Coaches Poll has released
Posted by D3Fan on 8/4/26 at 5:29 pm to BuckeyeGoon
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Sure if you take away playing on the road against a top 5 non conference opponent, their non conference schedules are exactly the same. Great point.
There are only 3 non-conference games. They have one solid game and you have one exceptional game. Now that means their schedule is completely weak? If you're better than them, beat them in the middle of the season.
re: Pre-season Coaches Poll has released
Posted by D3Fan on 8/4/26 at 4:49 pm to BuckeyeGoon
Well I guess you can punish Indiana by stomping them in week 4? I mean, on the field results are all that matter. What are you going to say if they beat you?
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This isn't the opinion of "people on this board" it's SOS rankings. What are you, some kind of Big Ten fluffer? Look at Indiana's present and future out of conference schedule. You want to defend that?
I'll take a page out of the SEC playbook. For years, many of the top SEC teams played weak out of conference schedules including those complete cupcakes just before rivalry week. The retort? "Our conference schedule is so strong that it doesn't matter." Now that the Big Ten is clearly stronger than the SEC and has been for a while, why isn't that a fine retort now for Indiana?
re: Pre-season Coaches Poll has released
Posted by D3Fan on 8/4/26 at 4:05 pm to BuckeyeGoon
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There's no defending Indiana's schedule. I dont know how any fan of the sport would want national championship level teams playing such a garbage out of conference schedule.
Ohio State has Texas but it also has Ball State and Kent State. Indiana has North Texas which has been a solid program. Is Ohio State's out of conference schedule tougher? Sure on the basis of Texas > North Texas but don't act like Ball State and Kent State aren't soft touches.
I'll guess we'll see soon as who is better between Ohio State and Indiana since it is your fourth game.
Ummmm....people on this board said the same thing about IU last year. They had played in the weak Big Ten. People who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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Their strength of schedule ranks outside of the top 30, genius. Go cry on a Big Ten board.
We won't really know until at least a few weeks into the season. You'd think the last three years would have humbled SEC fans but I guess not.
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Unless you want to stick your hand up a cow’s arse, then yes.
Ever heard of engineering? It's kind of a legitimate thing to study in college.
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They're guaranteed 10 wins with their joke of a schedule
Their schedule is a joke because they play a Big Ten conference schedule? Perhaps you missed how the Big Ten did against the SEC last year.
re: Sankey says SEC-NCAA breakaway talks are real
Posted by D3Fan on 7/22/26 at 12:11 pm to Whentheleveebreaks
The Donald Trump TACO strategy.
re: The B1G and SEC want UNC, so who wins the prize?
Posted by D3Fan on 6/28/26 at 10:34 pm to ClassicCityAlum
That random conference is considerably wealthier. Considerably.
re: OU will be the 8th SEC baseball champion in the last 15 years
Posted by D3Fan on 6/21/26 at 1:49 pm to dallastiger55
Now the SEC really cares a lot about baseball huh? Who needs football and basketball right?
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becuase recruiting and player development, which the SEC was incomparably elite at, no longer matters as much as how much you're willing to pay teenagers. That's pretty much it.
Also, we have gone to a larger playoff system where teams have to prove it on the field. UGA didn't get to just automatically be placed into the semifinals like in past years.
Isn't the draft used as key evidence of SEC superiority? What are the SEC fans going to say after tonight? There are obviously going to be more BIg Ten picks in the first round.
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NIL began in July 2021.
From the 2022 draft to present the SEC (with less teams mind you) has had 265 players drafted vs B10 222 and the ACC 126.
My main point is supported by the evidence - the NIL has not neutered the SEC in its overall talent depth vs the other conferences. The SEC still has the most talent, their lack of success is primarily coach related in the big 2.
So many flaws in this. Clearly NIL in 2024-26 is different from NIL in 2021. You have to look at the most recent NFL draft data. The Big Ten will crush the SEC in high draft picks this year. So you can't argue the talent is the same.
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The last time I checked there were 7 rounds.
So the Big Ten crushes the SEC in the first round but it'll be fine if the SEC has more players taken in the later rounds? By the way, you have no idea if that is going to happen. We'll see I guess. But the odds that the SEC makes it all up by having a lot more players taken in rounds 5-7 is far from a given.
re: McElroy showing off his Bama education
Posted by D3Fan on 4/9/26 at 6:42 pm to captdalton
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I am not saying it did not happen. But I don’t believe with absolute certainty it did like many of you. I am simply a skeptic.
Serious question. Do you think the earth is flat?
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NIL has shrunk the advantage but it’s still a strong SEC advantage.
How is NIL any sort of SEC advantage? SEC schools are poor compared to the Big Ten and even some ACC schools.
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