You know what we call "winning ugly" in the SEC? Winning. Last time I checked, the numbers behind the team were Wins and Losses. I don't recall a Wins, Ugly Wins, Shoulda Losts, Shoulda Wons, and Losses.
My guess is MI wins would have been much uglier if it played in the SEC. When you play the schedule FL played (FL played twice as many winning teams as MI played this year), when you play in the SEC, you are going to win ugly.
The Big 11 is not a strong conference. It is a mediocre conference with a few good teams. It is the Big 8 of the 2000s. That is, in the 1980s the Big 8 was really the Big 2 (OK and NE) and the Little 6. The Big 11 is typically the Big 2, the Average 3, and the Weak 6. This year, an unusually good year for the Big 11, it was the Big 3, the Average 3, and the Weak 5.
Because the Big 11 is not a strong conference, the Big 11 runner-up has no place in a national championship game. The SEC's Western Division (half of a conference), had as many 10-win teams as the entire Big 11 conference. The SEC Eastern division has as many winning teams as the entire Big 11 conference. Put these two divisions together, and there is no comparison. I would be willing to bet the 2006 SEC, with 4 ten-win teams, 8 winning teams, and 9 bowl teams, was the strongest year ever for any Division 1A college football conference in the history of college football.
"They should have lost to lsu (10-2, current #4 in the nation) and tn (9-3, runner up in the SEC East, FL was TNs biggest game this year)."
Two wins against two damn good teams. And you seem to have forgotten Florida's loss to Auburn was very close, and could have easily been a win. Auburn is no pushover, they are the only team in the country who is 2-0 against top five teams in the final BCS poll. While FL lost by 10 to Auburn, six of those points were on an Auburn defensive touchdown as time expired. There was also a close, and likely bad fumble call against FL when they were in scoring position late in the game. Still a loss, but FL recovered well. When a 9-3 TN is a disappointment, you have one hell of a conference.
"UM had only 1 ugly win against ball state (5-7)."
Ball State? Ball State? 'nuff said.
MI's close game against OU was only close because of OU's three turnovers. To use your terms, OU's win over MI was an "ugly win".
the sec schedules the most worthless out of conference teams I have ever seen.
Last year the Big10 was easily the strongest conference during the regular season. This year, you have a point...though I'm not so sure tht Penn State belongs in the "Average" section, given that they haven't yet lost to a team not in the top 10.