The difference is that the SEC doesn’t play cupcake conference games like PAC 12 teams do. Be truthful now, would you really want to play LSU, Miss, St., Ole Miss, Arkansas. Texas A&M and Auburn, each year in your division, and Tennessee as your permanent out of division rival? Alabama plays a cupcake or two because the SEC is usually so brutal, year in and year out. Pac 12, not so much. Best team in your conference right now is USC, not Washington.
You are correct. The fun part of the SEC is that on any given Saturday a team can beat you. The SEC is tough and punishes each other badly. If the team gets caught looking ahead, Ark, LSU, Aub, UGA, TA&M Florida, Ten Miss (St & Ole) will beat you. Hell even Kentucky and South Carolina can ruin your season. Kentucky beat Louisville. These cupcake SEC teams would be perpetual spoilers and leaders in other conferences.
I do enjoy watching all college football games. Heart, excitement and emotion can make any game competitive. That’s the fun of it. I do have a hard time with the PSU OSU decision and I don’t have a strong tie in except not caring for Meyer. No more games need to be added for more playoff games. These kids / young men get hurt the longer the season goes. The competition is so tough UGA fired Mark Richt. That was Stupid.
Roll Tide / War Eagle! I can root for both unlike the rest of my state.