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Shouldn't Fresno State be number 3 after this weekend?
BTHOtu
Uhhhhhhhh....how many bowls did the SEC win last year, just as a "measure" of how great that conference is? Methinks...not that many.
Waiting to see how the BCS will screw this up again.
Does anyone play defense in the SEC?
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The level of quarterback play in the SEC makes it not much higher than good old fashioned California high school football. Just take a step back and look at what USC did to Arkansas this year (when Alabama barely beat them) 70-17. LSU is a .500 team in the PAC-10.
I'm still disappointed with the Hurricanes piss poor offensive performance against GA Tech. Kyle Wright and the terrible UM offensive line are not ready for the big time YET.
The 7th place team in the Big Ten was 7-4. The Big Ten Conference as a whole was 27-6, with a much tougher set of games than the SEC. :p
Big Ten Losses:
Texas (10-0)
Iowa State (7-3)
Notre Dame (8-2)
Arizona State (5-5)
Notre Dame (8-2)
California (7-4)
>>>Doesn't change the fact that the SEC is still the best conference in college football though ;)...
Nah. The ACC is the best. :)
For the record, my alma mater, #25 Clemson University of the ACC, lost only 4 games this year by a total of 14 points.
They lost to:
Miami by 6 - in overtime
Boston College by 3 - in overtime
Wake Forest by 4
Georgia Tech by 1
Miami is currently #10 in the polls.
Georgia Tech is #20
Boston College is #21
In the last two game of the season Clemson beat:
#17 Florida State 35-14
#19 South Carolina 13-9
Florida State is currently #23 in the polls.
We'll git 'em next year.
BSC blows! Big Commie System!
The College Football Data Warehouse (http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/rankings/all_time_conf_rankings.php) says the SEC is #1 of all-time, ahead of the Big 10. Most bowl rankings (best winning percentage in bowls from year to year -- although the SEC has faltered for about two years) I've seen list the SEC as well. The SEC was not up to par this year -- LSU, Auburn, and Georgia were strong. Alabama has a strong defense and no offense, but is usually strong. Add to the mix the fact that Tennessee and Florida are usually strong but stunk this year. Few conferences can come up with six teams that natch the performance of those six over the last fifteen or twenty years. That said, my personal opinion is:
The PAC-10 is the most underrated conference each year. Because their games are on television late, if at all, in the Midwest and East, nobody sees these teams. They play sophisticated offensive sets and seem to have great team speed. However, I don't think they field more than three or four teams in a given year up to the standards of the SEC's "normal" Big Six.
Year in and year out, Nebraska is the most over-ranked team at the beginning of the year. Don't they hold a record for losing the most bowl games in a row against ranked opponents? Don't they hold a record for most consecutive losses when ranked in the Top 20, losing to ranked teams lower than them in the Top 20? Don't they hold the record for years in a row finishing lower in the AP poll than they started they started the season? That said, when Osborne recruited (or endured) criminals, he put together two of the best college football teams in modern history. Also, Nebraska has the SEC's number, with something like an 18-2 lifetime record against the SEC. For years, however, Nebraska fattened up against pitiful Big 8 opponents, with one game against Oklahoma, then was beaten in its bowl game.
The Big 10, overall, is the most over-rated conference. Why? Because people still remember (a) football when it was played by guys with Slavic last names and dominated by the Big 10, (b) football when the racist and backwards SEC didn't have Black players and the Big 10 was superior to the SEC, and (c) all the statements made by sport journalists who graduated from the Big 10. Remember all of the hype about the Rose Bowl when it was meaningless? When it consisted of the Big 10 sending out a patsy to get pounded by the PAC 10 on an annual basis?
The most improved conference over the last eight years has been the ACC. Look at their bowl records, look at the improvement of their record against traditional SEC and other opponents, etc. I'm not looking at this year's changes -- with Virginia Tech, Miami, Boston College, etc., although that just improved the conference more.
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At least this is one National Championship game the BCS can't screw up. Two undefeateds, ranked #1 and #2. How simple can it possibly be?
And were this under the pre-BCS system, USC would be playing Penn State in the Rose Bowl while Texas would probably be playing Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl and there would be a lifelong argument over which team is really better.
As a longtime critic of the bsBCS, and proponent of a playoff system, I'd have to say that at least for 2005, the BCS is giving us what most fans want to see - a game between #1 and #2 for all the marbles.
WTF???? Fresno State? Gimme a freaking break. USC plays mostly junior college calibre teams. They are a fine football team but they would be 7-3 if they played SEC ball. The PAC 10 is the biggest joke in College Football.
..... "a tough Fresno State squad".... sheesh.