🏈 As if THIS decides it all

[LBS]

Tuscaloosa News ran an article about the "bragging rights" battle between the SEC and the Big10, and how the bowl record between them was close. Horse biscuits! Bad measurements...weak writing.

"Over the last 10 years, the SEC holds a 14-12 edge in 26 head-to-head bowl meetings with the Big Ten, with four more showdowns this bowl season — including three games today."

This is the Fifth year running that our best team has been in the BCS Title game, and how often have they had to address our best team? Apples to oranges.

Big 10 is not good enough to take the field with our best these years, so says the BCS. The ACC gets the best of the SEC East this season. So what does the SEC face from them?

2 of their three champs get is our Divsion also-rans. Turn the tables on the Bama-Michigan State game and you get something like 13-0 Auburn vs. 7-5 Northwestern. (based on the projection that #4 in the SEC west is at best #7 in the SEC) Anyone think that is a good measuring stick for conference comparisons?

As for a more reasonable Florida vs. Penn State, wasn't the conference question with respects to Penn State answered in September when Bama took their foot off the gas in Tuscaloosa? Are we rolling that game into the equation?

:wife:

Sorry. We now return you to your regularly scheduled reading.

 

[TerryP]

Sort of on the same subject...but, a little bit of a twist on it.

I had a conversation with a guy that runs the Arkansas board— www.hogsportstalk.com — about an article that Paul Finebaum wrote a few weeks ago about how Arkansas and South Carolina haven't contributed the the SEC at all. Well, this year USCe did make it to the SECCG...only to lose.

Now, Arkansas is facing OSU. An OSU team that is what...0-10 vs the SEC in the last decade or so? IF, IF, Arkansas loses to OSU...have they done a thing for the SEC yet? Sure, a pay check.

 

[jdpas29]

i'm so ready for the miss. st/michigan st. game. i think i'm as excited about it as any of the other bowl games just because. it's kinda like pulling for a homemade racecar at talladega. no offense to miss. st., but the michigan fans are probably not giving them much credit. most of the fans of football in general aren't. i think the bulldogs could demolish michigan if self is running well and they get decent blocking up front. it will be interesting watching michigans running QBs deal with miss. st. defense

 

[silvermetalflake]

LBS...... the only way to understand the sports media writer is to realize that they pander to their readers prejudices. Their opinions, observations and predictions are no better nor more accurate than those of any sports fan sitting in a pub with a pint of Guinness and bowl of peanuts. And while the pen maybe be mightier than the sword, actions speak louder than words. So I say... sod the sports pundits and let's just play some F'en ball already....and let the blood, sweat, and pigskin write history and verify claims. My two schillings. And give me a pint while I'm waiting.