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tanker27 wrote:Did LSU not get a bowl this year?
EDIT: DOH, NVM you listed them as Louisiana State.....
RickyTick wrote:It's a shame that so many teams are .500 or below getting into a bowl game. There's got to be a better system.
tanker27 wrote:Expand the playoffs. Make it a true playoff system, 8 or even 16, we rank teams in the top 25 so why not. Then get rid of the unneeded bowls. I know this will hurt some of those stadiums' bottom line as they will lie dormant during this time period but meh.
atari030 wrote:An 8 team playoff makes the most sense to me. I have to think that's coming. 16 is probably too large of a bracket.
homerdog wrote:CLEMSON CLEMSON CLEMSON.
Can you tell I'm a Clemson grad?
homerdog wrote:CLEMSON CLEMSON CLEMSON.
Can you tell I'm a Clemson grad?
Dr. Saturday wrote:40. AutoNation Cure Bowl (Dec. 19, Orlando, Florida) – Georgia State (6-6) vs. San Jose State (5-7)
This bowl is as bad as it gets.
JustAnEngineer wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/ranking-the-bowls-1-40--excluding-the-national-championship---231057782.htmlDr. Saturday wrote:40. AutoNation Cure Bowl (Dec. 19, Orlando, Florida) – Georgia State (6-6) vs. San Jose State (5-7)
This bowl is as bad as it gets.
idchafee wrote:I dislike the SEC in general.
tanker27 wrote:idchafee wrote:I dislike the SEC in general.
Why?
mattshwink wrote:tanker27 wrote:idchafee wrote:I dislike the SEC in general.
Why?
I feel the same. so here is my 2 cents: I have friends who are SEC alums/fans and who are generally insufferable when it comes to the SEC.....how much better they are than all other conferences, how much better their fans are too. A couple are even Alabama fans, and they believe championships are their birthright. Also, Saban's losing face is priceless.
tanker27 wrote:We just take our college ball seriously in the south. And really you cannot debate the fact that the SEC is truly the hardest division in NCAAF. Every year they [the SEC] routinely eat each other up. But the proof is in the pudding:
SEC vs. ACC: 290-144-10
SEC vs. Big 12: 83-67-6
SEC vs. Big Ten: 83-57-2
SEC vs. Pac-12: 68-40-5
I also have to agree Alabama fans are insufferable.
mattshwink wrote:I feel the same. so here is my 2 cents: I have friends who are SEC alums/fans and who are generally insufferable when it comes to the SEC.....how much better they are than all other conferences, how much better their fans are too. A couple are even Alabama fans, and they believe championships are their birthright. Also, Saban's losing face is priceless.
Waco wrote:Are those stats ranked games only? I don't really think a top-25 team beating an unranked team in any division is something worth crowing about.
SEC records against other conferences
TEAM G W L T WIN% PFPG PAPG
ACC 451 294 147 10 66.3 23.4 16.9
American Athletic 16 11 5 0 68.8 26.9 20.7
Big 10 143 84 57 2 59.4 24.4 21.6
Big 12 158 83 69 6 54.4 22.4 21.7
Big East 54 25 29 0 46.3 26.4 26.6
Conference USA 154 130 24 0 84.4 31.6 16.0
Independents 934 625 288 21 68.0 24.1 15.5
MAC 100 86 14 0 86.0 35.0 13.8
Mountain West 23 16 7 0 69.6 35.0 21.1
PAC 12 114 69 40 5 62.7 23.9 19.3
Southwest 355 197 141 17 57.9 17.1 13.5
Sun Belt 133 126 7 0 94.7 41.5 13.6
WAC 82 71 11 0 86.6 35.8 15.5
tanker27 wrote:Waco wrote:Are those stats ranked games only? I don't really think a top-25 team beating an unranked team in any division is something worth crowing about.
That's overall ranked/unranked/forfeit.....since 1933, a more in depth look:Code: Select allSEC records against other conferences
TEAM G W L T WIN% PFPG PAPG
ACC 451 294 147 10 66.3 23.4 16.9
American Athletic 16 11 5 0 68.8 26.9 20.7
Big 10 143 84 57 2 59.4 24.4 21.6
Big 12 158 83 69 6 54.4 22.4 21.7
Big East 54 25 29 0 46.3 26.4 26.6
Conference USA 154 130 24 0 84.4 31.6 16.0
Independents 934 625 288 21 68.0 24.1 15.5
MAC 100 86 14 0 86.0 35.0 13.8
Mountain West 23 16 7 0 69.6 35.0 21.1
PAC 12 114 69 40 5 62.7 23.9 19.3
Southwest 355 197 141 17 57.9 17.1 13.5
Sun Belt 133 126 7 0 94.7 41.5 13.6
WAC 82 71 11 0 86.6 35.8 15.5
tanker27 wrote:But I get it. You have to hate someone.
Waco wrote:Oh I only hate the fans because they're obnoxious.
tanker27 wrote:/sigh
You can slice it however you want to (try) make the numbers look good in your favor (only 3 years in a decade below .500 that's way better than any other conference) but the overall numbers don't lie. SEC is the hardest conference in the nation.
Just think about it, Ignore the playoff or the BCS: you had 8 SEC teams in the top 25 in 2014, 5 as of right now this year, 7 in 2013, 5 in 2012, 9 in 2011, 6 in 2010, etc. etc. What other conference routinely puts more than three or four in the top 25? None. In fact if the SEC didnt eat its own self routinely I bet almost all teams would be ranked if they only played outside the SEC.
But I get it. You have to hate someone. Hell even I hate Alabama and Saban with a passion. I would much rather root for the other team regardless of who they are. LETS GO MICHIGAN STATE. (I doubt they will win but I will root for them!)
mattshwink wrote:But that's what you're doing. Slicing out how you want Here's another way: The SEC has won the 3rd most championships. Big 10 has 10 more, and Ivy has almost double! When you take big swaths of time, that's hard to do in any sport, and in college football with realignments and changes in the game over it's history, it's better to break things into eras.
idchafee wrote:AJ McCarron will attempt to become the first Alabama Crimson Tide QB to win an NFL game since Jeff Rutledge in 1987. (3 years before McCarron was born)
How can such a winning program not produce a decent NFL QB for almost a generation?