2013 SEC Thread Presented by People Who Chant ESS-EEE-SEE, ESS-EEE-SEE

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[Michael Jordan.]

losing to a Big XII doormat.

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losing to a Big XII doormat.

You aren't good at this.

[Michael Jordan.]

You aren't good at this.

Neither is the SEC apparently.

[Michael Jordan.]

SEC defense

[rjv]

Alabama, Auburn, Florida, and LSU have all won at least one NCAA championship since 2006. Because of these 4 teams domination, the SEC is now known as the greatest conference from top to bottom. But what about the other 10 teams? Has anyone ever sat down and analyzed the records and wins of the entire conference and answered the question "Is the SEC the best conference from top to bottom?"

To answer the above question, I took a look at the other 10 teams (Missouri and Texas A&M have been in the SEC since 2012, so their records from 2006 - 2011 are meaningless in this debate). The answer that I got was...well....below average.

So how did I come to this conclusion? I began by looking at a teams total record and looking exclusively at their non conference records. EVERYONE had a winning non conference record, or at least .500. So I began to look deeper at exactly who these teams were playing. After getting rid of the UABs and Citadel's of the schedule I was able to see the...well...below average nature of the SEC.

The SEC is a combined 47-48 against opponents from "Top Conferences (i.e. Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, Pac-10, ACC, and I threw in Boise State as well)". This is not bad at all....BUT...I decided to do something radical....I took away Georgia from the equation...once I did that, the SEC is a paltry 33-43 against top conference schools. In fact only 3 teams (4 if you count Texas A&M from last year) have a winning record against top conferences since 2006 (South Carolina, Georgia, & Kentucky) while 5 (6 including Missouri) have .500 or below records. This isn't a dominating conference. This is a top heavy conference with a bunch of below average teams riding the coat-tails of its upper echelon programs. And there's nothing wrong with that. But let's not sit here and act as if the SEC is a great conference from top to bottom when Arkansas is posting a 1-6 record against top conferences since 2006.

Another stat I want to leave you with is this. Including the 10 average / below average teams in the SEC, when going up against the most overrated conference in the NCAA (Big Ten supposedly), these SEC teams r 7 - 8. That's right, a losing record against Big Ten teams. And these are loses to Michigan State, Penn State, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Iowa, and Michigan. That doesnt spell domination to me...that spells.....below average (average at best).

you probably want to give credit to the person who actually came up with this moot and incomplete syllogism: http://slumz.boxden.com/f16/sec-over...s-yes-1977215/

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@AP_Top25 Poll Break Down

SEC 8 teams
PAC 12 4 teams
Big 12 4 teams
ACC 4 teams
BIG10 2 teams
MAC 1
American 1
MWC 1

[DesignatedT]

Aggyfan: " But, but, the SEC is the deepest conference in the nation "

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...eams-ap-top-25

oh the irony

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http://espn.go.com/college-football/...eams-ap-top-25

oh the irony

SEC Gets Record 8 in AP's Top 25 By Playing Each Other


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[DesignatedT]

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lol georgia overrated as usual.

they're an overrated program in general. that's what i've been saying.

someone needs to agree with me. the denial reeks in here.

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someone needs to agree with me. the denial reeks in here.

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[Michael Jordan.]

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SEC Gets Record 8 in AP's Top 25 By Playing Each Other


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Must be nice for the SEC to get a weekly self-fulfilling prophecy that other conferences don't get, tbh.... overrate a bunch of SEC teams, then when they lose, rank the opponents for beating a ranked team but don't punish the losers too badly because they lost to an SEC team....

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i think i broke down the rankings in another thread that speaks pretty clearly about SEC favoritism in the AP poll

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i think i broke down the rankings in another thread that speaks pretty clearly about SEC favoritism in the AP poll

A longhorn ing about favoritism. I've seen it all.

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A longhorn ing about favoritism. I've seen it all.

lol nothing wrong with taking a non-biased approach to aggies' claim that having SEC teams in the AP poll automatically makes it the best conference.

UT should be 50 for all i care. they suck.

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lol nothing wrong with taking a non-biased approach to aggies' claim that having SEC teams in the AP poll automatically makes it the best conference.

UT should be 50 for all i care. they suck.

You're not biased? LOL

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You're not biased? LOL

only thing i'm biased for is clearing out the UT coaching staff and athletic department in general, and expand the LHN to the rest of the conference. everything else is irrelevant.

Big XII-II looks like , and the ACC and Pac 10+2 look great.

TCU giving LSU a game and Georgia losing to Clemson doesn't sell their rankings.

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only thing i'm biased for is clearing out the UT coaching staff and athletic department in general, and expand the LHN to the rest of the conference. everything else is irrelevant.

ok

[symple19]

Just keep running, Gus

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Just keep running, Gus

We are ing horrible. our ing defense.

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Every guy out there is ing scared to tackle.