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To: meandog

The “O” stands for OVER rated. The record of Big 10 teams against SEC is what? 0 for 9 tries since the BCS inception?


3 posted on 01/08/2008 7:52:16 AM PST by MoMagic
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To: MoMagic
The “O” stands for OVER rated. The record of Big 10 teams against SEC is what? 0 for 9 tries since the BCS inception?

No the Big 10 is 8-8 in BCS bowl games, with at least one victory over an SEC team. I think the record is more like 1-3 in BSC bowl games.

23 posted on 01/08/2008 8:04:15 AM PST by Always Right
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To: MoMagic
The record of Big 10 teams against SEC is what? 0 for 9 tries since the BCS inception?

You're thinking of the record of Ohio State against SEC teams in postseason play. The overall record of the Big 10 conference is poor but not a shutout. The 0-9 record of Ohio State goes back to the Woody-Bear matchup in the '78 Sugar Bowl (another blowout). Most of those losses came during the long, dreary John Cooper era. They'd lose to Michigan and wind up in a second-tier bowl like the Citrus against an SEC also-ran, and lose.

That said, because of these two consecutive championship losses, IMO the BCS is going to be disinclined to invite Ohio State to any BCS Bowl no matter what their record is next year.

38 posted on 01/08/2008 8:11:39 AM PST by chimera
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