Should be FCS opponents. Doh!
three minutes of research- over the past ten years the only time an SEC team did not play for, win or share a national title in football was 2005 (Texas)....2004’s title went to USC but was later vacated...but i guess the SEC is overrated...
If Oregon, or the Buckeyes, or FSU, or TCU had to play the SEC WEST every season, they’d be lucky to finish at .500 It is a brutal schedule..week after week..and it takes it’s toll on the teams..
Can not believe a crap team like Ohio beat Alabama. Not suprised at all that Oregon destroyed FSU. Someting they will certainly do to Ohio also.............
True enough.
Defensive toughness and physicality - just more SEC mythology promoted by ESPN.
Problem is, many CFB fans fall for it.
Just like this “playoff”, regardless of what ESPN calls it, it’s still a 4-team invitational.
Outside of Arkie, the other 6 teams gave up 2,980 yards and allowed 5.8 YPC.
Go Ducks
I think you should make this post more inflammatory so that people will actually respond and discuss. ;)
2 and 5. All five ranked SEC West teams lost their bowl games.
Thankfully, for the teams outside the SEC, the SEC beats the hell out of each other all season long before the bowl games. They do it to make bowl season more competitive....at least for one year out of every ten.
OK. You get one year to win. The SEC is nice that way.
See you again in 2025.
You mad bro?
The so-called mighty SEC West was embarrassed this bowl season...Stop scheduling directional schools, schools made up of choir boys like Incarnate Word and Presbyterian, and FBS opponents.Over the past 10-15 years, I think your argument is all wet. This year, you can make the argument that the SEC was overrated. Nevertheless, you can make a much more persuasive argument that the Big 10 and Big 12 in particular have been consistently overrated as conferences for the last 15-20 years, perhaps longer.
Unfortunately, it does not pay for schools in the SEC to schedule tough out of conference opponents. Some of those SEC schools have never done much of that. Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi, and Mississippi St, in particular, rarely have scheduled tough out of conference opponents. Occasionally they have, but not year-in and year-out. Tennessee, Florida, LSU, and probably a few others always have scheduled at least one tough non-conference opponent almost every year. Georgia has seen their out of conference schedule in recent years become much more difficult with the rise of Clemson and Georgia Tech programs. Florida always has FSU on the schedule, and occasionally has scheduled Miami.
The pressure in the SEC is to add yet another conference game - from 8 now to 9 perhaps. That will put enormous pressure on teams like Tennessee who do not have to schedule a tough out of conference opponent but do routinely (UCLA, Oregon, Oklahoma, Miami, Notre Dame, etc.). Teams like Florida and Georgia are going to want to drop FSU and Clemson, perhaps. So, unfortunately, you will probably see less games with tough out of conference opponents.
How ‘bout them Hawkeyes!
Actually 2-5, with LSU losing.
Meanwhile, the SEC East is about to go 4-0 in bowl games (UGA, Mizzou, SCar, Tennessee).
Only Florida can screw it up now. (And they probably will)