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  • AxeA Axe

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    @axe said:

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    That little girl just beat the best of the SEC in their own backyard!
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  • Here is the updated record of the SEC against the other 4 Power conferences after the bowls:

    vs. ACC won 3 lost 5

    vs. Big Ten won 2 Lost 3....with one game remaining Iowa vs. Tenn. happening today.

    vs. Big 12 won 5 lost 2

    vs. Notre Dame won 0 lost 1

    vs. Pac 12 0-0 these conferences did not play a single game against each other this year....not even a bowl game. Just curious why they duck each other....In theory they are supposed to be the two strongest conferences.

    So the SEC is currently 10-11 for the entire year vs. all other conferences....with one game to play. Hardly dominance.

    No, the dominant conference in the nation appears to be the Pac 12. Including the Bowls they are currently 14-3 against all other power conferences and ND. They also have 3 games to play: today with UCLA vs. Kansas St. and Oklahoma St. vs. Washington.....and Oregon vs. Ohio St. (yet still no game vs. SEC).

  • Axe is so mad right now. Sorry bro, OSU > Alabama

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
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  • AxeA Axe

    @the-gipper said:

    Just what do they rule?

    7 of the last 8 National Championships.. If FSU doesn't pull a miracle out of their ass it's 8 out of 8..

    That's not a myth.. That's a clear fucking dominance..

    @axe said:

    7 of the last 8 National Championships.. If FSU doesn't pull a miracle out of their ass it's 8 out of 8..

    That's not a myth.. That's a clear fucking dominance..

    Um...
    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • EdwardejwE Edwardejw

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    National championships have been arbitrarily handed out based on popularity for a hot minute. The playoff system will make or break their claims of dominance.

    As you watch 'Bama mop up OSU on New Year's day and trounce Oregon in the championship game. Hate to say it but Saban is on track for another one.

    The SEC has revenue sharing which is why their programs (all of them - Track - Basketball - Baseball and Football) are all so strong and that's why we root conference also. As much as I hate 'Bama, I want them to win the championship 'cause that's more money in the coffers.

    @edwardejw said:

    As you watch 'Bama mop up OSU on New Year's day and trounce Oregon in the championship game. Hate to say it but Saban is on track for another one.

    The SEC has revenue sharing which is why their programs (all of them - Track - Basketball - Baseball and Football) are all so strong and that's why we root conference also. As much as I hate 'Bama, I want them to win the championship 'cause that's more money in the coffers.

    Um...

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • Love it.

  • BTW, anybody think the SEC "dominance" would have been a little less if we had the playoffs in earlier years?

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  • Of course

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  • T The Cysko Kid

    Axe is so mad right now. Sorry bro, OSU > Alabama

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Axe is so mad right now. Sorry bro, OSU > Alabama

    Not mad at all.. I gave OSU a 50/50 chance and kudos to them.. The SEC is down this yr even tho apparently Iowa didn't get the memo.. The SEC HAS been dominant.. Denying that is ludicrous.. Are things starting to even out? It looks like it might. If OSU/ALA played 10 times.. It might go 5/5.. Good luck next week, Oregon looked mighty tough! Tho FSU was over rated.

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    bbedwardB tiamat63T The GipperT 3 Replies

  • When you hand a certain conference the title year after year of course they're going to look dominant. When you make them play for it...well...

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • AxeA Axe

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Axe is so mad right now. Sorry bro, OSU > Alabama

    Not mad at all.. I gave OSU a 50/50 chance and kudos to them.. The SEC is down this yr even tho apparently Iowa didn't get the memo.. The SEC HAS been dominant.. Denying that is ludicrous.. Are things starting to even out? It looks like it might. If OSU/ALA played 10 times.. It might go 5/5.. Good luck next week, Oregon looked mighty tough! Tho FSU was over rated.

    @axe said:

    Not mad at all.. I gave OSU a 50/50 chance and kudos to them.. The SEC is down this yr even tho apparently Iowa didn't get the memo.. The SEC HAS been dominant.. Denying that is ludicrous.. Are things starting to even out? It looks like it might. If OSU/ALA played 10 times.. It might go 5/5.. Good luck next week, Oregon looked mighty tough! Tho FSU was over rated.

    FSU pulled a bunch of games out of their ass against lesser opponents all year.

    The SEC is dominant on paper, further evaluation tells a different story. The playoffs system maybe telling a different story too. Given the polls biasing towards SEC.

  • bbedwardB bbedward

    BTW, anybody think the SEC "dominance" would have been a little less if we had the playoffs in earlier years?

    @bbedward said:

    BTW, anybody think the SEC "dominance" would have been a little less if we had the playoffs in earlier years?

    Definitely. Also, if we got rid of preseason rankings and didn't have ranking until like week 6

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  • AxeA Axe

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Axe is so mad right now. Sorry bro, OSU > Alabama

    Not mad at all.. I gave OSU a 50/50 chance and kudos to them.. The SEC is down this yr even tho apparently Iowa didn't get the memo.. The SEC HAS been dominant.. Denying that is ludicrous.. Are things starting to even out? It looks like it might. If OSU/ALA played 10 times.. It might go 5/5.. Good luck next week, Oregon looked mighty tough! Tho FSU was over rated.

    @axe said:

    Not mad at all.. I gave OSU a 50/50 chance and kudos to them.. The SEC is down this yr even tho apparently Iowa didn't get the memo.. The SEC HAS been dominant.. Denying that is ludicrous.. Are things starting to even out? It looks like it might. If OSU/ALA played 10 times.. It might go 5/5.. Good luck next week, Oregon looked mighty tough! Tho FSU was over rated.

    I believe in both 2006 and 2007 the SEC had a losing bowl record. But you'd never know because when Florida and LSU won the title games, that means they're the end all- be all.

    The GipperT 1 Reply
  • AxeA Axe

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Axe is so mad right now. Sorry bro, OSU > Alabama

    Not mad at all.. I gave OSU a 50/50 chance and kudos to them.. The SEC is down this yr even tho apparently Iowa didn't get the memo.. The SEC HAS been dominant.. Denying that is ludicrous.. Are things starting to even out? It looks like it might. If OSU/ALA played 10 times.. It might go 5/5.. Good luck next week, Oregon looked mighty tough! Tho FSU was over rated.

    @axe said:

    Not mad at all.. I gave OSU a 50/50 chance and kudos to them.. The SEC is down this yr even tho apparently Iowa didn't get the memo.. The SEC HAS been dominant.. Denying that is ludicrous.. Are things starting to even out? It looks like it might. If OSU/ALA played 10 times.. It might go 5/5.. Good luck next week, Oregon looked mighty tough! Tho FSU was over rated.

    The SEC has had some dominant teams, but the league has not been dominant, not really.....unless you mean dominance of all the cupcakes they schedule.

    As I noted....this year anyway, that conference did not play a single game vs. the Pac 12....which probably really is the dominant conference.. If they did their .500 record against the other power conferences would probably have been much worse.

  • tiamat63T tiamat63

    @axe said:

    Not mad at all.. I gave OSU a 50/50 chance and kudos to them.. The SEC is down this yr even tho apparently Iowa didn't get the memo.. The SEC HAS been dominant.. Denying that is ludicrous.. Are things starting to even out? It looks like it might. If OSU/ALA played 10 times.. It might go 5/5.. Good luck next week, Oregon looked mighty tough! Tho FSU was over rated.

    I believe in both 2006 and 2007 the SEC had a losing bowl record. But you'd never know because when Florida and LSU won the title games, that means they're the end all- be all.

    @tiamat63 said:

    I believe in both 2006 and 2007 the SEC had a losing bowl record. But you'd never know because when Florida and LSU won the title games, that means they're the end all- be all.

    Yes, my point being that one dominant school does not make a dominant conference.

    If the SEC continues to schedule cupcakes then the selection committee will hold that against them in future years.

    Of the Power 5 conferences the Big Ten scheduled the most games against the other 4 (plus Notre Dame), the SEC the least.

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @tiamat63 said:

    I believe in both 2006 and 2007 the SEC had a losing bowl record. But you'd never know because when Florida and LSU won the title games, that means they're the end all- be all.

    Yes, my point being that one dominant school does not make a dominant conference.

    If the SEC continues to schedule cupcakes then the selection committee will hold that against them in future years.

    Of the Power 5 conferences the Big Ten scheduled the most games against the other 4 (plus Notre Dame), the SEC the least.

    @the-gipper said:

    Yes, my point being that one dominant school does not make a dominant conference.

    If the SEC continues to schedule cupcakes then the selection committee will hold that against them in future years.

    Of the Power 5 conferences the Big Ten scheduled the most games against the other 4 (plus Notre Dame), the SEC the least.

    The SEC will continue to schedule those cupcakes. That way they can stay at home in the south and not travel anywhere west or north.

    If they start scheduling big ten or pac 12 teams they will have to do the home-and-home series and they don't want that.

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
    The GipperT 1 Reply

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  • AxeA Axe

    Still the funniest thing I've seen in a while 😆

    @axe said:

    Still the funniest thing I've seen in a while 😆

    Saw that awhile back. HILARIOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Browns149B Browns149

    @the-gipper said:

    Yes, my point being that one dominant school does not make a dominant conference.

    If the SEC continues to schedule cupcakes then the selection committee will hold that against them in future years.

    Of the Power 5 conferences the Big Ten scheduled the most games against the other 4 (plus Notre Dame), the SEC the least.

    The SEC will continue to schedule those cupcakes. That way they can stay at home in the south and not travel anywhere west or north.

    If they start scheduling big ten or pac 12 teams they will have to do the home-and-home series and they don't want that.

    @browns149 said:

    The SEC will continue to schedule those cupcakes. That way they can stay at home in the south and not travel anywhere west or north.

    If they start scheduling big ten or pac 12 teams they will have to do the home-and-home series and they don't want that.

    Yes, that is true.....though I do think that Tennessee and Ohio St. have a home and home series coming up. I also understand the concept that "we can make more money by playing home games in front of 80-100K people against cupcakes than going on the road to play a tough opponent and thereby losing a home game". All major schools do that, OSU included.....but they usually will schedule at least 1 or two games vs. the other conferences.

    The SEC West was all smoke and mirrors, primarily because of the Mississippi schools. Neither Ole Miss nor MSU scheduled a single non-conference game against a power conference opponent....choosing instead to both schedule 4 cupcakes. While those schools did make a reputation by beating Auburn and Alabama respectively....the fact is they gained their reputation merely by committing incest....I mean, they couldn't get laid except to do it with their sisters.

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