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Baylor was one of the hottest teams in the nation towards the end of the year, calling them shitty kind of shows your ignorance. I would say that Kansas St would have the best case, as if they and OU win, then the BIg-12 was by far the best conference in the nation.
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Yeah I didn't see that LSU loss to Clemson at all. Especially when Sammy Watkins went out early. Those were two fairly evenly ranked teams so I didn't even include that game in my previous post. I still figured that LSU would beat them by 10 to 14.
Thing with LSU is that Mettenberger can keep even a straight lousy team in the ballgame. He only had one good game this year and that was against us.
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Baylor was one of the hottest teams in the nation towards the end of the year, calling them shitty kind of shows your ignorance. I would say that Kansas St would have the best case, as if they and OU win, then the BIg-12 was by far the best conference in the nation.
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What was their record? This isn't the pro's where they have playoffs and the season doesn't matter once the playoffs start. Who fvcking cares how "hot" they were at the end of the season? Fact of the matter is that Baylor lost how many games this season? And how many games did Stanford lose (that would be two and one of them to ND). Did OU's only loss come to a team that just won the Rose Bowl on a lfield goal in OT?
Kansas State got spanked by a team that was 8-5 and 4-5 in their own conference. You not being able to recognize that college football doesn't work like the pro's and even stating that KSU has a stronger case than OU at this point doesn't only show your ignorance, but is absolutely laughable. If you want to talk shit to me at least make a case that makes fvcking sense.
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You claimed that Kansas State had a better case at being ranked higher than Oregon at this point which is clearly wrong. If you think KSU has a better resume than Oregon, I don't know what to tell you.
KSU is the only team worth a damn that Baylor beat. They lost to WVU, TCU, Texas, Oklahoma, and Iowa State for christ's sake. They needed overtime to beat Texas Tech.
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KSU would have beaten a grand total of three ranked teams (If they beat Oregon).
Their resume isn't close to either Bama or ND's. Are you going to keep spouting stupidity?
Edit: Texas and Oklahoma and Texas is garbage this year so far. Impressive
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Sorry this will be long, but here's my take - The last 3 days have proved what I have been saying all year, but finally it's more than just me talking about it, now everyone has seen it with their own eyes. Hold on SEC people, just hear me out on this.
The season started with Alabama smashing a Michigan team that had been ranked as high as #8. But Michigan turned out to be the 5th best team in the Big 10. They nearly lost at home to Air Force the next week and could have easily finished 5-7 or 6-6 after beating Nwestern in OT and Mich St by 2.
Then two Pac teams that had been shitty the year before, UCLA and Oregon St, beat Nebraska and Wisconsin. But instead of giving those Pac teams credit, the perception just became that the Big 10 was more terrible than ever this year. I even bought into that a little bit, especially when Cal almost beat Ohio State.
So as Ohio State just kept winning it was dismissed as the Big Ten is shitty. But then 2 even match-ups happened between the SEC and B1G and the results changed the perception or at least should have. By even, I mean the #5 team from the B1G (Michigan) played the #5-6 team from the SEC (South Car) and gave them all they could handle and basically had SCar on the ropes, but UM lost in the last few seconds.
Let me back up - Some might disagree with how I came to the conclusion that Michigan is the 5th best team in the BIG. Obviously OSU is #1, then it get's tricky, but I would go Wisconsin #2, Nebraska #3, and Penn St #4. Although the Penn St guy has a point because they beat Wisconsin by 3 at home, but Nebraska also beat Penn St by 9 at home, but IMO a 40 beat beatdown on a neutral field for the Conf title trumps all of that and Wisconsin comes in solid at #2 and they played like it against Stanford. Nebraska beat Penn St by 9 and Michigan by 14. Although Michigan didn't play either Wisky or Penn St, their best win was in OT vs Nwestern, which makes it easy to see that Michigan is #5 and Nwestern #6, followed closely by Mich St at #7 who lost to Nwestern by 3.
So the other even match-up was the #3 team from the BIG Nebraska vs the #2 or #3 team from the SEC Georgia. Georgia got the win 45-31, Nebraska proved they could play with UGA leading 31-23 near or at the end of the 3rd quarter. Now the #6 team from the B1G Nwestern beat the #7 SEC team Vandy by 10 earlier this year and beat the #8-9 SEC team Miss State by 14.
So after considering all that take a look at Alabama & Ohio State's resumes. The # is the conference rank of the team.
#1 Alabama (in order of best wins) #1 Ohio State ========================================= #3/4 @LSU 21-17 ........................#2@Wisconsin 21-14 #2/3 Georgia 32-28.......................#3 Nebraska 63-38 Michigan 41-14..............................#5 Michigan 26-21 #8/9 Miss State 38-7......................#4 Penn St 35-23 #8/9 Ole Miss 33-14.......................#7@Mich State 17-16
With Ohio St being undefeated, and Bama having the loss to #5/6 A&M, one of Bama's main wins has gets eliminated to balance out the loss. (So the possible win over ND stays off the list ).
Considering that Ohio St and Wisconsin demolished Nebraska, and Georgia beat Nebraska by 14. Considering that the #5 teams of each conf Michigan and South Car played an even game Considering that wins over Penn St and Mich St are much better wins than Miss St and Ole Miss. Considering that Florida had the most impressive resume within the SEC beating LSU, A&M, South Car, and losing to Georgia by 1 score, only to lose to a Louisville team that lost to UConn and to Syracuse by 20.
Alabama's resume, even with a win over ND doesn't look more impressive to me than Ohio State's anymore after seeing LSU lose to Clemson, Georgia struggle with Nebraska, and Florida lose to Louisville, and Northwestern beat Miss State after having already beaten Vandy. That's just my very long opinion.
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Sorry this will be long, but here's my take - The last 3 days have proved what I have been saying all year, but finally it's more than just me talking about it, now everyone has seen it with their own eyes. Hold on SEC people, just hear me out on this.
The season started with Alabama smashing a Michigan team that had been ranked as high as #8. But Michigan turned out to be the 5th best team in the Big 10. They nearly lost at home to Air Force the next week and could have easily finished 5-7 or 6-6 after beating Nwestern in OT and Mich St by 2.
Then two Pac teams that had been shitty the year before, UCLA and Oregon St, beat Nebraska and Wisconsin. But instead of giving those Pac teams credit, the perception just became that the Big 10 was more terrible than ever this year. I even bought into that a little bit, especially when Cal almost beat Ohio State.
So as Ohio State just kept winning it was dismissed as the Big Ten is shitty. But then 2 even match-ups happened between the SEC and B1G and the results changed the perception or at least should have. By even, I mean the #5 team from the B1G (Michigan) played the #5-6 team from the SEC (South Car) and gave them all they could handle and basically had SCar on the ropes, but UM lost in the last few seconds.
Let me back up - Some might disagree with how I came to the conclusion that Michigan is the 5th best team in the BIG. Obviously OSU is #1, then it get's tricky, but I would go Wisconsin #2, Nebraska #3, and Penn St #4. Although the Penn St guy has a point because they beat Wisconsin by 3 at home, but Nebraska also beat Penn St by 9 at home, but IMO a 40 beat beatdown on a neutral field for the Conf title trumps all of that and Wisconsin comes in solid at #2 and they played like it against Stanford. Nebraska beat Penn St by 9 and Michigan by 14. Although Michigan didn't play either Wisky or Penn St, their best win was in OT vs Nwestern, which makes it easy to see that Michigan is #5 and Nwestern #6, followed closely by Mich St at #7 who lost to Nwestern by 3.
So the other even match-up was the #3 team from the BIG Nebraska vs the #2 or #3 team from the SEC Georgia. Georgia got the win 45-31, Nebraska proved they could play with UGA leading 31-23 near or at the end of the 3rd quarter. Now the #6 team from the B1G Nwestern beat the #7 SEC team Vandy by 10 earlier this year and beat the #8-9 SEC team Miss State by 14.
So after considering all that take a look at Alabama & Ohio State's resumes. The # is the conference rank of the team.
#1 Alabama (in order of best wins) #1 Ohio State ========================================= #3/4 @LSU 21-17 ........................#2@Wisconsin 21-14 #2/3 Georgia 32-28.......................#3 Nebraska 63-38 Michigan 41-14..............................#5 Michigan 26-21 #8/9 Miss State 38-7......................#4 Penn St 35-23 #8/9 Ole Miss 33-14.......................#7@Mich State 17-16
With Ohio St being undefeated, and Bama having the loss to #5/6 A&M, one of Bama's main wins has gets eliminated to balance out the loss. (So the possible win over ND stays off the list ).
Considering that Ohio St and Wisconsin demolished Nebraska, and Georgia beat Nebraska by 14. Considering that the #5 teams of each conf Michigan and South Car played an even game Considering that wins over Penn St and Mich St are much better wins than Miss St and Ole Miss. Considering that Florida had the most impressive resume within the SEC beating LSU, A&M, South Car, and losing to Georgia by 1 score, only to lose to a Louisville team that lost to UConn and to Syracuse by 20.
Alabama's resume, even with a win over ND doesn't look more impressive to me than Ohio State's anymore after seeing LSU lose to Clemson, Georgia struggle with Nebraska, and Florida lose to Louisville, and Northwestern beat Miss State after having already beaten Vandy. That's just my very long opinion.
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Sorry this will be long, but here's my take - The last 3 days have proved what I have been saying all year, but finally it's more than just me talking about it, now everyone has seen it with their own eyes. Hold on SEC people, just hear me out on this.
The season started with Alabama smashing a Michigan team that had been ranked as high as #8. But Michigan turned out to be the 5th best team in the Big 10. They nearly lost at home to Air Force the next week and could have easily finished 5-7 or 6-6 after beating Nwestern in OT and Mich St by 2.
Then two Pac teams that had been shitty the year before, UCLA and Oregon St, beat Nebraska and Wisconsin. But instead of giving those Pac teams credit, the perception just became that the Big 10 was more terrible than ever this year. I even bought into that a little bit, especially when Cal almost beat Ohio State.
So as Ohio State just kept winning it was dismissed as the Big Ten is shitty. But then 2 even match-ups happened between the SEC and B1G and the results changed the perception or at least should have. By even, I mean the #5 team from the B1G (Michigan) played the #5-6 team from the SEC (South Car) and gave them all they could handle and basically had SCar on the ropes, but UM lost in the last few seconds.
Let me back up - Some might disagree with how I came to the conclusion that Michigan is the 5th best team in the BIG. Obviously OSU is #1, then it get's tricky, but I would go Wisconsin #2, Nebraska #3, and Penn St #4. Although the Penn St guy has a point because they beat Wisconsin by 3 at home, but Nebraska also beat Penn St by 9 at home, but IMO a 40 beat beatdown on a neutral field for the Conf title trumps all of that and Wisconsin comes in solid at #2 and they played like it against Stanford. Nebraska beat Penn St by 9 and Michigan by 14. Although Michigan didn't play either Wisky or Penn St, their best win was in OT vs Nwestern, which makes it easy to see that Michigan is #5 and Nwestern #6, followed closely by Mich St at #7 who lost to Nwestern by 3.
So the other even match-up was the #3 team from the BIG Nebraska vs the #2 or #3 team from the SEC Georgia. Georgia got the win 45-31, Nebraska proved they could play with UGA leading 31-23 near or at the end of the 3rd quarter. Now the #6 team from the B1G Nwestern beat the #7 SEC team Vandy by 10 earlier this year and beat the #8-9 SEC team Miss State by 14.
So after considering all that take a look at Alabama & Ohio State's resumes. The # is the conference rank of the team.
#1 Alabama (in order of best wins) #1 Ohio State ========================================= #3/4 @LSU 21-17 ........................#2@Wisconsin 21-14 #2/3 Georgia 32-28.......................#3 Nebraska 63-38 Michigan 41-14..............................#5 Michigan 26-21 #8/9 Miss State 38-7......................#4 Penn St 35-23 #8/9 Ole Miss 33-14.......................#7@Mich State 17-16
With Ohio St being undefeated, and Bama having the loss to #5/6 A&M, one of Bama's main wins has gets eliminated to balance out the loss. (So the possible win over ND stays off the list ).
Considering that Ohio St and Wisconsin demolished Nebraska, and Georgia beat Nebraska by 14. Considering that the #5 teams of each conf Michigan and South Car played an even game Considering that wins over Penn St and Mich St are much better wins than Miss St and Ole Miss. Considering that Florida had the most impressive resume within the SEC beating LSU, A&M, South Car, and losing to Georgia by 1 score, only to lose to a Louisville team that lost to UConn and to Syracuse by 20.
Alabama's resume, even with a win over ND doesn't look more impressive to me than Ohio State's anymore after seeing LSU lose to Clemson, Georgia struggle with Nebraska, and Florida lose to Louisville, and Northwestern beat Miss State after having already beaten Vandy. That's just my very long opinion.
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Sorry this will be long, but here's my take - The last 3 days have proved what I have been saying all year, but finally it's more than just me talking about it, now everyone has seen it with their own eyes. Hold on SEC people, just hear me out on this.
The season started with Alabama smashing a Michigan team that had been ranked as high as #8. But Michigan turned out to be the 5th best team in the Big 10. They nearly lost at home to Air Force the next week and could have easily finished 5-7 or 6-6 after beating Nwestern in OT and Mich St by 2.
Then two Pac teams that had been shitty the year before, UCLA and Oregon St, beat Nebraska and Wisconsin. But instead of giving those Pac teams credit, the perception just became that the Big 10 was more terrible than ever this year. I even bought into that a little bit, especially when Cal almost beat Ohio State.
So as Ohio State just kept winning it was dismissed as the Big Ten is shitty. But then 2 even match-ups happened between the SEC and B1G and the results changed the perception or at least should have. By even, I mean the #5 team from the B1G (Michigan) played the #5-6 team from the SEC (South Car) and gave them all they could handle and basically had SCar on the ropes, but UM lost in the last few seconds.
Let me back up - Some might disagree with how I came to the conclusion that Michigan is the 5th best team in the BIG. Obviously OSU is #1, then it get's tricky, but I would go Wisconsin #2, Nebraska #3, and Penn St #4. Although the Penn St guy has a point because they beat Wisconsin by 3 at home, but Nebraska also beat Penn St by 9 at home, but IMO a 40 beat beatdown on a neutral field for the Conf title trumps all of that and Wisconsin comes in solid at #2 and they played like it against Stanford. Nebraska beat Penn St by 9 and Michigan by 14. Although Michigan didn't play either Wisky or Penn St, their best win was in OT vs Nwestern, which makes it easy to see that Michigan is #5 and Nwestern #6, followed closely by Mich St at #7 who lost to Nwestern by 3.
So the other even match-up was the #3 team from the BIG Nebraska vs the #2 or #3 team from the SEC Georgia. Georgia got the win 45-31, Nebraska proved they could play with UGA leading 31-23 near or at the end of the 3rd quarter. Now the #6 team from the B1G Nwestern beat the #7 SEC team Vandy by 10 earlier this year and beat the #8-9 SEC team Miss State by 14.
So after considering all that take a look at Alabama & Ohio State's resumes. The # is the conference rank of the team.
#1 Alabama (in order of best wins) #1 Ohio State ========================================= #3/4 @LSU 21-17 ........................#2@Wisconsin 21-14 #2/3 Georgia 32-28.......................#3 Nebraska 63-38 Michigan 41-14..............................#5 Michigan 26-21 #8/9 Miss State 38-7......................#4 Penn St 35-23 #8/9 Ole Miss 33-14.......................#7@Mich State 17-16
With Ohio St being undefeated, and Bama having the loss to #5/6 A&M, one of Bama's main wins has gets eliminated to balance out the loss. (So the possible win over ND stays off the list ).
Considering that Ohio St and Wisconsin demolished Nebraska, and Georgia beat Nebraska by 14. Considering that the #5 teams of each conf Michigan and South Car played an even game Considering that wins over Penn St and Mich St are much better wins than Miss St and Ole Miss. Considering that Florida had the most impressive resume within the SEC beating LSU, A&M, South Car, and losing to Georgia by 1 score, only to lose to a Louisville team that lost to UConn and to Syracuse by 20.
Alabama's resume, even with a win over ND doesn't look more impressive to me than Ohio State's anymore after seeing LSU lose to Clemson, Georgia struggle with Nebraska, and Florida lose to Louisville, and Northwestern beat Miss State after having already beaten Vandy. That's just my very long opinion.
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Sorry this will be long, but here's my take - The last 3 days have proved what I have been saying all year,
but finally it's more than just me talking about it, now everyone has seen it with their own eyes.
Hold on SEC people, just hear me out on this.The season started with Alabama smashing a Michigan team that had been ranked as high as #8. But Michigan turned out to be the 5th best team in the Big 10. They nearly lost at home to Air Force the next week and could have easily finished 5-7 or 6-6 after beating Nwestern in OT and Mich St by 2.
Then two Pac teams that had been shitty the year before, UCLA and Oregon St, beat Nebraska and Wisconsin. But instead of giving those Pac teams credit, the perception just became that the Big 10 was more terrible than ever this year. I even bought into that a little bit, especially when Cal almost beat Ohio State.
So as Ohio State just kept winning it was dismissed as the Big Ten is shitty. But then 2 even match-ups happened between the SEC and B1G and the results changed the perception or at least should have. By even, I mean the #5 team from the B1G (Michigan) played the #5-6 team from the SEC (South Car) and gave them all they could handle and basically had SCar on the ropes, but UM lost in the last few seconds.
Let me back up - Some might disagree with how I came to the conclusion that Michigan is the 5th best team in the BIG. Obviously OSU is #1, then it get's tricky, but I would go Wisconsin #2, Nebraska #3, and Penn St #4.
Although the Penn St guy has a point because they beat Wisconsin by 3 at home, but Nebraska also beat Penn St by 9 at home, but IMO a 40 beat beatdown on a neutral field for the Conf title trumps all of that and Wisconsin comes in solid at #2 and they played like it against Stanford. Nebraska beat Penn St by 9 and Michigan by 14. Although Michigan didn't play either Wisky or Penn St, their best win was in OT vs Nwestern, which makes it easy to see that Michigan is #5 and Nwestern #6, followed closely by Mich St at #7 who lost to Nwestern by 3.So the other even match-up was the #3 team from the BIG Nebraska vs the #2 or #3 team from the SEC Georgia.
Georgia got the win 45-31, Nebraska proved they could play with UGA leading 31-23 near or at the end of the 3rd quarter. Now the #6 team from the B1G Nwestern beat the #7 SEC team Vandy by 10 earlier this year and beat the #8-9 SEC team Miss State by 14.So after considering all that take a look at Alabama & Ohio State's resumes.
The # is the conference rank of the team.#1 Alabama (in order of best wins) #1 Ohio State
=========================================
#3/4 @LSU 21-17 ........................#2@Wisconsin 21-14
#2/3 Georgia 32-28.......................#3 Nebraska 63-38
Michigan 41-14..............................#5 Michigan 26-21
#8/9 Miss State 38-7......................#4 Penn St 35-23
#8/9 Ole Miss 33-14.......................#7@Mich State 17-16With Ohio St being undefeated, and Bama having the loss to #5/6 A&M,
one of Bama's main wins has gets eliminated to balance out the loss.
(So the possible win over ND stays off the list ).Considering that Ohio St and Wisconsin demolished Nebraska, and Georgia beat Nebraska by 14.
Considering that the #5 teams of each conf Michigan and South Car played an even game
Considering that wins over Penn St and Mich St are much better wins than Miss St and Ole Miss.
Considering that Florida had the most impressive resume within the SEC beating LSU, A&M, South Car,
and losing to Georgia by 1 score, only to lose to a Louisville team that lost to UConn and to Syracuse by 20.Alabama's resume, even with a win over ND doesn't look more impressive to me than Ohio State's
anymore after seeing LSU lose to Clemson, Georgia struggle with Nebraska, and Florida lose to Louisville, and
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Sorry this will be long, but here's my take - The last 3 days have proved what I have been saying all year, but finally it's more than just me talking about it, now everyone has seen it with their own eyes. Hold on SEC people, just hear me out on this.
The season started with Alabama smashing a Michigan team that had been ranked as high as #8. But Michigan turned out to be the 5th best team in the Big 10. They nearly lost at home to Air Force the next week and could have easily finished 5-7 or 6-6 after beating Nwestern in OT and Mich St by 2.
Then two Pac teams that had been shitty the year before, UCLA and Oregon St, beat Nebraska and Wisconsin. But instead of giving those Pac teams credit, the perception just became that the Big 10 was more terrible than ever this year. I even bought into that a little bit, especially when Cal almost beat Ohio State.
So as Ohio State just kept winning it was dismissed as the Big Ten is shitty. But then 2 even match-ups happened between the SEC and B1G and the results changed the perception or at least should have. By even, I mean the #5 team from the B1G (Michigan) played the #5-6 team from the SEC (South Car) and gave them all they could handle and basically had SCar on the ropes, but UM lost in the last few seconds.
Let me back up - Some might disagree with how I came to the conclusion that Michigan is the 5th best team in the BIG. Obviously OSU is #1, then it get's tricky, but I would go Wisconsin #2, Nebraska #3, and Penn St #4. Although the Penn St guy has a point because they beat Wisconsin by 3 at home, but Nebraska also beat Penn St by 9 at home, but IMO a 40 beat beatdown on a neutral field for the Conf title trumps all of that and Wisconsin comes in solid at #2 and they played like it against Stanford. Nebraska beat Penn St by 9 and Michigan by 14. Although Michigan didn't play either Wisky or Penn St, their best win was in OT vs Nwestern, which makes it easy to see that Michigan is #5 and Nwestern #6, followed closely by Mich St at #7 who lost to Nwestern by 3.
So the other even match-up was the #3 team from the BIG Nebraska vs the #2 or #3 team from the SEC Georgia. Georgia got the win 45-31, Nebraska proved they could play with UGA leading 31-23 near or at the end of the 3rd quarter. Now the #6 team from the B1G Nwestern beat the #7 SEC team Vandy by 10 earlier this year and beat the #8-9 SEC team Miss State by 14.
So after considering all that take a look at Alabama & Ohio State's resumes. The # is the conference rank of the team.
#1 Alabama (in order of best wins) #1 Ohio State ========================================= #3/4 @LSU 21-17 ........................#2@Wisconsin 21-14 #2/3 Georgia 32-28.......................#3 Nebraska 63-38 Michigan 41-14..............................#5 Michigan 26-21 #8/9 Miss State 38-7......................#4 Penn St 35-23 #8/9 Ole Miss 33-14.......................#7@Mich State 17-16
With Ohio St being undefeated, and Bama having the loss to #5/6 A&M, one of Bama's main wins has gets eliminated to balance out the loss. (So the possible win over ND stays off the list ).
Considering that Ohio St and Wisconsin demolished Nebraska, and Georgia beat Nebraska by 14. Considering that the #5 teams of each conf Michigan and South Car played an even game Considering that wins over Penn St and Mich St are much better wins than Miss St and Ole Miss. Considering that Florida had the most impressive resume within the SEC beating LSU, A&M, South Car, and losing to Georgia by 1 score, only to lose to a Louisville team that lost to UConn and to Syracuse by 20.
Alabama's resume, even with a win over ND doesn't look more impressive to me than Ohio State's anymore after seeing LSU lose to Clemson, Georgia struggle with Nebraska, and Florida lose to Louisville, and Northwestern beat Miss State after having already beaten Vandy. That's just my very long opinion.
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Sorry this will be long, but here's my take - The last 3 days have proved what I have been saying all year, but finally it's more than just me talking about it, now everyone has seen it with their own eyes. Hold on SEC people, just hear me out on this.
The season started with Alabama smashing a Michigan team that had been ranked as high as #8. But Michigan turned out to be the 5th best team in the Big 10. They nearly lost at home to Air Force the next week and could have easily finished 5-7 or 6-6 after beating Nwestern in OT and Mich St by 2.
Then two Pac teams that had been shitty the year before, UCLA and Oregon St, beat Nebraska and Wisconsin. But instead of giving those Pac teams credit, the perception just became that the Big 10 was more terrible than ever this year. I even bought into that a little bit, especially when Cal almost beat Ohio State.
So as Ohio State just kept winning it was dismissed as the Big Ten is shitty. But then 2 even match-ups happened between the SEC and B1G and the results changed the perception or at least should have. By even, I mean the #5 team from the B1G (Michigan) played the #5-6 team from the SEC (South Car) and gave them all they could handle and basically had SCar on the ropes, but UM lost in the last few seconds.
Let me back up - Some might disagree with how I came to the conclusion that Michigan is the 5th best team in the BIG. Obviously OSU is #1, then it get's tricky, but I would go Wisconsin #2, Nebraska #3, and Penn St #4. Although the Penn St guy has a point because they beat Wisconsin by 3 at home, but Nebraska also beat Penn St by 9 at home, but IMO a 40 beat beatdown on a neutral field for the Conf title trumps all of that and Wisconsin comes in solid at #2 and they played like it against Stanford. Nebraska beat Penn St by 9 and Michigan by 14. Although Michigan didn't play either Wisky or Penn St, their best win was in OT vs Nwestern, which makes it easy to see that Michigan is #5 and Nwestern #6, followed closely by Mich St at #7 who lost to Nwestern by 3.
So the other even match-up was the #3 team from the BIG Nebraska vs the #2 or #3 team from the SEC Georgia. Georgia got the win 45-31, Nebraska proved they could play with UGA leading 31-23 near or at the end of the 3rd quarter. Now the #6 team from the B1G Nwestern beat the #7 SEC team Vandy by 10 earlier this year and beat the #8-9 SEC team Miss State by 14.
So after considering all that take a look at Alabama & Ohio State's resumes. The # is the conference rank of the team.
#1 Alabama (in order of best wins) #1 Ohio State ========================================= #3/4 @LSU 21-17 ........................#2@Wisconsin 21-14 #2/3 Georgia 32-28.......................#3 Nebraska 63-38 Michigan 41-14..............................#5 Michigan 26-21 #8/9 Miss State 38-7......................#4 Penn St 35-23 #8/9 Ole Miss 33-14.......................#7@Mich State 17-16
With Ohio St being undefeated, and Bama having the loss to #5/6 A&M, one of Bama's main wins has gets eliminated to balance out the loss. (So the possible win over ND stays off the list ).
Considering that Ohio St and Wisconsin demolished Nebraska, and Georgia beat Nebraska by 14. Considering that the #5 teams of each conf Michigan and South Car played an even game Considering that wins over Penn St and Mich St are much better wins than Miss St and Ole Miss. Considering that Florida had the most impressive resume within the SEC beating LSU, A&M, South Car, and losing to Georgia by 1 score, only to lose to a Louisville team that lost to UConn and to Syracuse by 20.
Alabama's resume, even with a win over ND doesn't look more impressive to me than Ohio State's anymore after seeing LSU lose to Clemson, Georgia struggle with Nebraska, and Florida lose to Louisville, and Northwestern beat Miss State after having already beaten Vandy. That's just my very long opinion.
This post was edited by viper_36 on 1/3/2013 at 9:45 AM
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If Bama beats ND, and you were an AP voter,