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Why should a team in the SEC play a tough OOC

  • Also Bama went undefeated in 08 regular season SEC play and got MURDERED by Utah.

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  • aumajorpain said...

    They suck OOC, they never get up for bowl games.

    excuses are like.......

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  • Notorious URB said...

    Also Bama went undefeated in 08 regular season SEC play and got MURDERED by Utah.

    Think about that situation.

    Were going to the National Championship, got upset by Tebow, Utah has a month to prepare, Bama doesn't want to be there... perfect storm.

    Next?

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  • aumajorpain said...

    Think about that situation.

    Were going to the National Championship, got upset by Tebow, Utah has a month to prepare, Bama doesn't want to be there... perfect storm.

    Next?

    and Andre Smith was inelligible.

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  • RTR13 said...

    That's the point. The conference is so good that scheduling tough OOC opponents would be silly. We already play a tougher schedule than most teams in other conferences. Also, why does it matter when we play cupcakes? I don't understand the issue there. Either way, Bama plays a tough OOC opponent every year and then 3 cupcakes. I think that, on top of an SEC schedule, is plenty good enough.

    Lastly, we beat the holy f*ck out of you 49-7 last time we played and it could've been 70-0 if we wanted it to be so in your face.

    Look, Big Ten fans like me recognize that the SEC is the dominant football conference at the moment. The SEC has certainly earned that. But these things go through shifts all the time.

    I just think it's good for fans and college football to avoid playing nobodies if you can. It's what my school's basketball team does -- always plays the toughest teams and gets stronger because of it.

    The Alabama game showed that MSU is not yet ready. But because of the growing that occurred from that horror, MSU was better able to compete the next time it played an SEC opponent.

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  • aumajorpain said...

    Think about that situation.

    Were going to the National Championship, got upset by Tebow, Utah has a month to prepare, Bama doesn't want to be there... perfect storm.

    Next?

    excuses...they still got STOMPED. Utah was the better team...they proved it on the field, not on some message board with somebody coming up with an excuse why they lost...Utah was better than Bama and thats a fact.

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  • Notorious URB said...

    Since 2002, the SEC has done a great job of winning bowl games vs other conferences. According to College Football Data Ware House, the Big Ten is 12-13 vs. the SEC in that time span. The SEC just took that lead this year as they went 3-1 in the Citrus, Outback, Gator and Sugar Bowl, respectively. If you were listening to the media, you would think that the SEC would be undefeated in bowl season vs. every conference and in every game they play.

    Unfortunately for southern football fans, that's not the case as we saw this season with Georgia losing to UCF.

    Also LSU is like 4-4 vs Big ten I believe since BCS

    Why does Michigan State have games lined up against Youngstown State and Jacksonville State. Neither are Division 1 schools.

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  • elite44 said...

    They played Auburn and Georgia.....

    Even when we suck AU is one of the toughest places to play in the country.

    UGA v. FLA is an extremely hard hitting game.

    You simply do not understand the amount of punishment their roster took in that stretch.

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  • aumajorpain said...

    Even when we suck AU is one of the toughest places to play in the country.

    UGA v. FLA is an extremely hard hitting game.

    You simply do not understand the amount of punishment their roster took in that stretch.

    SEC had 2 Really good teams last yr and 1 decent and the rest of the conf was mediocre at best. UGA got pushed around in their own backyard by Boise.

    This post was edited by Notorious URB on 6/29/2012 at 11:00 AM

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  • Notorious URB said...

    excuses...they still got STOMPED. Utah was the better team...they proved it on the field, not on some message board with somebody coming up with an excuse why they lost...Utah was better than Bama and thats a fact.

    No they weren't, fact.

    Just like Arkansas was better than OSU but OSU caught break after break and won.

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  • aumajorpain said...

    It makes absolutely no sense for players to take a beating week in and week out in conference, then "Oh lets play Ohio State, that makes a ton of sense after we played UGA last week and have Alabama next week."

    I thought Northern people were supposed to be smart.

    Wow, at least you admit to being scared, an unwilling to compete.
    Looks like you didn't play sports in college? It's amazing how scared some of you guys are.
    Nice mentality, Nancy -

    This post was edited by NcaaAssassinG13 on 6/29/2012 at 11:02 AM

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  • Notorious URB said...

    SEC had 2 Really good teams last yr and 1 decent and the rest of the conf was mediocre at best.

    Nope.

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  • CrimsonD247 said...

    Why does Michigan State have games lined up against Youngstown State and Jacksonville State. Neither are Division 1 schools.

    I don't like it. MSU was one of the last handful of hold-outs, but now they are like most everybody else. It sucks.

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  • Giant Moose said...

    Isn't the SEC often called the "best college football conference" -- if so, what is there to be afraid of scheduling schools people have actually heard of in the non-conference?

    Like Eastern Michigan is a legit opponent....smh.

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  • aumajorpain said...

    No they weren't, fact.

    Just like Arkansas was better than OSU but OSU caught break after break and won.

    OSU pushed Arkansas around like little kids in that game...they got bored in the 2nd half and allowed ark to make it look legitimate...OSU was by far superior in every aspect of that game...Bigger,Faster,Stronger....Northwestern was better than Auburn in 08 but Auburn got break after break and intentionally hurt N.W.'s kicker to win the game...this is easy.

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  • aumajorpain said...

    Even when we suck AU is one of the toughest places to play in the country.

    UGA v. FLA is an extremely hard hitting game.

    You simply do not understand the amount of punishment their roster took in that stretch.

    Meh, still stand by my theory of scheduling cupcakes. I do understand your point though.

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  • Macdaddy7930 said...

    Like Eastern Michigan is a legit opponent....smh.

    Do Michigan State and the Big Ten go around wildly proclaiming that we are the best and have always been the best? No.

    The question was why should an SEC team play a tough OOC -- my answer is that they shouldn't be afraid to if they really are as good as they think they are and that it is good for the college game to do so.

    This post was edited by Giant Moose on 6/29/2012 at 11:04 AM

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  • Notorious URB said...

    Also Bama went undefeated in 08 regular season SEC play and got MURDERED by Utah.

    That's true but the only thing that matters is this...do you believe the SEC is the best conference? If the answer is yes, which any rational person would say, then our point is made. We already play the toughest conference schedule out there, why schedule really tough OOC games too? And it's not like we don't schedule ANY tough OOC games. This year alone:

    Bama plays Michigan
    Auburn plays Clemson
    Ole Miss plays Texas
    Tennessee plays NC State
    LSU plays Washington (and played Oregon and WVU last year, two BCS bowl winners and conference champs)
    Mizzou plays Arizona State and Syracuse
    Vandy plays Northwestern and Wake Forest
    Arkansas plays Rutgers
    Florida plays FSU
    USCe plays Clemson
    UGA plays Georgia Tech
    Kentucky plays Louisville

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  • aumajorpain said...

    Nope.

    SEC 2011
    Alabama-Really Good
    LSU- Really good
    Arkansas-Good
    Auburn-mediocre
    Kentucky-garbage
    Ole Miss-Garbage
    Florida-mediocre
    Miss State-garbage
    Vandy-garbage
    UGA-mediocre
    South Carolina-Slightly above mediocre
    Tennessee-garbage

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  • NcaaAssassinG13 said...

    Wow, at least you admit to being a scared, an unwilling to compete. Looks like you didn't play sports in college? It's amazing how scared some of you guys are. Nice mentality, Nancy -

    Who said I played in college?

    I guess when your conference schedule sucks as bad as USC's you accuse others of being scared.

    No, we know we have far and away better players in this conference and don't need to prove it to anyone and kill ourselves in the process. That sounds like genius to me, not fear.

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  • When you think about it, why should any team schedule tough OOC opponents? It's a messed up system where strength of schedule does not matter.

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  • aumajorpain said...

    Who said I played in college?

    I guess when your conference schedule sucks as bad as USC's you accuse others of being scared.

    No, we know we have far and away better players in this conference and don't need to prove it to anyone and kill ourselves in the process. That sounds like genius to me, not fear.

    SEC had 2 more players drafted in the NFL than the B1G and the B1G had a down yr.

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  • Notorious URB said...

    SEC had 2 Really good teams last yr and 1 decent and the rest of the conf was mediocre at best. UGA got pushed around in their own backyard by Boise.

    If UF was mediocre then what does that say about Ohio St? Got their asses kicked.

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  • Giant Moose said...

    I don't like it. MSU was one of the last handful of hold-outs, but now they are like most everybody else. It sucks.

    Exactly the response I wanted to hear. How many of us are in charge of making schedules? Zero. I think a lot of us would like to see our teams play better OOC schedules. With the new playoff system going in to affect, I think we may see some changes. Just remember, fans do not create schedules. So it's really a waste of time to argue over something none of us have control over.

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  • Notorious URB said...

    OSU pushed Arkansas around like little kids in that game...they got bored in the 2nd half and allowed ark to make it look legitimate...OSU was by far superior in every aspect of that game...Bigger,Faster,Stronger....Northwestern was better than Auburn in 08 but Auburn got break after break and intentionally hurt N.W.'s kicker to win the game...this is easy.

    HAhAHAHAHAHAH You have been living in GA for too long.

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