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The Argument Against Michigan | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

sec (#1)
by bsd987 on Tue Nov 21 2006 at 1:49 PM EST

As a Gator fan, I must disagree with your assessment of the SEC. The conference just isn't that good. Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and Vandi flat-out suck. Kentucky has a very good chance to finish 2nd in the East. You can't in good conscience claim that the SEC is that much better than the Big Ten when Kentucky will finish 2nd in the east if it beats a mediocre Tennessee team and can finish no worse than 3rd. Remember, they beat Louisiana-Monroe last week 42-40. The SEC is outrageously overrated.

The schedule strength is not that significantly better for Florida. Also, Florida's non-conference schedule was pederstrian, even if we forgive them for the embarrasment that is Florida State. At least Michigan played 4 1-A teams.
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overrated? (#3)
by Jackson Govatos on Wed Nov 22 2006 at 12:02 PM EST

Are you kidding me? Name one conference that has produced more quality teams and close games than the SEC? "Mediocre" Tennessee pounded Cal, the second best team in the PAC-10. Beyond Ohio State, Michigan, and maybe Wisconsin, the Big 10 is a joke. The Big 12 is way down this year. The ACC just flat-out sucks without Florida State and Miami being good. And the Big East teams would all crumble with a tougher schedule, besides maybe West Virginia.

Florida, Auburn, LSU, and Tennessee have been ranked all season. Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia would probably be ranked if they played in a different conference. If anything, the SEC is underrated.

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: alabama (#4)
by bsd987 on Wed Nov 22 2006 at 8:23 PM EST

Alabama is terrible. That said, the SEC may be the best conference, but it isn't by that much. Georgia should have lost to Colorado. Arkansas, the best team in the SEC, got raped by the best team in the PAC-10 at home.
The SEC is not this unbeatable power.
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