A note on trends and parity

[Stoerner Fumbles]

It’s very early, but the best top to bottom teams still far are not SEC teams. I’ve only watched ten minutes of Georgia vs bad competition. I can’t judge them fairly. I’m sure they’re good, but they haven’t looked good. Beyond them, I would take OSU, USC, Michigan, and Texas over the rest of the conference if they played today. Alabama will definitely improve, but I think we might see a very different playoff dynamic this year. The SEC is definitely in a down year.

 

[madbamahater]

It’s very early, but the best top to bottom teams still far are not SEC teams. I’ve only watched ten minutes of Georgia vs bad competition. I can’t judge them fairly. I’m sure they’re good. Beyond them, I would take OSU, USC, Michigan, and Texas over the rest of the conference if they played today. Alabama will definitely improve, but I think we might see a very different playoff dynamic this year.

Oh, so you mean the way that sports ought to be? Finally, just finally, we are slowly moving away from the old corrupt system that only very few benefited from

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Oh, so you mean the way that sports ought to be? Finally, just finally, we are slowly moving away from the old corrupt system that only very few benefited from

Well, It’s still the programs with the most money. Plenty corrupt, just different.

 

[Scot Harvath]

Now it's not just the teams with the most under the table money spent on players. The schools with larger, wealthier alumni bases that can donate above board through the NIL system can now buy more good players. That Texas oil money, Nike money and Big Ten industrial and financial industry money, etc. will enable schools that may have been borderline good to now excel just like folks predicted when NIL first became a reality. NIL also needs national standards, not just state laws that differ from state to state, to at least level the field and rein in the already out of control system.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Oh, so you mean the way that sports ought to be? Finally, just finally, we are slowly moving away from the old corrupt system that only very few benefited from

This has always been college football. At any one time there have always been 4-5 teams in the top tier, and many 6-8 in tier 2. To OP's point, I think the difference is that finally, Alabama may be dropping out of that top tier and for the first time in a long time there may not be another SEC team (for a total of 2) in the top tier other than maybe Georgia.

 

[volfeeva]

TCU says hello

 

[CNCVol88]

It’s very early, but the best top to bottom teams still far are not SEC teams. I’ve only watched ten minutes of Georgia vs bad competition. I can’t judge them fairly. I’m sure they’re good. Beyond them, I would take OSU, USC, Michigan, and Texas over the rest of the conference if they played today. Alabama will definitely improve, but I think we might see a very different playoff dynamic this year.

You realize Ohio state has a very similar game vs Youngstown St yesterday right?