I wouldn't rank the Pac-10 as the second best conference right now. I would say that the ACC and the Big 10 are both better.
Big Ten I'll agree with, but the ACC? Have you been hiding under a rock since August?
As far as the Cal game goes. They got it handed to them by a more physical, talented, and better coached football team. The people on the west coast just can't deal with it. They can find excuses wherever they need them. But they just got their lunch handed to them by a team that lost 6 games in 2005. And it does go a long way in showing the strengh of both Conferences. I think it tells more than bowl games show. In this conference we beat the crap out of each other all year. We have big game after big game. Not one or two. It lasts all season. Then after we have went through a conference schedule. We get to go to a bowl (usually) to face a team that we are not to excited about. What I mean is how many times are you going to get excited about playing a Maryland, or Clemson in a peach bowl? Or Iowa or Wisconsin in a Citrus bowl?
They'd best get excited, as the SEC is sporting a bowl record barely over .500 since 2000.
this year the SEC is tops...the win over Cal is looking better and better and no matter how hard anyone tries, you can't erase 35-18.
But as for the rest of the conferences...
SEC--pretty self explanitory.
Pac 10...i know this ain't popular, but they got 3 really good teams, and 2-3 other decent teams...it's really not a bad league this year.
Big 10...it's all about Mich and OSU...and that's enough.
Big East...WVU, L'ville, Rutgers, Pitt...all pretty good, and two in the top 10....3 undefeated, and all have wins over other BCS conf. teams.
Big 12...OK, TX and Nebraska...the rest of the league is terrible...mizzou is a fluke.
ACC...there isn't a league out there worse than the ACC. Miami, FSU, VT all unimpressive. When Wake Forest is your crown jewel, you got problems. Clemson and GT are probably the best two teams right now, and neither is sniffing the top ten.
Agreed, fully.
Louisville - OK...WV - maybe...Pitt and Rytgers - come on
If you look at the Sagarin ratings...In the PAC-10, Lou. is behind USC and Ore, WV is behind those two and Cal, and you add UCLA, Wash St. and Wash. before you get to Pitt or Rutgers.
Lou would be 2nd behind Texas in the Big 12. WV would be behind Tex and Okl, and you add Neb. before you get to Pitt or Rut.
Lou would be 1 in the ACC, WV would be 2 behind Clemson... Clem, Fla. St and Va Tech. are ahead of Pitt and you add Wake before you get to Rutgers.
Little East better than the ACC...I might give you that one.
Little East better than the Big 12...ain't buying it
Little East better than the PAC-10...that dog ain't huntin'
Are you seriously using the Sagarin Ratings? Those aren't even valid until season's end.
Here's how it is:
1. SEC - Anybody that tells you different is a fool
2. Big Ten - Ohio State and Michigan are two of the best teams in the country right now, the rest of the conference is alright.
3. Pac-10 - USC. Duh. Cal and Oregon are very good teams as well, despite their respective debacles. UCLA's still decent and Washington may have re-emerged. Oregon State and Stanford are the only teams that are truly bad.
4. Big XII - This one gets behind the other three because it's completely devoid of title contenders. Texas already got spanked, and Oklahoma is a really good runningback with some okay players. Lucky for Boomer Sooner, the rest of the conference kinda sucks. Nebraska's return was overhyped. The jury is still out on Mizzou.
5. Big East - Yeah, they have West Virginia and Louisville. The 'Ville has proved themselves legit by spanking Miami. West Virginia has been beating up on easy teams. Pitt and Rutgers have posted good records against completely creampuff schedules... And do you guys even remember who is in the rest of the conference? Syracuse, Connecticut, South Florida and Cincy. Holy hell.
6. ACC - One of the most dissappointing conferences in a long, long time. Like Jakez said, GaTech and Clemson are easily the best teams in the conference, but even they aren't
that good. Every other team has looked horrid, including Free Shoes University and Thug U.
I'd even go so far as to put the Mountain West ahead of the ACC.
He obviously didn't watch the whole game. If he did, he would have noticed that the Vols DOMINATED that Cal team for most of the game, in just about every aspect.
