Man the SEC Sucks

[VaBornVol]

I don’t know how much stock you can put into bowl season records with opt outs, but in the 2022 regular season the SEC went 12-5 against other P5 schools

 

[Rickyvol77]

And the SEC finishes with most bowl wins again. Proving this thread is dumb

 

[LouderVol]

I like Ohio State's chances better.

That's JoeDawg for you. Always finding sneaky ways to cheer for UGA.

 

[BowlBrother85]

It isn't a great thing when considering strength of conference because it is 3 teams and 11 dwarves. Shows the league has no depth. To be truthful, that has been the situation for some time.

That is crap.

The fact that the SEC had 11 bowl eligible teams is impressive in itself.

The current 6-5 bowl record is not as good as in some years past, but it doesn't reflect "11 dwarves" either, especially in a year when two traditional powers (Auburn and Texas A&M) had uncharastically bad seasons.

The SEC was clearly the strongest conference in 2022.

To be truthful, that has been the situation for some time.

This premise of this brain fart thread was pure idiocy.

 

[95 Vol Alum]

And the SEC finishes with most bowl wins again. Proving this thread is dumb

One should hope given 11 teams competed (with an extra 12th game via UGA), now 3 more games than the next conference. SEC sits 6th in winning percentage, though. It can improve to 3rd if UGA wins the championship.

 

[Rickyvol77]

One should hope given 11 teams competed (with an extra 12th game via UGA), now 3 more games than the next conference. SEC sits 6th in winning percentage, though. It can improve to 3rd if UGA wins the championship.

Ok and? There is no better conference. SEC won the most bowls and beat every other conference champ or runner up

 

[95 Vol Alum]

Ok and? There is no better conference. SEC won the most bowls and beat every other conference champ or runner up

If you want to use Bowl games a barometer of the conference, winning percentage is better than total wins. That’s ?

Bowls aren’t a good barometer for comparison any longer due to the amount of change from the regular season teams, imo. Certainly at the top (playoffs), the SEC is best. But I’d rather see those teams fall than take an SEC victory lap as a Tennessee fan.

 

[n_huffhines]

It did feel like the SEC was down from about the middle to the bottom of the pack, but people put too much stock in the early bowls, and I feel like I hear this every year, and then the dust settles and it still looks like the SEC is still the best conference*. The SEC generally plays up in bowl games because of the tie-ins. UGA is the only team who played down, and that's because it was a playoff bid.

UGA (#1 in the SEC) beat #2 Big 10 team
Bama (#2 in the SEC) beat the #2 Big 12 team
Tennessee (#3) beat the #1 ACC team
LSU (#4) beat the #4 Big 10 team
Miss St. (#5) beat #5 Big 10 team
SC (#6) lost to Notre Dame
Ole Miss (#7) lost to #4 Big 12 team
Kentucky (#8) lost to #6 Big 10 team
Arkansas (#9) beat #7 Big 12 team
Florida (#10) lost to #5 PAC 12 team
Mizzou (#11) lost to #9 ACC team

*I do take a little pride in that, but at the same time, I'm rooting for UGA, Bama, and Florida to lose, no question.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Would love to see the total dollars earned by each conference based on only games they win. That would be an interesting number to kick around. I can't get too worked up over losses by those in the bottom half of the conference.

Our top 5 all winning is pretty telling with only SC and UM losing out of our top half.

 

[AthensVol2007]

If you want to use Bowl games a barometer of the conference, winning percentage is better than total wins. That’s ?

Bowls aren’t a good barometer for comparison any longer due to the amount of change from the regular season teams, imo. Certainly at the top (playoffs), the SEC is best. But I’d rather see those teams fall than take an SEC victory lap as a Tennessee fan.

No it’s not when you have situations like UF who finished 9th/10th in the league playing Oregon State who was 5th in the PAC-12. Or OM who finished 6th/7th playing a Big-12 4th place Texas Tech. Outside of the top 4-5 teams in the SEC the rest of the league was matched up with teams on paper “better” than them.

 

[volbound1700]

That is crap.

The fact that the SEC had 11 bowl eligible teams is impressive in itself.

The current 6-5 bowl record is not as good as in some years past, but it doesn't reflect "11 dwarves" either, especially in a year when two traditional powers (Auburn and Texas A&M) had uncharastically bad seasons.

The SEC was clearly the strongest conference in 2022.

To be truthful, that has been the situation for some time.

This premise of this brain fart thread was pure idiocy.

They did back it up more after my post. Only teams like Kentucky, Ole Miss, and Florida were embarrassing.