My SEC vs BIG10 comparisons have turned out OK..

[spacificislander]

Ithought they would win comfortably - similar to how Bama beat Cincy last year. Figured they would run the ball eat clock and win 31-14 or so…but they were pissed off and came out throwing haymakers

Right I even thought it may be not competitive. Kinda like our game against UGA but it was their biggest margin of victory all year. Pretty nuts. Glad the 12 team is coming.

 

[Sea Ray]

No, the same can not be said of the SEC.

These days, the B10 truly is 3 good teams and a bunch of Vandys. Even Wisconsin and Michigan State, which were once at least on par with, say, Ole Miss and Florida, have become very weak.

Here's kind of how the SEC has multiple tiers that the B10 is missing:

Top Tier : SEC 3 (Georgia, Bama, Tennessee) ... B10 2 (Ohio State, Michigan)
Second Tier: SEC 1 (LSU) ... B10 1 (Penn State)
Third Tier: SEC 4 (Ole Miss, South Carolina, Florida, Miss State) ... B10 0 (none)
Fourth Tier: SEC 3 (Kentucky, Arkansas, Auburn) ... B10 3 (Mich State, Wisconsin, Iowa ... and I feel like I'm being generous to two of them)
Bottom Tier: SEC 3 (Vandy, Mizzou, A&M) ... B10 8 (Maryland, Indiana, Rutgers, Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern)

That entire bottom tier are Vandy-weak. A&M is only there temporarily, probably. We'll see if their utter program meltdown lasts longer than just this season. Unlike A&M, Nebraska seems there to stay. Purdue could bounce back, some day. Maybe not. Northwestern had a few good years, but those are over.

The B10 is just 3 good teams and a whole bunch of Vandys (spread is 2, 1, 0, 3, 8)). We at least have a healthy tier system (3, 1, 4, 3, 3 is a pretty nice spread).

So no, the same can't be said of the SEC.

I don't think you can put A&M in a tier with Vandy. A&M is loaded with talent and has challenged Alabama in games. Vandy can't do that

 

[Sea Ray]

My argument with Big 10 fans all year was that Michigan and OSU had played weak competition. If they'd played better competition then one or maybe both wouldn't have made it in. By playing weak competition they weren't ready to play powerful opponents.

Indeed. Ohio State was at least a 14 pt favorite in every game this year except for Mich where they were about an 8 pt favorite. This includes Notre Dame. That's a boring schedule