why do the SEC and PAC 10 get all the credit when the BIG 12 is clearly the best confrence?
110647
At least on the east coast, the PAC 10 is considered one of the worst conferences besides USC and Oregon. The Big 12 isnt that good either. They have Texas and maybe Oklahoma next year. Texas Tech isnt consistent, nor is Texam AM, Colorado, Iowa St., lol..Baylor, Ok. St. Nebraska may be getting ok again with a nice bowl win, but the Big 12 is far from being the best. They just happen to have one great team every year. The Big 10 is probably better than the Big 12. Ohio St and Penn St finished ranked 3rd and 4th. Michigan had a down year, yet still had 7 wins. Not a horrible down year. Wisconsin beat up on Auburn and Iowa has been really good for the past 5 years. The Big 10 has turned into an offensive conference. The SEC is the hard hitting defenses, and people like the SEC for that. They probably do have the best defenses in the SEC with Alabama and Auburn, also Tennessee. Tennessee just had no offense last season. Georgia also had a great defense too, but not in the first half against West Virginia. As a Big 10 person, I think the SEC has the best teams followed by the Big 10....Rank them.. SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, PAC 10, Big East.
982248
Florida coach Urban Meyer has recently come out and complained about the BCS because of rewarding "style points" rather than solid victories over REAL football teams in "tough conferences" (i.e. the all-powerful SEC).\n\nI'm tired of SEC teams justifying their imperfect records by falling back on, "Well, we're in the SEC."\n\nHere's an eye-opener:  If you reference the mean (i.e. "average") ranking of all 119 1-A football teams, the average ranking of the SEC is 35 - and the average ranking of the Pac-10 is 37.  Certainly no one walks around championing the Pac-10 as "the toughest conference", even though their strength is statistically equivalent to the SEC.\n\nUsing the same source, we see that the average ranking of every team USC has beaten is 35; the average ranking of every team Florida has beaten is 44.  Yet, somehow, Florida deserves more than the rest of us because, "they're in the SEC."\n\nIt is a tough conference, but it's program "prestige", not the raw numbers, that have people bowing down to the SEC.\n\nStop the complaints and let the games speak for themselves.
403289
well i dont follow sec im a big 12 fan oklahoma .but i like the bulldogs really i like anyone who can put a whipping on LSU i hate them and their stinking coach les miles.after okla. beat up on him he had to go to safer waters lol.georgia will be ok.
946388
You want the truth they wont go but they should go.  The Big East takes a lot of crap about being a bad conference, and having a soft schedule yet I dont hear a lot of talk about SEC teams and their non conference schedule which is pathetic.  Dont hear anything about Texas playing N. Texas and Sam Houston State do you?  No why because they have a name, doesnt matter that they havent proved anything yet either but fro some reason people think thye are better.  I say if the SEC teams were not scared to play the Big East they would, and if you think the SEC wants to play the top teams from the Big East you need to look at Louisville and what they have to do to schedule a team from the SEC.  Kentucky even tried to get out of playing Louisville but the Governor of the state told them they had to.  The SEC will continue to schedule teams like La. Monroe because when they step up and out of conference they usually get smacked down.  One exception this year is the Vols over Cal.
940931
excellent point..thats why i do not understand why the ncaa still uses the BCS..think about this college is the ONLY sport that does not have a playoff (even college basketball has a playoff) you can take the top sixteen teams and let the little nothing bowls be playoff games. then they would mean something (like the motorparts bowl around christmas would actually pull 2 good teams  in and get more coverage) then the teams that had a cakewalk all season like usc and yes, ohio state would actually have to beat a REAL football team to win a national championship
23954
it's never happened in the same year, and it won't happen this year. Texas is weak.\n\nohio state won football in 61, and basketball in 60.
740034
I would love to see a playoff system and then people like you who thinks the SEC is overrated would finally be quiet.  The thought makes me giddy.
783364
at last someone says it YAY!!!!!!!!!\nI am so sick of ppl saying the SEC is left out, its not fair and so on...\nits like grow up and accept it\nkudos to you man for finally saying what most of us are thinking\ni am also a USC fan
210478
Cincinnati is the biggest, and right behind them is Florida State. How Air Force and Utah State got ahead of them is beyond me.
834067
Under the current BCS system, it certainly appears USC is on their way for the title. Since the season started with the BCS system, I wouldn't change it now. #1 and #2 should play to determine who the champion is.\n\nThat said, some conferences are weaker than others. The SEC is such a tough and competitive conference, nearly anyone is able to compete with a ranked team. Just look at UGA, Auburn, Arkansas, Tennessee, etc that were all ranked in the top 10 to fall to another SEC team. I personally favor a playoff system where any undefeated team and each of the conference champions enter into a win/lose bracket. That way it is "put up or shut up" time and no more controversy about which conferences tend to be more favored.
755839
very low. If they win the SEC they go to the Sugar Bowl or if they win the rest of their games they could even make the BCS title game, but the Fiesta takes the Big 12 winner vs a preferably western team.
12686
If you are looking for one single team from one single year it's hard to say because who really knows how a team from this decade would play against a team from another decade.  You can speculate all you want but there is no way to prove your point for sure.\n\nIf you are looking at teams over the course of several years I think you have to call the Trojans the best all time college football team, especially if they beat Texas convincingly on January 4. \n\nIt has been 44 years since Oklahoma's 47 game winning streak but some would probably argue for them-  at least relative to the level of play at the time.
896740
Sounds good to me. Or to appease the NCAA buttheads that created the BCS, use the BCS to rank teams based on their record against strength of schedule. This way, only the best of the best make the playoff and the other bowls wouldn't be screwed out of their tie-ins with the conferences unless those tie-ins belonged to teams who finished in the top 16.
823541
no, because a team's final record should not be the only determining factor in playing for the national championship.\n\nif that were the case, you would see teams schedule their non-conference opponents as division 2 teams to better their records.  that's just not right....
1113463
As far as overall program success, I'd place them in the top 10 for certain. Top 5? Whew! They have had great teams but have under achieved on a lot occasions. I'm a Kansas fan so I say thie word choked with a stright face. \n\nThere are other programs out there that are slightly ahead of KU (Kentucky, UCLA, Duke, North Carolina to name a few).\n\nIf we're speaking strictly of the "hardware earned" then yes, top 10 but not top 5. \n\nIf we're talking consistantly decent teams, KU is right there in the top 5.
1088807
I live in Dallas, and can attest that, yes, a whole lot of people like the Longhorns.  They had one of the greatest fan bases in College Football, and when you add in the Championship Band-wagon fans, then it is insane.  We are three hours away from Austin, and even our whole town turned Burnt Orange last January.  To answer the question, yes, a bunch of people like the Longhorns.  \n\nNow, do I think they will defend their championship this season?  Absolutely not.\n\nThough a little less experienced this year, the 'Horns are still loaded with talent.  Here's my problem though.  Until last season, we all claimed that Mack Brown can't win the "Big Games".  Then, they find victories over Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Southern Cal, and Mack Brown is a genius.  When your offensive scheme is to just let Vince Young do what he wants, that isn't a sign of genius--it's the sign of a talented QB.  Without VY, the 'Horns will return to the second-fiddler's position in the Big XII South.  This will be amply proven on Sept. 9 against Ohio State and October 7 in Dallas against OU.
25100
Because the Rose Bowl is in a rotation to get the national championship game every four years. This is their year and no team from the big 10 qualified to be in the national championship game.