Saturday, November 25, 2006
A Good Weekend For the SEC
Lots of traditional rivalry games today in college football. A fairly unique opportunity to have some big out-of-conference games. Those are the games that obviously are key to analyzing which conference is best. Obviously, Arkansas' loss to LSU is bad for the Razorbacks and the SEC since it knocks both out of contention for the national title. Obviously Arkansas is out of it with 2 losses. But also, the SEC is too since I don't think Florida can get to #2 in the BCS no matter what. I think Arkansas had a chance if they could have had impressive wins against both LSU and Florida.
But, anyway, the point of this post is that what happens in conference games doesn't tell you much definitively about which conference is the best. Did Arkansas lose because they are not that strong or because LSU is? Who knows? You could argue forever about that.
But, we had 3 big out of conference rivalry games SEC teams played today.
1. Georgia at home against Georgia Tech
2. South Carolina at Clemson
3. Florida at Florida State
All would appear to be fairly competitive games. Both Clemson and Georgia Tech ranked vs. un-ranked SEC teams. Certainly Florida would be expected to win, but playing at Florida State, last game of the year for the Seminoles. Still interesting.
What did all 3 games have in common? You guessed it. The SEC team won each game.
Nuff said.
It will be interesting to see how the parity of the SEC pans out with the bowl bids. It knocks out out of the BCS championship game. But, I think the SEC will do well with more big bowls than any other conference. And more bowl wins too. We'll see.
But, anyway, the point of this post is that what happens in conference games doesn't tell you much definitively about which conference is the best. Did Arkansas lose because they are not that strong or because LSU is? Who knows? You could argue forever about that.
But, we had 3 big out of conference rivalry games SEC teams played today.
1. Georgia at home against Georgia Tech
2. South Carolina at Clemson
3. Florida at Florida State
All would appear to be fairly competitive games. Both Clemson and Georgia Tech ranked vs. un-ranked SEC teams. Certainly Florida would be expected to win, but playing at Florida State, last game of the year for the Seminoles. Still interesting.
What did all 3 games have in common? You guessed it. The SEC team won each game.
Nuff said.
It will be interesting to see how the parity of the SEC pans out with the bowl bids. It knocks out out of the BCS championship game. But, I think the SEC will do well with more big bowls than any other conference. And more bowl wins too. We'll see.
# posted by Mo Johnson @ 7:35 PM 
