The SEC is REALLY overrated

[bonarae]

At least according to Rick Reilly, which I agree with him. The SEC is the most dominant conference in FBS, but the talent is just about as scattered... xchinscratchx

http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls13/story/_/id/10237600/rick-reilly-sec-overrated

[Catatonic]

At least according to Rick Reilly, which I agree with him. The SEC is the most dominant conference in FBS, but the talent is just about as scattered... xchinscratchx

http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls13/story/_/id/10237600/rick-reilly-sec-overrated

I am a big Auburn hater but part of me would like for the game to be tied with 20 seconds left and FSU with third and goal on the Auburn two yard line. FSU fumbles. An Auburn tackle picks it up and goes the distance for the winning TD. That would seal Auburn's legacy as a team of destiny with three improbable wins in a row.

Another part of me is hoping for FSU to slobber knock the Aubbie upstarts by kicking their their arrogant butts back to the last century.

Either way, part of me is gonna be happy.

[PaladinFan]

I don't think the SEC is some sort of untouchable. I think they are just like every other conference, except with better talent. Bowl games are a hard judge of a conference's success.

Frankly, folks thought it was an overrated conference in 2006 when Florida backed into the title game and promptly ran OSU out of the stadium.

[PaladinFan]

I am a big Auburn hater but part of me would like for the game to be tied with 20 seconds left and FSU with third and goal on the Auburn two yard line. FSU fumbles. An Auburn tackle picks it up and goes the distance for the winning TD. That would seal Auburn's legacy as a team of destiny with three improbable wins in a row.

Another part of me is hoping for FSU to slobber knock the Aubbie upstarts by kicking their their arrogant butts back to the last century.

Either way, part of me is gonna be happy.

As an Auburn fan, I will stand in defense. The win against Alabama was not improbable. It had an improbable ending, but the teams were tied at the end of regulation. AU was an underdog, but it wasn't inconceivable that they'd win the game.

The Georgia game is a tougher call. Yes, Auburn had a flukey play go their way at the end of the game. Still, they were the better team, wore UGA out for most of the contest, and lead virtually the entire game. So, while the game was decided on a bizarre play, no body is really surprised Auburn won the game.

It also wouldn't be three improbable wins in a row even by your definition. AU won the SEC title game by three scores and was completely unstoppable on offense.

[frozennorth]

over the last few years has been the best conference on average, but much of the perception has to do with the makeup of the conferences benefiting the sec against the big ten. the sec has been a much stratified conference talent wise (bama auburn lsu ug uf usc vs tenn miss msu vandy tennessee whilst the big ten has been thinner at the top (osu and uw basically) with a stronger middle. teams 3-5 of the big ten are going to be weaker than teams 3-5 of the sec even though the average sec team would only be maybe a 3 point favorite on a neutral site. Alot of good luck went into that as well. Michael dyer not going down, leading to the game winning field goal? Colt McCoy going down in the opening series? missouri AND west virgina going down the final week. oregon state not even getting a chance?

the Pac-12 was the best conference this year.

[seantaylor]

Bogus. The SEC benefits from the matchups it gets in bowls. SEC had two real wins. Two bad losses.