Comments on: Is the SEC Clearly Superior?

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:26:23 +0000

@79 I need some acutal data, not something off of a message board somewhere, something like this:

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/vs_conf.php

Give me some #’s…But speaking of #’s, how about you guys all-time bowl record???

2007 Fiesta Bowl W 48-28
2006 Gator Georgia Tech W 38-35
2005 Sugar Georgia W 38-35
2004 Gator Florida State L 18-30
2003 Gator Maryland L 7-41
2002 Continental Tire Virginia L 22-48
2000 Music City Mississippi W 49-38
1998 Insight Missouri L 31-34
1997 Carquest Georgia Tech L 30-35
1996 Gator North Carolina L 13-20
1994 Carquest South Carolina L 21-24
1993 Sugar Florida L 7-41
1989 Gator Clemson L 7-27
1988 Fiesta Notre Dame L 21-34
1987 Sun Oklahoma State L 33-35
1984 Bluebonnet Texas Christian W 31-14
1983 Hall Of Fame Kentucky W 20-16
1982 Gator Florida State L 12-31
1981 Peach Florida W 26-6
1975 Peach North Carolina St W 13-10
1972 Peach North Carolina St L 13-49
1969 Peach South Carolina W 14-3
1964 Liberty Utah L 6-32
1953 Sugar Georgia Tech L 19-42
1948 Sun Texas Western W 21-12
1937 Sun Texas Tech W 7-6
1922 East-West Gonzaga W 21-13

Now that is just bad. Historically, the SEC owns the Big East (with data to back up that statement) and WVU sucks when it comes bowl time (again, with data to back up that statement). Now spin that…

By: TigerChick

TigerChick — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:45:20 +0000

The Big East/ WVU will have its moments of glory, but it will never be as good as the SEC or even the Pac-10, for that matter, because of a poor recruiting base.
I know recruiting is national these days, but take a look at LSU’s roster. The huge majority of those kids are Louisiana natives. LSU, Georgia, Florida, ‘Bama and Auburn can all put together good rosters without leaving the borders, and all the talent they need is an hour flight within any of the schools.
With that great recruiting base of Parkersburg South and Morgantown and University High Schools, WVU will always be second tier in football, unless they have a coach/ merc like Rich Rodriguez who sneaks into SEC country and convinces some kid with promises of cash, loose women, fat chicks taking their exams, and the occasional trip to Pittsburgh to party.

Let’s look at the Big East:
Louisville-basketball school in a basketball state…been on the verge of breaking through to the next level for the last 20 years
Pitt-great when Johnny Majors was coaching and before western Pennsylvania emptied out when the steel plants shut down
Rutgers- because of the tri-state recruiting base, may actually have a shot if the adminsitration commits, but they haven’t done that yet. Schiano’s just waiting for Paterno to die.
Cincy-stepping stone and a basketball school; best they can hope to be is the Second Best School in Ohio
WVU- state with1.5 million people, and a million of those are senior citizens…the Eers will be slipping back to Nehlenesque mediocrity now that Public Enemy#1 has moved onto Michigan’
UConn-football is the 3rd most important program at the school, behind men’s and women’s basketball. Has anyone ever been to Storrs? Makes Morgantown look like Paris.
Syracuse- good luck putting that back together. I’m sure the excitement of playing in the Carrier Dome and being buried in 3 feet of snow 70 percent of the year entices many a young man to come upstate.
As for badmouthing West Virginia, I’m from Louisiana, so I can hardly do that. I would point out that we only almost elected a former Klansman, we have better food (the pepperoni roll does not world class cuisine make), and while we do have plenty of inbred Cajuns, they gave the world zydeco.

By: Andrew the W-F'n

Andrew the W-F'n — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:12:26 +0000

“For now, the current all-time, head-to-head, SEC vs Big East football record (through the 2006 season) shows the Big East with a 17-13 (.567) advantage.

All of these games occurred after 1990. ”

From http://www.SECSPORTSFAN.com. If someone from SEC…..SEC! Sportsfan posted incorrect statistics (which I havent even had the chance to see if they’re incorrect or not), thats fine and I’ll concede that. But they weren “pulled from our asses” or “made up.” I’ve referenced that twice, sorry thats not good enough for you.

Has anyone referenced the information (aside from espn’s team schedule page) information that states contradicting info? I’d like to see it.

Til then, I’ll be doing meth with my sister (who’s carrying my child) preparing to go to the coal mine while rooting for my CUSA team. There, now we can talk about football.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:59:11 +0000

The problem, as I’ve already pointed out, is that when we try to make it “about football,” you and Angry Eer just pull a bunch of made-up statistics and assumptions out of your respective asses.

If you want us to have a substantive discussion about college football with you, you’re going to have to do us the courtesy of knowing what the hell you’re talking about.

By: Andrew the W-F'n

Andrew the W-F'n — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:37:27 +0000

73 – all i can do is check an SEC site and add this years stats.
http://www.secsportsfan.com/sec-vs-big-east-football.html

I love how you people make things about being inbred, retarded, hillbillies, etc and not about football.

I’d love the chance to meet some of you people in person.