B1G vs ESS-EEE-CEE

[WANG]

My brother and I were debating this today, and I thought it would make a fun discussion for the board.

Now, I will preface this with the fact that the SEC, for a long time, was unarguably the best conference. This may just be an off year, or it could be a changing of the guard who knows.

Secondly, I am NOT saying the B1G is the BEST conference out there.

Now, caveats in place, is the B1G better than the ESS-EEE-CEE this year? I might have to say yes they are.

Both leagues are top heavy, and the bad teams are very, very bad. But let's look at it top to bottom:

B1G:

12-0 Iowa (4)
11-1 MSU (5)
11-1 OSU (6)
10-2 NW (13)
9-3 scUM (19)
9-3 Wisky (25)
7-5 PeeSU (NR)

The rest is garbage with no team having more than 6 wins

SEC:

11-1 Bama (2)
9-3 Ole Miss (16...really?!)
10-2 Florida (18)
8-3 LSU (23, had one game cancelled)
9-3 UGA (NR)
8-4 Tenn (NR)
8-4 TAMU (NR)
8-4 Miss St (NR)
7-5 Arky (NR)

The rest is garbage with no team having more than 6 wins

So, it certainly LOOKS like the B1G has the leg up this year. The bottom of the SEC isn't quite as bad, but they aren't good. The B1G is a little top heavy, but that top is very good.

Why aren't more people on ESPiN talking about this? Why aren't we hearing about the "fall of the SEC"?

Discuss.

[mikeytbuckeyes]

I would argue Indiana isn't all that bad. Consider the fact they are 6-6 with 4 losses coming at the hands of Ohio State (by 7), ttun St (were trailing by 5 with about 5 minutes and some change left in the game), Iowa (by 8), and ttun (by 7).
Their record may not be great but they were competitive in just about every game.

[WANG]

That's a fair point, I didn't take that into account.

[mauricxe]

We will find out during the bowl games. No use speculating now. The teams havent played each other.

Comparing conference records like that is apples to oranges.

[nerk]

This sums my feelings up pretty well.

www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/watch-colin-cowherd-obliterate-sec/

[Deleted]

Dec 1, 2015 16:07:28 GMT -5 nerk said:

This sums my feelings up pretty well.

www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/watch-colin-cowherd-obliterate-sec/

What is really annoying is the reference to the last 8 years. The past two years, the SEC has not fared to well, especially last year, in bowl games.

[mauricxe]

After PSU plays we will know for sure where the two stand.

So far they have a 2-1 lead.....each conference won with blowouts

[Deleted]

Same as always, in general each conference has 2 or 3 that can play with anybody. Each one has one or two that are close to that. Each has 2 or 3 mediocre teams. Each has a team or two that while not that good can play one or two weird good games and each has a couple of just flat out bad teams.

Each year the tiers will fluctuate a team or two in each conference.

Since the teams don't all play each other it is futile to determine.

If you want to use rankings as your reason then it's easier to nut hug a conference. And this year that would make it easy to nut hug the B1G

I hope USC beats the sh!t out of Pedo-U
I hope FSU beats the sh!t out of scUM
I hope WMU beats wisky
I hope Utah beats indy
I want Iowa and NW to win
Of course the buckeyes
Other than that I could care less what the other 3 B1G's do