IS THE B1G NOW MORE EXCITING/INTERESTING THAN THE SEC?

[stormtrooper8]

People probably watched that OSU game and assume Ole Miss or Alabama are better than Indiana

No way

No rating systems are going to be super relevant over such a small sample size of games

And that includes things like SOS

 

[stormtrooper8]

For context, Ole Miss had the third-highest SP+ rating when they were 5-2

They had a higher rating than Oregon

Yeah, this is why analytics are overblown — especially in football

And I am probably the most qualified to judge analytics on this board from a professional perspective at least

 

[djefferis]

Exactly - the alleged strength of SEC top to bottom the same old excuse given to explain why 2 loss SEC teams are better than 1 loss non SEC teams come end of the year.

Now we have a 3 loss ‘Bama and this is why - they are forced to play “tough” teams like Vandy/Kemtucky/Oklahoma/South Carolina who they lose to or barely beat. But somehow they are better than Penn State in the minds of SEC fanboys.

This is a team that’s 8-3 - 3 of those wins are against teams that were cupcakes. You beat up on a Wiscinsio team having a bad year on the road and Mizzo. Yes - LSU in Death Valley and Georgia are nice wins - but c’mon - 3 losses is inexcusable inconsistency. LSU is just as inconsistent as ‘Bama so you’re down to a single signature win.

Texas is probably best SEC has to offer - but what’s their signature win this season ? Michigan ?!? Barely beat Vandy who beat ‘Bama - again played 3 cupcakes and Miss State. Georgia can at least claim wins vs Texas and Tennessee as well as Clemson.

Yea - if I had to pick the tougher conference it’s the BIGeighTEeN this year top to bottom.

 

[Tanko]

How about watching the games and evaluating the teams one by one?

Line the conferences up, I’ll take the Big Ten in more match ups than not

SP+ and FPI aren’t exactly perfect ratings

 

[Tanko]

People probably watched that OSU game and assume Ole Miss or Alabama are better than Indiana

No way

No rating systems are going to be super relevant over such a small sample size of games

And that includes things like SOS

Thanks. Proved my point.

 

[stormtrooper8]

Exactly - the alleged strength of SEC top to bottom the same old excuse given to explain why 2 loss SEC teams are better than 1 loss non SEC teams come end of the year.

Now we have a 3 loss ‘Bama and this is why - they are forced to play “tough” teams like Vandy/Kemtucky/Oklahoma/South Carolina who they lose to or barely beat. But somehow they are better than Penn State in the minds of SEC fanboys.

This is a team that’s 8-3 - 3 of those wins are against teams that were cupcakes. You beat up on a Wiscinsio team having a bad year on the road and Mizzo. Yes - LSU in Death Valley and Georgia are nice wins - but c’mon - 3 losses is inexcusable inconsistency. LSU is just as inconsistent as ‘Bama so you’re down to a single signature win.

Texas is probably best SEC has to offer - but what’s their signature win this season ? Michigan ?!? Barely beat Vandy who beat ‘Bama - again played 3 cupcakes and Miss State. Georgia can at least claim wins vs Texas and Tennessee as well as Clemson.

Yea - if I had to pick the tougher conference it’s the BIGeighTEeN this year top to bottom.

But but but Vanderbilt is a tough SEC team!!!

 

[stormtrooper8]

Thanks. Proved my point.

Proved that you put way too much weight into flawed rating systems?

College football is not a sport that is meant to be over analyzed by statistics. Way too many teams, competition levels, noise in a short seasons.

Use stats when they are appropriate. Some stats could have saved you from saying something dumb like “Kobe is better than LeBron” a few months ago, though common sense should have been enough there.

 

[stormtrooper8]

Ole Miss had such a nice quality loss in Gainesville yesterday

Anyone catch that quality road SEC loss that Bama had at Oklahoma

 

[stormtrooper8]

Exactly - the alleged strength of SEC top to bottom the same old excuse given to explain why 2 loss SEC teams are better than 1 loss non SEC teams come end of the year.

Now we have a 3 loss ‘Bama and this is why - they are forced to play “tough” teams like Vandy/Kemtucky/Oklahoma/South Carolina who they lose to or barely beat. But somehow they are better than Penn State in the minds of SEC fanboys.

This is a team that’s 8-3 - 3 of those wins are against teams that were cupcakes. You beat up on a Wiscinsio team having a bad year on the road and Mizzo. Yes - LSU in Death Valley and Georgia are nice wins - but c’mon - 3 losses is inexcusable inconsistency. LSU is just as inconsistent as ‘Bama so you’re down to a single signature win.

Texas is probably best SEC has to offer - but what’s their signature win this season ? Michigan ?!? Barely beat Vandy who beat ‘Bama - again played 3 cupcakes and Miss State. Georgia can at least claim wins vs Texas and Tennessee as well as Clemson.

Yea - if I had to pick the tougher conference it’s the BIGeighTEeN this year top to bottom.

The SEC ironically has been top-heavy for a while with Alabama and Georgia

They always just assume that teams like Vanderbilt/South Carolina/Kentucky are tough with no evidence

It’s also well known that in past years you’d sees these 8-4 “tough” SEC teams at the bottom of the top 25 to bolster top teams resumes

But but but SP+

 

[stormtrooper8]

Joke is people are gonna say Georgia at 10-3 still deserves to get in if they lose the SEC title because of their conference strength lol

How about not losing 28-10 to Ole Miss? lol

 

[phillyflyers]

B1G is better than SEC this year.

Official.

 

[fishhead]

B1G is better than SEC this year.

Official.

.............ALLTIME also.

 

[jjgold]

Every sport overall the Big Ten is the best conference

 

[Tanko]

B10 is pretty damn good this season. At least at the top. It is being confirmed by these playoff games.

 

[stormtrooper8]

B10 is pretty damn good this season. At least at the top. It is being confirmed by these playoff games.

Yep, better than the SEC

 

[jjgold]

There are a lot of good woman matchups today

 

[fishhead]

BIG TEN dominating wrestling currently.