I never use bowl games as a barometer but if you take the overall OCC record for the year, and then specific OCC vs power 5, plenty of conclusions can be drawn. That being said there is still a major disparity b/w SEC East and West but now that the East is largely populated with ex-Bama coaches perhaps that gap narrows....
all OOC games, ranked by win %:
OOC vs power-5, ranked by win %
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all OOC games, ranked by win %:
| 65 | 30-34-0 (-1.48, 46.9%) | -19.2 | 29-30-4 (-1.72, 49.2%) | 56.9 | 53-12-0 (18.02, 81.5%) | conference = SEC |
| 47 | 23-23-1 (-0.61, 50.0%) | -14.8 | 20-24-1 (-1.56, 45.5%) | 59.2 | 35-12-0 (14.21, 74.5%) | conference = P12 |
| 66 | 30-35-1 (-0.90, 46.2%) | -9.8 | 27-36-2 (-3.12, 42.9%) | 54.5 | 48-18-0 (8.85, 72.7%) | conference = B10 |
| 37 | 14-21-2 (-0.69, 40.0%) | -13.1 | 18-15-0 (4.39, 54.5%) | 62.7 | 26-11-0 (12.43, 70.3%) | conference = B12 |
| 65 | 34-29-0 (1.67, 54.0%) | -9.8 | 34-27-2 (2.01, 55.7%) | 54.4 | 41-24-0 (13.02, 63.1%) | conference = ACC |
OOC vs power-5, ranked by win %
| 20 | 12-8-0 (3.05, 60.0%) | -4.5 | 9-10-1 (-1.82, 47.4%) | 55.2 | 13-7-0 (7.50, 65.0%) | conference = SEC |
| 26 | 12-13-1 (-1.48, 48.0%) | 1.9 | 12-13-1 (-0.33, 48.0%) | 53.4 | 13-13-0 (-3.38, 50.0%) | conference = B10 |
| 15 | 6-8-1 (-2.67, 42.9%) | 2.7 | 6-9-0 (0.87, 40.0%) | 62.9 | 7-8-0 (-5.40, 46.7%) | conference = B12 |
| 16 | 6-10-0 (-3.69, 37.5%) | -2.2 | 8-8-0 (1.34, 50.0%) | 58.2 | 7-9-0 (-1.44, 43.8%) | conference = P12 |
| 27 | 14-13-0 (2.41, 51.9%) | 3.7 | 12-13-2 (-0.22, 48.0%) | 54.6 | 10-17-0 (-1.26, 37.0%) | conference = ACC |
SEC is also allowed to choose the spread and total of each game
as with most bullshit posted on this forum this is about 1/2 the story and not at all what Drugs Stole My Intelligence is trying to imply
first the SEC has no say in playoff team (obviously) nor in any of the NY6 bowls so they had no say in where Ole Miss would go (ended up in Sugar) or who Citrus Bowl selects (took Missouri last year, Florida this year). What they do have a discussion on is the next 6 bowls because all 6 of those have the same payout. Those are outback, liberty, texas bowl, music city, tax slayer, and belk. Coincidentally all 6 teams available had 5-3 conference records so there was absolutely no disparity in conference records
The biggest thing that goes into this is to ensure, for us fans (you know, the ones that buy the tickets), that teams aren't going to the same city over and over and over. SEC has no say in the opponent and are only able to discuss the 6 teams these 6 bowls are allowed to select.
so take Texas A&M. they are going to one of these 6 bowls...guaranteed. First they they will do is ask the Liberty and Texas bowls to take other teams because aTm just played in Liberty last year and 3x in a row played in Texas 2010-2012. That leaves 4 bowls for aTm...headed to Nashville
LSU ... just played on Outback and Music City L2 years so take them off the table. That leaves 4 bowls left and headed to Texas bowl
and so on and so on...
then comes the next set of bowls (lowest tier bowls, usually 1 or 2 of them) where the SEC has no say in where their school is headed.
So while the SEC has a say in 6 bowl games they have nothing to do with opponent ... simply allowing schools to expand their footprint helping to bowl open potential recruiting to a new area and allow fans to travel to a new city. Too bad other conferences don't do something similar as it would not only keep from the same teams going to the same city in Florida but also open up new regions for future recruiting. Perfect example is Wisconsin who played in only 3 cities Orlando, Tampa, and Pasadena in 11 straight years of bowls. and you can easily hit up both Tampa and Orlando in same trip let alone needing to go to those two cities 8 times in the same decade.
our course this fella would like you to think they are trying to choose the easiest game to guarantee a win which is comical considering that all 9 of SEC's 10 bowl opponents were from fellow power-5 conferences. Compare that to the Pac12 who beat up on Air Force, Southern Miss, New Mexico, and BYU.
The sec is the best conference in college football without a doubt....it was proven this bowl season... After many people thought the sec was fading they came in and absolutely stomped everyone they played. If Alabama does what they should do it will only reaffirm that the sec is far superior. This is coming from a pac 12 guy, it's not even close...
id love to see the pac 12 become that dominant, but they've got a long ways to go
id love to see the pac 12 become that dominant, but they've got a long ways to go
God damn you SEC people are fucking sensitive. Answer me this out.... of the 10 bowl games the SEC played in, how many did the SEC place whatever team they wanted in? If am not mistaken it is 6. 6 out of the 10 bowl games the SEC played, they got to choose which SEC would play the other team in a bowl game. Nothing what I said was fabricated or made it, it is their fucking rule. Outside of a playoff game or the NY6 bowls, the SEC places what team they want where.
So please tell me again why you can't believe someone over the age of 6 posted this. I think the rule is bullshit but I am also mad at the Big 12 for letting the SEC out think it on every level.
What does this have to do with anything. Obviously the bowl tie ins for the SEC didn't feature but one group of 5 team. I never said they were just trying to hand pick the easiest of all of the bowl opponents. However, matching up your leagues teams against the 6-8 known opponents after they are known is my point.
