This is a double positive, but the top and middle of the SEC is more better than the Big Ten, and every other conference in america. Maryland and Michigan State are supposed contenders. Apples and oranges my friend.That same Purdue team beat Vanderbilt.
Missouri lost to Wyoming.
Ole Miss lost to Memphis.
Do I really need to bring up Tennessee?
And we didn't even get into the "almost losses".
The bottom of the SEC is just as bad as every other conference. You're just making stuff up.
Bottom 6 games are a coin flip, most teams are not good. The top 6 games, I think SEC, probably 5-1, Ohio State can play with Bama, outside of that, I think these others are all SEC. Penn St. Georgia? Pitt just went into Happy Valley and almost won. Wisconsin LSU could be a decent game.Ohio State. Alabama
Wisconsin. LSU
Penn State. Georgia
Michigan. Auburn
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Iowa. Texas A&M
Maryland. Florida
Michigan State. Kentucky
Nebraska. South Carolina
Minnesota. Mississippi State
Northwestern. Missouri
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Purdue. Ole Miss
Indiana. Arkansas
Rutgers. Vanderbilt
Illinois. Tennessee
I don’t think there’s a huge gap between them. T&AM would probably beat Iowa by 10, Maryland/Florida would depend on which Maryland team shows, and the rest would pretty much be 50/50.
Bottom 6 games are a coin flip, most teams are not good. The top 6 games, I think SEC, probably 5-1, Ohio State can play with Bama, outside of that, I think these others are all SEC. Penn St. Georgia? Pitt just went into Happy Valley and almost won. Wisconsin LSU could be a decent game.
This is a double positive, but the top and middle of the SEC is more better than the Big Ten, and every other conference in america. Maryland and Michigan State are supposed contenders. Apples and oranges my friend.
We'll see how it plays out buddy. My point is if you are proposing Michigan State and Maryland as top of the conference teams, then that just supports my argument. The Big ten is very, very bottom heavy. It's just not a good football conference, no matter how many times you say it.An argument based on absolutely nothing and a sentence that's barely readable. I guess you gave up on the last point you tried to make because you just completely ignored all the ways you were just wrong.
We'll see how it plays out buddy. My point is if you are proposing Michigan State and Maryland as top of the conference teams, then that just supports my argument. The Big ten is very, very bottom heavy. It's just not a good football conference, no matter how many times you say it.
I think you have it backwards, Purdue is probably a top half, maybe top 8 team in the big ten. Vandy is near the bottom of the SEC.Yes, SEC East is very weak. Didn't one of the BIG bottom teams Purdue just spank Vandy of the SEC.
I think you have it backwards, Purdue is probably a top half, maybe top 8 team in the big ten. Vandy is near the bottom of the SEC.
My opinion on the outcomes for this year
Ohio State. Alabama Bucks
Wisconsin. LSU Wisky
Penn State. Georgia Dawgs
Michigan. Auburn Tigers
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Iowa. Texas A&M Aggies
Maryland. Florida Gators
Michigan State. Kentucky Spartans
Nebraska. South Carolina Huskers
Minnesota. Mississippi State Bulldogs
Northwestern. Missouri Wildcats
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Purdue. Ole Miss Purdont
Indiana. Arkansas Hoosiers
Rutgers. Vanderbilt Vandy
Illinois. Tennessee who cares so ill give to the SEC
So, seven to the BIG and seven to the SEC
I don’t think there’s a huge gap between them. TA&M would probably beat Iowa by 10, Maryland/Florida would depend on which Maryland team shows, and the rest would pretty much be 50/50.
An argument based on absolutely nothing and a sentence that's barely readable. I guess you gave up on the last point you tried to make because you just completely ignored all the ways you were just wrong.
The top 3-4 SEC teams are always excellent, but the middle tier is always horrifically overrated nationally and the bottom sucks just like any other Power 5 league.
Harbaugh needs to wake up and smell the coffee, college game is not for him, at least Saban realized quickly the NFL game was not his cup of tea and went back to college ball after 2 years.
How in the heck can you criticize ESPN for that? At least the SEC gives you something. All we heard this year was Michigan was going to be a contender, based on absolutely nothing. And it's proven out they are barely a top 25 team, maybe not even that. Folks it's Ohio State, then down a few rungs is Wisconsin and then a whole lot of mediocrity. The networks need the midwest audience for ratings so they have to pump up Michigan/ Notre Dame annually. Fact is there is nothing in the midwest outside of Ohio State, and we'll not know how good they are until the playoffs.The ESPN hype-train for middling SEC is often comical. This year will be no different.
So maybe it's time to assess who's doing these preseason ratings? Again, I think it's more about keeping big markets relevant, the midwest has very few football powers.Notre Dame is a pretty good team.
Michigan is constantly overrated. It’s a legacy program that people have been waiting to bounce back but it never has. It relied on Ohio recruits and that’s harder to poach than it used to be and they haven’t had a great coach.
So maybe it's time to assess who's doing these preseason ratings? Again, I think it's more about keeping big markets relevant, the midwest has very few football powers.
Notre Dame is ok. The game they played Saturday at Georgia may be the best game Notre Dame has played in 10 years. They generally come up way short in big games like this.
This may be the best the SEC has had in years, and they are generally the best conference anyway. Did you happen to look at Auburn's schedule this year??? No only do they play the best 3 teams in the SEC in Alabama, LSU and Georgia, they also play at Florida and just played at Texas A&M AND they played Oregon in the non-conference.Preseason ranking is a worthless and biased exercise. It assures the top dogs stay on top. Often it's based on absolutely nothing outside of player potential and previous years accomplishments, especially given the turnover the average college team goes through on a yearly basis.
Wisconsin certainly is the next best perennial Midwest power followed by Penn St.
Your contention that the SEC is lightyears ahead of everyone, is good from top from top to bottom, and that Purdue is in the top half of the Big 10 are still ridiculous.
This may be the best the SEC has had in years, and they are generally the best conference anyway. Did you happen to look at Auburn's schedule this year??? No only do they play the best 3 teams in the SEC in Alabama, LSU and Georgia, they also play at Florida and just played at Texas A&M AND they played Oregon in the non-conference.