Can we talk about the SEC?

[Rell]

Let’s revisit this after the playoff unless yall Big 10 nerds are really that excited about the results of the Cheez It Bowl and Bootleg Insurance Bowl

Easy on that Bootleg Insurance slander, they've been good to me

 

[Numpsay]

There was Georgia and Bama dominance, there was never SEC dominance.

 

[CrimsonTider]

There was Georgia and Bama dominance, there was never SEC dominance.

This is a lie

There was never ever Texas dominance

 

[I'm Blackman]

Transfer portal and NIL gave college football MUCH more parity.

SEC still has the most fertile recruiting ground...BUT they can no longer HORDE the depth. And other schools can come in and swoop the talent either from High school or the Portal


SEC days of flat out dominance are basically over

Still arguably the best conference tho

this

 

[pete clemenza]

NIL and the portal bodied them. Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and the likes spend on football but technically they're not wealthy institutions

 

[Numpsay]

This is a lie

There was never ever Texas dominance

What does Texas have to do with this? And I never claimed there was. I do know we beat y'all ass last year in y'all building though.

 

[OSUBaneBrowns]

SEC bagmen have to deal with serious competition now from the other conferences and they can't accept the reality of it. BSPN can only spew their rhetoric for so long when the proof is being shown on national tv. Their playbook is now outdated and they struggling to adapt to the NIL environment.

 

[mastermind]

Let’s revisit this after the playoff unless yall Big 10 nerds are really that excited about the results of the Cheez It Bowl and Bootleg Insurance Bowl

I think Texas, OU, Georgia and Bama will be fine because of how wealthy their bag men are and Alabama wanna keep up. The rest of the conference.
(Would include A&M, but they can’t get out of their own way)

 

[Black Lightning]

The Portal & players opting to not play has changed the landscape of college athletics.

The days of one conference dominating everything is over.

 

[MikelArteta]

NIL and the portal bodied them. Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and the likes spend on football but technically they're not wealthy institutions

To me one of the biggest things is lack of depth.

Guys ain't sitting around anymore

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

I've been waiting to have a convo

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/so-nobody-talking-about-how-dominant-sec-basketball-been.1060608/

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

The most overrated conference. I've been saying that the SEC was overrated all year because the transfer portal killed their depth where they can't hoard talent anymore. Not one of the SEC teams this year is a Great team like the recent Alabama, Georgia, or LSU teams. They would be 9-3 in the SEC 5 years ago. Alabama lost to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma and ESPN acted like it was a tragedy that they couldn't make it in the playoffs. Now, they lost to the worst Michigan team in recent history.

The top 2 SEC teams are usually pretty good.

Problem is the middle/lower teams are assumed to be better than the middle/lower squads from other conferences.

What we are learning is that the SEC often has the best team, but after that it's a crapshoot from year to year. Too many middling schools eating off UGA, historical Bama and the random LSU/Auburn title years.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

NIL and the portal bodied them. Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and the likes spend on football but technically they're not wealthy institutions

Facts.

SMU, Texas, Michigan etc., got deep pockets.

Stanford would be a serious problem except for the fact their academic standards are high. With Andrew Luck joining as GM, they might become a problem again.

Bagmen money is different than Silicon Valley money or Texas Oil/Wind money.

 

[Nitro Tuggle]

Only game that mattered was OSU vs UT. All those other bowl games were meaningless. .

Just make sure you win so you play the real UT

And that Zeke notification hit like crack

 

[DonB90]

Sec Network is suppose to be showing Alabama-Michigan bowl game on its network per the tv guide but they showing a replay of the SEC title game instead