O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
I say this all the time and yet people run around talking about we’re the #5 team
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Whips-n-Chains
Chi
This is just not a big weekend of football
“Big matchups”:
Syracuse at Clemson meh, Clemson wins by 10
Ole Miss at lsu. Could be interesting be def not a big match up. Ole Miss has never been a part of a big match up.
Texas at OSU, could be good. UT is still fraudulent imho
Ucla vs Oregon, pac 12 but I guess I’ll watch
“Big matchups”:
Syracuse at Clemson meh, Clemson wins by 10
Ole Miss at lsu. Could be interesting be def not a big match up. Ole Miss has never been a part of a big match up.
Texas at OSU, could be good. UT is still fraudulent imho
Ucla vs Oregon, pac 12 but I guess I’ll watch
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
I say this all the time and yet people run around talking about we’re the #5 team
Same breh, MSU start at #14 or 15, and since then we’ve beat one P5 team all year.
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
whoever wins between LSU-OM will be playing Bama for the SECW
This is definitely "take care of yard work / exercise / take the kids to the pumpkin patch / go to costume party with your girl" ass weekend
Hit dogs holler!
I didn't say anything about Big-10/ACC schedules being any good, so whataboutism ain't gonna save your ass from having an embarassing schedule.
But FWIW, Ohio State only scheduled 2 games against non-Power 5 schools and ZERO games against FCS schools, and one of their OOC was Notre Dame who was preseason #5, so bullshyt on your claim. All the SEC teams I listed (and others besides) were scheduling 3 games against non-Power 5 including an FCS.
Penn State was undefeated until UM and beat Auburn 41-12 on Auburn's own field, but now they "don't have a pulse".
Since Ole Miss only beat Auburn 48-34 at home and LSU barely squeaked by them 21-17, I guess those teams don't have a pulse either? Even Georgia wasn't even able to pull away until late in the game and Georgia was playing on their own field.
The delusions are remarkable.
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
“Who was preseason #5”
This dude legit be arguing with himself and disputing points nobody made 
“Who was preseason #5”
Do you know how scheduling works?
If you schedule Notre Dame then you're actually trying to have a tough game. If you schedule Toledo, you're not. No one can magically make their opponents have good seasons this year, but they can at least try to schedule teams with a chance instead of purposely lining up cupcakes.
Ohio State scheduled 10 Power-5 squads and 0 FCS squads, and one of their OOC was an elite team that has won 44 games the last 4 years and played in back-to-back BCS bowls. My complaint was with the teams that schedule 8-9 Power 5 squads and an FCS squad, and don't have a single playoff contender in their OOC schedule.
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
Bama scheduled a road game against Texas it’s the same logic, what is the point you are making, cuz it’s been proven time and time again that when the best Big 10 team plays the best SEC team the Big 10 team gets ran off the field. How would scheduling an extra though opponent change that?Do you know how scheduling works?
If you schedule Notre Dame then you're actually trying to have a tough game. If you schedule Toledo, you're not. No one can magically make their opponents have good seasons this year, but they can at least try to schedule teams with a chance instead of purposely lining up cupcakes.
Ohio State scheduled 10 Power-5 squads and 0 FCS squads, and one of their OOC was an elite team that has won 44 games the last 4 years and played in back-to-back BCS bowls. My complaint was with the teams that schedule 8-9 Power 5 squads and an FCS squad, and don't have a single playoff contender in their OOC schedule.
Idk about them other B1G teams but in the cfp OSU 1-1 against the sec, well Bama. Not taking away from the win Bama beat us, but OSU was riddled with covid. Still think Bama wins that game though with teams healthy. Our defense was ass.
I wasn't complaining about Bama scheduling Texas, that's a good start, a hell of a lot better than scheduling perennial doormats like Arizona or Georgia Tech as your only Power 5 game.
My very specific complaint was with the teams that constantly schedule 3 non-Power 5 cupcakes including an FCS school every year. What is the point of Alabama scheduling Utah State, UL Monroe, and Austin Peay as three of their matchups? That's 1/4 of their season already that they will hardly even have to try.
Because failing to schedule those additional actual opponents up-and-down your entire conference lineup completely distorts records and makes it impossible to compare teams. Teams that play 9 in-conference games are automatically giving themselves an extra 1/2 loss per team than teams that only schedule 8 in-conference games. If the SEC actually scheduled an extra in-conference game like Pac-12, Big-12 and Big-10 have, then that would automatically add 8 SEC losses cause on of the teams has to lose every one of those extra games. But they avoid that because the good teams want to avoid upsets and have opponents with artificially inflated losses.
If they justified keeping an 8-game in-conference schedule by playing similar OOC schools in their place, then it would even out. But they don't. Up and down the SEC lineup the large majority of teams schedule 3 bad non-Power 5 squads including a FCS squad almost every year. So it's just guarenteed wins that mean nothing and don't tell you anything about how good they are compared to other teams. Not to mention also ensuring they get to play their benches more and keep their starters more rested and injury-free than other teams do.
If the SEC is as good as you claim, then why not just play 10-11 real matchups like I suggest and leave the FCS out of it? What's so hard about that? If other teams have done it at times, then surely the vaulted SEC can do that.
TUA TAGOVAILOA
Superstar
Yea they are better than Minnesota and Purdue.
TUA TAGOVAILOA
Superstar
Embarrassing compared to what? Our OOC looks the same as everyone else's. Notre Dame sucks no one cares about a preseason poll.Hit dogs holler!
I didn't say anything about Big-10/ACC schedules being any good, so whataboutism ain't gonna save your ass from having an embarassing schedule.
But FWIW, Ohio State only scheduled 2 games against non-Power 5 schools and ZERO games against FCS schools, and one of their OOC was Notre Dame who was preseason #5, so bullshyt on your claim. All the SEC teams I listed (and others besides) were scheduling 3 games against non-Power 5 including an FCS.
Penn State was undefeated until UM and beat Auburn 41-12 on Auburn's own field, but now they "don't have a pulse".
Since Ole Miss only beat Auburn 48-34 at home and LSU barely squeaked by them 21-17, I guess those teams don't have a pulse either? Even Georgia wasn't even able to pull away until late in the game and Georgia was playing on their own field.
The delusions are remarkable.
Penn State got their shyt pushed in against the first good team they played.