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<blockquote data-quote="bke1984" data-source="post: 166669" data-attributes="member: 932"><p>The problem I have with the SEC bias is that it's not the conference that was overly successful, but rather mainly two teams: Florida and Alabama. Let's look at the seven national championships:</p><p></p><p>2006: Florida</p><p>2007: LSU</p><p>2008: Florida</p><p>2009: Alabama</p><p>2010: Auburn</p><p>2011: Alabama</p><p>2012: Alabama</p><p></p><p>OK, now let's take out Alabama and Florida:</p><p></p><p>2007: LSU</p><p>2010: Auburn</p><p></p><p>Then the 2007 season was ridiculous. LSU was #1 going into the final week of the regular season and they lost to Arkansas (8-5 overall, 4-4 SEC) 50-48 (3OT) in the final game. They fell to #7 in the BCS. Then Missouri and West Virginia both lose their conference championship games, which puts Ohio State #1 by default...but then comes the crazy part. LSU jumps 5 spots to #2 to make the BCS title game. They were in at 11-2 with 9 two-loss teams, a one-loss team, and an undefeated team behind them (Georgia was one of those, so I guess this turned out OK). The only reason the LSU won in 2007 is because the BCS committee up and decided to put the SEC champion in that game instead of one of eleven other possible teams.</p><p></p><p>So now we take out Bama and Florida and 2007 and they have one other championship.</p><p></p><p>....OK, so the whole conference basically gets credit for what two teams did. In the mid-90's was everyone saying that the Big 12 was the most dominant conference in America because Nebraska won three out of four national titles?</p><p></p><p>It's just a mess. If Florida State had won the NC last year after all those ACC teams knocked off SEC teams in the final week, would everyone be saying that the ACC dethroned the SEC? ...nope</p><p></p><p>But here's the good news. If we keep doing it, eventually the media will take notice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bke1984, post: 166669, member: 932"] The problem I have with the SEC bias is that it's not the conference that was overly successful, but rather mainly two teams: Florida and Alabama. Let's look at the seven national championships: 2006: Florida 2007: LSU 2008: Florida 2009: Alabama 2010: Auburn 2011: Alabama 2012: Alabama OK, now let's take out Alabama and Florida: 2007: LSU 2010: Auburn Then the 2007 season was ridiculous. LSU was #1 going into the final week of the regular season and they lost to Arkansas (8-5 overall, 4-4 SEC) 50-48 (3OT) in the final game. They fell to #7 in the BCS. Then Missouri and West Virginia both lose their conference championship games, which puts Ohio State #1 by default...but then comes the crazy part. LSU jumps 5 spots to #2 to make the BCS title game. They were in at 11-2 with 9 two-loss teams, a one-loss team, and an undefeated team behind them (Georgia was one of those, so I guess this turned out OK). The only reason the LSU won in 2007 is because the BCS committee up and decided to put the SEC champion in that game instead of one of eleven other possible teams. So now we take out Bama and Florida and 2007 and they have one other championship. ....OK, so the whole conference basically gets credit for what two teams did. In the mid-90's was everyone saying that the Big 12 was the most dominant conference in America because Nebraska won three out of four national titles? It's just a mess. If Florida State had won the NC last year after all those ACC teams knocked off SEC teams in the final week, would everyone be saying that the ACC dethroned the SEC? ...nope But here's the good news. If we keep doing it, eventually the media will take notice. [/QUOTE]
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