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<blockquote data-quote="Vespidae" data-source="post: 960276" data-attributes="member: 2957"><p>I looked at various sources on the "best conference" and this is the snapshot I think makes sense. </p><p></p><p><strong>Is the SEC better than other conferences? Yes and no.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Yes</strong>, in the since that it is better balanced. Urban Meyer, who coached at both the Ohio State University and the University of Florida, says as a Fox analysis (a network that doesn’t air many SEC games), “I’ve been watching a lot of that film to get ready for our shows coming up, the one thing about the SEC, that’s as talented a conference from top to bottom (as you’ll find) … no other conference has eight teams that really believe they can compete for a national title. In the SEC, there are eight programs right now that believe they’ll be in the mix for a national title spot.”</p><p></p><p><strong>No.</strong> The SEC is better than other conferences at <u>media manipulation</u> and pretending that fiction is fact.</p><p></p><p>Because ESPN essentially owns college football, the SEC agenda it pushes invariably sets the tone followed by other media. In other words, ESPN’s message is: "We've invested billions in the SEC and we've decided to tell you, yet again, that SEC teams will dominate college football. Surprised?"</p><p></p><p>And … the college playoffs break down in the SEC's favor over the course of a season.</p><p></p><p>How? The preseason top twenty-five is stocked with the usual high-profile teams from across the country -- teams, not coincidentally, already scheduled for <strong>heavy broadcast exposure</strong>. Thanks to its gaudy TV contracts, many of these ranked teams come from the SEC.</p><p></p><p>So you can argue BOTH sides equally. The SEC is probably more talented than other conferences and may be more competitive across the board than others … OR … they are simply better at leveraging their exposure into post-season success.</p><p></p><p>Choose your poison.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vespidae, post: 960276, member: 2957"] I looked at various sources on the "best conference" and this is the snapshot I think makes sense. [B]Is the SEC better than other conferences? Yes and no. Yes[/B], in the since that it is better balanced. Urban Meyer, who coached at both the Ohio State University and the University of Florida, says as a Fox analysis (a network that doesn’t air many SEC games), “I’ve been watching a lot of that film to get ready for our shows coming up, the one thing about the SEC, that’s as talented a conference from top to bottom (as you’ll find) … no other conference has eight teams that really believe they can compete for a national title. In the SEC, there are eight programs right now that believe they’ll be in the mix for a national title spot.” [B]No.[/B] The SEC is better than other conferences at [U]media manipulation[/U] and pretending that fiction is fact. Because ESPN essentially owns college football, the SEC agenda it pushes invariably sets the tone followed by other media. In other words, ESPN’s message is: "We've invested billions in the SEC and we've decided to tell you, yet again, that SEC teams will dominate college football. Surprised?" And … the college playoffs break down in the SEC's favor over the course of a season. How? The preseason top twenty-five is stocked with the usual high-profile teams from across the country -- teams, not coincidentally, already scheduled for [B]heavy broadcast exposure[/B]. Thanks to its gaudy TV contracts, many of these ranked teams come from the SEC. So you can argue BOTH sides equally. The SEC is probably more talented than other conferences and may be more competitive across the board than others … OR … they are simply better at leveraging their exposure into post-season success. Choose your poison. [/QUOTE]
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