SEC - Conference Discussion

[10ac]

Did I ever tell you GT was my favorite ACC team?

[The Gray Ghost]

Clemson would be mine, good for them to pull out a win in the Peach.

[AlabamAlum]

Exactly.

[10ac]

Big 10, heh.

[10ac]

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2012/o ... struggles/

NI in the Orange? Now that will draw some viewers.

[aTm]

Acting like the Orange bowl could ever possibly match the ratings in days where there were 3 networks and public TV in the VHF range and you had to go up to the TV to turn the dial is ridiculous.

[10ac]

Acting like the Orange bowl could ever possibly match the ratings in days where there were 3 networks and public TV in the VHF range and you had to go up to the TV to turn the dial is ridiculous.

Ridiculous is putting a team like NIU in the Orange Bowl.

BTW, did you know Manziel won the Heistman as a freshman?

[Jungle Rat]

Jerome Bettis is from Detroit? What?

[hedge]

You bettis!

[10ac]

The NHL has been on strike? Who knew?

[KeviNole]

Acting like the Orange bowl could ever possibly match the ratings in days where there were 3 networks and public TV in the VHF range and you had to go up to the TV to turn the dial is ridiculous.

Ridiculous is putting a team like NIU in the Orange Bowl.

BTW, did you know Manziel won the Heistman as a freshman?

You can thank FSU for at least quelling the media's love affair with the mid-majors. We didn't play that great but it didn't take much to beat that one-trick pony. I give the defense credit for not falling asleep and knocking the crap out of the QB time after time.

[AlabamAlum]

7 SEC teams make the final AP poll. 5 of the 7 in the top 10:

1 Alabama (59) 13-1 1475
2 Oregon 12-1 1358
3 Ohio State 12-0 1302
4 Notre Dame 12-1 1288
5 Georgia 12-2 1230
5 Texas A&M 11-2 1230
7 Stanford 12-2 1169
8 South Carolina 11-2 1038
9 Florida 11-2 933
10 Florida State 12-2 922
11 Clemson 11-2 889
12 Kansas State 11-2 871
13 Louisville 11-2 781
14 LSU 10-3 756
15 Oklahoma 10-3 615
16 Utah State 11-2 456
17 Northwestern 10-3 443
18 Boise State 11-2 419
19 Texas 9-4 358
20 Oregon State 9-4 303
21 San Jose State 11-2 243
22 Northern Illinois 12-2 227
23 Vanderbilt 9-4 180
24 Michigan 8-5 147
25 Nebraska 10-4 119

[tin mad dog]

Interesting:

According to a 2011 Tulane Law School study, the SEC signed 321 more football players than the Big Ten over the preceding 9-year period. For example, when Ohio State met Arkansas in the 2011 Sugar Bowl, Arkansas had signed 30 more players than OSU in the preceding four years.

According to another study, Alabama cut 21 players in 2010-2011. That's about an extra player at each of the 22 positions on the field.

SEC schools grant one-year scholarships. Big Ten schools grant four-year scholarships for ethical reasons.

In addition to cutting players, SEC schools regularly pull scholarships from incoming players at the last minute, forcing them to "grayshirt" (pay their own way, limited rights, practice-only, and it's too late at that point to transfer because other top programs are full) and hope for a scholarship later.

[10ac]

Spammer.

[KeviNole]

Bammer?

[GBJs]

No, National Champion.

Again.

[tin mad dog]

Spammer.

It's an accurate post, sir. Maybe not anything you didn't already know but I can't answer that.

http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsAcademicPr ... holarships

[Jungle Rat]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... se-product

[10ac]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... final-roll

[aTm]

http://instagram.com/p/Vh-NE6Ago6