A "down" year in the S.E.C.

[bigG]

I know its early but the SEC doesnt seems as dominant as years past. Both LSU and Auburn seems to have QB problems. I think this will be there demise in the clutch. I can see both teams with 3 losses this year. Tenn. has all types of problems and Fulmer may be gone at years end. I like how Bama has taken the peronality of their coach (gritty and nasty), but I'm not sold on them. Also Georgia hasn't been as dominant as I thought probably due to their O-line problems. It just seems to me that the Big 12 is head and shoulders the best conference this year.

[KCJ58]

5 teams in the top 15 sounds good to me

[bigG]

I think by the end of the year there will be only 2 at the max.

[Bengals78]

May I ask which 2? Florida? Alabama? Georgia? LSU? Auburn? Vandy?(joking)
Georgia will have the hardest run of all the teams. And losing to one of the other top 15 SEC teams isnt exactly reason for expulsion from the top 15. Unless they get blown out. But I dont see that happening. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and LSU are all top teams.
Lee played pretty darn well against a stud Auburn defense. The only argument you could make is that Auburn has no QB and Tenn is just in a down year, every team has one.
As for Bama, they seem pretty legit to me. I like the Tide and figured it would be a bowl season but not top 10 like this. I think they could very well top UGA this weekend. Their run D is insane and the offense is productive.

The top 2 Big 12 teams havent played anyone of note this year. A shoot out with Illinois for Missouri. Not exactly blowing things up. They beat up on low teams though. Ill buy into OU the next few weeks against TCU and when the Texas game rolls around. But until then Im still thinking the SEC > Big 12 for now.

[Joeyjr09]

Can't be a down year when you have so many teams in the top 10-15.

Just because they don't have a team currently lineup up for a title shot doesn't mean they are having a down year.

[georgiafan]

Even if it is a "down year" which doesn't look likely at this point. The SEC would still be easily the 2nd best conference for the year.

[mqtirishfan]

3 of the top 5 teams in the country are from the SEC. What a horrible ******* year.

Also, the SEC has a combined 4 out of conference losses. Two of which are credited to Mississippi State.

[504 to ATL]

I think this thread is fail.

[wicket]

Im quite puzzled why you would even say that. Three of the six teams that have a good shot at going to the national title game are from the sec (the list for me is USC Oklahoma Missouri, LSU, Georgia and Florida not in order, if two of these teams have max a 1-loss season i cant see them falling out of contention and I'm quite sure that at least 2 of these teams will manage to lose max 1 game) Besides an emberrasing loss of tenessee against ucla there hasnt really been any bad out of conference losses for the sec. Also with the resurgence of Alabama and the outragiously strong defence of Auburn there is plenty of depth in the conference. IMO the sec is hands down the best conference and indeed followed by the big 12 who have a step ahead of the pac10 which again has a step on the rest.

[Sportsfan486]

It's worth noting that USC has now lost which puts SEC teams in the driver's seat for a NC appearance. Any SEC team that finishes with only 1 loss will make it.

[504 to ATL]

It's worth noting that USC has now lost which puts SEC teams in the driver's seat for a NC appearance. Any SEC team that finishes with only 1 loss will make it.

Ummmm that was true before USC's loss buddy.

A one loss SEC team would get in over OU or Mizzou.

[keylime_5]

this is not a down year. 2006 was a down year by their standards of this decade. Georgia, Florida, Auburn, LSU, and Alabama all are contenders and teams like Vanderbilt and South Carolina are decent. Tennessee might be decent at some point this year.

[BBIB]

It's worth noting that USC has now lost which puts SEC teams in the driver's seat for a NC appearance. Any SEC team that finishes with only 1 loss will make it.

Not if Penn State and Oklahoma run the table. A one loss team isn't getting in over an undefeated team.

[Iamcanadian]

The thing that makes the SEC so dominate is their superior HC's. No conference can match the quality of SEC HC's. 5 have won National Championships. I don't believe the difference in talent is much between the top 10 teams, it's whose coaching them that is far more significant.