Conference Talent

• FatHobbit

  

  Are we really arguing about grammar on the internets? lol
• vball10set

  it's all good--if it makes someone feel good about themselves,then so be it.
  
  all I know is that I can't wait for the season to begin,and then the fun will really start!!!
  
  (and look,NO capital letters,NO spaces after punctuation marks,and a double hyphen thrown in for fun--in PARENTHESES no less!!!)
• karen lotz

  

  the plural of parenthesis is PARENTHESES FYI
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• vball10set

  ^^^ LOL--touche'
• Speedofsand

  

  I'm curious to see jmog's numbers after final NFL roster cuts. LSU is a surprise at the top of the list.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  se-alum;461321 wrote:It helps that the SEC is able to oversign.

  
  This!
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  se-alum;461321 wrote:It helps that the SEC is able to oversign.

  
  This!
• jmog

  Speedofsand;462411 wrote:I'm curious to see jmog's numbers after final NFL roster cuts. LSU is a surprise at the top of the list.

  
  The website I used was NFL.com I believe, so I'm sure it will update by game 1/53 man rosters. Maybe I'll run them again at that time if I remember.
• cats gone wild

  Im actually stunned that LSU is on top also. I see that # dwindling in the next few years. LSU has high recruiting classes every year, but they arent getting used properly.
• Speedofsand

  

  jmog;462570 wrote:The website I used was NFL.com I believe, so I'm sure it will update by game 1/53 man rosters. Maybe I'll run them again at that time if I remember.

  
  
  Thanks, I found this. I might have time Sunday the 5th
  August 31 — Rosters cut down to 75 player maximums.
  
  September 4 — Rosters cut down to 53 player maximums.
• TheMightyGators

  Once they cut the NFL rosters to 53, I'm pretty sure you'll still see the SEC leading the way.
• jmog

  TheMightyGators;463307 wrote:Once they cut the NFL rosters to 53, I'm pretty sure you'll still see the SEC leading the way.

  
  Well yeah, right now there are about 386 NFL players from the SEC and 333 from the B10 (12 vs 11 teams and the difference in average).
  
  The SEC would have to have 23+ players cut MORE than the B10 to drop below the B10 in average. It doesn't take a math genius to figure out that the "2" advantage in average is pretty significant.
• sleeper

  

  Pretty sad that the SEC is still dubbed the best conference in college football. Outside of Florida, Bama, and LSU, all the other teams are mediocre at best. Sounds to me like its very similar to I don't know, the Big Ten? The Big Ten has Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, and Iowa. That doesn't even count a depleted Michigan squad who's usually very good, another random team popping up from under the radar(example: Illinois), and adding one of the all-time great programs in college football history, Nebraska. All this and the Big Ten still blows every conference out of the water in academics(sans Ivy League), and they actually play by the rules instead of trying to hoodwink the system with shady coaches and their tactics.
  
  It must be nice in the SEC, play 4 powder puff cake schools outside of conference(all in the south), and win 2 of your conference games against any of their bottom feeders(Vandy, Ole Miss, Miss St, Arkansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Auburn, or Kentucky), and BAAM you're bowl eligible with the easiest bowl schedule in college football(most played in the south as well). What other conference gets to play Utah and Hawaii for a BCS bowl game?
  
  And even with all the edges handed to the SEC, they STILL have a losing record overall against the Big Ten all-time, and are 14-15 against the Big Ten in the past decade. What a joke. I'd love to see an SEC school have a home and home with Ohio State, because we all know at worst OSU would be 1-1, because there's no way in hell they are losing in the shoe, and you can take that to the bank.
• cats gone wild

  Sleeper wrote his longest post ever........and its still stupid.
• sleeper

  

  cats gone wild;463664 wrote:Sleeper wrote his longest post ever........and its still stupid.

  
  14-15 against the Big Ten over the past decade...
  
  Which conference is better? LOL
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  sleeper;463524 wrote:I'd love to see an SEC school have a home and home with Ohio State, because we all know at worst OSU would be 1-1, because there's no way in hell they are losing in the shoe, and you can take that to the bank.

  
  Sleeper -
  
  I loved your post, but this part I have to frown at.
  
  Signed,
  
  Texas & USC
• cats gone wild

  sleeper;463686 wrote:14-15 against the Big Ten over the past decade...
  
  Which conference is better? LOL

  Your big post was wayyyyy off. And btw, back up this ^^ post with facts.
• sleeper

  

  1998 Citrus Bowl - Michigan vs. Florida
  1998 Outback Bowl - Penn State vs. Kentucky
  1999 Citrus Bowl - Michigan State vs. Florida
  1999 Orange Bowl - Michigan vs. Alabama
  1999 Outback Bowl - Purdue vs. Georgia
  2000 Citrus Bowl - Michigan vs. Auburn
  2001 Citrus Bowl - Michigan vs. Tennessee
  2001 Sugar Bowl - Illinois vs. LSU
  2002 Outback Bowl - Michigan vs. Florida
  2002 Capital One Bowl - Penn State vs. Auburn
  2002 Music City Bowl - Minnesota vs. Arkansas
  2003 Music City Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Auburn
  2003 Outback Bowl - Iowa vs. Florida
  2003 Capital One Bowl - Purdue vs.Georgia
  2004 Outback Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Georgia
  2004 Capital One Bowl - Iowa vs. LSU
  2004 Music City Bowl - Minnesota vs. Alabama
  2005 Capital One Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Auburn
  2005 Outback Bowl - Iowa vs. Florida
  2006 Outback Bowl - Penn State vs. Tennessee
  2006 Capital One Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Arkansas
  2007 Capital One Bowl - Michigan vs. Florida
  2007 Outback Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Tennessee
  2008 Capital One Bowl - Michigan State vs. Georgia
  2008 Outback Bowl - Iowa vs. South Carolina
  2009 Capital One Bowl - Penn State vs. LSU
  2009 Outback Bowl - Northwestern vs. Auburn
  
  16-11 since the BCS began.
  
  *Winners in bold, year of season, not year bowl played.
  
  Go ahead and spin away SEC fans, 2nd best to the Big Ten LOL
• TheMightyGators

  sleeper;463524 wrote: What other conference gets to play Utah and Hawaii for a BCS bowl game?

  Fortunately, the SEC gets to play OSU on occasion. 9-0 or 0-9 for you.
• goosebumps

  

  I will add some food for thought on the statistics for number of players in the NFL.
  
  Half the Big East (Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida, and UConn) weren't in the BCS until a few years ago. They weren't able to get a whole lot of NFL caliber talent because UConn was DIaa, and Cincy, USF and UL were in inferior conferences. I guarantee that if you wait 3 or 4 years the number of NFL players per team in the Big East will be up around the other BCS conference numbers. In 2009 The Big East had the most players drafted into the league per team than any other conference if memory serves correct.
  
  I will agree though that we should wait til the 53 man roster is made to determine which conferences are doing the most with their talent.
• Rotinaj

  

  sleeper;463686 wrote:14-15 against the Big Ten over the past decade...
  
  Which conference is better? LOL

  
  Probably the conference with 5 times as many national championships in that time?
• cats gone wild

  I noticed sleeper went to sleep after I asked him to prove his incorrect statement.
• ohiotiger33

  

  He also called Auburn and Tennessee "bottom feeders" of the SEC when AU had an undefeated season this decade, and TN has a NC in the last 15 years... Plus, didn't south carolina beat OSU two years in a row?
• sleeper

  

  cats gone wild;463728 wrote:Your big post was wayyyyy off. And btw, back up this ^^ post with facts.

  
  Actually it's my fault, the Big Ten is 16-15 over the past decade against the SEC. Post it with facts? Try Google. LOL
• sleeper

  

  Rotinaj;464344 wrote:Probably the conference with 5 times as many national championships in that time?

  
  The Big Ten has 38 National Championships, the SEC only has a measly 36. And that's with more teams LOL
  
  Let me know when the SEC gets on the Big Ten's level, because as of right now they are fighting with the depleted Big 12 for 2nd best.