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Official Bowl Games Thread

Orr said:
Individual bowl games tend to be meaningless, but combined they represent a trend.

I'll repeat what I've said many times. If you look at bowl games (and general out-of-conference play) the SEC tends to get beaten by lower ranked (and unranked) teams, while never actually beating any higher ranked teams (we'll see how Ole Miss and TCU goes).

So this game may be meaningless, but it contributes to a larger trend which suggests that SEC teams tend to be higher ranked than they deserve to be. This is not to be confused with me saying that the SEC is not a great football conference.

Sorry to be repetitive on this issue.
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so your point is that one meaningless thing doesn't mean much but multiple meaningless things are meaningful?

allbuffs: join the meaningless
 
am i the only one who dislikes both the orange bowl and fiesta bowl being on new years eve... it just seems wrong
 
tante said:
so your point is that one meaningless thing doesn't mean much but multiple meaningless things are meaningful?

allbuffs: join the meaningless
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Doesn't there have to be a significantly relevant sample size for any datum to become meaningful? I only vaguely remember my stats class.
 
tante said:
so your point is that one meaningless thing doesn't mean much but multiple meaningless things are meaningful?

allbuffs: join the meaningless
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We've always been meaningless... If the vaunted SEC loses in bowl games I think it is meaningful. All we've been hearing is how dominant they are and now playing against real competition they are being exposed. I take that to mean the SEC is overrated and does not deserve the bogus accolades it's been receiving.

Furthermore, Ole Miss is getting drubbed by TCU. All season Ole Miss has been touted as one of the marquis teams in the SEC.
 
Yes, the TCU/Ole Miss game does present a conundrum of sorts. I'd love to see the B12 go 0-fer the bowls, but seeing the team that beat Alabama get mudholed is nearly as satisfying.

It's a deal where I win either way, I suppose.
 
I don't think I've ever seen a pick six that was caught in the opponent's end zone before.
 
But, But, you just can't compete with all that SEC speed, and skill, and their dominant linemen and great coaches and all the other reasons that ES(ec)PN continues to act like they are something above and apart from the rest of college football. And they get ranked highly because they should, after all they are beating other SEC teams. They shouldn't have to play anyone with a pulse or outside of SEC territory, just being in the SEC is enough.

I don't like Urban Meyer or the Buckeyes but it would do a lot of good to see a NC game that doesn't include an SEC team.
 
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