[daneblazer]

Alabama vs usc
lsu vs Wisconsin
Texas A&M vs Ucla
ole miss vs Florida state
Georgia vs unc
Missouri vs west virgina
auburn vs Clemson

Meanwhile

michigan vs Hawaii
Ohio state vs bowling green
michigsn state vs furman
Maryland vs howard
indiana vs Florida international
Purdue vs eastern Kentucky
Penn st vs Kent.
Iowa vs Miami ohio

Illinois vs Some guy named Murry
nebraska vs Fresno

hypocrites

[t-wizzle]

So the Big Ten OOC games in week 1 are weak. What about next week or the weeks after?

[Memento]

So the Big Ten OOC games in week 1 are weak. What about next week or the weeks after?

they start playing in conference....so its considerably weaker.

[t-wizzle]

they start playing in conference....so its considerably weaker.

No they don't. I know Ohio State plays at Oklahoma for instance. Michigan State plays at Notre Dame. Penn State plays Pitt. Wisconsin plays LSU in week 1.

[daneblazer]

they start playing in conference....so its considerably weaker.

[Da Manster!]

Alabama vs usc
lsu vs Wisconsin
Texas A&M vs Ucla
ole miss vs Florida state
Georgia vs unc
Missouri vs west virgina
auburn vs Clemson

Meanwhile

michigan vs Hawaii
Ohio state vs bowling green
michigsn state vs furman
Maryland vs howard
indiana vs Florida international
Purdue vs eastern Kentucky
Penn st vs Kent.
Iowa vs Miami ohio

Illinois vs Some guy named Murry
nebraska vs Fresno

hypocrites

this is the exception and not the rule, Dane...how many true OOC games on the road do you see SEC against the other Power five conferences?!.......hell, take your Bulldogs for example...I vividly remember a few years ago when you guys played at Arizona ST and all the announcers kept harping on was the fact it was the first time Georgia has been west of the Mississippi in over 35 years!...

[RudyRuetigger]

this is the exception and not the rule, Dane...how many true OOC games on the road do you see SEC against the other Power five conferences?!.......hell, take your Bulldogs for example...I vividly remember a few years ago when you guys played at Arizona ST and all the announcers kept harping on was the fact it was the first time Georgia has been west of the Mississippi in over 35 years!...

except a handful of teams, why would anyone go west of the Miss if they want to play good teams

[daneblazer]

this is the exception and not the rule, Dane...how many true OOC games on the road do you see SEC against the other Power five conferences?!.......hell, take your Bulldogs for example...I vividly remember a few years ago when you guys played at Arizona ST and all the announcers kept harping on was the fact it was the first time Georgia has been west of the Mississippi in over 35 years!...

Past few years and going forward it's the rule. Georgia use to play Clemson every year plus have the rivalry with Georgia tech...who use to be respectable. Didn't have to travel west for games

Everyone plays cupcakes. Just remember week 1 when everyone is bitching about the SEC in late November.

[Da Manster!]

except a handful of teams, why would anyone go west of the Miss if they want to play good teams

that was just one example, Rudy...Hell, you could have said at Notre Dame, at Nebraska, at Penn ST, at Mich ST, at ohio St, etc...but the point being is the major knock on the SEC is that they never play any teams OOC on the road...especially from the power 5 conferences and late in the year when they always seem to squeeze a cupcake or two in there like VMI, Mars Hills, Mother of Mary for the blind, etc.

[unde0087]

Past few years and going forward it's the rule. Georgia use to play Clemson every year plus have the rivalry with Georgia tech...who use to be respectable. Didn't have to travel west for games

Everyone plays cupcakes. Just remember week 1 when everyone is bitching about the SEC in late November.

Well it's hard to remember week 1, when its week 15 and every SEC team is playing high school teams the week before their rivalry games

[Da Manster!]

Past few years and going forward it's the rule. Georgia use to play Clemson every year plus have the rivalry with Georgia tech...who use to be respectable. Didn't have to travel west for games

Everyone plays cupcakes. Just remember week 1 when everyone is bitching about the SEC in late November.

I know everyone does it...and to your point, I'm actually proud of the SEC for finally doing it the right way...but in years past, it was never like that...only until recently...so far, since the end of that godforsaken BCS era, no complaints whatsoever from me or anyone else on the four teams chosen for the playoffs...each and every one of them earned it fair and square...sorry big 12...quit your bitching and get 12 teams like your supposed to and play a conference championship game like everyone else does and then maybe Baylor and TCU don't get "screwed"...

[texhooper]

the big 12 is a disaster and won't be around much longer. they barely have 3 brain cells to rub together in the entire front office.

[daneblazer]

Tennessee went to Oregon and Oklahoma. Alabama went to Penn St. Georgia went to Oklahoma St & Arizona St. They go to Notre Dame next year. Auburn has traveled. LSU has played Oregon, WV, and others I can't remember without looking up. Arkansas & Ole Miss travel. Missouri is going to WV. Even lowly Vanderbilt travels. The only one who really doesn't ever schedule OOc road games is Florida and that's because of their series with FSU (so they claim) and recently Alabama who opts for the "neutral" game.

the notion that the SEC never schedules road games is kind of a myth.

[MoneyLineDawg]

Of course it's overblown garbage from SEC haters

In conference games are much tougher anyway week in and week out if you play in the SEC....Ohio St might play Oklahoma one game but try playing at Bama, vs LSU, then at Florida instead of Rutgers, Indiana, Minnesota

Please give me SEC record vs other teams out of conference during the season and in bowl games if you hate on them.....you'll see they are dominant

[t-wizzle]

Well it's hard to remember week 1, when its week 15 and every SEC team is playing high school teams the week before their rivalry games

Seriously.

[RudyRuetigger]

id rather deal with SBR touts than SEC haters

[jjgold]

Sec toughest teams in country

More physical too

[greenhippo]

Alabama vs usc
lsu vs Wisconsin
Texas A&M vs Ucla
ole miss vs Florida state
Georgia vs unc
Missouri vs west virgina
auburn vs Clemson

Meanwhile

michigan vs Hawaii
Ohio state vs bowling green
michigsn state vs furman
Maryland vs howard
indiana vs Florida international
Purdue vs eastern Kentucky
Penn st vs Kent.
Iowa vs Miami ohio

Illinois vs Some guy named Murry
nebraska vs Fresno

hypocrites

Fresno

[RockBottom]

Auburn travels 900 miles for the entire season.

900 miles.

[daneblazer]

Now now teams located in the middle of a conference need to play on the other side of the country to get their mileage up?

Come on


how many is Michigan traveling? You should get negative miles for going to Rutgers

[M.W.]

this is the exception and not the rule, Dane...how many true OOC games on the road do you see SEC against the other Power five conferences?!.......hell, take your Bulldogs for example...I vividly remember a few years ago when you guys played at Arizona ST and all the announcers kept harping on was the fact it was the first time Georgia has been west of the Mississippi in over 35 years!...

What's funny about that? If they want a real out-of-conference road test, all they have to do is make a 75-mile trip across the Savannah River to Clemson.

[M.W.]

Of course it's overblown garbage from SEC haters

In conference games are much tougher anyway week in and week out if you play in the SEC....Ohio St might play Oklahoma one game but try playing at Bama, vs LSU, then at Florida instead of Rutgers, Indiana, Minnesota

Please give me SEC record vs other teams out of conference during the season and in bowl games if you hate on them.....you'll see they are dominant

Try to be reasonable. The SEC Easy is as bad as, or worse than, any division of the Big 10, ACC, or PAC.

[ZINISTER]

except a handful of teams, why would anyone go west of the Miss if they want to play good teams

True that most West coast teams are PUCIES!!

[RudyRuetigger]

What's funny about that? If they want a real out-of-conference road test, all they have to do is make a 75-mile trip across the Savannah River to Clemson.

you must not follow football much

[chico2663]

Past few years and going forward it's the rule. Georgia use to play Clemson every year plus have the rivalry with Georgia tech...who use to be respectable. Didn't have to travel west for games

Everyone plays cupcakes. Just remember week 1 when everyone is bitching about the SEC in late November.

What part of the 70's were the respectable

[M.W.]

you must not follow football much

Are you retarded? WTF was that?

[Hu$tle]

SEC posts one tough week out the last 10 years....

[MoneyLineDawg]

Try to be reasonable. The SEC Easy is as bad as, or worse than, any division of the Big 10, ACC, or PAC.

Just not true.....Check SEC East bowl/out of conference records vs those conferences over the last 10 or so years

Georgia/Florida/Tenn that's 3 traditional powers and then Mizzou and SC which have years where they are really good but kinda down at the moment. Kentucky and Vandy kinda suck but can compete against bottom teams in those other conferences

And anyway we're talking SEC as a whole......Bama, Auburn, LSU, Georgia, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Miss St, SC, Mizzou, Florida, Tenn, Arkansas

12 of 14 SEC teams have been top 10 caliber in recent years...many of them year in and year out. No other conference comes close, depth wise

[chico2663]

Just not true.....Check SEC East bowl/out of conference records vs those conferences over the last 10 or so years

Georgia/Florida/Tenn that's 3 traditional powers and then Mizzou and SC which have years where they are really good but kinda down at the moment. Kentucky and Vandy kinda suck but can compete against bottom teams in those other conferences

If the sec is so great than how come tex am and mizz weren't competitive in the 12?
And anyway we're talking SEC as a whole......Bama, Auburn, LSU, Georgia, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Miss St, SC, Mizzou, Florida, Tenn, Arkansas

12 of 14 SEC teams have been top 10 caliber in recent years...many of them year in and year out. No other conference comes close, depth wise

If the sec is so great than how come tex am and mizz weren't competitive in the 12? How come I lost 500 on alabama against ohio st two years ago?

[Ralphie Halves]

SEC - Just stop scheduling FCS games, and we can erase all doubt. Can't be that hard.

[daneblazer]

SEC - Just stop scheduling FCS games, and we can erase all doubt. Can't be that hard.

Is Scheduling Hawaii after a game in another solar system that much tougher than a top FCS program?

[Ralphie Halves]

Is Scheduling Hawaii after a game in another solar system that much tougher than a top FCS program?

Yeah, because not only is it perceived as such, it's not at home, and they have to travel to the other solar system too.

The SEC should just stop doing it altogether. Their fans won't have to keep making excuses for it when they all know they'd rather it not happen too. They live in a bizarre fishbowl where they'll defend their conference over their own team, and this is one issue they have a really hard time defending. Just get rid of it. There's no need.

[MoneyLineDawg]

Ralphie - Just go through SEC record vs other power 5 teams....bowl and regular season if you want

FCS games have nothing to do with that

[RudyRuetigger]

Are you retarded? WTF was that?

uga just did a home/away with clemson in 2013 and 2014

[M.W.]

No shit, Rudy. If UGA wants a real out-of-conference road test, all they have to do is make a 75-mile trip across the Savannah River to Clemson.