MWAVolfan
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I haven't seen all the Vegas odds, but multiple "bowl prediction" articles have the majority of SEC teams projected to lose. Would this be a first?
Also, how much of Tennessee's failure to meet expectations is casting a shadow on the media's opinion of the conference?
The SEC has now won 15 bowl games in the last two seasons, also a record. Seven of the eight bowl victories this season came versus major conference opponents, including a 3-1 record versus Top 25 teams. The average margin of victory in the SECs eight bowl wins this postseason is 26 points.
With ten teams advancing to bowl games this season, the SEC became the first conference to send at least 10 teams to postseason bowls in three consecutive seasons. The SEC sent a NCAA-record 12 teams to participate in postseason bowl games in 2014 and has sent no less than eight teams to post-season bowls in each of the last ten seasons.
The SEC owned the previous record for postseason bowl victories with seven wins in 2007, 2013 and 2014.
I haven't seen all the Vegas odds, but multiple "bowl prediction" articles have the majority of SEC teams projected to lose. Would this be a first?
Also, how much of Tennessee's failure to meet expectations is casting a shadow on the media's opinion of the conference?
No doubt. If they win this playoff and they should, they'd be right up there.. I don't think they'll have a problem with Washington, although they're a well coached team. Only teams that might give them a game will be Ohio State or Clemson.. It's hard to imagine anybody doing much against that defense. I'll have to see it to believe it..You know it's almost as if the SEC was terribly mediocre once you got past a contender for the greatest team ever holding it up