Is the West the real power of the SEC?

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volinbham

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Watching a local sports wrap-up program, the commentators said the East was mediocre and thought the SEC CG would be better with 2 West teams.

Significant E over W wins

UK beat LSU
UGA beat Bama
UK beat Arky

Significant W over E wins

LSU beat UF
Aub beat UF
Bama beat UT
LSU beat USC


I don't see how this conclusion is supported. LSU appears to be a notch ahead but the rest of the teams from Aub, UA, UF, UT, UGA and UK could win against the other on any given weekend.
 
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I don't think the West is really much better. It's just that the parity has caught up with the East and this is one of those rare years where Mississippi State, Alabama and Arkansas are all decent at the same time.
 
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volinbham said:
Watching a local sports wrap-up program, the commentators said the East was mediocre and thought the SEC CG would be better with 2 West teams.

Significant E over W wins

UK beat LSU
UGA beat Bama
UK beat Arky

Significant W over E wins

LSU beat UF
Aub beat UF
Bama beat UT
LSU beat USC


I don't see how this conclusion is supported. LSU appears to be a notch ahead but the rest of the teams from Aub, UA, UF, UT, UGA and UK could win against the other on any given weekend.
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I think its lack of consistency in the East and the fact that it is entirely possible that there could be a four-way logjam of three loss SECE teams at the end of the season.
 
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The west got an instant boost with Saban's return. I think we can all see what Nick will be doing when he gets some recruits. Sly Croom making noise lately helps as well. All in all, I'd say they've drawn even, not overtaken.
 
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I would just say that parity rules the day this year in the conference and it's impossible to say either side is clearly superior.

LSU appears to be the top team but has had to come from behind against UF, Aub and UA for wins while losing in OT against UK. Then UK loses to Miss St. as does Aub who beats UF. UT slams UGA who beats UA and UF but UT gets hammered by UA and UF.

Crazy but no clear domination anywhere (team or division)
 
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lawgator1 said:
I think its lack of consistency in the East and the fact that it is entirely possible that there could be a four-way logjam of three loss SECE teams at the end of the season.
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Wishful Thinking?
 
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TheVol said:
Wishful Thinking?
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I said possible.

I think the probabilities are in favor of UT winning it with two losses, then UGA winning it with two, then UF winning off the tiebreaker for three loss teams.

In that order.
 
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If Arky and Auburn walk into Knoxville and Athens and leave with a W, it'd be hard to argue that the East is better after what has already happened.
 
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kkep48 said:
If Arky and Auburn walk into Knoxville and Athens and leave with a W, it'd be hard to argue that the East is better after what has already happened.
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I agree and wouldn't argue now that the East is better than the West - too close to call.
 
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kkep48 said:
If Arky and Auburn walk into Knoxville and Athens and leave with a W, it'd be hard to argue that the East is better after what has already happened.
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UT has been very good at home. Looked like a completely different team there. I ordinarily do not buy into too much advantage off of home field -- maybe a field goal's difference if you want to quantify it. But for UT this year it has been night and day.


I think the over/under in your game ought to be about 90. Arky will run the ball at will because, let's face it, your defense sucks. As does theirs and so you will score some, too. (Watch, it will be a defensive struggle and end 20-13).

Auburn has one of the better defenses in the SEC this year and they will do a much better job with the UGA running game than did Florida. That will be a very low scoring game. (So book it: 52-34)
 
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lawgator1 said:
UT has been very good at home. Looked like a completely different team there. I ordinarily do not buy into too much advantage off of home field -- maybe a field goal's difference if you want to quantify it. But for UT this year it has been night and day.


I think the over/under in your game ought to be about 90. Arky will run the ball at will because, let's face it, your defense sucks. As does theirs and so you will score some, too. (Watch, it will be a defensive struggle and end 20-13).
Auburn has one of the better defenses in the SEC this year and they will do a much better job with the UGA running game than did Florida. That will be a very low scoring game. (So book it: 52-34)
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:eek:lol: Isn't that the way it always goes? Common sense has gone out the window this year when predicting games
 
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Don't forget that the single bad team in the conference is in the West... Ole Miss.
 
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lawgator1 said:
UT has been very good at home. Looked like a completely different team there. I ordinarily do not buy into too much advantage off of home field -- maybe a field goal's difference if you want to quantify it. But for UT this year it has been night and day.


I think the over/under in your game ought to be about 90. Arky will run the ball at will because, let's face it, your defense sucks. As does theirs and so you will score some, too. (Watch, it will be a defensive struggle and end 20-13).

Auburn has one of the better defenses in the SEC this year and they will do a much better job with the UGA running game than did Florida. That will be a very low scoring game. (So book it: 52-34)
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I agree auburn might beat georgia, but auburn scoring that many points is hard to imagine something like 35-21 seems more likely.
 
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I think I will drink the lil' 11 koolaid, aka big 10, and say the SEC is over rated this year!
 
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