golfballs
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You know what helps a program more than seeing their rivals lose? Not losing to them by 35 points. Maybe even beating them. You know the best way to do that? Hire a coach who's worth a ****. The benefits of a good conference are more evident when you aren't a bottom feeder
My argument has absolutely nothing to do with recruiting whatsoever. That's why you should sit on the sidelines and not jump in when you're late to the game. The whole issue was whether or not consistently losing OOC games (reg season or bowls) would diminish the voters/media/analyst/computers viewpoint of the conference and negatively impact the conference champs ability to reach the title game. Why is that if UofL had gone 12-0 everyone knew they'd never be voted high enough to reach the NC? Because the Big East/AAC is perceived to be weak based on past failures.
We're debating with two people who would clearly struggle on "are you smarter than a 5th grader".
Nobody said it being strong wasn't important. That being said fawk the SEC and any idiot "Vol" fan that cheered for Bama last night, or that will cheer for Auburn or Vandy in their bowl.
You can't have it both ways - cheer for strong SEC because that benefits us, but at the same time cheer against the members of SEC when they play other conferences. That is simply not logical.
What sparked the whole stupid conversation was him saying I wish they were 0-6. Then you went all stupid like it was really gonna happen.
Jerry for the love of God I've repeatedly said IF, IF, IF that were to ever happen there would ultimately been an effect. That's been my whole point, moot or not. You two consistently deny it would have any effect on conference strength, simply because it won't actually happen. I realize it will never happen, much to y'all's chagrin.
So you honestly believe IF, IF, IF Ben's vision of everyone losing but UT happened on a consistent basis, it would not ultimately affect the view of the SEC and hinder it's opportunities reaching the 4 game playoff? Simple question, that's yet to be answered by either one of you.
