Where would OSU rank in the SEC?

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jakez4ut said:
i see what your saying here, but this should give you and idea of the depth of the SEC....Auburn who finished 3rd in the SEC west, beat the conf and eventual national champion AND the other top 5 SEC team in the country. ARK then beats Auburn. and then LSU beat Ark. FL lost to auburn, but beats both LSU and ARK.

that's just life in the SEC.
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who is so bold on here to claim that auburn is better than LSU or Florida? anyone?


i think the jury is STILL out on auburn... sneaking by a far inferior Nebraska team
 
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domer said:
who is so bold on here to claim that auburn is better than LSU or Florida? anyone?


i think the jury is STILL out on auburn... sneaking by a far inferior Nebraska team
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i don't think they are. but they did play each other and they did win. can't ignore it.
 
#28
#28
It does absolutely no good to ask yourself how a team in the SEC can look great against a team everyone deems to be top notch but medicore or even bad against a team everyone agrees should not present a problem.

First, matchups. Just because a team overall does not seem to be a threat it is nonetheless true that if they happen to have three or four match-ups that favor them, then they can win. Its a question of personnel.

Second, let's not forget that even the weaker SEC teams are still out there recruiting some pretty good athletes. I think where you see the biggest difference is on the offensive and defensive lines -- that's where "the money" is when it comes to recruiting. Even a Vandy can score a great skill player here and there (Cutler, e.g.).

My point is simply that part of what makes the SEC such a tough conference -- and thereby renders its top teams pretty damn good when compared to other teams nationally -- is that top to bottom every team can compete with every other team and there are few, if any, gimmmes any more.

Think about this: next year UT will return some key personnel, including Ainge; Florida has top notch talent; Richt is trying to bring UGA along; LSU will be formidable; Arkansas will have Mustain with a year's experience; Spurrier and South Carolina will make soem noise; 'bama has an infusion of new coaching blood; Auburn returns a great team and are a litle under the radar right now.

Add in the Miss teams, Kentucky seeming to find its stride...
 
#30
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domer said:
who is so bold on here to claim that auburn is better than LSU or Florida? anyone?


i think the jury is STILL out on auburn... sneaking by a far inferior Nebraska team
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who is the only team in the nation to beat 2 BCS teams this year and NOT go to a BCS bowl????








yep.....Auburn, it's hard to say that they didn't at least deserve a chance to be in the BCS
 
#31
#31
OSU was exposed offensively. Defensively, I don't know how any other SEC team would do scoring on them. But they couldn't run the ball or get anything going through the air either.

UF, LSU, Aub, Ark, UGA, and maybe even UT finished the season playing good enough defense to keep them in the game against OSU.

Moss said that 4 or 5 SEC teams could have done about what UF did to OSU... and his key advantage was that he actually played in the game.

I argued it before Ark and UT embarrassed us all but it is still true that the Big 10 was down overall this year. The two participants in the "game of the century" a couple of months ago both got throttled. If you include the unofficial 12th member... ND, it gets even worse for them. What a miscarriage it would have been if UM had gotten a rematch.
 
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IBleedOrange said:
who is the only team in the nation to beat 2 BCS teams this year and NOT go to a BCS bowl????








yep.....Auburn, it's hard to say that they didn't at least deserve a chance to be in the BCS
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They shouldn't have blown it to 2 lesser teams at home. Did UT deserve to win the basketball NC because they swept UF?
 
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jakez4ut said:
Ted Ginn Jr alone would have given them a chance in any game they played.
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No he wouldn't have. Regardless...

As for the Buckeyes against SEC foes. I think LSU would have a great shot to beat them. Auburn could possibly beat them, but probably not. Arkansas couldn't beat Wisconsin, UT couldn't beat Penn State. And then there's the rest. Ohio State would be fourth at worst, probably second or third.
 
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corona1898 said:
I think OSU would have finished at least 3rd behind LSU if not 4th behind ARK. Ark had some QB problems so they could have been questionable. LSU would have definitely beaten OSU. I give UT, UGA and Aub a 50-50 chance of beating OSU. There defenses weren't as strong as UF but if they were to get motivated for the game, anything could happen.

Thoughts?
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#37
#37
I think the main point is in the SEC you can't tell who will win from one weekend to the next. I don't think the logic "Auburn beat UF so they should be #1 and better than OSU blah, blah, blah" applies. That is not logical but when you look at the struggles that UF faced on a weekly basis (and they played some close ones) how many could OSU have lost? Look at UGA.....Vandy and UK beat them this year. UK put some pretty impressive offensive numbers up. OSU may not lose to AU, UGA or UT but they could slip up and get beat by a SC or UK etc. The point is they could have 3 or 4 losses.
 
#38
#38
SEC is a tough conference I think we can all agree with that.. I think there are probably alot of teams that would have a tough time with a SEC schedule. OSU I think would probably be 3rd probably behind lsu and and florida. Last night OSU didnt have their star wr .. anyone that think that doesnt make look at dante culpeper with and then without randy moss..
 
#39
#39
I submit that this...
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Should be banned from the Nation post haste. That is to say...NOW!!!
 
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corona1898 said:
I think the main point is in the SEC you can't tell who will win from one weekend to the next. I don't think the logic "Auburn beat UF so they should be #1 and better than OSU blah, blah, blah" applies. That is not logical but when you look at the struggles that UF faced on a weekly basis (and they played some close ones) how many could OSU have lost? Look at UGA.....Vandy and UK beat them this year. UK put some pretty impressive offensive numbers up. OSU may not lose to AU, UGA or UT but they could slip up and get beat by a SC or UK etc. The point is they could have 3 or 4 losses.
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Exactly the point I was trying to make, thanks. And to Domer...Auburn "barely beat an inferior Nebraska team" because Tubby suspended his 2 starting LB's (Sears and Blackmon) for that game. Nebraska wouldn't have ran near as well with them playing. I'm a Bama fan but I do try to be objective.:thumbsup:
 
#41
#41
Nebraska is unranked. They ran for 2.7 ypc... not exactly taking advantage of missing LB's. you could look at this two ways: 1) Auburn's backup LB's plugged in nicely, or 2) Nebraska would've had a harder time running. I think it's a combination... but it's not like Nebraska exploited Auburn's LB corp.

Auburn only had 178 total yards of offense. Let me see that again: 178. 178. 178. That's pitiful. Nebraska outgained them by over 50 yards. Auburn averaged 1.9 ypc. Bottom line is that Auburn underachieved against a far inferior Nebraska and their defense (who held Nebraska to 14 points) is certainly not to blame.
 
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I forgot to add that Lester, the backup to Irons, was also suspended and a freshman had to be utilized. Nebraska got their points/yardage in the first half of that game...usually running for big yardage up the middle. Only when their coach started trying to run outside and pass the ball were they shut down. The Nebraska coaching staff lost that game with strange play-calling...but I think it would have been a different game against a full strength Auburn. Auburn had several starters still dinged from the season...including Irons and Cox.
 
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