Yeah. "The SEC is the toughest conference because SEC teams have to play teams that are in the SEC, which is the toughest conference."
Then you look over at, say:
USC, which has no AA teams on its schedule, and only one team that counts as a non-conference "cupcake" (San Jose State).
Ohio State, with what initially looks like the same sort of one-tough three-easy non-conference schedule that Alabama or Florida plays . . . except instead of an AA team, they play Navy. Navy's not a consistent top-tier team, but they're not a Charleston Southern.
Cal, which does have an AA team on the schedule . . . but has the rest of its games against BCS conference teams.
And you wonder if the SEC's "power" comes from the fact that its best teams play a comfortable nine-game regular season.
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Date: 2009-11-16 09:23 am (UTC)Then you look over at, say:
USC, which has no AA teams on its schedule, and only one team that counts as a non-conference "cupcake" (San Jose State).
Ohio State, with what initially looks like the same sort of one-tough three-easy non-conference schedule that Alabama or Florida plays . . . except instead of an AA team, they play Navy. Navy's not a consistent top-tier team, but they're not a Charleston Southern.
Cal, which does have an AA team on the schedule . . . but has the rest of its games against BCS conference teams.
And you wonder if the SEC's "power" comes from the fact that its best teams play a comfortable nine-game regular season.