I have been reading a great deal on this board about how the SEC is so dominant. Well, I did a little digging into the statistics (since those are based on facts and not fanatic feelings). It seems as though the conferences are much more even than fans want to admit. Since the 1999-2000 season, the Big Ten has gone 25-28 in bowl games; the SEC is 32-28 in that same timeframe. In head-to-head bowl competition, the Big Ten and SEC split their matchups 11-11. Pretty even. You may say the SEC is stronger because they have 7 more bowl appearances over these years, but you must remember that they have one more team in their conference, which means they should have more bowl appearances over time. A last thing I noticed is that SEC fans like to point to Florida’s win over OSU last year and say that it proves the SEC is stronger. Well, the Big Ten and SEC played each other in two other bowl games. The Big Ten won both! Your thoughts? Based on facts, not feelings, please.

Elite Wins: http://cfn.scout.com/2/662772.html
Quality Wins: http://cfn.scout.com/2/662773.html

The SEC dominates. You’re arguing against reality. Your undefeated Big 10 team got destroyed by an SEC team that barely survived its own conference with only one loss.

You talk about the dominance of the SEC against the Big10 but you neglect one thing. Out of 4 matchups last year of the Big10 Vs. SEC, the Big10 won three of them. So Florida may have been better than OSU that day. The rest of the SEC was worse than the Big10 that day. plain and simple

If the SEC is not the best, how is it that the SEC blows out the best teams of other conferences in bowl games? Did you not hear what Florida players had to say last year when they crushed OSU in the BCSCG? They said they played 4 or 5 SEC teams that were tougher. Florida couldn’t even get out of the SEC without a loss and then they torched the undefeated team the media said was the best.

You call it whining, we call it being realistic. Beating down a bunch of patsies doesn’t make you a good team. And that’s why the Big 10 and PAC 10 will NEVER go for a playoff: 2 and 3 loss SEC teams will beat 1 loss and undefeated teams from the other conferences and you’ll end up with 3 of the final 4 from the SEC.

Er, change that to:

“Too bad the BCS bowl games bring in so much money that officials care more about that than the integrity of the game.”

I do agree that the BCS is an extremely crap system, and that human pollsters have too much influence on their vote from history and what a team has done in the past. If a playoff system were introduced, like with college basketball, there would be no questioning the strength of the two teams in the title game. They would have played their way there with skill from the here and now and not memories of what once was.

Too bad the national championship brings in so much money that officials care more about that then the integrity of the game.