We have some depth, but no really good teams.
Bama, Georgia, S. Carolina, FL, A&M and LSU would all finish between 7-2 and 9-0 in our conference.
KSU and OU would struggle to finish 5-3 in the SEC.
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We have some depth, but no really good teams.
Bama, Georgia, S. Carolina, FL, A&M and LSU would all finish between 7-2 and 9-0 in our conference.
KSU and OU would struggle to finish 5-3 in the SEC.
Texas AM will win a national championship in the next three years, they are destroying Texas and Oklahoma in recruiting and Kevin Sumlin is a hell of a coach.
Id say that's selling TCU fairly short.
They played something like 16 freshmen this year. This was a rebuilding year for TCU. And they still got a BWW (Insight) Bowl bid. Not too shabby. (granted they laid an egg in the bowl game)
I think TCU is going to be a legit player in the Big 12 title race for the next several years.
Nah. Not very impressive.
Mighty LSU loses.
Mighty Florida loses.
Miss St loses to a team that hasn't won a bowl game since Truman was president.
A&M got lucky drawing Big Game Bob.
SC is very lucky to have beat an average Michigan team.
Yes, id say SEC is the best conference. But im sure they are disappointed with their bowl showing.
The National Title game will probably leave the final taste in everyone's mouths as far as the SEC is concerned. Bama winning is no gimmie.
Yeah, not great on the whole. If you're the best team in the country, you're probably in the SEC..but being in the SEC doesn't mean you're a great team. They have 2-3 **** teams for every elite team.
Recruiting is everything. Just ask Charlie Weiss. Wait, no Lane Kiffin. Check that, Mack Brown and Texas....
Sumlin got a gift in Manziel. You will have no idea how well he can coach until he is gone. Give Mike Stoops another year to fully implement his style with OU, and we will see another great defensive team that rules the conference.
I really think the key to this game was Tony Jefferson. He was two steps slow with his high ankle sprain. A completely healthy Jefferson makes Manziel pay every time he leaves the pocket. I think the dynamic would have been completely different.
I was pretty impressed with the A$M O-line, they did a good job of protecting Manziel most of the night. I could see that the OU d linemen were trying to mantain a position rather than rushing straight in, but still, OU did not get a lot of pressure. If Tony Jefferson was 2 steps slow, then he should not have been on the field.
You don't seem to understand how good Jefferson is. Safety is a position where you make up for athleticism with playing IQ. At that point, even injured, Jefferson's combination of playing IQ and still good physical ability kept him on the field. But you need to be 100% if you are going to stop Manziel. OU only used Jefferson as a spy rarely, but I think a healthier Manziel keeps him in that role almost the whole game.
And then OU got the typical performance from Jones in the second half.
I actually think A/M is worse next year, primarilly because SEC DEs will be getting free runs without Matthews and Joeckel in there.
aTm will do well next year. Look at their schedule:
vs. Rice
Vs. Sam Houston
vs. Alabama
vs. SMU
@ Arkansas
@ Ole Miss
vs. Auburn
vs. Vanderbilt
vs. UTEP
vs. Mississppi State
@ LSU
@ Mizzou
OOC games against Rice, Sam Houston State(just got steamrolled by NDSU in FCS champ game), SMU and UTEP. 4 easy wins. Wish we could do that.
vs. Rice
Vs. Sam Houston
vs. Alabama
vs. SMU
@ Arkansas
@ Ole Miss
vs. Auburn
vs. Vanderbilt
vs. UTEP
vs. Mississppi State
@ LSU
@ Mizzou
OOC games against Rice, Sam Houston State(just got steamrolled by NDSU in FCS champ game), SMU and UTEP. 4 easy wins. Wish we could do that.
I hear ya! (Im still in favor of keeping the Iowa game though). I think there is a huge difference between 4 non-con games and 3 non-con games, like we have. If you are ISU, who often teeters on 6-6, nine conference games makes things especially difficult.
Its likely if they don't lose guys in the offseason to the NFL and "incidents."
I don't expect Jonny Football to go the full Clarett but something could happen say if he bumps into a cop who is a longhorn fan and dislikes the aggies.
That schedule is perfect for them. They get Bama early on at home and if they win that with Summelin's offense they should be able to put up plenty of points to win the games after that until LSU, and they could be going into Baton Rouge to play a 2 loss LSU team so they could represent the west even if they drop that one. No Florida, SC, or Georgia is a gift if you duck them being in SEC West isn't bad at all.
In comparison to the other conferences bowl performance, the SEC was impressive. They played the toughest slate of games with so many highly ranked teams.
It's a matter of timing, of course, but 3 of those 4 are C-USA teams — ISU was 1-1 vs. that conference this season.
You're probably talking more about 4 non-conference/8 conference vs. 3/9. If so, ISU had 3 serious chances vs. KSU in past 4 seasons, another vs. KU in Rhoads' first year; 2 at home vs. TT and West Virginia this season.