Comments on: Maggie Gyllenhaal: The 2009 SEC Football Season

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:14:15 +0000

you, my friend, are incredibly ignorant.
The SEC dominated.

you had to use words like... "IF that kick went through, Auburn would have lost" and "Ole Miss PULLS out a win" and "ECU had two CHANCES."

case in point: SEC only lost 3 of their bowl games. Auburn deserved the win, Georgia deserved a win, Ole Miss deserved the win, and Arkansas deserved the win.

Florida absolutely creamed Cincinnati and Alabama creamed Texas.

but here is where you miss a huge part of the story...
May I remind you though, that Alabama "squeaked" by Auburn and Florida "squeaked" by Arkansas.
The SEC was competitive within itself this year and since you are singing the praises of Florida and Alabama, and commenting on the "barely wins" of the SEC wins then you must also be aware of the "barely wins" that Alabama and Florida had this year.

War Damn Eagle. Go Dawgs. Roll Tide. Geaux Tigers. Gater Chomp.
etc.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:12:10 +0000

Since your conference didn't win the NC, lets act like we don't care about conference pride Big 12 and Big 10 fans. Cause you would all be saying the same thing if you dominated like the SEC. The SEC will be much better next year. Young teams, and unfavorable match ups led to a bad bowl season. Can't dominate every year.

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:52:31 +0000

I like the comparison with an Orioles fan bragging about NY winning the Series. I see countless statuses about how great the SEC is from UT, Auburn, Ole Miss, etc. fans…get a life

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:18:56 +0000

Also, the orange bowl doesn't count.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:58:29 +0000

From Tyler:
"If the Big Ten had two teams win BCS bowl games (one before halftime) I would say that the Big Ten was a dominate conference."

The Big Ten DID win two BCS bowl games...

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:32:37 +0000

This all comes down to conference pride. Unfortunately for fans of every other conference, SEC fans have A LOT of pride.

As far as conference domination goes...

If the Big Ten had two teams win BCS bowl games (one before halftime) I would say that the Big Ten was a dominate conference. Not because of what they were able to do top to bottom but because of what their two best teams were able to accomplish. The lesser teams in that conference should take pride in those BCS wins but those wins don't make them a dominate conference.

The SEC was down this year. Alabama and Florida were able to find success because they each had a key leader who stepped up and made plays consistently. The rest of the SEC didn't have that. Ole Miss struggled because their QB struggled. And it could be even worse for the SEC across the board next year.

BUT, the biggest argument for SEC dominance is not what happened this year, it's the 5 National Titles in the last 7 years (outscoring opponents by a total of 71 points). Consistency is key.

In a nutshell:

The best team in the SEC could consistently beat any team in the nation. I'm glad Snead is entering the draft. I was hoping the PAC 10 would do better in their bowls and not have the only team that DIDN'T SCORE. I was frustrated that Pony (I mean, Colt) got hurt. Tebow would have gone back in. The SEC needs to schedule some games with the Mountain West. +1 playoff.