What will be the best conference in 2014?

[4down20]

Where's the who the hell cares besides SEC fanboys option?

 

[4down20]

It is no surprise that ESPN has the SEC ranked #1. I could have told you that without seeing their poll

The surprise would be anyone credible who ranks them differently.

 

[963BUSC]

It will come down to if:

Clemson, FSU, VT & Duke > Oklahoma, Texas, Baylor and Kansas State

Seeing Duke as part of the equation. Who would have thought that three years ago.

 

[Boise4Life]

It will come down to if:

Clemson, FSU, VT & Duke > Oklahoma, Texas, Baylor and Kansas State

The Big 12 is stronger. The Big 12 is deeper. It has been and it still is. Third best overall conference IMO.

The question for me is has the ACC caught up to the Big 10? It's narrowed the gap recently but still has a ways to go.

 

[cwalke3408]

The Big 12 is stronger. The Big 12 is deeper. It has been and it still is. Third best overall conference IMO.

The question for me is has the ACC caught up to the Big 10? It's narrowed the gap recently but still has a ways to go.

ACC is defintly better than the BIG Ten. I'm not sure about the Big 12 but its very close. A another team that might be good is Miami but we'll see.

 

[Olyduck]

Florida State, Clemson, Miami, Duke vs Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Nebraska?
I could see Big in 3 out of 4 easy.
I think the middle is stronger for the Big also. Minnesota, Michigan, Penn State, Iowa vs Syracuse, North Carolina, BC, GT

 

[Boise4Life]

The ACC recruits well and puts guys out into the pros, but the results on the field aren't very good (although it's getting better). Not that the weaker teams in the Big 10 are much better if at all, but the weaker teams in the ACC really suck ass. And who's the third best team in that conference these days? Duke? VT? Miami? That's pathetic. I don't know. It's pretty bad.

And even though it's only a 10 team conference now look at the depth of the Big 12 with teams like OU and OK State and Baylor (these days with Briles) and Texas and K State. Even teams like TCU and Texas Tech, etc. in that middle to lower tier of the conference are pretty good. The Big 12 is way better than the ACC. It's not even close.

 

[HuskerinBig10]

B1G, because no one will expect it. Plus, by voting that way I can stir up the other conference supporters.

 

[occupant]

Seeing Baylor as part of the equation. Who would have thought that four years ago.

 

[WestEndVol]

Don't forget Louisville went to the ACC - I'd definitely put them into the top tier.

 

[trojanfan12]

Is that what they mean by "Crimson Tide"?

 

[Backroads]

It is no surprise that ESPN has the SEC ranked #1. I could have told you that without seeing their poll

One of those who thinks that ESPN pimps the SEC?

LOL

 

[TexasExes98]

I went with the SEC. They have been the for quite some time and they stay the top even after losing stars. I still think it will be the same this year.

The B1G does compete with them pretty good in the Capitol One and Outback Bowl though. May not always win, but are often great games.

Is the SEC really the toughest conference? Think about it: The SEC king was thoroughly thrashed and raped by an average OU squad in the Sugar Bowl; a former scrub, punching bag Big 12 team almost won the SEC in their second year and for fuck's sake, the SEC's best defensive player last year was a pheg!!!!

 

[WestEndVol]

Doesn't that kinda go both ways, since an A&M team that finished 3rd in their division, beat the Big12 Champ 41-13 the year before.

 

[TexasExes98]

Doesn't that kinda go both ways, since an A&M team that finished 3rd in their division, beat the Big12 Champ 41-13 the year before.

Ahhh, but the Big 12's best defensive player of the year never took it in the ass........Also, OU wasn't even that good of a team when Aggy kicked the shit out of them. they already had 2 losses and were an ass hair away from 3 more losses. Bama pretty much ran through the SEC with ease, except against Aggy and AU and was an ass hair away from playing for the BCS title again last year. Just saying...........Really though, I'm just trolling Michael Sam....

 

[Backroads]

Ahhh, but the Big 12's best defensive player of the year never took it in the ass........Also, OU wasn't even that good of a team when Aggy kicked the shit out of them. they already had 2 losses and were an ass hair away from 3 more losses. Bama pretty much ran through the SEC with ease, except against Aggy and AU and was an ass hair away from playing for the BCS title again last year. Just saying...........Really though, I'm just trolling Michael Sam....

On FN we had a contingent of Bammer fans...and others...who would now say that Bama lost because they were down after not playing for the NC.

LOL

 

[bamabear82]

Doesn't that kinda go both ways, since an A&M team that finished 3rd in their division, beat the Big12 Champ 41-13 the year before.

That was funny after all the shit talking Big 12 fans about A&M being a scrub. Almost as funny as Ole Miss ass raping texas @ texas last season....

 

[TheLonestarDUCK]

That was odd. There wasn't a ton of offense in that game. Oregon fought their asses off. They just couldn't get it done once the field started compressing in the red zone. They ran out of space against that SEC front

I really dislike statements like SEC front -- it was an Auburn front. Oregon had no trouble with the SEC front of Tennessee.

 

[4down20]

I really dislike statements like SEC front -- it was an Auburn front. Oregon had no trouble with the SEC front of Tennessee.

Better enjoy it really, because that is probably about as weak as Tennessee has ever or will ever be.

Hopefully it will stay that way a good bit longer.

 

[Boise4Life]

That was odd. There wasn't a ton of offense in that game. Oregon fought their asses off. They just couldn't get it done once the field started compressing in the red zone. They ran out of space against that SEC front

I really dislike statements like SEC front -- it was an Auburn front. Oregon had no trouble with the SEC front of Tennessee.

Um Auburn ran the table and won the national championship that year. The seasons that Oregon played Tennessee in '10 and '12, the Vols finished with losing records both years. Different quality of teams we're talking about here.

Of course Oregon didn't have any problems with Tennessee's d-line or anything else in those match-ups. Tennessee sucked those seasons.