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why wouldn't you want want two of the better teams to meet in the CCG? It seems to me the SEC has benefited greatly from the divisions being fairly balanced

I think you are making 2 different arguments. On the one hand you are saying 1 division is too stacked and on the other saying only a couple of teams have dominated the conference. If you only have 2 or 3 top programs, spreading the them out makes the divisions look more balanced on paper, but it doesn't make the league overall more balanced. If you want more different teams to win, then you'd be better off keeping the historically dominant programs in the same division. Or to put another way, you list of conference winners won't change by putting tOSU and UM in different divisions.

With the SEC you have balance because you have 6 maybe 7 now with A&M, that can and have won at a high level. 6 different SEC teams have won the NC since 1980, 5 since 1998, only 4 teams currently in the B1G have won a NC in that same time and 2 of those (PSU and NU) were not in the B1G last time they won.

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Posted by molsusports

Member since Jul 2004

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Posted on 7/17/13 at 12:07 am to H-Town Tiger

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I think you are making 2 different arguments. On the one hand you are saying 1 division is too stacked and on the other saying only a couple of teams have dominated the conference. If you only have 2 or 3 top programs, spreading the them out makes the divisions look more balanced on paper, but it doesn't make the league overall more balanced.

that's true to some extent. it doesn't balance the conference as a whole but it does a better job of distributing the best teams between the divisions... as we've seen in the Big 12 that's something that should be considered.

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If you want more different teams to win, then you'd be better off keeping the historically dominant programs in the same division.

I don't want to gerrymander the system to give teams that are less deserving a better chance to win. that's a dishonest way of attempting to claim there's more parity than there is.

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Posted by Colonel Flagg

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Posted on 7/17/13 at 12:19 am to H-Town Tiger

As long as the resources are there programs will capitalize on opportunities.

South Carolina capitalized on Tennessee becoming a dumpster fire. So would a program taking advantage of a path to success in another division with programs in a rut or just historically not strong. Someone would rise to the top as a solid contender.

I think it makes more sense to not create a biased setup in alignment and scheduling. Ex- the Missouri addition to the eastern division of the SEC. That is just stupid.

We do the same thing with biased polls by making prestige a factor. That is why I am all about objective criteria and not the "eye test".

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