re: BCS works __% of the time? 27%

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The assumption is that the SEC is better than all the other conferences, and therefore there exists an inherent scheduling advantage in playing in the SEC.

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I was afraid my statement might be misconstrued as such. It was more of an assessment than an assumption. Just looking back over the decade I could find no year where I thought the Big XII was better than the SEC. But I definitely don't assume it will be that way every year.

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This kind of thing can happen again if we adopt the philosophy that the SEC is tough enough, why schedule challenging OOC games? That's exactly what cost Auburn that year. Contrarily, it is was saved us in 2007 - our victory over Virginia Tech.

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Couldn't agree more. In fact, I've been pretty critical of LSU's OOC scheduling. What happened to Auburn could have easily happened to us in 03 had the cards not fallen right. Our OOC schedule that year was not much better than theirs the following year.