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Reality Check: 3 SEC teams won 11 games, 6 SEC teams won 10 games
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:37 am
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:37 am
So does a 10 win season REALLY mean that much now-a-days? When was then last time 6 SEC teams won >= 10 games (or any conference for that matter)?
It seems as if we are being hypnotized into being simply "good" but not "great".
It seems as if we are being hypnotized into being simply "good" but not "great".
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Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:38 am to theunknownknight
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does a 10 win season REALLY mean that much
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Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:39 am to theunknownknight
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So does a 10 win season REALLY mean that much now-a-days?
Ask the other 8 SEC teams.
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:40 am to theunknownknight
Now tell me how many of those teams did all of that after losing a starting LT, RT, RG, RB, 2 LBs, CB/PR, had 21 players miss 1 or more games throughout the year.
What Les did this year is special no matter how you tards want to paint it.
What Les did this year is special no matter how you tards want to paint it.
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:40 am to theunknownknight
Would you want to trade places with Auburn, Tennessee or Arkansas???
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:41 am to theunknownknight
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:41 am to theunknownknight
We are the sixth best team in the nation, yet only 4th best in our conference.
The term "falling back into the pack" pretty much has a new definition in the SEC.
The term "falling back into the pack" pretty much has a new definition in the SEC.
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:42 am to theunknownknight
it would mean more if we had a 8 team playoff.
oh to dream...
oh to dream...
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:42 am to theunknownknight
6 SEC teams in the top 10 in the country. 3 of them had 10 wins. If you think that's "simply good", you're not living in the real world.
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:42 am to theunknownknight
yep winning ten games isn't the same any more because 1. there are more games and 2. usually ooc schedule is light meaning you only need 5 or 6 sec wins to make it to ten on the year. win your four ooc games and then either go 6-2 or 5-3 and win your bowl and you have 10 wins.
still good but its not the same as it has been the past.
I dont think we have slipped to good yet but another few years without a nc and its likely we have gone from great to good.
fwiw i think we did pretty well to get 10 wins and probably 11 this year considering the amount of injuries and stuff off the field that hit this team. The frustrating part was the games we lost and stupid struggles vs auburn,towson,ole miss and arky.
still good but its not the same as it has been the past.
I dont think we have slipped to good yet but another few years without a nc and its likely we have gone from great to good.
fwiw i think we did pretty well to get 10 wins and probably 11 this year considering the amount of injuries and stuff off the field that hit this team. The frustrating part was the games we lost and stupid struggles vs auburn,towson,ole miss and arky.
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:43 am to theunknownknight
Hypno Toad says 10-2 is good enough for you.
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:43 am to theunknownknight
So what you're saying is there are 6 really good teams separated by 1 game? Well that is certainly shocking. 
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:44 am to theunknownknight
Pineapples... i don't like it!
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:46 am to theunknownknight
Reality Check: 2 SEC teams won 8 games, 5 SEC teams won fewer than 6.
5 did it last year, with two fewer teams in the conference.
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When was then last time 6 SEC teams won >= 10 games (or any conference for that matter)?
5 did it last year, with two fewer teams in the conference.
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:49 am to theunknownknight
Yes and No
First off when you think of 10 win seasons in the '90's it was in a 11 game regular season schedule.
Then again looking back at past seasons you include the bowl game.
So in 1996 LSU went 10-2. This included the bowl game.
I guess what I am trying to say is: a 10 win season in the '90s equals a 11 win season after the bowl game now a days.
First off when you think of 10 win seasons in the '90's it was in a 11 game regular season schedule.
Then again looking back at past seasons you include the bowl game.
So in 1996 LSU went 10-2. This included the bowl game.
I guess what I am trying to say is: a 10 win season in the '90s equals a 11 win season after the bowl game now a days.
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:49 am to theunknownknight
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So does a 10 win season REALLY mean that much now-a-days?
I guess it depends on who you beat and who you lost too. We beat 9 and 10 and lost to 2 and 4 and killed washington who beat stanford. UF and UA were one score games as well. I would say this was a solid season. Also UGA is ranked ahead of us but I am not sure they are "better" than us. In a playoff, no one would want to play us this year....
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:53 am to theunknownknight
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So does a 10 win season REALLY mean that much now-a-days? When was then last time 6 SEC teams won >= 10 games (or any conference for that matter)?
It seems as if we are being hypnotized into being simply "good" but not "great".
Reality check: the 10 win barometer isn't impressive in a single-season vacuum. Look at the overall body of work with that benchmark. Double digit wins is a barometer of long term success, not necessarily short term success (unless you are a Mississippi school).
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:54 am to theunknownknight
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It seems as if we are being hypnotized into being simply "good" but not "great".
nice try. i don't think we are being hypnotized or even happy or even complacent. the way the SEC is 6 teams are damn good football teams and it is a meat grinder. these 6 teams LOST only 9 games and THEY LOST THEM TO EACH OTHER. each year, it's basically a break here, a break there, a fumble here or there or an injuriy here or there that separate these teams. this year, LSU lost some key players at key positions and then suffered the worst string of injuries i have ever seen (to starters). all of this while breaking in a new qb and average wr's. all of the affected players have stepped up and improved their game so it bodes well for next year.
winning 10 games in the SEC is hard to do and LSU came damn close to winning 11 or 12.
Posted on 11/26/12 at 11:56 am to theunknownknight
Anybody figure out the OP's point yet?
Lulled to complacency by 10 win seasons? LOL
How 'bout this: 10-2 in SEC>>>>>10-2 any other conference.
Every top ten team is gonna be 4-0 out of conference. So yes, 6-2 in this conference is great.
Prefer 7-1 or 8-0? Yes.
Complacent with 6-2? No. I doubt anyone associated with the program is happy or complacent with 6-2 SEC record.
ETA: LSU GrandDad beat me to it.
Lulled to complacency by 10 win seasons? LOL
How 'bout this: 10-2 in SEC>>>>>10-2 any other conference.
Every top ten team is gonna be 4-0 out of conference. So yes, 6-2 in this conference is great.
Prefer 7-1 or 8-0? Yes.
Complacent with 6-2? No. I doubt anyone associated with the program is happy or complacent with 6-2 SEC record.
ETA: LSU GrandDad beat me to it.
This post was edited on 11/26/12 at 11:59 am
Posted on 11/26/12 at 12:00 pm to theunknownknight
When you factor in in the schedule differences it makes sense. Of the top 6, UGA had the easiest SEC schedule, followed by Bama, then Florida. There are your 1-loss teams. SOS is huge when this many good teams are in the same conference. This LSU team had a very good season IMO. Just came up a little short against two very good teams and got hurt in the end by the conference schedule.
This post was edited on 11/26/12 at 12:01 pm
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