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re: Reality Check: 3 SEC teams won 11 games, 6 SEC teams won 10 games
Posted on 11/27/12 at 6:06 pm to theunknownknight
Posted on 11/27/12 at 6:06 pm to theunknownknight
10 win seasons are nice but not nearly as meaningful as they once were.
You play 12 regular season games now, historically teams played 10 for a few decades and then later 11 for a few decades.
Also, there are conference championship games now and a TON of bowls. Historically there were like 5-10 bowl games a year, making one was a huge accomplishment, now a 6-6 scrub team can make it.
So you got 12-14 games to win 10, most teams schedule 1-3 utter cream puff non-conference opponnents.
When you really look at it, 10 wins says you're a pretty good team, whereas it used to say you were an elite team.
You play 12 regular season games now, historically teams played 10 for a few decades and then later 11 for a few decades.
Also, there are conference championship games now and a TON of bowls. Historically there were like 5-10 bowl games a year, making one was a huge accomplishment, now a 6-6 scrub team can make it.
So you got 12-14 games to win 10, most teams schedule 1-3 utter cream puff non-conference opponnents.
When you really look at it, 10 wins says you're a pretty good team, whereas it used to say you were an elite team.
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Posted on 11/27/12 at 6:53 pm to IAmReality
IAmReality
It really never works that way, scheduling is really what it is all about. From 1981-85 I picked the National Champion base on the schedules to be played.
It is harder today to do that, as when they added the 12th game many teams use that to pick up a mid to higher level opponent to make more money.
10 wins in 1980 didn't mean elite, just as it does not today. Was Clemson or BYU really the best team in the land at that time?
Very doubtful.
Notice you see teams like Bama mostly scheduling the cream buffs and it has not hurt them in any way. And Bama's schedule has a lot to do with getting to 10 wins 3 times since 2000, playing a harder schedule they will likely not see 10 wins.
It really never works that way, scheduling is really what it is all about. From 1981-85 I picked the National Champion base on the schedules to be played.
It is harder today to do that, as when they added the 12th game many teams use that to pick up a mid to higher level opponent to make more money.
10 wins in 1980 didn't mean elite, just as it does not today. Was Clemson or BYU really the best team in the land at that time?
Very doubtful.
Notice you see teams like Bama mostly scheduling the cream buffs and it has not hurt them in any way. And Bama's schedule has a lot to do with getting to 10 wins 3 times since 2000, playing a harder schedule they will likely not see 10 wins.
This post was edited on 11/27/12 at 6:54 pm
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