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re: Simple luck is why we're not 6-5 on the season
Posted on 12/1/15 at 1:18 pm to GRTiger
Posted on 12/1/15 at 1:18 pm to GRTiger
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We are lightning and a bowl win away from a 10 win season.
I've just about had it with the "10 win season" standard.
Back when I was a kid, we had 11 game seasons and no SEC championship game. And there were far fewer bowl games. So, at most, teams played 12 games, and to even make it to a bowl game was a pretty nice accomplishment. A 10 win season then was fantastic.
Nowadays, we play 12 regular season games, possible conference championship games, and 80 of 127 teams go to bowls.
That's 13-14 games. And 3-4 of those are cupcakes and a couple more are against weaker SEC teams. So that's 5 or 6 guaranteed wins right there.
And how we get there can be misleading. If we go 9-3 regular season and get trounced in 3 conference games (like this year) and then win a shitty bowl, there's your 10 wins. Nothing to be too proud of in that scenario.
So having a "10 win season" looks great, but if you actually dissect it, it's often not as great as it's made out to be. Not for a team that aspires to greatness.
Flame away.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 1:25 pm to atltiger6487
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I've just about had it with the "10 win season" standard.
I've just about had it with folks coming on here and saying how "lucky" we are that we didn't lose more games.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 1:42 pm to atltiger6487
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Back when I was a kid, we had 11 game seasons and no SEC championship game. And there were far fewer bowl games. So, at most, teams played 12 games, and to even make it to a bowl game was a pretty nice accomplishment. A 10 win season then was fantastic.
And back when you were a kid they played 6 sec games not 8. And yes, to win a title you have to play 9 sec games now. How does that make it easier? Sec set the standard with conference championship game. It makes your schedule tougher.
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