re: I like coach O and am very proud of what he’s done this year!

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I'm not convinced the SEC, as a whole, is "down".


all but 1 sec east team has at least 4 losses
all but 1 west team has at least 3 losses.

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We've seen that close to that before. In 2014 it would have been the same UGA or MO had 4 losses (MO won division with 3 overall losses). MSU finished 2nd in W with 3 losses to Bama's 2.

And while not exact, the delta from recent years isn't THAT huge.

I guess with factoring what you posted in is yes there is a drop off. But when factoring in that we've seen similar seasons before, one could say that drop off isn't a huge as at first glance.

Worth noting in 2014 (season) tOSU won the championship but SEC still had the best win% of conferences that year.

And here comes the real defining stat... 2014 there were 12 SEC teams in bowl games. There will be only 8 this year. Weaker? Or less parity? Less teams in bowls vs two in the playoffs (and 1 more in NY6, AU and us in the 7th rated).

Still sort of points to me that the bad got worse, the middle (like us) stayed the same, and the best got slightly better.

I'll wait till after bowls to decide, in my own mind, which it is. Leaning parity right now.