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7 In A Row For the SEC

How about Florida and LSU? Surely the SEC is the best conference in the nation.... :D

I don't think the same would have occurred with Oregon- and they were just a one loss team as well. And LSU or Alabama wouldn't have know what to do last year with OSU's offense. But hey, at least the champion ship game is based on merit and not politics.....

Can't wait for the playoff's. If they continue the streak, I'll happily applaud. Until then, I'll just stick to puking.
 
the SEC is a top heavy league that is set up so the big boys can have an early loss, then coast in the last half of the season, and rest on the merits of ESPN boasting about how tough the SEC is.... similar to the old Big Ten argument for why they had no title game...." our conference is so tough, we don't need another game"
 
jigs said:
the SEC is a top heavy league that is set up so the big boys can have an early loss, then coast in the last half of the season, and rest on the merits of ESPN boasting about how tough the SEC is.... similar to the old Big Ten argument for why they had no title game...." our conference is so tough, we don't need another game"
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jigs the Bib 12 has no championship game now either. Would have been nice to watch KSU and OU play again...maybe remove that "Co" from Co-champion. :wink:
 
(AP)MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - During his rounds on the summer speaking circuit, Alabama coach Nick Saban told a story of an encounter with someone from Michigan State after the 2011 Capital One Bowl.

The Spartan asked how Alabama, which had just throttled MSU 49-7, had lost three games that year. Saban said he responded by asking how the Spartans had won 11.

A similar question might have been asked of Notre Dame after Alabama's 42-14 win over the Irish on Monday night. The Fighting Irish looked nothing like a top-ranked, undefeated team that had beaten Stanford, Oklahoma and USC. They looked like Michigan State two years ago in Orlando - overmatched, a step slow and with no business being on the same field as the Crimson Tide.

All of which makes all that "the SEC is overrated" talk sound pretty silly now.

The cry went up on New Year's Eve with LSU's 1-point loss to Clemson and again on New Year's Day with Mississippi State's two-touchdown loss to Northwestern. Georgia and South Carolina won their games against Big Ten foes Nebraska and Michigan, but when a disinterested Florida team got clubbed by Big East champ Louisville in the Sugar Bowl, the decibel level on the anti-SEC noise hit its peak.

All you hear now are crickets.

The SEC, which also got wins from Vanderbilt and Ole Miss, finished 6-3 in bowls this year and has now won seven straight BCS national titles after an overpowering performance by Alabama that drove home the point. Against the only undefeated bowl-eligible team in the country, the Crimson Tide dominated the line of scrimmage. Their backs spun away from and powered through would-be tacklers. Their receivers ran free all night.

It may be that Oregon would have given Alabama more of a game than Notre Dame but it's difficult to imagine, with the precision and force with which they played on Monday, than anybody would have beaten the Crimson Tide. In fact, the best matchup for Alabama would have been the one team that beat the Tide this year - new SEC rival Texas A&M.

Catch the Cotton Bowl on Friday?

So what do the SEC's bowl losses this season mean? What does it mean that LSU and Florida lost to Clemson and Louisville? What does it mean that Mississippi State got whipped by Northwestern?

After looking like two of the better teams in the conference through the regular season, Florida and LSU were beaten by teams who wanted it more and had enough talent and speed to make it happen. The same is true of Mississippi State, which faded badly after a 7-0 start that was largely the product of a weak early schedule.

Bowl games are about desire and motivation as much as anything else. Louisville was motivated by detractors who said it didn't belong in a BCS bowl. Clemson was motivated by last season's 70-33 embarrassment against West Virginia. Northwestern was motivated to win its first bowl game since 1949.

And how did the other major conferences do in bowl games this year? The Big 12 was 4-5, the Big Ten was 2-5, the ACC was 4-2 and the Pac-12 was 4-4.

It's true that the SEC was not as deep as in recent years, as the bottom of the conference did not hold up. Auburn and Arkansas bottomed out, Tennessee and Missouri were mediocre and Kentucky was awful.

But it's still the best football conference in the country. And it's got the crystal footballs to prove it.
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Texasbred, I guess the best way to keep the detractor's whiney mouths shut is to keep the NC games all between SEC teams? :lol:

Or.............maybe the other conferences could start winning more? :lol:
 
By Jennifer Bowen - email


(Source: SEC)

(RNN) - The world should probably be put on notice - we here down south like to watch football.

Especially in Alabama.

With its fourth BCS National Championship in a row, there's a good chance the state is on the verge of seceding from the NCAA altogether and forming its own in-state super league.

Which, admittedly, for now, would be dominated by the University of Alabama.

But how is that any different from the rest of college football?

Alabama has dominated three of the last four seasons, with an Auburn national championship sandwiched in between the first and second run by the Crimson Tide.

No matter what conference to which football fans claim allegiance, everyone is quite aware the SEC just took home its seventh national championship in a row. And by the looks of it, Alabama, Texas A&M and Georgia could all make title runs next year. Maybe LSU and Florida, as well.

Getting through the SEC unscathed is a challenging proposition. With teams that individually could be the top team in any conference in the country if only they weren't in the same conference playing each other, getting through the season without a loss is near impossible.

Before anyone calls me an SEC homer, you should know I graduated from - and cheer for - a C-USA school. What do we know about football? By the time C-USA teams figure the game out, we pay our exit fee and find another league in which to play. Ask Texas Christian, who jumped from C-USA to the Big East to the Big 12 faster than you can say "Horned frogs."

But I do know excellence when I see it.

And I do know that football here isn't just a game. It's an identity.

A proper weekend down here in the South starts with the game on Saturday and church on Sunday. Church outranks football, if only by the smallest of margins. There's plenty of food - and prayer - at both.

Football is as much a part of the South as fried pickles, sweet tea, boiled peanuts, Baptist churches, a long, drawn-out 'y'all,' granddaddy's heirloom Bible, summer weekends in Panama City, winter retreats to Gatlinburg, and Lynyrd Skynyrd anthems (which Bama fans have modified to say "Roll Tide Roll" in the pause between the lyric "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Where the skies are so blue," much to the amusement or confusion of visiting bands playing the song).

Football runs through our veins like salt water from the Gulf of Mexico and gumbo from the Alabama and Louisiana Bayous.

And there's no better way to spend an Autumn Saturday than listing to Rammer Jammer or War Eagle or Glory blast from the stands.

I won't mention Rocky Top. No one outside of Knoxville really likes to hear it.

We wear houndstooth as a fashion statement and yell strange things like "Hotty Toddy!" and throw giant cocktail parties in the parking lots of our favorite stadiums.

And when schools out west brag that they filled 60,000 seats, we say "bless their hearts" and don't bring up that SEC spring scrimmages bring that many people.

We don't have many presidents from the deep south. But we have a lot of kings. Bryant, Dooley (Vince), Vaught, Dye, Neyland, Jordan, Saban, forever immortalized in the folklore of Southern culture, if not in big, bronzed statues on their respective campuses (or kingdoms, as it were).

Someone, someday will snap the SEC national championship streak. It's inevitable. Maybe Chip Kelly's Oregon Ducks and their high powered offense. Maybe Florida State will put all the pieces together and be the team they're capable of being, giving Jimbo Fischer his first championship in Tallahassee.

But it's no coincidence that the SEC has won nine BCS Championships and the nearest competitor, the Big 12, has won two.

To you, it's a game.

To us, it's a way of life.

That's why the SEC has been and will continue to be dominant at football.

Roll Tide, War Eagle, Geaux Tigers, Go Dawgs (of the Georgia or Mississippi State variety, whichever you choose).

Let's all raise a glass of sweet tea to seven straight, y'all. Praise the Lord.
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Mike said:
(AP)MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - During his rounds on the summer speaking circuit, Alabama coach Nick Saban told a story of an encounter with someone from Michigan State after the 2011 Capital One Bowl.

The Spartan asked how Alabama, which had just throttled MSU 49-7, had lost three games that year. Saban said he responded by asking how the Spartans had won 11.

A similar question might have been asked of Notre Dame after Alabama's 42-14 win over the Irish on Monday night. The Fighting Irish looked nothing like a top-ranked, undefeated team that had beaten Stanford, Oklahoma and USC. They looked like Michigan State two years ago in Orlando - overmatched, a step slow and with no business being on the same field as the Crimson Tide.

All of which makes all that "the SEC is overrated" talk sound pretty silly now.

The cry went up on New Year's Eve with LSU's 1-point loss to Clemson and again on New Year's Day with Mississippi State's two-touchdown loss to Northwestern. Georgia and South Carolina won their games against Big Ten foes Nebraska and Michigan, but when a disinterested Florida team got clubbed by Big East champ Louisville in the Sugar Bowl, the decibel level on the anti-SEC noise hit its peak.

All you hear now are crickets.

The SEC, which also got wins from Vanderbilt and Ole Miss, finished 6-3 in bowls this year and has now won seven straight BCS national titles after an overpowering performance by Alabama that drove home the point. Against the only undefeated bowl-eligible team in the country, the Crimson Tide dominated the line of scrimmage. Their backs spun away from and powered through would-be tacklers. Their receivers ran free all night.

It may be that Oregon would have given Alabama more of a game than Notre Dame but it's difficult to imagine, with the precision and force with which they played on Monday, than anybody would have beaten the Crimson Tide. In fact, the best matchup for Alabama would have been the one team that beat the Tide this year - new SEC rival Texas A&M.

Catch the Cotton Bowl on Friday?

So what do the SEC's bowl losses this season mean? What does it mean that LSU and Florida lost to Clemson and Louisville? What does it mean that Mississippi State got whipped by Northwestern?

After looking like two of the better teams in the conference through the regular season, Florida and LSU were beaten by teams who wanted it more and had enough talent and speed to make it happen. The same is true of Mississippi State, which faded badly after a 7-0 start that was largely the product of a weak early schedule.

Bowl games are about desire and motivation as much as anything else. Louisville was motivated by detractors who said it didn't belong in a BCS bowl. Clemson was motivated by last season's 70-33 embarrassment against West Virginia. Northwestern was motivated to win its first bowl game since 1949.

And how did the other major conferences do in bowl games this year? The Big 12 was 4-5, the Big Ten was 2-5, the ACC was 4-2 and the Pac-12 was 4-4.

It's true that the SEC was not as deep as in recent years, as the bottom of the conference did not hold up. Auburn and Arkansas bottomed out, Tennessee and Missouri were mediocre and Kentucky was awful.

But it's still the best football conference in the country. And it's got the crystal footballs to prove it.
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Texasbred, I guess the best way to keep the detractor's whiney mouths shut is to keep the NC games all between SEC teams? :lol:

Or.............maybe the other conferences could start winning more? :lol:
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BS, I don't hear any crickets. Just another lame sports writer trying their best to convince the masses that Alabama is something. It is a broke system, and an argument can easily be made that Oregon should have been there instead. If beating a mediocre Notre Lame team gets your jollies off, I'm happy for you. Oklahoma was beat twice on their home field and should have had at least a 3rd loss- they aren't Oklahoma of old. USC was blasted by GT.

And Nebraska made a game of Ga- did you see any of the Wisconsin-Nebraska game? I wouldn't be writing home to mom about any of this.

Like I said, when the SEC ends up playing themselves over and over when we have a real playoff system, I'll eat my words. Until then, the east coast media has a job to do.
 
Even the SEC women get credit:

http://coedmagazine.com/2013/01/07/katherine-webb-bcs-championship-photos/

Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A day after ESPN cameras lingered on her, announcers piled on compliments and at least one pro athlete made an online pass at her, Twitter was still abuzz Tuesday about former Miss Alabama Katherine Webb, who is dating Crimson Tide championship quarterback AJ McCarron.

Webb gained tens of thousands of Twitter followers during and after Alabama's 42-14 win over Notre Dame on Monday to claim its third national championship in four seasons.

Katherine Webb, the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, saw her popularity soar during Monday night's Discover BCS National Championship.
For her part, the surprised beauty pageant queen isn't taking it too seriously.

"It's been actually kind of fun," the 23-year-old model and Miss Alabama USA 2012 told The Associated Press.

She said at the time it all started, she was oblivious in the stands, sitting near McCarron's mother. Her iPhone had died so she didn't know about the attention until friends seated nearby showed her what was happening on Twitter and pointed out that her picture was on TV.

"I just couldn't believe it," said Webb, who, according to her pageant biography, graduated with a business degree from Alabama rival Auburn University in 2011. "I was just in complete surprise."

Dee Dee Bonner, McCarron's mother, said the two laughed as Webb's Twitter count grew.

"We were like, 'Oh my God,' " Bonner said. "She said, 'All I want to do is date your son.' We've been laughing about it. It's quite shocking."

ESPN announcer Brent Musburger remarked that Webb was a beautiful woman as the cameras revisited her. "Wow, I'm telling you quarterbacks: You get all the good-looking women," he said.

Some found the remarks from the 73-year-old Musburger out of line. On Tuesday, ESPN released this statement: "We always try to capture interesting storylines and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test.

"However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went too far and Brent understands that."

But Webb said Musburger's comments didn't bother her.

"It was kind of nice," she said. "I didn't look at it as creepy at all. For a woman to be called beautiful, I don't see how that's an issue."

As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, Webb had topped 175,000 Twitter followers, trumping McCarron's 114,000. Before the game, she reportedly had about 2,000.

Webb told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer that she first encountered McCarron on Twitter, and they met in early December when he attended the Miss Alabama USA pageant in Montgomery.

Her biography says she was born in Montgomery and grew up in Phenix City, but now lives in Los Angeles -- though Bonner said she is considering moving back to Alabama to be with McCarron.

Before Monday's game, Webb tweeted a photo of herself wearing a jersey with McCarron's number, her arms wrapped around him.

Early Tuesday, Webb posted her first tweet to her new followers: "So extremely blessed... (at)10AJMcCarron. Congrats to Alabama and making history! (hash)BCSChamps."

Webb later said she doesn't think McCarron minds the attention on her.

But when Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett tweeted Webb his telephone number and suggested they meet after the game, McCarron responded, telling Dockett, "(hash)betterkeepdreaming like the rest of these dudes."
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Mike said:
Even the SEC women get credit:

http://coedmagazine.com/2013/01/07/katherine-webb-bcs-championship-photos/

Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A day after ESPN cameras lingered on her, announcers piled on compliments and at least one pro athlete made an online pass at her, Twitter was still abuzz Tuesday about former Miss Alabama Katherine Webb, who is dating Crimson Tide championship quarterback AJ McCarron.

Webb gained tens of thousands of Twitter followers during and after Alabama's 42-14 win over Notre Dame on Monday to claim its third national championship in four seasons.

Katherine Webb, the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, saw her popularity soar during Monday night's Discover BCS National Championship.
For her part, the surprised beauty pageant queen isn't taking it too seriously.

"It's been actually kind of fun," the 23-year-old model and Miss Alabama USA 2012 told The Associated Press.

She said at the time it all started, she was oblivious in the stands, sitting near McCarron's mother. Her iPhone had died so she didn't know about the attention until friends seated nearby showed her what was happening on Twitter and pointed out that her picture was on TV.

"I just couldn't believe it," said Webb, who, according to her pageant biography, graduated with a business degree from Alabama rival Auburn University in 2011. "I was just in complete surprise."

Dee Dee Bonner, McCarron's mother, said the two laughed as Webb's Twitter count grew.

"We were like, 'Oh my God,' " Bonner said. "She said, 'All I want to do is date your son.' We've been laughing about it. It's quite shocking."

ESPN announcer Brent Musburger remarked that Webb was a beautiful woman as the cameras revisited her. "Wow, I'm telling you quarterbacks: You get all the good-looking women," he said.

Some found the remarks from the 73-year-old Musburger out of line. On Tuesday, ESPN released this statement: "We always try to capture interesting storylines and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test.

"However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went too far and Brent understands that."

But Webb said Musburger's comments didn't bother her.

"It was kind of nice," she said. "I didn't look at it as creepy at all. For a woman to be called beautiful, I don't see how that's an issue."

As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, Webb had topped 175,000 Twitter followers, trumping McCarron's 114,000. Before the game, she reportedly had about 2,000.

Webb told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer that she first encountered McCarron on Twitter, and they met in early December when he attended the Miss Alabama USA pageant in Montgomery.

Her biography says she was born in Montgomery and grew up in Phenix City, but now lives in Los Angeles -- though Bonner said she is considering moving back to Alabama to be with McCarron.

Before Monday's game, Webb tweeted a photo of herself wearing a jersey with McCarron's number, her arms wrapped around him.

Early Tuesday, Webb posted her first tweet to her new followers: "So extremely blessed... (at)10AJMcCarron. Congrats to Alabama and making history! (hash)BCSChamps."

Webb later said she doesn't think McCarron minds the attention on her.

But when Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett tweeted Webb his telephone number and suggested they meet after the game, McCarron responded, telling Dockett, "(hash)betterkeepdreaming like the rest of these dudes."
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This whole deal is ridiculous. There is a bigger deal made of a nice compliment than NBC taking God out of the pledge of allegiance.

We live in an upside down world.
 
Mike said:
Sandhusker said:
Mike said:
That is all.

Carry on. :lol: :lol:
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When the SEC finishes 1-2-3, let me know.
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That could very well be this year.

1- Bama
2- A&M
3- Georgia

As far as I'm concerned it is....................... :wink:
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But,,,,, that's not reality, now is it? I remember the Big 8 pulling it off. The SEC has twice as many teams....
 

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