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ESPN Best And Worst
« on: May 23, 2013, 11:23:32 AM »
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Here's a look at the best and worst for the SEC during the BCS era:

Best

1. Rings/crystals for days: The SEC and the BCS have had a great relationship. The SEC kicked the BCS era off with a bang in 1998 when Tennessee took home the first BCS national championship with its 23-16 win over Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl. Five years later, LSU won the conference's second BCS title with a 21-14 win over Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. But things really got out of hand starting in 2006, when Florida's 41-14 win over Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl sparked a string of seven straight BCS national titles for the SEC. Florida won again in 2008, Alabama has won three (2009, 2011, 2012), two-loss LSU won in 2007 and Auburn won in 2010. The SEC has won nine of the 15 BCS national championships, and its only loss came to itself when Alabama beat LSU 21-0 in the Allstate BCS National Championship in 2011.

2. Two's company: If five straight championships wasn't enough, the SEC got really greedy in 2011, when Alabama and LSU met in New Orleans, shutting the rest of the country out of a chance at the belt. This game sparked a ton of controversy after LSU had already defeated Alabama 9-6 in Tuscaloosa earlier in the season. But the Crimson Tide went unbeaten afterward and jumped up to the No. 2 spot in the BCS standings after Oklahoma State was upset by Iowa State. After LSU beat Georgia in the SEC championship game, the all-SEC title game was set, in which Alabama would have its revenge.



3. Alabama's dominance: Nick Saban brought LSU a national title in 2003, but he's done real wonders at Alabama. With Alabama's 42-14 win over Notre Dame in last season's Discover BCS National Championship Game, the Crimson Tide became the first team in modern history to win three national championships in four seasons. Alabama has won two straight national championships, has dynasty status and should be one of the favorites to win it all in 2013.

4. Heisman collection: The SEC's dominance during the BCS era hasn't just been about bling. The league also has a nice collection of bronze statues, as four of the past seven Heisman Trophy winners have come from the SEC. Last season, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the award, while Florida quarterback Tim Tebow became the first sophomore to win it in 2007 when he became the first player to rush and throw for 20-plus touchdowns in a single season. Alabama running back Mark Ingram took home the trophy in 2009, while Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, who became the first SEC player to run for at least 1,000 yards and pass for at least 2,000 in the same season, won in 2010.

5. Dominating the NFL draft: The SEC couldn't have won all those BCS titles without a little talent here and there. In last month's NFL draft, the league had 63 players drafted. That's a record for any league. The next closest was the ACC with 31 picks. The SEC had 32 players drafted within the first three rounds, including 12 in the first round.

Worst

1. Auburn getting snubbed: It wasn't often that the SEC got the short end of the BCS stick, but it certainly did in 2004 when Auburn was left out of the national championship after going undefeated during the regular season and winning an SEC title. Auburn went on to beat Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl, while Oklahoma, which passed Auburn in the BCS standings late, was blown out by USC in the national championship.

2. Not showing up: The SEC had two Sugar Bowl appearances it would love to get back. Fresh off its only blemish of the season in its loss to Florida during the 2008 SEC championship game, Alabama truly looked uninspired a month later in its 31-17 loss to Utah in the Sugar Bowl. Last season, Florida, which was No. 3 in the BCS standings at the time, laid a real egg with its 33-23 loss to Louisville in the Sugar Bowl. Both Alabama and Florida were favorites and the more talented teams.

3. The Albert Means scandal: Back in 2002, the NCAA placed Alabama on five-year probation, gave the Tide a two-year bowl ban and reduced football scholarships by 21 over three years for major recruiting violations. The NCAA said a booster agreed to give Means' high school coach more than $100,000 to get Means, a highly-rated defensive lineman, to sign with Alabama. He signed with the Tide but later transferred to Memphis. Alabama narrowly missed getting the death penalty, but, as chairman of the infractions committee Thomas Yeager said, it was "absolutely staring down the barrel of the gun."

4. Tennessee's fall: The Vols might have captured the first BCS title, but Tennessee's program has been a shell of its former self since. Tennessee has endured losing seasons in four of the past five, has missed out on bowl trips in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the late 1970s and will enter the fall with its fourth different head coach in the past six seasons. Since winning it all in 1998, the Vols have been to the SEC championship game three times -- all losses.

5. Bobby Petrino's disgraceful exit: Last spring, Arkansas felt like a legitimate national championship contender. With the talent Bobby Petrino had assembled, the Razorbacks appeared equipped with the team ready to take the SEC West and more. However, Petrino's motorcycle accident in early April changed everything. He was caught lying about an affair he was having with a woman he hired and was later fired. Arkansas hired former special teams coach John L. Smith, who brought more giggles than wins, as Arkansas fell from contender to pretender with a 4-8 season. Petrino completely embarrassed himself and the program, but confidence seems to have been restored with the hiring of former Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema.
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Re: ESPN Best And Worst
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2013, 11:32:53 AM »
I am pretty sure that Auburn didn't get "passed up late" in the BCS standings. If I remember correctly, USC and Oklahoma started at 1 and 2 and stayed there all year. You know...because..."how can you drop them when they haven't lost?"...
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Re: ESPN Best And Worst
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2013, 11:35:31 AM »
Color me fucking shocked that Auburn wasn't mentioned in a negative light in the "worst" section.
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Re: ESPN Best And Worst
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2013, 11:41:45 AM »
Color me fucking shocked that Auburn wasn't mentioned in a negative light in the "worst" section.

Eggzachary.  I was almost cringing while reading it, waiting to see some Auburn BS. 
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Re: ESPN Best And Worst
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2013, 11:42:26 AM »
Color me fucking shocked that Auburn wasn't mentioned in a negative light in the "worst" section.

Maybe they have just run out of stuff ?   (For now) 
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Re: ESPN Best And Worst
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2013, 11:43:49 AM »
Maybe they have just run out of stuff ?   (For now)

Well to be fair, the 2nd in-depth Roopstigo documentary hasn't come out yet.
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Re: ESPN Best And Worst
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2013, 11:47:54 AM »
Color me fucking shocked that Auburn wasn't mentioned in a negative light in the "worst" section.

Because of this post, I actually read the article.
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Re: ESPN Best And Worst
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2013, 12:55:02 PM »
 :puke:

Just more ESPN hitting its knees before lawd Sabynz.

Been nice being in Canada this week. No Bama media to endure (not even a mention) and no ESPN. I may have to move here,
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Re: ESPN Best And Worst
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2013, 01:03:02 PM »
:puke:

Just more ESPN hitting its knees before lawd Sabynz.

Been nice being in Canada this week. No Bama media to endure (not even a mention) and no ESPN. I may have to move here,

Take off, eh.
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Re: ESPN Best And Worst
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2013, 01:04:52 PM »
Take off, eh.

He's prolly up there drinking hot tea.
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Re: ESPN Best And Worst
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2013, 02:39:01 PM »
Eggzachary.  I was almost cringing while reading it, waiting to see some Auburn BS.
This is how I read this:

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3. Alabama's dominance:
Pfffttt. Here we go with the Saban slobbing...

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4. Heisman collection: The SEC's dominance during the BCS era hasn't just been about bling. The league also has a nice collection of bronze statues, as four of the past seven Heisman Trophy winners have come from the SEC.
Here we go. I'm sure we'll hear about how as great as Ingram was, Richardson was even better and got snubbed of the trophy. They'll find a way to put an asterisk by Cam Newton's, if they even mention it at all...
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Last season, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the award, while Florida quarterback Tim Tebow became the first sophomore to win it in 2007 when he became the first player to rush and throw for 20-plus touchdowns in a single season. Alabama running back Mark Ingram took home the trophy in 2009, while Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, who became the first SEC player to run for at least 1,000 yards and pass for at least 2,000 in the same season, won in 2010.
Huh. Imagine that. No asterisk.

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Worst

1. Auburn
Great...here it comes...knew it...
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getting snubbed:
Whaaa?

It's funny how we're just conditioned now to expect every single article about the SEC, especially from ESPN, to simultaneously shit on Auburn and bolster Bama up as a bastion of all that is good.

The fact that we all reacted the same with utter shock that we weren't mentioned disparagingly says it all.
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