No, I didn't do the mid-air quotation marks when I typed "Power".
But seriously, where do these conferences fall in line as far as rankings go? This thread wasn't laboriously designed to put down these other conferences- simply to put them in realistic rankings, if that's even possible.
So here are my rankings:
1. I guess I would just start by saying that the SEC is a pretty good conference...but just to make sure, I looked up the conference champion's schedule and the runner up's schedule. We all know what those revealed. Even then, I thought Bama and Florida looked pretty good, despite some cupcakes on their schedules.
2. The Big 12? Outside of Texas, and maybe Nebraska with that awesome defense, I really was far from impressed with their collective performance. I think Oklahoma may have been shamelessly ranked when Texas played them, but I'm reluctant to call that a "win against a ranked team" for UT. So, all in all, how many ranked teams did UT play? 2 1/2. I almost want to say they're tied for 2 with the Pac.
3. Pac-10 I considered this conference one of the deepest and most consistent, but since their latest Bowl woes in Cal and OSU, I've begun to think that they're not as good as I thought they were (I know HFN won't like that). I still say Oregon beats the Big 10.
4./5. The ACC? Nothing to talk about here, and in that same breath, since this conference is equally impressive, I'll just mention the Big East. There you go, mentioned.
6. Big-10 was 1-6 in bowl games last year, and I expect similar results this year. I'm just amazed how the Big 10 makes such a great sport look so boring (except for Jim Tressel's sweater vests).
So after doing some homework, what I really found was a few draws.
Bring on the flames, and the rankings, if you're so obliged (throw in the MWC if you want).
But seriously, where do these conferences fall in line as far as rankings go? This thread wasn't laboriously designed to put down these other conferences- simply to put them in realistic rankings, if that's even possible.
So here are my rankings:
1. I guess I would just start by saying that the SEC is a pretty good conference...but just to make sure, I looked up the conference champion's schedule and the runner up's schedule. We all know what those revealed. Even then, I thought Bama and Florida looked pretty good, despite some cupcakes on their schedules.
2. The Big 12? Outside of Texas, and maybe Nebraska with that awesome defense, I really was far from impressed with their collective performance. I think Oklahoma may have been shamelessly ranked when Texas played them, but I'm reluctant to call that a "win against a ranked team" for UT. So, all in all, how many ranked teams did UT play? 2 1/2. I almost want to say they're tied for 2 with the Pac.
3. Pac-10 I considered this conference one of the deepest and most consistent, but since their latest Bowl woes in Cal and OSU, I've begun to think that they're not as good as I thought they were (I know HFN won't like that). I still say Oregon beats the Big 10.
4./5. The ACC? Nothing to talk about here, and in that same breath, since this conference is equally impressive, I'll just mention the Big East. There you go, mentioned.
6. Big-10 was 1-6 in bowl games last year, and I expect similar results this year. I'm just amazed how the Big 10 makes such a great sport look so boring (except for Jim Tressel's sweater vests).
So after doing some homework, what I really found was a few draws.
Bring on the flames, and the rankings, if you're so obliged (throw in the MWC if you want).
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