SEC about to move to 0-4 in bowls

The notion that teams like Missouri and Miss State "didnt want to be there" always cracks me up. The fuck else would they be? Not like they are ever consistent top contenders.
 
Wild Turkey said:
I was actually surprised by the Miss State loss (it was the only one that surprised me) as they seemed to be in a good spot to perform well.

Rest of the teams are a shit show including Auburn. I think defensively Auburn played better than I expected considering what players they were missing. Offensively Finley just isn’t the guy and grossly over threw 5 deep balls that were open. He just had to hit one. At this point the whole team just has to be rebuilt.
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I did some research on the game as I bet on it. From what I read, Mississippi State played without 8 of their starters, including both their RT and LT, the starting DE's were 3rd stringers, as the top 4 guys were out on the DL. Their #1 CB opted out for the draft. One of their starting LB's left in the portal and they were without one of their starting safeties.

So you never know what you are going to get in these games. It is essentially an exhibition game teams can use to try out new players.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
The notion that teams like Missouri and Miss State "didnt want to be there" always cracks me up. The fuck else would they be? Not like they are ever consistent top contenders.
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I don't think it is about 'not wanting to be there' -- it is that those middle of the road teams get to a bowl game and then it looks nothing like the team who played during the year. The few NFL caliber players each have will opt out, as Mississippi State and Missouri had happen with multiple guys and it isn't like they have players to plug in and perform.

It is like Purdue. They had Bell and Karalaftis opt out. It isn't like they have All-American's waiting to replace them.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
I don't think it is about 'not wanting to be there' -- it is that those middle of the road teams get to a bowl game and then it looks nothing like the team who played during the year. The few NFL caliber players each have will opt out, as Mississippi State and Missouri had happen with multiple guys and it isn't like they have players to plug in and perform.

It is like Purdue. They had Bell and Karalaftis opt out. It isn't like they have All-American's waiting to replace them.
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Both are SEC schools...which means their roster is FULL of NFL caliber players. At least that is what I've been told.
 
Rankings wise it is SEC #6 v
Deep Creek said:
RT, you do realize Texas Tech finished 9th (actually a three way tie for 7-9 with Texas and TCU but were clobbered by both of of them) in the Big 12 and Mississippi State finished in a three way tie (with Arkie and A&M) for third in the SEC West don't you? So how is that a lopsided pairing for the SEC
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If Texas Tech finished 9th because they lost to Texas and TCU how is Mrs State 3rd losing to Arkie and A&M?

Not that it matters, anyone from 5th to 9th in any P5 conference is the same flavor of mediocre, it only becomes an issue if a mediocre team has to play a good team from another conference or a poor team has to play a mediocre team...which happens more and more with 40+ bowls.

Pretty soon it will be meaningless anyway...with more than a dozen opt-outs on some teams it's going to be pointless to compare any bowl results.
 
Deep Creek said:
Both are SEC schools...which means their roster is FULL of NFL caliber players. At least that is what I've been told.
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I agree that SEC schools that ride the coattails of Bama pound their chest, but we know, outside of a select few SEC schools, the NFL caliber talent isn't up and down their rosters.

Hell -- Michigan is in the CFP and rumor is we could be without Daxton Hill at Safety and that is a HUGE loss, as we don't have anyone to step in to his shoes right now. Outside of Bama, Georgia, Ohio State, Clemson and maybe 1 or 2 other schools -- teams just don't have big time recruits sitting behind waiting for their shot. They have quality players, but not game changers.

Purdue was a solid team this year. Bell and Karalaftis, both 1st team all-americans opted out -- no chance they have guys to plug and play to make up for what they lost with them.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Rolltide was bitching about "lopsided matchups" because of Bama and UGA both being in the playoff
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Bitch please, not every game is lopsided, the middle shit of every conference is the middle shit. Like somehow Maryland vs VT is a litmus test for the Big 10 vs the ACC...give me a break, they both suck.

The difference is at the top, you know like when the best team in Ohio is in the playoffs...the second best team is playing in some other bowl....but against the best team from a conference that didn't make the playoffs, because, you know, the best B1G team is in the playoffs.
 
“The middle of the big12 is better than the middle of the SEC.”
- ElTexan, for years
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
I did some research on the game as I bet on it. From what I read, Mississippi State played without 8 of their starters, including both their RT and LT, the starting DE's were 3rd stringers, as the top 4 guys were out on the DL. Their #1 CB opted out for the draft. One of their starting LB's left in the portal and they were without one of their starting safeties.

So you never know what you are going to get in these games. It is essentially an exhibition game teams can use to try out new players.
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Since the opt outs and transfer portal was created the SEC Bowl record has plunged. It's a trend I don't expect to change any time soon.

For the record, Auburn got crushed this year with both but before this year in prior bowl games, I don't remember it being a huge difference and most of our big guns played if they were healthy. So don't take this as an excuse for the Malzahn era of bowl debacles.
 
Rolltide94 said:
Rankings wise it is SEC #6 v


If Texas Tech finished 9th because they lost to Texas and TCU how is Mrs State 3rd losing to Arkie and A&M?

Not that it matters, anyone from 5th to 9th in any P5 conference is the same flavor of mediocre, it only becomes an issue if a mediocre team has to play a good team from another conference or a poor team has to play a mediocre team...which happens more and more with 40+ bowls.

Pretty soon it will be meaningless anyway...with more than a dozen opt-outs on some teams it's going to be pointless to compare any bowl results.
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What you were saying about conference teams being "bumped up" because the conference has team(s) in the CFP is definitely true.

But the Tech/Miss State doesn't fit that bill IMO. That was my reasoning from asking the question. Miss State was a "middler" and Tech was a "bottomer" so it wasn't a disadvantage for Miss State or the SEC in the match up.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Someone said that? Tech was 6-6 and lost 4 of their last 5 games.
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K-State 25 Texas Tech 24
Oklahoma 52 Texas Tech 21
Texas Tech 41 Iowa State 38
Oklahoma State 23 Texas Tech 0
Baylor27 Texas Tech 24
 
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