Observations from Watching Old Games
I've been watching a lot of older CFB games over the past couple of months, and it is pretty staggering how much stronger the SEC is over most of the country. Average to above average SEC teams seem to just dominate the average to above average teams from other conferences. The depth of the SEC is just so superior to the rest of the conferences. The outliers are Clemson and Ohio State.
I found this list pretty interesting when you consider that all 4 of Dabo's losses are to Orgeron and Saban, 3 of Saban's are to Orgeron and Swinney, and 2 of Orgeron's are to Saban. OSU isn't really represented because Meyer isn't active, but they are the one other program that can hang with Bama and Clemson. Orgeron/LSU caught lightning in a bottle last year with Burrow, but most of his wins came at the USC against some teams that didn't end up being what they were ranked at the time. All of the last 5 National Titles belong to those top 3 coaches.
The air is thin at the top, boys.
Last 15 games vs Top 10 opponents:
12-3: Orgeron
11-4: Saban, Swinney
9-6: Shaw
7-8: Mullen
6-9: Ferentz
5-10: Gundy, Leach, Miles, Patterson, Whittingham
4-11: Mack Brown, Malzahn
3-12: Fisher, Kelly
2-13: Fitzgerald, Franklin, Harbaugh
Them that don't know him won't like him, and them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
He ain't wrong, he's just different, and his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right
They don't put Championship rings on smooth hands
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