(05-23-2010 03:52 PM)SF Husky Wrote: SEC teams play weak a** OOC to pad their records.
Given that Uconn has scheduled some good OOC games, like going to Notre Dame last year, i can see how you might feel that way.
But the SEC has done some good OOC things too. For one thing, 3 SEC teams always play a BCS OOC opponent:
SC always plays Clemson
Georgia always plays G-Tech
UF always plays FSU
Those aren't just 3 ACC teams, they are 3 of the usually *better* ACC teams, and they are rivarly games so there's added danger. They are also home and home so no advantage to the SEC.
And the SEC/ACC have established that opening weekend game in the Georgia Dome (e.g.., last year it was Clemson v. Alabama, this year LSU v. North Carolina).
Plus, thanks to its old SWC ties, Arkansas usually plays a Texas school (this year it's Texas AM).
Tennessee has played a Pac-10 school the last few years (this year it's Oregon).
Georgia is playing at Colorado this year.
And now Alabama and Penn State are playing home/home in 10/11, and LSU and WVU are doing the same.
Look, every major team plays MOSTLY patsies for their OOC games. Everyone plays the directional universities, etc. But it looks like the SEC is doing at least as much as most of the other BCS conferences as far as BCS-OOC games are concerned.