BePcr07
All American
Posts: 4,900
Joined: Dec 2015
Reputation: 342
I Root For: Boise St & Zags
Location:
|
RE: #1 football vs ranked teams
(09-05-2017 09:21 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote: (09-05-2017 09:09 PM)Huskypride Wrote: Houston is helluva program and deserves respect don't get me wrong, but there is difference between upsetting a couple top 25 power 5 programs and beating a few AAC ranked teams VS Being playing in the SEC and playing top 10 p5 team every week amd crushing them like bama does
Bullsh!t. Do you know why their conference opponents are all ranked? Because of 3 little letters. And they are conveniently ranked preseason so that they can STAY ranked while they play their 1-aa team and the teams they have contracted to COME TO THEIR HOUSE ONLY, except when the the G-4 teams get really good... then they cancel the game and pay the buy-out. Trust me, we at Memphis know about this first hand (Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, a few others). I think there was a season several ago where during the regular season, it was either Alabammer or Auburn didn't even leave their state but 2 games. Something like that. Just going off of memory. Or was it a Texas team. Can't remember. Anyway, point is, they have UNDENIABLE built-in "institutional" advantages as to how they are perceived.
This is the same or similar for most SEC schools every season. They rarely have true OOC away games and, even more rare, go outside the SEC footprint. Here's this year's OOC SEC schedule (H = home, F = neutral or away within SEC footprint, A = neutral or away outside SEC footprint):
Alabama: F, H, H, H
Arkansas: F, H, H, H
Auburn: H, F, H, H
Florida: F, H, H, H
Georgia: H, A (Notre Dame), H, F
Kentucky: F, H, H, H
LSU: F, H, H, H
Mississippi: H, H, A (California), H
Mississippi St: H, F, H, H
Missouri: H, H, H, A (Connecticut)
South Carolina: F, H, H, H
Tennessee: F, H, H, H
Texas A&M: A (UCLA), H, H, H
Vanderbilt: F, H, H, H
H = 41 / 56 = 73%
F = 11 / 56 = 20%
A = 4 / 56 = 7%
The SEC has found a way to elevate their brand which is brilliant. Yes, it is a talented conference. However, they have the entire country willing to play at their home or a neutral site and to vote them into the top 25.
|
|