The Bone Yard

Skerz, I'm right there with you. Unfortunately, the narrative will be about how great the SEC is and how great Alabama is instead of the disparity in recruiting among conferences.

Is bondi in line for starting kicker next year? Just curious.

Frankly, no SEC team would have made it to the CG if Kansas State and Oregon had simply taken care of business. They both pissed the opportunity away and Alabama was there to clean up.

As good as 'Bama looked, I think it was more about Notre Dame not belonging in the game. Granted, they were undefeated, but they could have easily lost 2-3 games this year. The TIde made ND look more like what they really were; a Top 15 type team. The Irish got way too much credit for beating a grossly over rated Oklahoma team and the hype machine took over from there. They eventually won them all, but it was apparent that the Luck of the Irish was alive and well all year for Notre Dame. Until last night, that is.

Alabama was poised and ready. Unfortunately, they and their SEC compatriots are making college football pretty boring for the rest of us. They simply get better athletes down there and there isn't much the rest of the country can do about it. 6 of the Top 25 players in the country are considering Ole Miss, for chrissakes, and they were all of 7-6 this year and have generally sucked for quite a while. The center of the college football universe has shifted.

I agree with the idea that we and the rest of the college football world need to step up. The SEC more or less gave away the NC when Bama lost to A&M, and then KSU and Oregon played horrible games and lost soon after. Either one could have put the SEC in checkmate and both failed. There's no argument that the SEC is the best conference, but there has been times over the past 7 years when other teams could have aced them out of the NC game by simply pulling their own weight. LSU won a NC with 2 losses, which should never happen if other teams win the games they should.

Hopefully, the new playoff system will add a little more drama to the process down the road. Between last year's paint drying festival between LSU/Alabama and this years game that was over in the 1st quarter, the championship process hasn't been too compelling lately.

I think it's a cocktail of the football "brand" along with the lingering "South Will Rise Again" that blends to weld that part of the country together. It's a little weird but in my opinion that is all part of the Southern persona.

I also have to say that I enjoyed seeing Bama pound the Domers.

It ends when the rest of America steps up.

As was noted....Oregon and KSU had every chance to end it this year....they choked.

The SEC is always going to be regarded as the top dog until they aren't. The Big 10 has 3 chances every January 1 to shut them up and end it and they choke.

The gap isn't as wide as many want to make it out to be...but that league still performs the best when the lights are brightest. Until everyone else turns the tide...it won't change.

Agree.

Right now, it appears the only way to beat the best team in the SEC is to catch them on an off week during the grind of the season. Give them 3 or 4 weeks to get ready, and their talent and coaching is likely to win out.

As much as people have been anticipating the playoff, if 2 SEC teams manage to get in, expect the string of SEC NC's to continue. They would probably win it most the time with 1 team out of 4. Put 2 SEC teams in a field of 4 and you can pretty much forget it, based on the last several years.

Michigan had South Carolina beat this year until the desperation.
We had Georgia on their heels until we fumbled.

Last year, we were in control of the game until Ameer fumbled going into score and we gave up afluke hail mary
Ohio State shut down Florida last year with the exception of a kick return and defensive score.

Anyone who thinks its been a matchup problem hasn't watched the last two January 1s. The Big 10 has had every opportunity to win a number of games over the last 2 years, Credit to the SEC teams for making the plays when it matters most....but the gap isn't as wide as people want to believe.

The Big 10 had every chance to change the landscape of college football and blew it.

They were choked away.

Saban and Urban Meyer account for 6 of the 7 -- the other being Auburn with Cam Newton. I think Ohio State will give the SEC a run for the money under Urban Meyer. If Nebraska can get some DL/OL to come in then I think there is a chance down the road. I wouldn't bother whining about the SEC's recruiting. The advantage isn't the numbers it is the location. The overwhelming number of studs come from the South (Texas east to Florida).