Pac 10 v SEC: Some more facts

by The VD Special on Sep 4, 2008 3:58 PM PDT

So we out here in the west know how talented the Pac 10 is, but very rarely do we get the respect we deserve. Bruce Feldman wrote an article today on his blog and he had some interesting stuff about the Pac 10 vs the SEC. Check it out:

• More grist for the SEC nonconference scheduling debate. This time from Jon Solomon:

"Besides losing a payday, leaving home means this harsh reality for the SEC: It's pretty mediocre on the road. Since 1998, the SEC is 40-39 in nonconference road games. That mark drops to 24-31 at schools from BCS conferences. The Pac-10, which SEC fans conveniently shoo aside, is now 10-6 this decade against the SEC. Whereas the SEC is 1-6 at Pac-10 schools, the Pac-10 has gone 4-5 at SEC stadiums."

As I said the other day, I do believe that the SEC is the toughest conference in college football. "Believe" being the operative word. And while it is true that the league has won the past two BCS titles, these head-to-head games should carry some weight.

The Heisman Pundit weighed in on this subject recently and raised a valid point.

The SEC bloggers say "oh well this is an over rated UT team" blah blah blah. When will the Pac ever get respect?!

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I actually don't

think that we need to worry about all that. They are just angry cause they don’t live near the Pacific and get surf, snowboard, tan, and enjoy the California sunsets every night. I’d be pretty ticked off too.

By the way everyone, I’m working extremely hard to pave my own path back to CA. Can’t quite describe how much I miss my life in Southern California and at UCLA.

by eubruin on Sep 4, 2008 6:41 PM PDT 0 recs

You are making me homesick

I’m in Colorado right now for a week and I wish I was back in L.A.

But don’t worry, you can always come home.

by Bruins102NCAA on Sep 5, 2008 1:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

Pac 10 Speed

The real reason the SEC just can’t seem to keep up.

by Rhapsode on Sep 5, 2008 12:36 AM PDT 0 recs

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i love it
you just made my day

by The VD Special on Sep 5, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up 0 recs

Let's see how the Beavers do against another overrated . . .

conference when you play Penn Stink this weekend. It is my contention that it is the lower half of a conference that really proves its merit rather than a few strong teams at the top . . . as such, if our Pac-10’s perennial 4th to 8th place finishers like the Beavers actually win some “big games” against non-conference opponents, some of the myopic voters might realize that there are more than 3 or 4 upper echelon teams west of the Mississippi.

by charnaw on Sep 5, 2008 10:33 AM PDT 0 recs

Don't forget

Oregon State should have beaten LSU a few years back, AT LSU, if only Serna had made ONE more field goal…what did he miss, like four of them? That was painful, I was rooting for them hard.

by tasser10 on Sep 6, 2008 9:37 AM PDT 0 recs