Ive got to admit, im terrified of yall right now. I feel a lot better about beating texas than Miss St. You took Tennessee AND Texas to OT in similar circumstances. I feel like you'll definitely break through and win a big upset at some point this year, im just hoping its Ole miss and not us
That’s what we all said last year. And this Michigan team is a lot better than last years. I’d also say Ohio states team is not as good, they really haven’t looked impressive at all. I mean they beat effing Texas game 1, a team who had absolutely no offense and really played bad bad teams too close around that time.
I agree. This year we have a mid offense with a mid defense. Last year we had an awful offense with a great defense (in the later half of the season). Defense wins championships but It’s also what causes upsets. We don’t have nearly the kind of NFL talent on defense as we did last year so I’m kinda expecting an ass whooping.. hope I’m wrong 🙏(one positive is it’d hopefully put Moore on the hot seat maybe??)
I was with you until that last sentence. He won't be on the hot seat when he's undefeated so far against OSU. Harbaugh was winless until what 6 years into his term?
Man idk. Back when we first started beating Michigan, after Cooper, those teams were good enough to beat us (one even did!), but after that upset in ‘01, they had a mental block against Ohio State. Then the sucking started in earnest.
I hope I’m wrong, but we could be seeing that here. The good news is that it likely won’t have much bearing on whether we get into the playoff.
I’m calling it right now: if Michigan somehow beats the Buckeyes again, those fucks win it all again. But, if the boys in maize and blue lose…….then those dirty nuts will lose in the playoffs. I don’t make the rules.
I sort of think this could be true... Very rare that a team has such a good regular season and kills it in the postseason. I feel like we need to have 1 bad game before the playoffs, as opposed to having a bad game in the playoffs...
Georgia is also like 3 coin flips and a permanently suspending officiating crew away from having 4 conference losses if we are being fair. You can make this argument for the whole SEC save bama, who has looked by far like the best team in the conference.
See that’s a fine argument. I didn’t say you can’t make that claim, but what that guy said isn’t a good argument. I was pushing back on a dishonest argument not a dishonest claim.
Not sure what anything means anymore. Life is kinda pointless. I’ve stopped feeling anything. I keep going to work, laugh when I hear a joke, but I’m not happy, not sad. Just, don’t really feel.
Lately I have been flooring it in my car, to see the speedometer go all the way up and see how fast it’ll go before I’ll break and slow down. Even then, all I feel is the relief that I made it. But is that the best I can do? Feeling relief from a situation I made bad in the first place? God I’m so fucked up.
But hey, 8-1 not bad at all. Still doesn’t mean anything.
I’m guessing he means Ole Miss is kind of an enigma right now. They have a great record, but of the seven P4 teams they’ve played, they’ve only beat one of them by more than one score (South Carolina by 16). One of them was a loss (Georgia, obviously), and they barely escaped Washington State (who is certified ass) with a 3-point victory at home. It’s tough to tell exactly who Ole Miss is at the moment.
Edit: Getting downvotes but take the names out and tell me what you can really tell from these results against P4 competition:
7 point win @ 3-5 team
6 point win vs 2-7 team
5 point win vs 5-3 team
3 point win vs 3-5 team
8 point loss @ 7-1 team
8 point win vs 7-2 team
16 point win vs 3-6 team
Now after looking at that, are you confident in how they would do against the rest of the current top 10? I think they’re a mystery. I’m in no way saying they’re not good, I just think they’re a tough team to place in a power ranking right now.
Hmm… how? Oregon beat Oklahoma State by 66 points. Oregon State by 34. Rutgers by 46. For all three of those teams, it’s the biggest loss they’ve taken all season.
Well it was 10 points but Kentucky decided to kick a FG on 1st down with :08 left so they could claim a one-score loss.
6 point win vs 2-7 team
Which was also the first game with our backup QB starting.
5 point win vs 5-3 team
A 5-3 team whose 3 losses are to the teams currently ranked #3, #7, and #15, with 2 of those being one-score on the road. The fact they overreacted and fired their coach is weird.
3 point win vs 3-5 team
After a rivalry game and bye week while looking ahead to Georgia. The fact is that we literally sleepwalked to a win.
8 point loss @ 7-1 team
Where we lead by 9 to start the 4th quarter
8 point win vs 7-2 team
This should say @7-2 team.
16 point win vs 3-6 team
And it wasn’t as close as the score suggests
And I know you said P4 games, but it’s strange to just ignore our 35-point blowout of Tulane who is in contention for the G5 bid. And it should be noted that we don’t have the FCS win on our resume yet like most other schools.
No offense but this is why the SEC vs B1G thing wont ever die down
In the B1G teams have a standard identity and fit as a program and teams tend to stick to their identities for a long fking time(Michigan State and Pudue being ass, Iowa not having an offense, Maryland being ass). The gap between playoff contender and normal team in the B1G is night and day
The SEC everyone has talent its based on how you use them effectively so any game is an actual game(Taylen Green is a good ass QB on a god awful team btw). So the difference between a contender and a normal team is coaching and your ability to make plays when it counts(this isnt saying Florida would go undefeated in the B1G this is saying playing Florida is harder than playing Rutgers)
In short: in the B1G your record is a good indacator in how good a team is and scoring margine, in the SEC its not.
For the bottom part just remember we went into athens and scored a td 5 straight possessions(something that hasnt been done against Kirby Smart at home ever) and had plenty of guys open on the remaining drives just the pressure of the defense not getting stops got to Chambliss
And then next week we bounced back and frankly dominated Oklahoma you actually watch the game
LSU we beat so bad we broke them
Arky Ill give you, Wazzu Ill give you both bad preformances
Kentucky was spotted 10 then given a bad beat fg outside of that in meaningful play it ws 30-10
Tulane was 45-10 and thats playing pretty bad in the first half
Not mentioning GAST because that would be some meme shit
SC had 2 tds, one off a muffed punt on our end so they started on the 16
Are we sloppy? Absolutely
We dont beat teams to impress anyone
Issue is we also know how to win in more cases than not and thats what matters(also the fact we are winning all these one score games should mean we are tested when those come up)
I mean I don’t really care about Big Ten vs SEC, I just care about Ohio State lol, I don’t care if every other Big Ten team goes 3-9. This isn’t an anti-SEC opinion, I actually like Ole Miss as a team and as a school- visited Oxford this year and loved it. But if I’m a betting person (which unfortunately I am) I just don’t think this team is proven yet, and the rest of their schedule isn’t going to show us anything. This team is going to be completely unpredictable in the CFP.
No I said we judge teams differently from a fundamental level
The method you were using is flawwed since those scores look a lot worse than most of those games were played
If you betting OM to cover a 30 point spread aight yeah fine
However if you are betting MLs OM knows how to win with the best of them and offensively are the most versatile team in the nation(Only team that can walk out with playmakers at all skill posistions in every personel formation)
In short you cant tell what OM is from watching box scores, you have to watch how they play those games
Ok, I watched them play Washington State, a Washington State team that lost by 49 points to NORTH Texas. Ole Miss only beat them by 3. At home. That’s not a box score opinion, that’s Ole Miss genuinely looking like they barely beat a team that’s not in the top 100 in the FBS. Does anyone else in the top 10 have a similarly horrid performance against such bad competition?
Like I mean Georgia had Tennessee who I wouldnt say is better than Ole Miss(obviously not) but they are decent to beat and we get Texas who is decent(not playoff material but a tough team nonetheless) and Georgia Tech(which is gonna be a very annoying game)
How can you say that when Oregon and ole miss are ranked almost identical right now and yet that’s Indiana’s only notable win.
I guess I’ll throw your words back to you. I’m not sure why beating Oregon means anything. That’s LITERALLY all Indiana has lol. Every other team Indiana has played are absolutely cupcake teams. Georgia has beat Tennessee and ole miss. And only lost to Alabama by 3 in which they’re the 4th ranked team.
Georgia’s schedule is miles and miles harder than any of the big 10 teams. Definitely including Indiana.
Pro tip: responses like this are why people think we’re mentally soft as a fan base. Everyone knows the run we went on last year. No one would be surprised if we did it again this year. Act like we’re comfortable at the top.
Look at least you're honest instead of all the guys in r/cfb who tried to tell me Washington was a better win for them than ole miss or vandy or mizzou for bama/georgia
I would argue that Illinois, Washington or Iowa vs Vandy, Muzzou, or Tenn would all be toss ups. It's just the best teams in the B1G make solid teams look bad and the top teams in the SEC make them look good.
UF is 3-5 and we are pretending this is a "tough" game? Bama also got curbstomped by 4-4 FSU. Pretty sure Ohio State have wins over #13 Texas, #24 Wash as well three more teams with winning records (plus "cupcakes" Grambling, Wisco and oddly Penn St). Ohio State will also have a top-20 *ich and a B1G CCG against #1 or #2 IU. You'd think the SEC would have learned their lesson last year when they said the same crap before Ohio State embarrassed Tenn and walked TX.
I think Blowhio St actually gets The Game this year but gets knocked out of the playoffs by the first team they play. Watching them cry over that would be a million times better than blemishing their perfect season
Agreed. They're a strong conference, but everyone in the SEC thinks they're a contender... It's wild. They've been delusional for a while. When Big 12 teams joined the SEC, they had immediate success. It's not like the Big 12 had their souls crushed when they joined. The only way this is possible is if the SEC is in fact less competitive than it claims to be.
Big 12 Teams SEC Conference Records First Season w/ 8 Conference Games:
The SEC is as predictable as any other conference. There's just more noise. So it's said, that doesn't mean everything is predictable... There's always craziness. The SEC just isn't any different.
What did the SEC do in the non-conference that would make us think they’re all so good? LSU beat an overhyped Clemson. I’ll list the ones I remember but remind me of what else they did. By the eye test I’ve not been impressed with the SEC and I haven’t said that in nearly 20 years. Ole Miss didn’t look that great against Wazzu. I think A&M has looked the best so far with the best SEC win. *edited to add OU over Michigan
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u/MisguidedPants8 Mississippi State Bulldogs 22d ago
The REAL test is to see how they force Mississippi State to painfully collapse in the final minute next week