How do you know who is the bottom this season? Last season, Utah was one of the better Pac-12 teams. This season they’re starting out 0-2 against poor competition. They might be the bottom this year.
Anyway it makes more sense to judge a conference with what happens at the top.
ND is supposed to be the team to beat in the ACC, but they’ve already been beaten by a typically middlin’ team from the SEC and a typically middlin’ team from the Big Ten.
Maryland is supposed to be the team to beat in the Big Ten, but they been beaten by a SEC team that has underachieved the last couple of years.
How is the SEC not touted as the best conference based on the early results?
Notre Dame was not thought to be the team to beat. They were picked to finish fourth and fifth by the media and head coaches respectively.How do you know who is the bottom this season? Last season, Utah was one of the better Pac-12 teams. This season they’re starting out 0-2 against poor competition. They might be the bottom this year.
Anyway it makes more sense to judge a conference with what happens at the top.
ND is supposed to be the team to beat in the ACC, but they’ve already been beaten by a typically middlin’ team from the SEC and a typically middlin’ team from the Big Ten.
Maryland is supposed to be the team to beat in the Big Ten, but they been beaten by a SEC team that has underachieved the last couple of years.
How is the SEC not touted as the best conference based on the early results?
Uh, you're forgetting how Oregon just beat the US National Team. And according to the ESPNW poll of commentators, everyone picked the SEC to be the second best conference, so it's not like the SEC is being overlooked. But when you have Oregon, Stanford, OSU, and UCLA all in the Top 10-11 teams, and even programs like Washington looking better than anticipated in the pre-season, hard to pick against the PAC for best conference. And it should be noted: Utah lost their three best players to graduation (Huff and Provo) and transfer (Edwards), so I have no idea why the PAC-12 media poll picked them 7th. I would have picked them 10th or 11th.How is the SEC not touted as the best conference based on the early results?
Love your "typically middlin' team from the SEC" description - sort of a wake-up call to 2019 reality. Nice ring to it!ND is supposed to be the team to beat in the ACC, but they’ve already been beaten by a typically middlin’ team from the SEC and a typically middlin’ team from the Big Ten.
Maryland is supposed to be the team to beat in the Big Ten, but they been beaten by a SEC team that has underachieved the last couple of years.
How is the SEC not touted as the best conference based on the early results?
Cute. I'll even give you a "very cute"I personally don't know why the better teams schedule so many other leagues bottom-dwelling teams. There is just something not right about getting joy out of beating someone else's bottom.
Do you believe it's better for them to play top mid majors like Princeton, Green Bay, the Dakota schools, etc?I personally don't know why the better teams schedule so many other leagues bottom-dwelling teams. There is just something not right about getting joy out of beating someone else's bottom.
The post was not meant to be serious, rather it was mostly a vehicle for the double entendre. I realize that there are many factors that enter into setting up schedules that can not always predict how good any match up will be at any time in the future. I know the programs that scheduled ND had no idea that they would not be a top ten program.Do you believe it's better for them to play top mid majors like Princeton, Green Bay, the Dakota schools, etc?