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ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?
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ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 26, 2012, 9:14 PM

Okay - in response to the debate over whether or not FSU can compete in the SEC (and whether or not we could, too), I've decided to apply logic and a points system to see how the teams stack up. Points are either gained or lost based upon win/loss, with more points going to better opponents. Also, we've taken spread into account to tackle performance.

Check it out and let me know your thoughts.

We're not trying to reinvent the wheel, but at the same time, hopefully we can help bring logic and fairness to the debate.

http://www.thetigerswag.com/2012/09/sec-or-acc-top-to-bottom-which-is-better.html

Thanks again - I'm pretty stoked about this, especially going forward.

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 26, 2012, 9:34 PM

With everyone playing cupcakes to start the year, wins and losses are meaningless right now.

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"Stalwart universities—Harvard, Princeton, Yale—most certainly offer status. The Citadel offers character. "


Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 26, 2012, 9:39 PM

While the sample size is small, it still gives a pretty good indicator of how a team has performed.

We're a third of the way through the season and you can see the cream rising to the top.

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 2:02 PM [ in reply to Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better? ]

So you're win over the mighty Vandy was meaningless???

I agree the coots have played NOBODY

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 26, 2012, 9:55 PM

You are kidding with this topic. LSU, Alabama, GA, USC, Florida, Miss State are all in top 25. Past 6 national champs are from SEC. No comparison

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 26, 2012, 10:09 PM

I clearly state in the article, and the rankings bear it out, that the SEC is better at the top. But you can easily debate top to bottom as the middle and bottom of the SEC is below mediocre.

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 9:06 AM

Vandy beat wake by 35 points

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And the previous 3 years


Sep 27, 2012, 11:55 AM

Wake beat Vandy by 11, 13, and 14.

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Clemson


USCjr was lucky to beat Vandy***


Sep 27, 2012, 1:19 PM [ in reply to Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better? ]



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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 8:23 AM [ in reply to Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better? ]

keep drinking that maroon cool aid.

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 8:29 AM [ in reply to Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better? ]

If you are truly objective and not a pig headed SEC cool aid drinker then read all this...if youre not skeered

http://www.thepostgame.com/commentary/201208/better-without-em-northern-manifesto-southern-secession-chuck-thompson-sec-bcs

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Sep 26, 2012, 10:18 PM

system would hold more weight if the 2nd best acc team and 2nd worse sec team had not already played a very close game. oh, and that part where lsu isnt a top 4 sec team stands out a little too.

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that 2nd worst SEC team


Sep 26, 2012, 10:37 PM

gave the 2nd best SEC team an even better game.

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 26, 2012, 10:39 PM [ in reply to Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better? ]

Thanks for the feedback. In this scenario, Clemson beating Auburn is no different than USC beating Vandy or Missouri. Also, Clemson covered the spread against Auburn, something LSU couldn't do, which is reflected as well.

For what it's worth, in my opinion, LSU is not a top 5 team. They'll need some offense soon and won't be able to find it.

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Sep 27, 2012, 9:13 AM

Which to me says that the system either has Auburn too low, or LSU and Clemson too high, or there is very little difference in the top teams and bottom teams. Not sure any of those are true, though.

It is an interesting system, though, and I look forward to seeing the results as the games play out.

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 11:41 AM

Thanks again. Hopefully with more data points, it becomes a better metric. Time will tell...

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Usually you make half-way-decent, albeit obviously biased


Sep 26, 2012, 10:49 PM [ in reply to Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better? ]

arguments. this is not one of those times. everyone knows the transitive property doesn't apply to college football. using your own absurd logic, did you forget that game last weekend where the "2nd worse" sec team barely lost to the 2nd best team? or the fact that your team hasn't beat the "2nd worse" team in like 100 years? or the fact that the "2nd worse" team beat your squad like a rented mule in the most lopsided loss in SECCG history (worse than the orange bowl)? just sayin'.

that said, I agree it's a stupid discussion. the SEC is loads better all around.

God tier: Bama, LSU
Great tier: UGA, FL, Scar
Meh: AU, Miss St?, Tenn, Mizz, A&M
Utter garbage: Ken, Vandy, Ark, Ole miss

God tier: FSU?
Great tier: Clemson
Meh: VT, GT, MD, Miami, UNC, Miami, UVA, NCSU
Utter garbage: Duke, Wake, BC?

I dunno, that's my take. It's tough. The SEC is way better at the top, like the OP says. At the bottom it's a little more murky. FSU in the god tier is kinda without any precedent so that's a stretch. Bama probably needs their own tier at this point.

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Re: Usually you make half-way-decent, albeit obviously biased


Sep 27, 2012, 9:14 AM

I must have misunderstood. I thought he was ranking this year's teams.

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Re: Usually you make half-way-decent, albeit obviously biased


Sep 27, 2012, 6:37 PM [ in reply to Usually you make half-way-decent, albeit obviously biased ]

Are you talking 2010 or 2011 or 2012 or just cherry picking to suit your agenda?

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Sep 27, 2012, 2:08 PM [ in reply to Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better? ]

second worst? you really think vandy, uk,ole miss,mizzou is better than Auburn ??????????


LMAO

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 2:09 PM

Oh I forgot that power house Ark.

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Sep 27, 2012, 9:22 PM [ in reply to Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better? ]

i got 2nd worst from his rankings. i dont think they are 2nd worst. that was my point. the system doesnt have enough data to make any statements yet.

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Good try but just don't see it at all


Sep 26, 2012, 10:39 PM

1) FSU is a darn good football team. I don't think they are as good as Alabama or LSU, but I think they are right there nipping at their backside right now. They clearly belong in that discussion to me.


2) I am not sure your points factors make a lot of sense. UVA did beat Penn State- but I couldn't give anyone credit for beating Penn State.

3) Tennessee is ranked 8th in your poll in the SEC, and NC State is 6th in the SEC. Tennessee looked a lot better to me than NC State did when they played recently.


4) I think it's impossible to tell how bad the worst teams are right now in either league. That will be clear in another 3-4 weeks I think.

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Re: Good try but just don't see it at all


Sep 26, 2012, 10:56 PM

Thanks for the feedback.

I agree FSU is a good football team and I think/hope the numbers bear it out with more games. What it's doing now is rewarding teams for their scheduling, a la Florida.

Since the UVA game, Penn State had beaten a decent Temple team and crushed a soso Navy team. They may even win their first B1G game this weekend. I think UVA ends up being terrible

Tennessee is being penalized for struggling against Akron and taking it on the chin from Florida while NCSU had won three straight since then

I agree on the bottom teams. I think there will be a huge gap between the mediocre teams and the bottom, from both conferences

Thanks again

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FSU would kill LSU this year***


Sep 26, 2012, 10:58 PM [ in reply to Good try but just don't see it at all ]



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i agree.


Sep 27, 2012, 5:30 AM

fsu has an offense to go along with the "d", lsu doesn't.

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I disagree


Sep 27, 2012, 4:10 PM

FSU might beat LSU- but LSU has a very strong defense.


Hard to predict what FSU would do against a very good defensive team.

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Re: I disagree


Sep 28, 2012, 5:33 AM

fsu has playmakers at the rb and wr positions, along with a vastly improved ej manuel- a sr. at qb. their return game is very good,also. lsu is starting a true freshman at qb.both have outstanding defenses. imo, it would be a relatively low scoring game with fsu winning by 3-7 at baton rouge and 10-14 in tally.

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Re: FSU would kill LSU this year***


Sep 27, 2012, 6:40 PM [ in reply to FSU would kill LSU this year*** ]

No way -- pop them in the mouth once or twice and they will fold. Had the tigers played even half ### defensively the score would have been turned around.

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Re: Good try but just don't see it at all


Sep 26, 2012, 10:59 PM [ in reply to Good try but just don't see it at all ]

NC state will finish better than Tenn, NC state always plays a lot better at the end and are always slow starters. So by the end of the year they will be better than Tenn. Also Tenn will have 2 losses sat to NC state 1

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Maybe, but Tenn handled NC State easily on the field.***


Sep 27, 2012, 4:08 PM



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Re: Maybe, but Tenn handled NC State easily on the field.***


Sep 27, 2012, 4:11 PM

NCSU also threw 4 ints in first qtr!!! hard to over come that!! I admit that NCSU did not look good but that sure made them have bad start!down 22-0 will do that to a team

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THat's true- but Tennessee gets credit for the win and beat


Sep 27, 2012, 10:29 PM

down.

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Top to bottom: Even as 4 of 6 worst teams are SEC.


Sep 26, 2012, 10:44 PM

Ranking them on how I expect them to finish the season:

Alabama
Florida State
LSU
Clemson
Florida
Virginia Tech

Miami
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
NC State
Mississippi State
Texas A&M

Auburn
Georgia
Virginia
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Maryland
Boston College

Missouri
Mississippi
Arkansas
Vanderbilt
Duke
Kentucky

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Top to bottom: Even as 5 of 6 worst teams are SEC (edited)


Sep 26, 2012, 10:46 PM

Ranking them on how I expect them to finish the season:

Alabama
Florida State
LSU
Clemson
Florida
Virginia Tech

Miami
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
NC State
Mississippi State
Texas A&M

Auburn
Georgia
Virginia
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Maryland
Boston College

Missouri
Mississippi
Arkansas
Vanderbilt
Duke
Kentucky

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Re: Top to bottom: Even as 5 of 6 worst teams are SEC (edited)


Sep 27, 2012, 9:17 AM

I will pass on you ranking USC so low but you really think there are 14 SEC and ACC teams who are better than UGA?

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Re: Top to bottom: Even as 5 of 6 worst teams are SEC (edited)


Sep 27, 2012, 2:11 PM

READ he said where he thought they would finish

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Re: Top to bottom: Even as 5 of 6 worst teams are SEC (edited)


Sep 27, 2012, 5:01 PM

OK. So he thinks 14 SEC and ACC teams will finish ahead of UGA?

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Re: Top to bottom: Even as 4 of 6 worst teams are SEC.


Sep 26, 2012, 11:17 PM [ in reply to Top to bottom: Even as 4 of 6 worst teams are SEC. ]

I think you're fairly close on the bottom, but I expect UVA to find their way into that group

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Sep 27, 2012, 8:21 AM

It wouldnt matter if the ACC was better from top to bottom...money talks and ESPN owns SEC.

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 8:57 AM

You're probably right, but it would be nice to see them both with some pie on their face.

Unfortunately, as long as the top tier stays strong, the bottom will be ignored

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 9:17 AM

Didn't Vandy beat Wake last year? Just sayin. The conference comparison is pretty useless, and a coot excuse. Just win.

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Beat the crap out of them. I was there. In Wake's house***


Sep 27, 2012, 9:23 AM



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previous 3 years, Wake stomped Vandy


Sep 27, 2012, 12:00 PM

Yes, last year's game seems to give more credit to how this year plays out, but one game a series does not make.

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Clemson


None of it matters. i was just commenting on the fact that


Sep 27, 2012, 12:09 PM

last year Vandy came to WS and laid the smack down on the Deacs. I was there as it was the last home game for my bud C Ford # 82.

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^^ "None of it matters, but I'm pretending it does".***


Sep 27, 2012, 12:11 PM



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Stan - I was just confirming what Timmay said


Sep 27, 2012, 12:13 PM

what happened last year has no bearing on this year. None

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Yes, of course elcock.***


Sep 27, 2012, 12:14 PM



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no wonder you have a 76% pulse, you are a piece of work***


Sep 27, 2012, 12:17 PM



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Um, 76 > 53...


Sep 27, 2012, 12:19 PM

Nice education, bud.

And too, you should try to be a little less sensitive about this stuff. If I were from The Citadel, I'd be embarrassed by your feminine behavior.

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Um, 76 > 53...yes it is but you are devout worshipper of all


Sep 27, 2024, 2:17 PM

things Dabo and Orange and yet our fellow Tigernetters think your'e a doooooosh.

Who is the sensitive one?

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That's absolutely incorrect...


Sep 27, 2012, 1:34 PM

Facts are not you're friend. None of the things you just posted are true.

Oh, and 76 is a good bit greater than 53 no matter how you weakly try to rationalize it.

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Re: Um, 76 > 53...yes it is but you are devout worshipper of all


Sep 27, 2012, 2:51 PM [ in reply to Um, 76 > 53...yes it is but you are devout worshipper of all ]

Better than kissing SOS a$$ all the time

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Why don't you know what you are talking about first


Sep 27, 2012, 3:19 PM

I never complement that butt hole. He is an arrogant jerk with an ego the size of Obama's

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Why would ANYBODY attend a Vandy-WFU game?***


Sep 27, 2012, 5:12 PM [ in reply to Beat the crap out of them. I was there. In Wake's house*** ]



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If you would read instead of just automatically dogging me


Sep 27, 2012, 5:13 PM

TE # 82 Anderson's own, Cameron Ford was a senior. He and his family are very close friends of mine.

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Re: Beat the crap out of them. I was there. In Wake's house***


Sep 27, 2012, 7:16 PM [ in reply to Beat the crap out of them. I was there. In Wake's house*** ]

so I guess this means Wake is a powerhouse, lets rank them above Alabama...Glad you were there, wish I could hand you a cookie.

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Sep 27, 2012, 9:16 AM

It is interesting to see how the AQ leagues have done against each other early in the year. The sample size is small, but the results are the results.

The SEC is 0-1 vs the Big 12. The ACC is 0-3.
The SEC is 1-1 vs the Big 10. The ACC is 1-1.
The SEC is 2-0 vs the Pac 12. The ACC is 0-1.
The SEC is 0-2 vs the Big East. The ACC is 2-3
The SEC is 1-1 vs the ACC. The ACC is 1-1 vs the SEC.

The SEC is 4-5 versus AQ leagues.
The ACC is 4-9 versus AQ leagues.

I give the nod to the SEC based on performance and note what has been said many times. The SEC does not go out of conference much.

I did enjoy the Texas vs Ole Miss, Arkansas vs Rutgers games a lot.

Harley

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 9:20 AM

Kinda laughable when you realize almost half of their conference is in the top ten!

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Did you reeally just use the word "laughable"?..


Sep 27, 2012, 12:12 PM

It's hard to get any funnier than you and your goldfish level IQ pretending to be a Tiger fan. Man you got some issues.

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6 teams started in the top 10 and 5 are in it now....


Sep 27, 2012, 12:16 PM [ in reply to Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better? ]

5 of 14 isn't half. And none (outside of Bama-Michigan) have faced a quality opponent. SCAR and UGA's best wins are Missouri and LSU and MSU have beaten Auburn (LSU did it less convinsingly than Clemson did. The rest is a sprinkling of Sun Belt, C-USA, and FCS opponents.

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Florida at 11, take care of UT and they are in***


Sep 27, 2012, 12:18 PM



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elSEC1985.***


Sep 27, 2012, 12:21 PM



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finally you got it right. or elhog1987 or elterrier2011


Sep 27, 2012, 12:24 PM

or heck even elhokie now. But NOT elcock.

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So why do you spend every day of your life on a website


Sep 27, 2012, 1:36 PM

completely unrelated to any of the schools you pull for? I dunno man, but that's just weird.

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Not really. Others are no where near as entertaining


Sep 27, 2012, 1:52 PM

and the fact I grew up a Clemson fan and until they fired Hatfield for not being red neck enough I was. I realize now there were a lot of things going on behind the scenes that I did not know about. (recruiting). This was before Gore invented the internet. I lived in Anderson and worked with bucoo Clemson fans, one of which got me addicted to this site. Family and friends who are on here. So no it is not so weird.

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Re: Not really. Others are no where near as entertaining


Sep 27, 2012, 2:55 PM

No wht's weird is you stop being a Clemson fan because of Ken Hatfield????????? I'm calling BS

I guess you enjoyed watching the man take us from the big house to the outhouse

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I said there were things such as his recruiting was setting


Sep 27, 2012, 3:22 PM

up for disaster, which it did. All I knew was the man when 9-2 but he didn't cuss and yell, and chew so he got fired. Tough to follow Danny regardless.

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Apparently, you were not very well informed...SHOCKER...***


Sep 27, 2012, 5:06 PM



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Dial up and no recruiting rankings back then son


Sep 27, 2012, 5:12 PM

ACC Champions and the school fired him. and Ken was a home boy from Arkansas so I liked him.

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We did not win the ACC the year he was fired dumba$$...And


Sep 27, 2012, 5:17 PM

why do you need the internet to tell you the lack of talent KH brought in...I just used my eyes and watched the games...Maybe you should try it sometime...If you sit near me I will explain it to you...

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He was what 8-3 and a bowl game his last year?


Sep 27, 2012, 5:22 PM

I readily admit I saw it from the outside. But was his replacement any better?

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Did we win the ACC liked you claimed? And YES his


Sep 27, 2012, 5:32 PM

replacement recruited MUCH better...

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So you went to Ark BEFORE KH came to Clemson?***


Sep 27, 2012, 5:34 PM [ in reply to Dial up and no recruiting rankings back then son ]



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graduated in 1987 left Arkansas in 1989***


Sep 27, 2012, 5:46 PM



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BS is right....That is a pitiful excuse...I would be too


Sep 27, 2012, 5:09 PM [ in reply to Re: Not really. Others are no where near as entertaining ]

embarrassed to say it if it were in fact true...Luckily, we know it is utter BS...Hate on hater...That's the REAL reason why you are here after all...

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Translation: No other message board will let him troll and


Sep 27, 2012, 5:05 PM [ in reply to Not really. Others are no where near as entertaining ]

flame like he does here...

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Flame? seriously? You can imagine how exciting a Wofford


Sep 27, 2012, 5:10 PM

message board is. 1200 students who care more about micro biology and astronomy than sports. The Citadel not much better. VT's is a nightmare to navigate around, and although I spent four years in Arkansas and went to a satellite campus, it just isn't the same. A good friend of mine who is on here introduced me to this board and I was hooked. I do not flame nor pretend to be something I am not. Glad I can be of service.

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So, you went to school in the SEC, but come to a Tiger board


Sep 27, 2012, 5:19 PM

to talk football?

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I was serving our country and got a degree from Arkansas


Sep 27, 2012, 5:23 PM

on base (30 hours). Not like i spent four years in fayetteville

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No Stanley, you got it all wrong...He USED to be a Tiger fan


Sep 27, 2012, 5:10 PM [ in reply to elSEC1985.*** ]

Yeah right!

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Don't owe you an explanation, but was accepted back when it


Sep 27, 2012, 5:17 PM

wasn't quite so hard to get in. grandfather went to Clemson. Lake house on Hartwell, boated to the games, why is it so hard to accept? Lost interest when as I felt they did Hatfield wrong. It is not like I went to the darkside and became a Coot.

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Hasn't History showed the KH firing was the right move?


Sep 27, 2012, 5:30 PM

How could you be such a big fan and think it was because he wasn't redneck enough? Just sounds like a contrived reason...

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agree. now i never said big fan. lived in Charleston


Sep 27, 2012, 5:44 PM

Went to a few games as a cadet. Partied with Clemson friends. Then went to Arkansas. Married into the epitome of coot redneck family. Got put of that. Yes some rare obnoxious Clemson fans tainted me. Now live in Virginia. Just like this board.

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Florida plays LSU this week...


Sep 27, 2012, 12:50 PM [ in reply to Florida at 11, take care of UT and they are in*** ]

Beating "#23" UT is what got them ranked so high.

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thinking of UGA


Sep 27, 2012, 12:56 PM

if Florida beats LSU, will the Tigers fall out?

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After the Auburn performance...I think thats likely...


Sep 27, 2012, 1:13 PM

Depending on who loses from #10 through #4. Florida will almost certainly be ranked ahead of them and I don't see them landing above undefeated Notre Dame, UGA, SCAR, WVU, and Stanford if they lose.

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thank you for a logical response and not immediately


Sep 27, 2012, 3:24 PM

calling me a Coot

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Re: 6 teams started in the top 10 and 5 are in it now....


Sep 27, 2012, 12:44 PM [ in reply to 6 teams started in the top 10 and 5 are in it now.... ]

I agree. Clemson would still be top 10 if we had most SEC schedules

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 12:26 PM

LOL..only fans of the ACC would even attempt this argument. It is absurd.

Team strength aside, is it tougher to win on the road in the SEC than the ACC because of the environments? Shouldn't this be taken into account?

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 12:42 PM

It is with the spread.

I will also argue a dead BC or Duke is just as difficult to play in as an LSU or Bama

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 2:34 PM

> I will also argue a dead BC or Duke is just as
> difficult to play in as an LSU or Bama

Can you please explain what you mean by this? Surely, you can't think that Alumni Stadium and Wallace Wade are just as difficult to play in as Tiger Stadium and Bryant-Denny.

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 3:07 PM

I mean what I said. There is something extremely difficult about taking top level D1 athletes to high school stadiums. There is no atmosphere and playing against these schools is not exactly what they signed up for.

When you travel to any of the major stadiums, you don't need any motivation or extra energy - the stadium provides it. Not so for BC, Duke, Wake, or even Vandy...

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 3:16 PM

The major stadiums are also much louder and make it harder to audible and hear snap counts.

I see what you're saying, but I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one. Nothing wrong with that at all though.

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 4:15 PM

They do each present their own set of hardships. Personally, I like our chances in Wallace Wade & Alumni Stadium this year much more than I would like our chances in Tiger Stadium or Bryant-Denny.

But I think we have shown we won't be intimidated by the surroundings.

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Why does it matter?


Sep 27, 2012, 12:30 PM

You (Clemson) just play the games on your schedule and let the chips fall where they may.

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Re: Why does it matter?


Sep 27, 2012, 2:57 PM

We will and in the mean time why don't you coots hit the road

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Re: Why does it matter?


Sep 28, 2012, 12:17 AM [ in reply to Why does it matter? ]

It matters because SEC teams get credit for beating other SEC teams, when really beating the bottom of the SEC is no different than beating teams from the MAC or Sun Belt conferences.

Why should some teams get a bump beating lower tier teams while others get penalized. That's my main beef.

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Re: Why does it matter?


Sep 28, 2012, 5:49 AM

Credit for what? People here admit that the top tier in the SEC are the cream of the crop. So, I don't see the "credit" you refer to benefitting the others, even if your claim is valid.

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Re: Why does it matter?


Sep 28, 2012, 7:46 AM

The top is not the debate, but the bottom. For example, LSU is barely penalized, if any at all, for scraping by Auburn. But should FSU squeak by an ACC team of similar level, they will be crushed.

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Re: Why does it matter?


Sep 28, 2012, 7:59 AM

We will see if that happens to FSU, should they just "get by" an opponent. I think that the advantage, right now, that LSU has is that they have won 2 national championships in the past 10 years whereas FSU has been irrelevant during that period. So LSU will be given the benefit of the doubt whereas with FSU, they might say, "same ole FSU". Heck on this forum there were a lot of FSU doubters prior to your game with them.

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SEC is better as a whole right now, just bc Bama/LSU/GA***


Sep 27, 2012, 2:17 PM



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Re: SEC is better as a whole right now, just bc Bama/LSU/GA***


Sep 27, 2012, 8:33 PM

While I agree, you could pull out the ole you're only as strong as your weakest link argument. The bottom of the SEC is that bad...

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 7:22 PM

how many teams from the SEC are in the top ten.....? 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 5.

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Re: ACC or SEC? Top to Bottom, Which is Better?


Sep 27, 2012, 8:38 PM

Most people aren't debating the top of the SEC. It's the bottom that's the issue. Kind if like claiming you're the richest country in the world, only to have some of worst poverty.

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Updated Rankings - Based on User Comments


Sep 28, 2012, 7:45 AM

We've updated the point system to give a weighted win/loss ratio, meaning you lose more points for losing to lower tier teams.

Here are the updated rankings:

http://www.thetigerswag.com/2012/09/sec-or-acc-top-to-bottom-which-is-better.html

Thanks again for your feedback!

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Re: Updated Rankings - Based on User Comments


Sep 28, 2012, 8:39 AM

There are certain problems you can see in those rankings just by eyeballing them. I'd say it will take at least two or three more weeks of data before we can really tell how much credibility the system has.

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I see FSU going to the national title this year.


Sep 28, 2012, 11:14 AM

I can see them ending the season at #2 in the rankings.
Unfortunately, because they arent an SEC team, they wont be allowed to go. Because, you know the SEC is God's kingdom on earth.
Heres how it will end:
1. Alabama, because Saban is God's only begotten son
2. FSU (BCS officials: "what the F*** is the ACC?")
3. Alabama's 2nd string
4.LSU
5. Alabama's 3rd string
6. Florida

Alabama and LSU will play again in the National Title game, FSU will get shafted because they arent SEC and are therefore not allowed to be invited to the National Championship, and every SEC team will be given an honorary National Championship because no one can ever possibly do better than an SEC team.

Gotta keep it real here remember that people. Lol

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If FSU wins out, they will go. Unless Oregon stays


Sep 28, 2012, 12:11 PM

unbeaten and Bama

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Re: If FSU wins out, they will go. Unless Oregon stays


Sep 28, 2012, 10:38 PM

Washington beating Stanford last night only helps FSU as it hurts Oregon's strength of schedule.

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