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[QUOTE="wfschrec, post: 1243991, member: 361"]
Was this a down year for the SEC? Yes.  Are they usually the best conference in the land?  Yes.  Are they still a top 3 conference even this season?  Yes.  I find it hilarious that people on this board want to crucify them for scheduling the way they do and then insist SU should do the same because it works for programs like Rutgers.  When you play in a conference as athletic and as deep as the SEC I can see the appeal in playing pasties.  Facts are pretty simple:

SEC has a .563 bowl winning percentage, the only other P5 conference even over .500 is the Pac-12 which rests at .526.  If you look at the active NFL rosters the SEC has 4 teams in the top 7 in terms of producing NFL level talent.  Bama, LSU, Georgia and UF are in the top 7 along with FSU and Miami of the ACC and the lone other team is from the Pac-12 in USC.  That is a massive outflux of talent year after year.  I would love to say that SU is in a conference that strong but the ACC just isn't there at this point in time, hell the SEC produced 7 straight National Champs.  I live in SEC country and it sucks at times hearing about it but they have amazing athletes and play a very high level of football.  The fact is you don't have to like the conference but in most seasons they truly are a dominant entity.
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