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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 1217061, member: 874"]
Who are they?  The people that live in my community (Knoxville).  Are they different?  Yeah, their heads are so stuck in the sand concerning their conference that they think recent SEC football dominance goes back decades (plural), as opposed to one decade, which is closer to the truth.  They also think that because they have had recent football dominance, their other sports are dominant too.  You should hear them talk about how disrespected they are during basketball season.  Then again, maybe you do.  Maybe you're one of them.

Everyone points to the national championships as reason why the SEC was the most dominant conference during the BCS era.  That should certainly be considered, but one team does not make a conference.  I agree that the SEC has been the best conference, but the numbers show that the degree to which they've been the best has been greatly exaggerated.  Here's an interesting commentary on that.  [url]http://www.thepostgame.com/commentary/201208/better-without-em-northern-manifesto-southern-secession-chuck-thompson-sec-bcs[/url]

The truth is that teams don't play enough OOC matchups for us to ever get an accurate view of how conferences stack up.  Regular season games are scheduled years in advance.  At the time of scheduling they may look like like great matchups, but by the time the game comes around so many things change that often one team isn't on the same level as it was when the game was scheduled.  Additionally, too many are scheduled within the first 2 weeks of the season.  Teams can look completely different in week 8 or 10 than they do in week 1 or 2.
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