Congrats to the SEC ....................
TNVOL
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For once again proving it is the toughest/best football conference in the nation.
Proof:
BCS National Champions - LSU
Bowl Record - 7-2 (77%)
Final AP Top 15
(1) LSU
(2) Georgia
(12) Tennessee
(13) Florida
(15) Auburn
Heisman Winner - Timmy Tebow, Florida
Heisman Runner Up- Darren McFadden, Arkansas
Final Standings
SEC - 96 W- 54 L (64%)
Big Ten - 82 W - 58 L (59%)
Pac 10 - 70 W - 57 L (55%)
ACC - 84 W - 70 L (55%)
Proof:
BCS National Champions - LSU
Bowl Record - 7-2 (77%)
Final AP Top 15
(1) LSU
(2) Georgia
(12) Tennessee
(13) Florida
(15) Auburn
Heisman Winner - Timmy Tebow, Florida
Heisman Runner Up- Darren McFadden, Arkansas
Final Standings
SEC - 96 W- 54 L (64%)
Big Ten - 82 W - 58 L (59%)
Pac 10 - 70 W - 57 L (55%)
ACC - 84 W - 70 L (55%)
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." - Lou Holtz
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BCS National Champions
1999 - Tennessee (SEC)
2000 - Florida State (ACC)
2001 - Oklahoma (Big 12)
2002 - Miami (ACC)
2003 - Ohio State (Big 10)
2004 - LSU (SEC)
2005 - USC (Pac 10)
2006 - Texas (Big 12)
2007 - Florida (SEC)
2008 - LSU (SEC)
That's 4 championships in the past 10 years, no other conference has came close. Especially the Big 10.
All Time BCS Bowl Game Standings
SEC - 11 W - 4 L (73%)
Pac 10 - 8W - 4L (66%)
Big 10 - 8W -9L (47%)
Big 12 - 6W -8L (43%)
And as far as Michigan's record against SEC schools goes, if true, that is pretty impressive. I can't comment on the other schools in the SEC but I do seem to remember my Tennessee Vols giving the Wolverines a pretty good butt kickin in the 2002 Citrus Bowl when Tennessee beat them 45 -17.
Missouri should have been in a BCS game, the only reason they weren't is because there's a rule that only two teams from a conference can be in a BCS game, so Oklahoma and Kansas got in.
So the Big twelve should have had 3 teams in a BCS game.
If that's the rule than that's the rule. Until we have a playoff system it will be the same. Missouri had two chances at Oklahoma and lost both times. But if your complaint is that Missouri should have gotten in instead of Kansas then I agree.
The Big 12 North division doesn't appear to be too tough. Only two teams (Kansas and Missouri) had winning records.
In the entire Big 12 conference only 7 teams had winning records, compared to the SEC with 9 teams (not counting South Carolina at 6-6).
Congratulations though on a big win over a quality but coachless Arkansas team. I believe it was the Tiger's first New Years day bowl game since 1970?
Northwestern and Notre Dame Receive 2007 Academic Achievement Award
Courtesy: AFCA
Release: 05/17/07
WACO, TEX. — Northwestern University and the University of Notre Dame will receive the American Football Coaches Association’s 2007 Academic Achievement Award, which is presented annually by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. The schools recorded a 95 percent graduation rate for members of their freshman classes of 2001-2002.
Northwestern’s honor is the fifth for the school since 1998, when all Division I-A schools were first included in the AFCA’s Graduation Rate Survey. Prior to 1998 the survey was done by the College Football Association and was only open to CFA members. Notre Dame has earned its seventh award, the second-highest total behind Duke’s 12 honors.
"This is an award that Northwestern takes great pride in," Northwestern Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald said. "First and foremost, our student-athletes work hard on and off the field, and realize the value of a Northwestern degree. We also have a tremendous support system, led by our academic services department, that allows a Northwestern student-athlete to reach his potential in the classroom."
“We are very excited to win this award for a seventh time,” Notre Dame Head Coach Charlie Weis said. “This goes to show how seriously we take academics at Notre Dame and how we truly intend on graduating our student-athletes in four years or less. This is a great tribute to the efforts put forth by our recent players and especially to the stellar job our academic services staff does here at Notre Dame.”
Thirty-two other institutions will be recognized for graduating 70 percent or more of their football student-athletes. Two of those institutions — Duke and Vanderbilt — achieved a rate of 90 percent or better. The remaining 30 institutions are: Alabama, Arkansas State, Ball State, Baylor, Boston College, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana Tech, Miami (Ohio), Mississippi State, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Penn State, Rice, Rutgers, Syracuse, Texas, TCU, Texas Tech, Toledo, Troy, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Washington State, Wisconsin.
The overall graduation rate of the 107 schools that responded to the survey was 60 percent, surpassing the mark of 58 percent in each of the previous two years. Fifty-two of the members responding were above the average and 55 were below the average. The median graduation rate was 59 percent, compared to 57 percent for the last two years. The 107 respondents to this year’s survey is a record high. One hundred and four schools replied in 2006.
The study involves the freshman class from the academic year of 2001-2002, including those who entered at that time but who did not receive financial aid until after their initial year, or who transferred from another institution and subsequently received a grant-in-aid.
Conference Breakdown: Atlantic Coast (5), Big 10 (5), Mid-American (5), Big East (4), Big 12 ( 4), Southeastern (4), Sun Belt (2), Conference USA (1), Independent (1), Mountain West (1), Pac-10 (1), Western Athletic (1).
Take Monday's national championship game between schools with storied football programs, Ohio State and Louisiana State.
At Ohio State, only 53% of the football players who entered college on scholarships from 1997 through 2000 graduated within six years. LSU graduated only 51%.
They are not the worst among the 10 universities represented in this year's top bowls. The universities of Georgia, Hawaii and Oklahoma graduated just over four in 10 players.
More alarming is the huge gap between the graduation rates of white football players and African-Americans. At Georgia, only 29% of black players earned degrees, compared with 67% of white players. The gaps at Ohio State and LSU are not as wide, but both graduate a higher percentage of white players.
There's no excuse for a school such as Ohio State, whose football program turned a profit of $28.5 million in the 2005-06 school year, to send nearly half its players into the world without degrees.
Link to article
While I like to promote the positive, it is difficult when the so-called experts are so critical. LSU won... OSU lost. But lets hold the so-called experts accountable. What was OSU ranked at the beginning of the season and what was LSU ranked? For that matter, what was USC and Illinois ranked? Was Illinois ranked? Was Kansas ranked?
If memory serves me correct, OSU was in the top 20 and it was a so-called rebuilding year... Illinois did not even register as did Kansas.
Because OSU lost again in a BCS Championship game, the experts rise to the occasion to throw the Big Ten Conference under the bus. Well, is that fair if at the beginning of the season the experts said top 20 for OSU and Illinois was completely ignored and passed over?
Folks, I think we need some new experts.
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I'm a Kansas fan, so I definitely wasn't arguing Mizzou should have gotten in instead of KU. Just that its a dumb rule, only allowing two teams from a conference into BCS bowl games.
The list is long. I didn't even mention the nine different I-AA schools they played or the clean sweep of the entire Sun Belt Conference......Oops, sorry. I almost forgot that Louisiana-Monroe beat Alabama!!!
You're wondering about the eight loses? Yep, three of those were to the ACC, two to the BigEast and one each to the Big12, PAC10 and the Sun Belt. I didn't see any games against the Big Ten this year. It would be nice to see them meet up in the regular season. I wonder how the Gators, Bulldogs or Tigers would do in a late season matchup in snow and 20 degree temps?!!!