[Dave D]

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The reason the SEC is the best conference is that each of those teams is playing at 110% every. single. game. 2/3 of the schedules of most teams are SERIOUS INTENSE rivelries with a century of tradition/hate for each other. Teams like Ohio State get to roll over teams like Kent State for most of their season. It's not really their fault, but they just don't have the same competition.

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But zomg the Big 10 has been around longer than the SEC so they've had more time to accumulate some SERIOUS INTENSE hatred, no SUPER SERIOUSLY AND INTENSE HATRED, for each other and give 115% to the SEC's 110% EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. AND BYE WEEK.

See how stupid arguments like those are?

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They're not stupid, you just don't understand the mentality. Have you ever been to UGA/FL (the world's largest outdoor cocktail party)? Did you see what happened at UF/UGA after the first TD? They basically gave up a free TD there, knowing those penalties would happen.

All the teams in the SEC think they can win any given saturday, and play like it. This just doesn't happen in other conferences. OSU doesn't even have a competitor half as good in their own state. You can basically never pick who's gonna win the SEC preseason, or even who's gonna be in the top 3 (or 5 sometimes). This is simply not true for the PAC 10 (injuries aside this season, USC would destroy everyone) or the Big 10.