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To be fair, if Vinicius Jr to Arsenal actually did happen it would surely be the most on brand transfer in the history of football.
The most insufferable player in the world joining the most insufferable club in the world.
Make no mistake, if Arsenal manages to pull off this Vini signing alongside Bruno Guimarães.
A Vini-Saka wing pairing, Rice-Bruno G double pivot and Saliba-Gabriel CB pairing means Arsenal are winning the premier league again, but this time around they’ll win the UCL too.
- Every other conference during media days: “Can’t wait for the season to start. Let’s talk about my team.”
- SEC during media days: “WE ARE THE BEST THATS EVER BEEN, PLEASE TRUST US. HAVE YOU SEEN OUR PRESEASON SOS? HEY CFP COMMITTEE PLEASE PUT MORE OF US IN OR ELSE!!”
I fully agree with the principle being stated here— Teams shouldn’t be punished for going on the road to Top 5 programs
The problem is that Texas got beat by 25 at UGA, lost to a talented but poor Florida team, needed a miracle comeback at Miss St and went to OT at UK. They never looked as good on turf as they did on paper.
I will rail against ranking teams by the loss column until the cows come home, but Texas never really showed elite form. They aren’t the best team to champion that cause
This is why you don't negotiate with terrorists. The committee placated them after Bama was "left out" (for better teams, mind you) in 2024. In 2025:
-5 of the 12 teams in the playoffs were SEC
-Their only playoff wins were against a G5 and each other
-Their lowest seeded team was ranked ahead of two 10-2 teams (one of which made the NC Game) and an 11-2 team despite being 10-3. That team's losses included a blowout loss to a 5-7 FSU team that won 2 games in the ACC and a 21-point loss to UGA. They then lost to Indiana by 5 TDs in the Rose Bowl.
All evidence points to the SEC getting TOO MANY teams in. So what are they saying now?
They are complaining that a 9-3 team with a loss to a 4-win Florida team, that also needed miracles to beat Mississippi State and Kentucky, did not jump the aforementioned 10-2 and 11-2 teams (all 3 of them) and get in over the team that made the NC Game so they could have HALF the teams.
You don't have to listen to the gaslighting. Tell them to actually be good at football next time and move on.
Two coaches who missed the playoffs last season.
Steve Sarkisian: "If I don't play Ohio State and I play Jones Jr. High and we are 10-2 and our two losses are to Georgia and Florida, we are a playoff team."
Marcus Freeman: "It's our responsibility to make sure we leave no doubt, and moving forward, we can't blame it on somebody else."
A fun fact is that Texas would have still missed the CFP in 2025 if it was based solely on FPI/advanced metrics.
It wasn’t a Big 12 or ACC team that took their spot… it was SEC Oklahoma, who was 15th. The three worst at-larges in FPI were all SEC teams.
@huskylenz How many times have we we seen a UW team go 4-0 unranked…finally slip into the top 25 and lose 1-2 and be 5-1 or 7-2? Then get called a fringe team. If Auburn or Tennessee had that record they’d be a #10 every year.
This right here is why people hate the SEC.
It’s not the people don’t think they have great football teams.
It’s the delusion of thinking every single team is amazing every single year and even their worse teams are better than everyone else.
The SEC isn’t Goliath. Now they wanna “break away” because the B1G, for the moment, has surpassed them.
Just play ball.
Tennessee: didn’t beat a single team that finished with a winning record, lost bowl to B1G team.
Missouri: didn’t beat a single team that finished with a winning record, lost bowl to ACC team.
LSU: literally 7-6, got embarrassed in their own stadium by Texas A&M, lost bowl to Big 12 team.
Alabama: Lost by 14 to 5-7 FSU, squeaked past 4-8 South Carolina, squeaked past 5-7 Auburn, lost by 21 and put up -3 rushing yards in the SECCG, lost CFP game by 35.
Unbearably brutal grind.
Videos like this are a true litmus test for understanding of the game. At no point did Rice lose him, he then shepherded him into an area covered by his teammate while cutting off the lane for a pass inside, but because he’s twisting & turning people think he’s getting smoked
SEC has the most draftable talent. It might have the fans who care the most. But it also doesn't have players who care about winning as much & playing like a team compared to some other leagues. Too much "me" culture on some SEC rosters. Hard to quantify, impossible to ignore
Florida's Jon Sumrall asked about the challenge of playing a 9-game schedule: "I'm not going to whine & complain about being an SEC head football coach.”
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Oklahoma had to play:
8-5 Missouri
7-6 LSU
8-5 Tennessee
11-4 Alabama
9-4 Michigan
Indiana had to play:
7-6 Penn State
9-4 Illinois (beat Tennessee btw)
9-4 Iowa
13-2 Oregon
10-3 Old Dominion
Even including a G6 team from Indiana's OOC, Indiana still faced more wins and a higher SP+ average of opponent.
Not to mention, their end of the year SP+ strength of schedule:
Indiana: 1st
Oklahoma: 15th
I'm convicned some of the national media isn't even trying to cover college football.
“We’ll take our ball and go home because we can’t cheat under the table anymore and play 1 less conference game than everyone else! How dare you expect us to compete on a level playing field, because we haven’t even been able to make it to the big game since everything evened out”
The SEC gets shut out of three straight natties in football and all of a sudden we’ve reverted to flaunting championships from the Obama administration and threatening to secede from the NCAA.
We’ve become too soft. Too much talking not enough winning.