Originally Posted by
cubby
With respect, everything you're saying above is just excusing events using subjective reasoning (bad game, backup qp, etc). People point to past games as proof of SEC dominance - wins overall in CFP matchups, head-to-head, etc. Either head-to-head matches count, or they don't. If they do, then my walk through regarding this season is spot on. The SEC, aside from Georgia, is 2-1 against Pac-12 this year, again based on head-to-head matchups.
Colorado played TAMU close, but keep in mind Colorado is the Pac-12's "Vanderbilt". Let me ask you this, because I didn't pay attention to TAMU's qb issues, but did that same backup play against UNM the next week? UCLA beat LSU as well.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with you to a certain extent that there are always details t consider when it comes to games - and your point about TAMU's qb is a good one. But we can all make those arguments - how many times have we excused a loss or a close game with "well, that didn't count, [insert team name] played like shit"?
And at the end of the day, those analysis almost don't matter. Because we can't get enough data points in Conf vs Conf games to tally up a reasonable conclusion. I mean, even in our discussion here, there are just 3 games to review in the whole season. And I think 3 SEC vs Pac-12 games is actually a lot relative to other years.