Quote:Alabama gets beat by Oklahoma and gives up a ton of points.

 

It all leads me to believe Monday night will not be close.

First off, lemme admit to being a card-carrying SEC snob, lol.

But lemme follow that up by also admitting that the Bama loss did make me sweat a little bit. And all your other points about Georgia, the Duke games, etc, are spot on. I do think FSU is the far better team, and if I was a betting man, I put my money on the Seminoles.

 

I still can't help but wonder though if FSU will be a bit surprised by Auburn, and I'm simply going off  of BCS history for his. And simply because I think it's hard for other conferences to realize how the SEC steals literally all the best recruits until you actually play them and realize half these guys will be in the NFL next year.

I think the best quote I've ever heard to this effect came from Chip Kelly, who lost to both Auburn and LSU, which he equated simply to the stark difference in the type of players SEC has compared to every other conference.

Quote:“They got a little bit different athlete running around out there,” he said(speaking of SEC players). “Look at their defensive linemen. Standing next to them, walking off the field, they don’t look like a lot of the guys we see. That’s the common trait.”-chip kelly
 

 

And then I also can't help but remember when Oregon played Auburn in the championship game a few years back, and everyone thought the Ducks were gonna lay 100 points on them. And they had a point, because the Tigers were either the lowest or close to the bottom in the SEC of every defensive category. In fact if I remember correctly, statistically, the 2010 Auburn Defense was the 2nd worst defense in the history of the program.  But still just the sheer difference in SEC athletes slowed Oregon down, until it became an equal offensive shootout.

 

 

For the record, I do think FSU will win. But I've personally seen what historically has been considered unstoppable non-SEC offenses(Oregon) go up against the very worst of SEC defenses(2010 Auburn), and get slowed down if not completely stopped. I think it's gonna be a crazy game  :thumbsup:

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