30Duck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted January 5 Joel Klatt: ‘Narrative that SEC is clearly the best conference is dead’ - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Joel Klatt explained why the narrative that the SEC is the best conference in college football should change. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 2 Share Posted January 5 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 3 Share Posted January 6 Not So Fast. A down year in the SEC exacerbated by BAD QB play. Texas has a chance to win it all. SEC schools will have the most guys drafted. SEC is odds on to be the best conference top to bottom in 2025 recruiting. Someone in the Media may be overreacting. I'm shocked! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Dawg No. 4 Share Posted January 6 NIL will help to level the playing field and this year may be a first sign of that. But one season is not a trend. Let's let this play out a few years before making rash statements. But Klatt is a master of the rash, or so it often seems to me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatOrlando No. 5 Share Posted January 6 Klatt works for FOX. I take his words the same way I do those from Kirk Herbstreit. It's been my view that the B1G has the better top three this year. With Michigan and Washington matching up in the championship last year, I think the top programs in the B1G could win the SEC going forward. I don't think you could say that even four years ago. NIL has made Notre Dame a real threat as well. Recall the last time Notre Dame looked as physical as a SEC heavyweight. In the south the general feeling is college football just means more. There aren't any pro teams in many of the southern states. So Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn and South Carolina and Clemson are the only games in town. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonDucks No. 6 Share Posted January 6 Losing Saban to retirement certainly hurt the SEC. How many championships was he accountable for at Alabama and LSU over the past decade? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJacksPlaidPants Moderator No. 7 Share Posted January 6 The move to the 12-team playoff format dramatically changed things this year. Notre Dame and Ohio State would not be in the old 4-team playoff. Now, there is a high likelihood of both meeting in the NC game. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonDucks No. 8 Share Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 10:14 AM, DrJacksPlaidPants said: The move to the 12-team playoff format dramatically changed things this year. Notre Dame and Ohio State would not be in the old 4-team playoff. Now, there is a high likelihood of both meeting in the NC game. I believe that Notre Dame was ranked #3 in the final regular season poll but Ohio State and Penn State would both have been at risk of being left out of the 4 team playoff and those two teams may play against each other in the final. It would have been really interesting to see who would have been the fourth team selected this year between Texas, Ohio State and Penn State. I’m assuming that they would have passed over ASU but they do like their conference champions… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 9 Share Posted January 6 I think it's possible that Klatt is right. The dominance that the SEC had for the last decade, primarily Alabama, but LSU & Clemson snuck in there, has come to an end. Saban saw this happening and left. The B1G and SEC are about even at the top, SEC probably stronger 5-10, but not by a lot. But don't fret too much SEC basketball is dominant right now. Tennessee, Alabama, who Oregon beat, Auburn & Florida are in the Top 5. Kentucky is No.10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJacksPlaidPants Moderator No. 10 Share Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 11:24 AM, OregonDucks said: I believe that Notre Dame was ranked #3 in the final regular season poll but Ohio State and Penn State would both have been at risk of being left out of the 4 team playoff and those two teams may play against each other in the final. It would have been really interesting to see who would have been the fourth team selected this year between Texas, Ohio State and Penn State. I’m assuming that they would have passed over ASU but they do like their conference champions… This is the playoff committee rankings. The AP poll has ND and PSU flip flopped. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 11 Share Posted January 6 On 1/6/2025 at 7:18 AM, OregonDucks said: Losing Saban to retirement certainly hurt the SEC. How many championships was he accountable for at Alabama and LSU over the past decade? SEVEN. 6 at Bama, 1 at LSU. 0 at Toledo and Michigan State. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 12 Share Posted January 6 Take a look at ND's schedule. One-third of the games were played against the G5. Army and Navy were in the top 25 because 25 teams for some reason continue to be ranked. NO. ILL was not in the top 25. Georgia Tech and Georgia were both missing their starting QBs. UGA self-destructed. ND QB Leonard threw for fewer than 100 yards vs. the Dawgs. Stanford? USC? However, SC put up 557 yards of total offense on the Domers. 5-0 vs this season's woeful ACC. Clemson, Miami, and SMU were not on the schedule. All of the 3-loss teams in the SEC would have finished with no more than 1 loss with this schedule. Ohio State would have finished 13-0 and Penn State would have one loss if that. Now, ND gets to 'look in the mirror' vs. Penn State instead of looking at an Oregon team coming off a home win vs SMU and a Fiesta Bowl win vs. Boise. Not the OBD team that did not show up in the Rose Bowl. ND could not have kept pace with the Ducks O. So, maybe it is the season of the Irish? The team should be in the top 10, no doubt. The team handled an Indiana team that also benefited from an easy schedule. PSU's O rolled vs. OBD. The Nits D squashed SMU and Boise. I think PSU and not ND should be the Orange Bowl favorite and the Nits win the game. (However, I had OBD on the Money Line vs. tOSU .) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
