tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post116342920690315229..comments2023-10-14T05:50:09.559-04:00Comments on Saurian Sagacity: The Official Blog for Inquisitive Florida Gators Fans: One Mississippi, two Mississippi, NO MississippiHenry Louis Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1163488853299508632006-11-14T02:20:00.000-05:002006-11-14T02:20:00.000-05:00It's not just life in the SEC. Check out the post...It's not just life in the SEC. Check out the post I just made about the W-L records of our opponents vs. those of the other top BCS teams including Arkansas (our likely opponent in the SECCG).Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1163485399575081262006-11-14T01:23:00.000-05:002006-11-14T01:23:00.000-05:00It is life in the SEC. A SEC champ has to win thei...It is life in the SEC. A SEC champ has to win their division, and do great in the other division plus win a championship game. Our SEC schedule is no different than any other possible SEC champion. They all gotta play the top teams in their division, and a couple top teams in the other division. Plus the SEC Championship game. Thats how it always is, and thats how it always will be. You can argueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1163443564195188272006-11-13T13:46:00.000-05:002006-11-13T13:46:00.000-05:00Exactly Fish - the Gators could not have played a ...Exactly Fish - the Gators could not have played a harder 9 game SEC schedule, since we cannot play ourselves, and since we played no one named Mississippi.<BR/><BR/>South Carolina's schedule was hard, true, but that really is not the point. <BR/><BR/>Arkansas, on the other hand, had a considerably easier SEC schedule because they get to play the Mississippi's. But that doesn't mean they won't Mergzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815816581678431340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1163441677151758222006-11-13T13:14:00.000-05:002006-11-13T13:14:00.000-05:00Give me an 9-game conference schedule the Gators c...Give me an 9-game conference schedule the Gators could have played that would have been tougher than the one we have played (and will play assuming Arky doesn't stumble) without repeating opponents.Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1163441516194742122006-11-13T13:11:00.000-05:002006-11-13T13:11:00.000-05:00A closer look shows that all 6 teams in the SEC E ...<EM>A closer look shows that all 6 teams in the SEC E are in the top 10. And they all play each other. So we are equal there.</EM><BR/><BR/>I don't see how we are "equal there" if we are 9-1 (with no losses to the East) and the next Eastern team is 7-3 (overall) with 3 conferences losses and one loss to an east team (us).<BR/><BR/><EM>I would argue USCe conference schedule is harder than ours Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1163440350120405362006-11-13T12:52:00.000-05:002006-11-13T12:52:00.000-05:00Good post, although I disagree. A closer look show...Good post, although I disagree. A closer look shows that all 6 teams in the SEC E are in the top 10. And they all play each other. So we are equal there. And we haven't played arguably the best team in the Conference yet. I would argue USCe conference schedule is harder than ours this year. And also when you try to do an analysis based upon the top 10 teams in a 12 team conference it will be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35816861.post-1163432198347722432006-11-13T10:36:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:36:00.000-05:00Tremendous post. Should be required reading for t...Tremendous post. Should be required reading for the pollsters that have ND nipping at our heels. It's a wonder that the Irish didn't schedule Coast Guard since they already play Army, Navy and Air Force.Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.com