SEC Power Poll Draft Ballot: Week Ten
by Gamecock Man on Nov 6, 2011 12:39 PM EST
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UGA and USC have the same records and we beat UGA head-to-head. I'll put UGA ahead of us if we lose to Florida next week. Until then, USC stays on top.
Really have to feel bad for these guys, who have come up just short on big upsets in three straight SEC contests.
24-0 against Middle Tennessee State was a little underwhelming, but Justin Worley played well.
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Your logic for Georgia isn’t how they decide who plays in the SECC
by AFCsouthchamp on Nov 6, 2011 1:57 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
How about switching it up if UGA can do something Carolina didn't?
Like beating Auburn at home. I’d say that’s fair, no?
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Perhaps. But USC still beat UGA head-to-head. Granted, that was with Lattimore, Nunn, and other players USC no longer has available, so I could see the argument for saying UGA is the better team now for that reason.
I’ll think about it next week. I’m not swapping them this week. USC losing to Arkansas doesn’t have any reflection on this issue, because Arkansas is clearly better than both USC and UGA.
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I can also see the argument for saying that
at this point in the season, head-to-head is not all-decisive in any case. Even cocknfire over at Team Speed Kills acknowledges that USC’s win over UGA was pretty “fluky.” Heck, even Spurrier admitted that the Gamecocks were very lucky that day to get out of Sanford Stadium with a win. But I admit I am biased, and the argument certainly can go either way at this point.
They are evenly matched teams, really.
There is nothing to be garnered about either team’s superiority from that game. USC has a better defense, Georgia has a better QB and offense. USC likely would have lost to Boise as well. And both teams would lose to Arkansas.
Auburn is a good team, but a team USC should have beat at home, and if they did this whole conversation is moot. I’m not convinced we are any better than Georgia and since they are in first place, I say they are better. We will see what happens next week!
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I can buy the argument that the head-to-head results are insignificant at this point, particularly if UGA beats Auburn.
However, I don’t buy the “fluke” argument one bit. We won the game, fair and square. You can interpret the big special teams and defensive plays one of two ways: either UGA turns the ball over too much, or USC forces big plays on defense. Both have been somewhat born out over the course of the season. Either way, they both reflect better on USC than on UGA.
USC has lost many games over the years in precisely that fashion. UGA 2002, 2005, and 2008 come to mind. Also, UF 2006 (3 blocked kicks in the Swamp) and Tenn. 2007. Do we get to take credit for those types of games? Neither do you.
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