Pac-10 Football Is Better Than SEC Football: A Letter To My Haters

When you ask yourself these questions, you begin to see how dumb that argument is. 

"The SEC Schedules Tough Non-Conference Games"

Another rediculous claim made by Mr. Fincher in "SEC Envy" states that the SEC plays a rigorous non-conference schedule.  He says, "While the SEC is still playing some cream puffs in the early non-conference, so is everyone else."

Well buddy, as I stated before in "Pac-10 Football Is Better Than SEC Football: Part One" the SEC has scheduled ten FCS games this year as opposed to the Pac-10's two.

To make matters worse, you go on to say that the SEC has some great non-conference games this year.  For a full discussion of how a Pac-10 schedule dominates the SEC's schedule, take a look at "Pac-10 Football Is Better Than SEC Football: Part Two."  In brief, here are some of the games you list:

• Arkansas vs. Texas -- This is the exception.  A quality non-conference opponent in Texas.

• Tennessee vs. UCLA -- The same UCLA that the entire Pac-10 plays every year?
  

• Georgia vs. Arizona State -- The same Arizona State the entire Pac-10 plays every year?

• Alabama vs. Clemson -- Play week one so as not to hurt Alabama's final rankings.  If Alabama plays decent in the SEC, they will finish the season Top 25.

• Florida vs. Miami -- The same Miami that has turned in 7-6 and 5-7 seasons the past two years?

• Florida vs. Florida State -- The Seminoles don't have more than eight wins in a season since 2004.

• South Carolina vs. Clemson -- A quality game.

• Georgia vs. Georgia Tech -- The Yellow Jackets have gone 7-6 every year since 2002 with the exception of 2006.

• Auburn vs. West Virginia -- A quality game.
  

Why don't you take a look at those non-conference games and compare them to the non-conference games the Pac-10 plays this year.  #3 Oklahoma?  #2 Ohio State?  Notre Dame?  Penn State?  #25 Fresno State?  #20 Virginia?  Michigan State?  Maryland?  The list goes on.

Irrelevant Point Number One: The Heisman

Mr. Fincher, presumably running out of ammunition about half way through his article says, "an SEC player won the Heisman last year (Tebow), and an SEC player was also the runner up (McFadden). In fact, McFadden was the runner up two years in a row."

First off, I don't really care who wins the Heisman.  How does that make you a better conference?  But if you really want to argue, then we can.

The Pac-10's won the Heisman three out of the last five years, while the SEC has won it once.  The Pac-10 has 11 Heisman Finalists (top 10 in Heisman votes), while the SEC has four since 2002.  So I guess that Pac-10 is superior in that category as well.

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