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  1. The polls are absolutely broken, Auburn has not played 5 of the top 25 teams out there. Obviously their schedule is harder than Ohio State's, and the SEC is better than the Big 10, but not by so much that a one loss team deserves a higher spot than an undefeated team. Or are you going to tell me those Mississippi teams deserve to stumble into the rankings every year after playing the worst non conference schedules possible? That 4 loss SEC teams are actually deserving of a ranking ahead of teams with less losses from other power conferences? The polls are bogus.

    auburn has played

    #6 lsu

    #24 ole miss

    #7 texas a+m

    #25 georgia

    #1 alabama

    and now

    #5 missouri

    ohio state has played

    #23 wisconsin

    #16 north western

    and now

    #10 michigan state

    the rest of ohio states shedule is full of cupcakes

    auburn has played or will play 4 top 10 teams ohio state will play 1.

    auburn is 2-1 vs top 10 teams. ohio state has yet to play a top 10 team.

    the opposition auburn has faced is a combined 77-65(.542) ohio state has faced opposition with a 60-71 record(.458 winning percentage)

    the team that has a 2-1 record vs top 10 opponents who has 1 loss should play over a team that has yet to play a top 10 team and has played a cupcake schedule.

    anyone seriously think ohio state could handle auburn's schedule? if ohio state had to through that gauntlet they would lose 3 or 4 games. auburn playing a tit schedule like ohio states wouldnt even break a sweat.

    Ole Miss isn't ranked, and frankly neither should Georgia or Texas A&M. If you really want to play the rankings game, make sure to go with current rankings. The polls are crap all season, but they are especially terrible in the beginning. Don't be blinded by numbers put up by people who don't even watch the games.

    Ohio State went through a full season and only had one game that was ever in much doubt, and it was one of those bitter rivalry games where anything can and will happen. They are up to 24 straight wins in a row, you can not tell me that Auburn deserves a spot higher than Ohio State does with a loss already this season.

    Want to know how far one needs to look to see that the SEC isn't that much better than the rest of the conferences? Missouri is playing in the title game. Yeah, Missouri. The same Missouri that hasn't wont a conference title since the 60s. A&M wasn't exactly spectacular in the Big 12 either winning just one title, but found instant success in the SEC.

    i went by the rankings of when they played the team(anyone really think wisconsin and northwestern are top 25 teams?)

    ohio state went through a full season with one game in doubt because they played no body. SEC is better than other conferences, the last time ohio state went up against SEC opponents in title games they got waxed and outclassed in every single way.

    when was the last time ohio state had to go through a #1 team coming off back to back championships just to reach their conference championship?

    once again look at the combined records ohio state played a schedule with a losing winning percentage. according to the advanced sabermetrics ohio state played the 99th hardest schedule. put that in perspective there are 119 teams. ohio state was 99/119

    just because missouri sucked for a long time does not mean they cannot become a good team. moving to the SEC brought more money into the program and the SEC also helps with recruiting. the SEC has 9 of the top 20 recruiting classes this year. teams who have a long history of being shit do find ways to become good IE the boston red sox or in football the saints.

    You can't sit there and tell me that not even two years of playing in the SEC has bumped their recruiting to unseen heights at their program. Recruiting rankings don't even mean anything anyways, look at Texas, Florida, Notre Dame, USC, etc. Missouri is the same program they were in the Big 12, and are suddenly the class of the SEC. It's a good conference, but high rankings and praise are a byproduct of massive media bias. ESPN basically runs college football, and they conveniently have the rights to the upcoming SEC network. Seems to me that they are protecting their investment by overblowing the conference horribly (Clowney for Heisman!!!), while at the same time doing their best to sabotage their competitor in the Big Ten Network.

    The SEC is the best, but not by nearly as much as the media says it is. Pretty easy to look good when your teams are ranked artificially high every single year. Florida was a top ten team this year, Georgia was a top 5 team this year, Ole Miss was ranked at one point, A&M didn't beat anyone remotely worth a damn and is still ranked (not to mention their top 5 start and first place vote). I can keep going, point is, that conference isn't even remotely as good as billed. Many things are in place in the system to give them a leg up, and they take advantage of it.

  2. The polls are absolutely broken, Auburn has not played 5 of the top 25 teams out there. Obviously their schedule is harder than Ohio State's, and the SEC is better than the Big 10, but not by so much that a one loss team deserves a higher spot than an undefeated team. Or are you going to tell me those Mississippi teams deserve to stumble into the rankings every year after playing the worst non conference schedules possible? That 4 loss SEC teams are actually deserving of a ranking ahead of teams with less losses from other power conferences? The polls are bogus.

    auburn has played

    #6 lsu

    #24 ole miss

    #7 texas a+m

    #25 georgia

    #1 alabama

    and now

    #5 missouri

    ohio state has played

    #23 wisconsin

    #16 north western

    and now

    #10 michigan state

    the rest of ohio states shedule is full of cupcakes

    auburn has played or will play 4 top 10 teams ohio state will play 1.

    auburn is 2-1 vs top 10 teams. ohio state has yet to play a top 10 team.

    the opposition auburn has faced is a combined 77-65(.542) ohio state has faced opposition with a 60-71 record(.458 winning percentage)

    the team that has a 2-1 record vs top 10 opponents who has 1 loss should play over a team that has yet to play a top 10 team and has played a cupcake schedule.

    anyone seriously think ohio state could handle auburn's schedule? if ohio state had to through that gauntlet they would lose 3 or 4 games. auburn playing a tit schedule like ohio states wouldnt even break a sweat.

    Ole Miss isn't ranked, and frankly neither should Georgia or Texas A&M. If you really want to play the rankings game, make sure to go with current rankings. The polls are crap all season, but they are especially terrible in the beginning. Don't be blinded by numbers put up by people who don't even watch the games.

    Ohio State went through a full season and only had one game that was ever in much doubt, and it was one of those bitter rivalry games where anything can and will happen. They are up to 24 straight wins in a row, you can not tell me that Auburn deserves a spot higher than Ohio State does with a loss already this season.

    Want to know how far one needs to look to see that the SEC isn't that much better than the rest of the conferences? Missouri is playing in the title game. Yeah, Missouri. The same Missouri that hasn't wont a conference title since the 60s. A&M wasn't exactly spectacular in the Big 12 either winning just one title, but found instant success in the SEC.

  3. The polls are absolutely broken, Auburn has not played 5 of the top 25 teams out there. Obviously their schedule is harder than Ohio State's, and the SEC is better than the Big 10, but not by so much that a one loss team deserves a higher spot than an undefeated team. Or are you going to tell me those Mississippi teams deserve to stumble into the rankings every year after playing the worst non conference schedules possible? That 4 loss SEC teams are actually deserving of a ranking ahead of teams with less losses from other power conferences? The polls are bogus.

  4. Cool for the fans there, I guess.

    Still waiting for the next US dates.

    I know you're probably referring to the SA fans, but if you take that comment in the context of the thread title...what fans? :awesomeface:

    And I'll see them on the next US run. They're the only Big 4 band I still have to check off, and I'll begrudgingly see them once.

    That's how I feel too, gotta see them once I guess. I like their first four albums too much to completely ignore that the band didn't end in 1989.

  5. I know it doesn't count, it was a new band and a debut album, but I think Contraband could be called a comeback.

    It really did bring Slash and Duff back to light after fading away for almost a decade. Don't know if they'd be very relevant right now without Contraband.

  6. Brave New World by Iron Maiden. For a lot of younger fans, the 80s stuff doesn't exist, and they only listen to Maiden from 2000 onwards.

    Seriously? I have trouble believing that.

    No kidding. No one anywhere got into Maiden because of their 2000s albums. I was 9 when Brave New World came out, and I've only ever heard The Wicker Man off of it, but have listened to the first 6 albums to death.

  7. I've never seen Rudy, but Rocky is one of my favorite movies. It sounds like Rock overcomes more adversity anyways. Doesn't Rudy just get thrown in for a series at the end of a blowout? That sounds like a pretty regular story, no name walk on gets a little bit of action during garbage time at the end of his career.

  8. Black Album, St. Anger, and Death Magnetic? Are you a teenage girl or something? Go listen to the first four albums and never look back.

    Don't go see them live either. They are awful now. James has nothing left to give vocally, Kirk shits all over his solos and cover them with wah hoping no one will notice, Lars hasn't tried in 20 years, and Rob belongs nowhere near the stage with his weird crab walking bullshit, plus their songs sound like shit when they play them tuned down like they do now.

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