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Originally Posted by Dirtbag359
This is the SEC's M.O. They talk up their conference and use it as an excuse to avoid playing quality out of conference opponents. You look at schools from the Pac 10, Big XII, and Big 10 then you find yourself hard pressed to find teams that schedule a Charleston Southern.
Oregon for example played Boise State, Utah, and Purdue. Purdue played Northern Illinois, Toledo, Oregon, and Notre Dame. Oklahoma played Miami, Tulsa, Idaho State, and BYU. Now all of these teams aren't world beaters but at least they're FBS schools. And usually if they do schdule and FCS school it's usually very rarely more then one where I've frequently seen SEC school schdule as many as two FCS school and no quality opponents to compensate for the two throw away games.
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Really? "Hard pressed?" 5 minutes on Wiki actually made it quite easy to prove you wrong:
Ohio State played Toledo and New Mexico State this past season. Michigan played Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Delaware State. USC played San Jose State. Texas played UTEP and Louisiana-Monroe. Oklahoma played Idaho State and Tulsa. Penn State played Akron and Temple. Iowa played Northern Iowa and Arkansas State. Some of the schools you listed actually work against you. Idaho St? Northern Illinois? Toledo? Come on. Just because they are "FBS" schools doesn't make them any less of a cupcake.
The list goes on and on.
Like I said, every big time program schedules cupcakes. There's a reason the SEC has won 4 straight and 5 out of the last 6 national championships. They're the best. If I'm wrong, another conference can go ahead and step up and win one at some point.