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ScriptOhio said:
Blackledge: SEC players are more NFL ready than others

Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...e-sec-players-are-more-nfl-ready-than-others/
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All Blackledge seems to be saying here, in his not very clear way, is that the SEC has more players drafted, and more players drafted at higher levels, than other conferences. Of course, everyone already knew that. The headline sort of makes it sound as if he's saying that even when two guys are drafted at about the same position, one from the SEC and one from some other conference, the SEC guy will usually be better.
 
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Unencumbered by reason, research or the scientific method, I tend to agree with Blackledge. I do believe there are reasons for this difference - reasons such as academic standards, conference control on issues such as over-signing, less interference from faculty and administration, money for coaching staffs - but the two most successful programs, right now, in terms of getting players into the NFL are USC and Miami - is it a coincidence that they are also two programs that tend to lead the nation in NCAA sanctions? Does it also say something about location? The cities of Miami and Los Angeles offer up glitz and glamor that other cities can't match.

Looking at roster records over the last decade and a half Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan and Nebraska have been among the top schools, equal or surpassing Tennessee, Florida, Georgia and Alabama - but then the second tier of SEC schools kicks in - LSU, Auburn, and Arkansas and the Big Ten has nothing comparable. So, in terms of individual programs, yeah - the SEC seems to have the most "NFL ready" personnel, but it's hardly the clearcut case that ESPN seems to be trying to sell.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000...ege-football-program-produces-most-nfl-talent
 
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So, I'm reading an ESPN article about Muschamp, and theres an article linked on the side saying "Time for Some Action: SEC coaches are leading the charge away from FCS opponents." That statement is just stupid on it's own, given the fact that the B1G coaches already said last year they're moving away from FCS opponents first. Theres also the fact that the SEC is notoriously one of the worst conferences when it comes to scheduling FCS opponents, and you can see those trends in the article. In fact, based on the information in the article, it certainly doesn't seem like the SEC coaches are banding together to quit scheduling patsies. It looks more like Muschamp wants to quit scheduling them, while his AD thinks otherwise and the rest of the coaches feel FCS opponents are a necessary evil or they don't bring a schedule down in any way.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/83549/fcs-opponents-could-be-thing-of-the-past
 
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ulukinatme said:
So, I'm reading an ESPN article about Muschamp, and theres an article linked on the side saying "Time for Some Action: SEC coaches are leading the charge away from FCS opponents." That statement is just stupid on it's own, given the fact that the B1G coaches already said last year they're moving away from FCS opponents first. Theres also the fact that the SEC is notoriously one of the worst conferences when it comes to scheduling FCS opponents, and you can see those trends in the article. In fact, based on the information in the article, it certainly doesn't seem like the SEC coaches are banding together to quit scheduling patsies. It looks more like Muschamp wants to quit scheduling them, while his AD thinks otherwise and the rest of the coaches feel FCS opponents are a necessary evil or they don't bring a schedule down in any way.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/83549/fcs-opponents-could-be-thing-of-the-past
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Muschamp doesn't want to play FCS schools anymore? I wonder why not? Maybe some bad memories of November 23rd?

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ScriptOhio said:
Blackledge: SEC players are more NFL ready than others

Yes, the SEC was everywhere you looked during the most recent NFL Draft. This was nothing new of course. Not that you really need another voice telling you just how good the talent coming out of the SEC is when it comes to the NFL Draft, but ESPN college football analyst Todd Blackledge reiterated the point recently at a fundraiser at Samford.

“SEC players, for the most part, are more NFL ready than a lot of players coming from other parts of the country,” Blackledge said, according to a report by AL.com.

“The Draft has been the great indicator here the last several years of where the most talent is in college football,” Blackledge said. “That’s why, up until last year when Florida State won, that the SEC has dominated the national championship picture as well.”

Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...e-sec-players-are-more-nfl-ready-than-others/
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Piss on Blackledge. Y'all got Jammie Jammie-Jammie and he won the Heisman Trophy. We got stuck with Eqqsquizitine Buble-Schwinslow.

 
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If you consider ESPN the SEC advertising/consulting agency that they are, acting like SEC teams are on the cutting edge of not playing FCS opponents fits perfectly with the strategy of taking your biggest weakness and attacking other people for the same thing.

I mean, the truth is literally the exact opposite. Not only do SEC teams play FCS opponents more than other schools, the real thing they are trailblazing is strategically scheduling FCS opponents as bye weeks in the middle of the conference schedule rather than at the beginning of the year like everyone else.

It so unbelievably transparent but I'm sure the folks who still watch ESPN will eat it up.
 
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Buckeye86 said:
If you consider ESPN the SEC advertising/consulting agency that they are, acting like SEC teams are on the cutting edge of not playing FCS opponents fits perfectly with the strategy of taking your biggest weakness and attacking other people for the same thing.

I mean, the truth is literally the exact opposite. Not only do SEC teams play FCS opponents more than other schools, the real thing they are trailblazing is strategically scheduling FCS opponents as bye weeks in the middle of the conference schedule rather than at the beginning of the year like everyone else.

It so unbelievably transparent but I'm sure the folks who still watch ESPN will eat it up.
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Oh, come now... it's not like Bama played Georgia State and Chattanooga in the same season....

Oh... sorry... actually, they did. Just last year. Bad example.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
Oh, come now... it's not like Bama played Georgia State and Chattanooga in the same season....

Oh... sorry... actually, they did. Just last year. Bad example.
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[begin ESPiN-talking-head-sarcasm-font] Of course, by association, the FCS teams that are located in the same states as S-E-C teams are better than FCS teams located in other states. Georgia Southern, Georgia State and Chattanooga would've beaten any B1G teams had they played last year. [end ESPiN-talking-head-sarcasm-font]
 
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#sports

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