Final football rankings are out

[rebmus]

AP and coaches poll are exactly the same for the top 25 mentioned I believe. 

 

4. Georgia

5. Bama 

8. Mizzou

9. Ole Miss

12. LSU

17. Tennessee

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4 teams in the top 10.

5 in the top 15.

6 in the top 20. 

 

While the SEC didn't win the NC, any talk of the SEC being "down" is silly. 

 

 

 

 

[Dawg83]

I guess I’m gonna be silly then, I think it was absolutely a down year. The 9 teams you didn’t list stunk to high heaven. Tennessee was just OK too, honestly.

 

Bama, Georgia, and LSU had what I’d call pretty typical years for them, not gonna ding them for 10+ wins. Ole Miss and Mizzou obviously had excellent years by historical standards. If you wanna stay in that bubble of five teams then yeah it was great!

 

But everyone else? Oh dear gosh. State was an absolute disaster that fired their coach after 10 games…. And there were still two teams worse than them.

[Dawg83]

Not exactly what we were discussing but for my money the deepest year for the SEC since I’ve been keeping up with things was 2010. State finished 15th nationally and only 5th in the SEC West. And I think there were only 2-3 bad teams that year.

Edited January 10, 2024 by Dawg83

[Bulldogs4]

I will preface this by saying I can’t stand Michigan. Any day that they lose is a good day.

 

But in a convoluted way I like Harbaugh, because he is the modern day version of Spurrier. He is universally disliked in CFB which makes him the likable villain…LOL
 

It pains me to write this:

 

The SEC schools could look to Michigan as an example of patience and diligence at their football programs.

Had Michigan been in the SEC, he would have been FIRED around 2019-2020. Why? Because he had failed to beat Ohio State and Michigan was not relevant nationally. Oh they were good, winning 8-10 games a year but were stuck right there. But the hired guns at Michigan stuck with him and it has paid off. They were the best team in playoff this year. They were better at the LOS than the other teams. Their skill players were underrated. Harbaugh out coached Saban in the Bama game. And though I had picked Washington, Michigan was a much better team this year than Washington.
 

And I know top to bottom the B1G is not strong but the middle to the top of the conference has some solidly good teams. 
 

He just finished his ninth season at Michigan. 
The only coaches in the SEC that have longer tenure than that are Saban and Stoops. Just maybe some of our schools, fans etc. might learn a lesson there about stability and sticking with a coach longer than 3-4 years. 
Doubtful that happens but just a thought from me. 

[Dawg83]

1 hour ago, Bulldogs4 said:

I will preface this by saying I can’t stand Michigan. Any day that they lose is a good day.

 

But in a convoluted way I like Harbaugh, because he is the modern day version of Spurrier. He is universally disliked in CFB which makes him the likable villain…LOL
 

It pains me to write this:

 

The SEC schools could look to Michigan as an example of patience and diligence at their football programs.

Had Michigan been in the SEC, he would have been FIRED around 2019-2020. Why? Because he had failed to beat Ohio State and Michigan was not relevant nationally. Oh they were good, winning 8-10 games a year but were stuck right there. But the hired guns at Michigan stuck with him and it has paid off. They were the best team in playoff this year. They were better at the LOS than the other teams. Their skill players were underrated. Harbaugh out coached Saban in the Bama game. And though I had picked Washington, Michigan was a much better team this year than Washington.
 

And I know top to bottom the B1G is not strong but the middle to the top of the conference has some solidly good teams. 
 

He just finished his ninth season at Michigan. 
The only coaches in the SEC that have longer tenure than that are Saban and Stoops. Just maybe some of our schools, fans etc. might learn a lesson there about stability and sticking with a coach longer than 3-4 years. 
Doubtful that happens but just a thought from me. 

A lot of truth in this. I guess what probably helped save him during those down years was he had an excellent track record at other stops before becoming Michigan head coach, and also didn’t hurt that he was a beloved Michigan QB back in his playing days. Would be like if Dak became State’s head coach 15-20 years from now.