Thursday, January 24, 2008

SEC Football Domination

  • LSU's 2007 BCS National Championship is the Southeastern Conference's fourth in the 10 years of the BCS. Tennessee won the BCS National Championship in 1998, LSU in 2003 and Florida in 2006.
  • The SEC is the first conference to win back-to-back BCS titles.
  • The SEC is 11-4 all-time in BCS bowl games. The SEC has won four BCS bowl games in the last two seasons.
  • The SEC's seven bowl wins this season is an all-time high for any conference. SEC had six last season (previous high).
  • The SEC's 7-2 bowl record this season is first among the automatic qualifying BCS conferences (.778 percent) and second overall (Mountain West - 4-1, .800 percent) this season.
  • This season, the SEC posted a 47-10 record against non-conference foes (.825 percent), which is the highest percentage of all FBS conferences. 47 wins ties an SEC high all-time (last season, had 47).
  • The SEC now has 184 bowl wins in its history, which is tops in FBS.
  • The SEC's bowl win percentage of 52.8 (184-164-13) is percentage points ahead of the ACC's 143-128-5 percentage of 52.7 for tops among FBS conferences. Records are using 2007 conference alignments.
AND

Next week’s Super Bowl matchup between New England and New York features 21 former SEC players. And yes, Mississippi State and Ole Miss both are represented.

New England Patriots (13)
OT Wesley Britt, Alabama
RB Heath Evans, Auburn
RB Kevin Faulk, LSU
WR Jabar Gaffney, Florida
CB Randall Gay, LSU
DL Jarvis Green, LSU
WR Chad Jackson, Florida
DL Rashad Moore, Tennessee
DL Richard Seymour, Georgia
WR Donte’ Stallworth, Tennessee
WR Kelley Washington, Tennessee
TE Ben Watson, Georgia

New York Giants (8)
CB Kevin Dockery, Mississippi State
QB Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky
QB Eli Manning, Ole Miss
LB Reggie Torbor, Auburn
CB Corey Webster, LSU
S Gibril Wilson, Tennessee
QB Anthony Wright, South Carolina
RB Danny Ware, Georgia
NOTE: There’s also Giants RB Brandon Jacobs, who lettered at Auburn for one season, before transferring to Southern Illinois University.

3 comments:

Virginia said...

Imagine what the SEC's stats would be like if Ole Miss had actually won a game!

Anonymous said...

I can tell that you have been in Big 12 territory for a bit now.. they're driving you crazy, aren't they? You have resorting to having to have these facts memorized, so you are prepared when they start their crap. I am glad you are taking a stand my friend. You would think that it is obvious who the dominant athletic conference is, but they are a little bull-headed out there. :)

Jenny M

Anonymous said...

Yes but it took a Syracuse University player to save the day. A fantastic catch by Tyree. When was the last time you cheered for a NY team? teehee