This topic will surely garner a lot of hate from the Big Ten honks that frequent this site. But it needs to be said and proven. The SEC is better than the Big Ten...in every possible facet. Whether it be the speed, the skill positions, hell, even the hotness of the coeds, The SEC reigns supreme. But I'm going to dig a little deeper today to illustrate my point. I'm looking at the coaches of the football programs. Below, I have ranked the 11 Big Ten coaches along with 11 of the 12 SEC coaches and made the seeds go head-to-head to determine the winner. Let's see how this all turns out...
11's: Minnesota's Tim Brewster vs. Kentucky's Rich Brooks - Brooks has been kind of a decrepit monkey skeleton of a coach until the last few years where it appears that he has found his niche. Brewster went 1-11 as a rookie with his lone win coming in double overtime against this blogger's alma mater. Winner - Brooks
10's: Indiana's Bill Lynch vs. Tennessee's Phil Fulmer - Bill Lynch was fired by Ball State. Lynch did lead the Hoosiers to a bowl game (which I predicted in the preseason!) but I've seen this guy coach...it ain't good. Fulmer, for my money, is the worst coach to ever win a national title. But, for some reason, he continues to win 8-9 games a year and kids want to play for him. I don't get it either. Winner - Fulmer
9's: Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald vs. Mississippi State's Sly Croom - Fitzgerald wasn't ready to be a head coach yet (and it shows) but was forced into it due to Randy Walker's death a few years ago. He might be good down the road, but he's not there yet. I really like what Croom is doing at MSU. It's been a slow process, but the foundation is there evidenced by their bowl game. Winner - Sly Croom
8's: Purdue's Joe Tiller vs. LSU's Les Miles - I had Tiller ranked higher until last night's Motor City Bowl in which Purdue choked a 21 point second half lead and held on by their foreskins. The Walrus-lookin' coach has been pretty awful without Drew Brees. Miles is an idiot. He can recruit, he can draw up trick plays, and he can flip flop in the media. That's about it. But he does get a ton of talent to come play for him. Winner - Miles
7's: Michigan State's Mark Dantonio vs. Ole Miss's Houston Nutt - Before the season, I thought that Dantonio would change things up in Lansing. But we saw the same old shit...a second half collapse and players getting suspended. Bring back John L. Smith! Or Bobby Williams! Nutt is a very underrated coach who's Arkansas teams always seem to cause some of the biggest upsets in the nation. Ole Miss is going to be fine with him at the helm. Winner - Nutt
6's: Penn State's Joe Paterno vs. Auburn's Tommy Tuberville - Paterno hasn't coached this team in a decade. The only reason he's this high is because of his resume. Tuberville consistently heads up a 9 win team. They may not be flashy, but they win games. Hell, he's beaten Florida the past two years! Paterno can't even beat prunes. Winner - Tuberville
5's: Illinois's Ron Zook vs. Arkansas's Bobby Petrino - Well, this just goes to show the differences between these two conferences...if Zook was still at UF, he would easily be the worst coach in the SEC. In the Big Ten, he's in the top 5. I like Zook but I think we can all admit that he's kind of an idiot. Petrino is a non-NFL offensive guru. If we can forget about his tenure with the Falcons, the guy can flat out coach. Winner - Petrino
4's: Iowa's Kirk Ferentz vs. South Carolina's Ol' Ball Coach - Two of the more overrated coaches in the nation!!! I've never understood all the love that Ferentz gets. What has he done? He's been at Iowa for a long time now and still can't win more than 7-8 games. If he's that great of coach, then why can't he recruit??? As far as Spurrier goes, I wouldn't want him for a full season, but I'd take him in a heartbeat to win one game for me. Man, he was great with the Redskins, too. Winner - Spurrier
3's: Wisconsin's Brett Bielema (sp?) vs. Georgia's Mark Richt - Come on...are you serious? This ain't even close. Winner - Richt
2': Michigan's Rich Rodriguez vs. Alabama's Nick Saban - The first tough call...I love Michigan's hire and think that the spread can work in the Big Ten. But he will need to bring Terrelle Pryor in as his QB. Saban, on the other hand, is a jerk, a traitor, and maybe a pedophile. But the guy wins everywhere he goes (not the NFL though). In the end, I'll take the guy with the ring over the up and comer. Winner - Saban
1's: Ohio State's Sweater Vest vs. Florida's Urban Meyer - As much as I hate the Buckeyes, Tressel is a pretty damn good coach. His teams are always prepared to play when they don't have 50 days off. If it wasn't for the Big Ten's retarded scheduling policy, he may have two titles already. But he doesn't. And you all know why...Urban Meyer. It feels like Meyer never loses. His offenses can't be stopped. The only thing that slows him down are underclassmen leaving early. This is a tough call for me but the answer is in the head-to-head...Meyer should have been arrested for murder that night. Winner - Meyer
So there you have it, the SEC wins 11-0. Now that can change, but right now, the SEC just has better leadership than their Big Ten counterparts. So quit your bitching, Big Ten fans, there's the proof of your inferiority. And if you want more, I'll end with this...
Auburn Fan.
Ohio State Fans. I rest my case. The SEC rules.
9 comments:
G$, remember the days when ol Urban was punishing the MAC as head coach at BGSU...good times. Anyways, how about an outrageous 2008 prediction post in the coming days!?!
I am not going to waste my time arguing with you, its pointless. But honestly, I don't a huge problem with that list (outside of top one obviously). The Big 10 has some bad coaches, but I also think the SEC coaches are overrated. Anyone can coach that talent (Les Miles, Phil Fullmer). So I don't think coaching is what separates the two leagues, it is the talent top to bottom. Note that I said top to bottom. On a good year when Michigan and Ohio State are both legitimate they can compete with any SEC team. But it is the middle of road Big 10 against the middle of the road SEC where there is the difference. Last year, Penn St. beat Tennessee and Wisconsin beat Arkansas so the gap is not that wide. Last year's title game was a fluke. I am not saying Florida was not a better team, but they were not 30 points better. The layoff does hurt.
I know I am kind of all over the place here. The SEC is better then the Big 10, especially this year. But overall, if you look at the head to head the last 10 years (don't have the numbers, I will get on that) it's not that big of a difference. There, I spoke my rambling peace. I had the over in the game last night. Big win!
-Damman
Damman, Phil Fulmer is terrible which is why any Big Ten bowl win over his team should not be counted. You can't argue the Meyer/Tress matchup, the proof, how they say, is in the pudding! D, no love for the chick from Auburn??? I think a "thank you" is in order.
Austin, that is a mighty fine idea...I'll have to work on that. I work Saturday and Monday so we'll try to get something like that cookin'. Meyer had his least amount of success while at BG, he could not stop Touchdown Terry Hoeppner.
Coach Tressel has played in National Championship games in
1991 W vs Marshall
1992 L vs Marshall
1993 W vs Marshall
1994 W vs Boise State
1997 W vs McNeese State
1999 L vs Georgia Southern
2002 W Miami (Fl)
2007 L Florida
2008 () LSU
that is 9 National Championship Apperences in 17 seasons
You can't say Meyer is better than Tressel because of 1 game, where Meyer also had RON ZOOK's players.
It is also unfair to judge Dantonio after 1 season. Was Tressel an awful coach after going 7-5 his first season?
Bobby Petrino won't have the luxury of playing the Henry County Cougars every week like he did at Louisville (and he still blew games against them).
How is Les Miles ranked number 7 after all he has done in only 3 years? He may sound like a retard, but he's still getting results.
She is not near as hot as the Tebow chick and does not have near the rack of the Urlacher broad. I think there are a lot hotter chicks in the SEC. You're getting lazy.
-Damman
D2 titles don't count to me. Just like NFL championships before the Super Bowl came into play.
I CAN say that Meyer is better than Tress after only one game. He's 27 points better.
I didn't say that Dantonio was awful, I just said that nothing has changed there.
If you can't recognize that Petrino is a very good college football coach, then I can't help you.
Les Miles is #7 because he had national championship teams the last two years and lost 2 games both years.
Identify yourself, dammit!!!
Damman, as much as I would love to scour the net for hot SEC chicks all day, I just don't have the time. If you'd like, I think http://www.secpoon.com is still up and running.
secpoon.com makes me regret not going to school down south. not a surprise here, but girls in New England where I went to college do not look like SEC poon.
Ohio State is 0-8 in bowl games vs. the SEC. Just sayin'. Go Gators!
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