Quote Originally Posted by dawgs View Post
i don't fluff bowl records outside of the national title game. too many teams are just enjoying their bowl game trip and not preparing for the game mentally like they would a big regular season game.

what was the sec's perception? it's still the worst major conference.

and i didn't say mercer sucked, but if duke and mercer playing 10 times, duke wins at least 8 of them on avg. mercer happened to hit 1 of their 2 in round 1. you can also argue that mercer blew their load in round 1 and was emotionally spent and enjoying the moment a bit too much heading into round 2.

i can't believe people are really going to argue about the difference in the better overall team and the team that won a game on a given day. the best team doesn't win 100% of the time, especially in basketball and baseball, where the percentages favor the underdog far more than football.

there's a reason a lot of state fans were happy to see princeton beat ucla back in 1996.
Your argument contradicts itself. You basically are giving no credit to the SEC when they beat the Vermonts, San Fransiscos, and Indiana States of the world but when other leagues lose to the North Dakota States, Mercers, and Harvards of the world you just chalk it up to a bad day and that anyone can beat anyone on a given day. If that's the case you should be impressed by the SEC winning all of their first round NIT games