Since 2002, The Worldwide Leader has awarded the Bowl Challenge Cup to the conference with best Bowl Record after it is all said and done. Since it's inception, the BCC has NEVER been won by the SEC. While it is obvious in the Big Games, there is no better than the SEC, in the lower-tier, non-BCS Bowls, The middle of the pack SEC teams seem to be of parity with the rest of America. Which would indicate that the SEC may have the Best top programs in the country, but out of the 12, it would indicate that only about half of those schools would run rough-shot over any program in America. So, the argument of being in the SEC automatically means you are better than other conferences loses some steam. Now, with 6 of your 12 being complete bad-asses, it is a fact that a team like Ohio State, or Texas would not make it out of the SEC unblemished in most seasons. But, a middle of the pack SEC school would still in all likely-hood lose to those schools. Now, it is also true that the SEC hierarchy remains mostly the same, but every 2 seasons or so, one of the middle of the packers makes a push towards the top of the conference and National scene, either falling in mid-season, or later in the brutal conference schedule. Example, Kentucky in 2007. So, the SEC does have a rub for all it's programs, and it would seem to be just. After all, you win the South, you got better odds than anybody else to win the Nation.
So, it's just one of those things, if you are an SEC loyalist, like I am, you can see the dominance and thrust most any SEC team into the winner's circle against a non-conference opponent. Or, you can read into this as the SEC has on average 4 or 5 Good teams, and the rest would get beat regardless of what conference they were in. And the overall Bowl Record, not just BCS Record, seems to point to the SEC , as a whole not being over-powering. But then look at our BCS record... Now tell yourself the SEC isn't the best overall again. It won't sound right. We win the biggest games, with the most teams.
So, by the numbers, which conference is more than likely to go head to head with another and come out the winner in the Bowls?
The Mountain West, who since 2002, is 10-3 in Bowl Games. Having had the best Bowl Record 3 times, most recently in 2009.
Since the BCS's inception in the 1998-1999 season, which singular programs have had the best showing in the BCS?
Now, we won't go into who gets screwed out of a BCS appearance, and we will not talk about the bonner the BCS has for Ohio State, who has proven time and time again that the BCS love they receive is un-warranted.(You can throw Oklahoma, Florida State, and even Virginia Tech in that same argument too) Just sticking to the numbers:
USC- *6-1 in BCS (*Vacated the 2005 Orange Bowl)
Florida- 5-1
LSU- 4-0
The U- 3-1
Texas- 3-1
Boise State, Utah, West Virginia- 2-0
In fairness, Ohio State has won 5 of their 8 appearances.
Notre Dame has been to the BCS 3 times, and have won NONE.
Just for shits, some of the most screwed teams in the History of the BCS:
1999 Marshall(12-0),2004 Utah(12-0),2009 Boise State(13-0, also has a history of wrecking the BCS) and TCU in 2009 as well, and this season up to this point.
I base this on the potential, whether given love at the polls or a playoff system, these teams would have had at winning a national championship.
In closing, this is probably going to come off as confusing ramble to those who read it. And, it just serves as a long winded observation and example of the falsehood that is the BCS, and it was opportunity to spread the SEC Gospel of domination in games that the BCS schools tells us that matter.
I feel like I just wrote a Burt post.
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