One of the ‘really good’ teams from the SEC (Tenn.) just lost to unranked UCLA. Yes, it was at UCLA. But the Bruins were missing: 1) Their starting QB 2) Their back-up QB 3) Their starting X Receiver 4) Their starting TE 5) Their starting RB. All of these were due to injury.

UCLA pulls out that win, over a ‘really good’ Tennessee team. (Side note: This was just an awesome game. UCLA, missing its 2 top QBs, hosts #18. They struggle mightily in the first half, but keep it close, and UCLA pulls it out with a great second half. Awesome).

Why is Tennessee considered really good? Well, because they’re ranked and in the SEC. And everyone in the SEC is great right?

Wrong.

I heard an analyst on ESPN tonight talk about how the SEC is awesome. As “evidence” they referred to the preseason Top 25 and showed that there are a lot of SEC teams in the Top 25. This logic is circular at best, and assanine at worst: You refer to the number of teams in the top 25 as evidence that a conference is good. But the media and voters sit back and say ‘the SEC must be good’ before they do the voting, and therefore vote more teams into that Top 25 from the SEC. So because people THINK the SEC is good (and it’s not just that they dont just beat up on one another), they vote them in to preseason polls at a disproportional rate. Then they refer to those rankings to show that the SEC is good? Come oooooooooooooooooooonnnnnn people! Logic! Learn it.

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