Thanks for the note, simpleton. The 2004 Auburn team is precisely why the BCS Championship Game was created.

LOL.

Wrong as usual.

The day I root for Texas to win the BCS title is the day I root for Denver to win a Superbowl. Hell, I'm rooting for Mizzu tonight. Rooting for conferences is stupid. Not a **** will be given about NC State after FSU wins a national title.

This.

It adds to the lameness of SEC fans when they root for their entire conference.

I don't get why you don't (seem to) understand that, when the conference you're in does better as a whole, it's better for the individual member institutions.

How have teams like Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Tennessee, etc. benefitted from the SEC's success the past few years?

My question is now that there is a playoff will SEC teams still pull for each other? Every major conference gets a shot now, correct? So a conference representative will not be left out.

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A panel will select the 4 teams in the playoff. Conference strength (or perceived strength), for instance, possibly would have had Alabama in the playoff over conference winners Baylor and Stanford.

The SEC has won the past 7 national titles among 4 teams. Here's how the other teams have performed before and after (not including new additions TAMU & Mizzou).

Wins during the past 7 years:
Miss St - 48 (3 bowl wins)
Kentucky - 37 (2 bowl wins)
Vanderbilt - 39 (2 bowl wins)
Mississippi - 42 (4 bowl wins)
Tennessee - 43 (1 bowl win)
South Carolina - 62 (2 bowl wins)
Arkansas - 49 (2 bowl wins)
Georgia - 65 (4 bowl wins)

Wins the 7 years prior:
Miss St - 25 (1 bowl win)
Kentucky - 28 (1 bowl win)
Vanderbilt - 20 (0 bowl wins)
Mississippi - 42 (2 bowl wins)
Tennessee - 61 (2 bowl wins)
South Carolina - 48 (3 bowl wins)
Arkansas - 50 (1 bowl win)
Georgia - 69 (5 bowl wins)


4 significantly improved
3 pretty much stayed the same
1 significantly worsened

So 4 improved and 4 stayed the same or became worse.

Thanks for making my point.

4 improved
1 became worse

+3 for the conference

Thanks for proving you have no point.

ROFL You are changing your own math now.

What about the 3 that stayed the same (per your assessment)?

You can't describe a school as having "benefitted" if they have stayed the same (which means no improvement).

Let me help with your remedial math:

4 benefited = +4
3 remained the same = 0
1 worsened = -1

4 + 0 - 1 = +3