Derbytrail college bowl pickem

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

Heels got in...... the other 2 figure Bigs will win like always.

HHH is missing too.

In.......congrats with the Tide, Darren......too bad our pro team is done!

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

In.......congrats with the Tide, Darren......too bad our pro team is done!

sad thing, it's not lack of effort. i've never seen the defense make so many mistakes in assignments and coverages.

[ARyan]

I'm in.

[Cannon Shell]

C'mon Dala and Gales. The New Orleans bowl isnt far off...

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

C'mon Dala and Gales. The New Orleans bowl isnt far off...

im signed up chuck

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by gales0678

im signed up chuck

good man. Challenge Dala to get in. She wont be able to resist.

[gales0678]

here is a cheat sheet for everyone playing from another board:

Here is why I believe this strategy is successful EVERY year.

Let's start at the beginning. For the SEC, it all starts with recruiting. This year's recruiting rankings are very typical of what you see every year There are 6 SEC teams ranked in the top 9 nationally.

Now imagine if you're Mark Richt at Georgia and you have the nation's 9th best recruiting class. That sounds great until you realize that you have the 6th best recruiting class in your own conference!!! The point is the SEC has the best athletes in the country, and more of them. That is a plain and simple fact, and if you want to win money, you need to understand this.

My second point is this. If you've ever played sports, you know that when you play against top-notch competition, it pushes you to get better and play your best. SEC teams not only play against the best, they also practice everyday against the best. That creates an atmosphere that constantly pushes these great athletes to improve.

I had several people tell me this past week that Bama has not seen a defense like Florida's all year. My response was "Yes they have. They practice against one everyday in practice."

In a similar vain, SEC teams have to play much tougher competition in much tougher venues week in and week out. When teams like Florida play teams like Ohio State in bowl games, Florida has already played 5 or 6 intense, pressure-filled games in the limelight of a national tv audience. For a team like Ohio State, they usually will only play a couple of tough games a year, and even those "tough" games usually don't match the intensity of the SEC games.

So come bowl season, non-SEC teams usually cannot match the speed, and intensity of the SEC teams. On top of that, they are usually facing a much higher caliber of athlete than they are accustomed to both in practice and in the games they have played.

A perfect example of this is when the two divisional ACC champions were matched up against two middle tier SEC teams a couple of weeks ago. Georgia and South Carolina dominated both of these games. Georgia Tech and Clemson simply could not match the speed, athleticism and intensity of the middle tier SEC schools.

So do yourself a favor this bowl season, please don't fade SEC schools. In fasct, I recommend you do this. After Alabama beats and covers against Texas in the national championship game, go back and read is thread and see how accurate it was.

I will also note that now that USC is not dominating the PAC 10 anymore, the competition level within that conference has elevated considerably the last two years. Accordingly, I doubt I'll be wagering against that conference this bowl season either.

In sum, fade teams that are matched up against SEC & PAC 10 schools this bowl season, and I'm confident you'll make yourself a little extra coin this holiday season.