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		Here are the cold hard facts....a no brainer in fact if you get down to it. 
 
Stats before the SEC Championship game: 
 
1. Florida beat nine teams that are projected to play in bowl games. Michigan beat six 
 
2. Michigan played and defeated five teams that finished the season 
with losing records. Florida only played and defeated two teams with 
sub-.500 records 
 
3. Florida's 12 Division I-A opponents had a combined record of 89-57. Michigan's 12 opponents had a combined record of 84-61 
 
4. Michigan's best win is considered a 27-13 victory over Wisconsin on 
Sept. 23. The Badgers are 11-1 and have climbed to No. 5 in the AP Top 
25 poll, despite having played only ONE ranked opponent -- the 
Wolverines -- the entire season. Florida's best win is considered to be 
its 23-10 win over LSU on October 7. The Tigers are 10-2 and are ranked 
#4 in both polls. They have played four ranked teams and beaten two. 
All four of those games were on the road. 
 
5. The 12 teams Florida defeated finished the season with 11 combined 
wins against opponents which were ranked in the AP Top 25 poll at the 
time the game was played. The opponents Michigan defeated claim just 
three wins against ranked teams; Notre Dame beat Penn State, Indiana 
beat Iowa, and Vanderbilt beat Georgia. The Nittany Lions, Hawkeyes, 
and Bulldogs it should be noted, haven't been ranked in seven weeks. 
 
6. The Gators went 3-1 against ranked opponents, beating then #13 
ranked Tennessee, #9 ranked LSU, and #8 ranked Arkansas and losing at 
#11 Auburn. The Wolverines went 1-1 against ranked opponents, beating a 
highly overrated (what's new) #2 ranked Notre Dame team (that lost to 
Michigan and USC by a combined total of 46 points!!) and losing at #1 
ranked Ohio State 42-39 on Nov. 18. Notre Dame hasn't won a bowl game 
since 1994!!! 
 
7. The Gators' average margin of victory against Division I-A teams was 
13.5 points. They won seven games by 14 points or fewer, six by less 
than 10. The Wolverines' average margin of victory was 17.3 points. 
They won six games by 14 points or fewer, two by less than 10 
 
8. The Gators played Western Carolina, a Division I-AA team, and won by 
62 points. The Wolverines played Ball State - which should be a I-AA 
team - and only won by eight points 
 
9. Since the Wolverines last played and lost at Ohio State, the Gators 
won at Florida State (The Seminoles are 6-6, but rivalry games are 
tough to win. Just ask USC coach Pete Carroll) and then beat the No. 8 
Razorbacks in the SEC Championship Game, who defeated then #2 ranked 
Auburn and #13 ranked Tennessee by 17 points each 
 
10. Michigan didn't win the Big Ten; Florida won the SEC. Winning your 
conference should be a prerequisite for playing in the National 
Championship. Second best doesn't count. 
 
11. Michigan is 1-6 in their last 7 games against Ohio State. In their 
matchup a few weeks ago, Ohio State committed FIVE turnovers against 
Michigan, yet Michigan still lost the game. 
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Everyone talks about how BAD the Florida OFFENSE has been this season. 
I guess those people have NOT noticed these statistics. These are from 
BEFORE the SECCG. 
 
Offensive TD's Scored: 
 
FLORIDA - 44 
 
USC - 43 
 
Michigan - 41 
 
 
Average Yards per Play: 
 
FLORIDA - 6.51 
 
USC - 5.95 
 
Michigan - 5.64 
 
 
Top 25 Defenses Faced: 
 
FLORIDA - 5 (will be 6 after SECCG Saturday) 
 
Michigan - 3 
 
USC - ZERO 
 
 
Losses to UNRANKED teams: 
 
USC - 1 
 
FLORIDA - ZERO 
 
Michigan - ZERO 
 
 
Losses to Top 10 teams: 
 
FLORIDA - 1 
 
Michigan - 1 
 
USC - ZERO 
 
 
So it must be a problem with UF's "defense", you say? 
 
Scoring Defenses: 
 
FLORIDA is #4 Nationally (allowing 12.3 per game) 
 
Michigan is #9 Nationally (allowing 14.6 per game) 
 
USC is #13 Nationally (allowing 15.1 per game) 
 
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How good is the "lowly" SEC this year??? 
 
~ The SEC is 3-1 vs the PAC 10 including, 
 
UT 35 - UCal 17. UT was up 35-0 late in the 3rd quarter and called off the dogs. Blowout! 
 
Auburn 40 - Wash. State 14. Blowout! Yet USC only beat Wash. State 
28-22 and had to throw into the endzone on the last play to win the 
game. 
 
LSU 45 - Arizona 3. Blowout! Yet USC only beat Arizona by about 7 points. 
 
~ The SEC is 5-1 vs the ACC including, 
 
Unranked SC Gamecocks beat ranked Clemson 
 
Unranked Georgia beat ranked Ga. Tech 
 
ALL SIX big SEC programs (UF, UGA, UT, Bama, Auburn, LSU) have WINNING records against current Big 10 AND PAC 10 teams. 
 
Three SEC teams are ranked in the Top 10, and one is ranked #13 and another #18. 
 
The PAC 10 (more like the "Lack 10") only has two ranked teams. #5 USC 
and UCal who is about 20th or so in the polls and has 3 losses. USC 
lost to UNRANKED Oregon State and UCLA. 
 
The Big 10 (more like the "Big Two") has three ranked teams. #1 OSU, #3 
Michigan (only quality wins: WEAK ND and Wisconsin) and #5 Wisconsin 
(ZERO wins against ranked opponents). Overrated Notre Dame has only 
beat ONE ranked opponenet (Ga. Tech) in two years!! Michigan did not 
defeat a single team that played and won against a ranked opponent. 
Penn State is 8-4 with no wins over ranked opponents. 
 
By comparison, the University of Florida defeated 4 teams that beat at least one ranked opponent. 
 
~ Number of SEC Bowl teams: 9 
 
~ Number of Pac 10 Bowl teams: 8 
 
~ Number of Big 10 (11) Bowl teams: 7 
 
~ SEC OOC record: 41-7 (.854) 
 
~ Big 10 OOC record: 33-12 (.733) 
 
~ Pac 10 OOC record: 21-9 (.700) 
 
~ SEC OOC wins/scores against Bowl teams from BCS conferences: 
 
 
UF 21 - FSU 14 
 
UT 35 - Cal 18 
 
UGA 15 - GT 12 
 
USC 31 - Clem 28 
 
AU 40 - WSU 14 
 
LSU 45 - Ariz 3 
 
Hawaii is not from a BCS conference but they did lose to Alabama 25-17. Twelve weeks later Hawaii defeats Purdue 42-35. 
 
The SEC has the best winning percentage by far against OCC opponents. 
Florida has played the toughest schedule in the entire country based on 
NCAA and BCS data. Ohio State's schedule is ranked #39 behind pretty 
much the entire SEC, ACC, and Big East...... 
 
How good is the SEC? Well the Big 10 and Big12 are still the "Big Two". 
The SEC has seen LSU, Bama, UT, and Florida all win national titles 
since the 1990's. Auburn went undefeated two years ago but wasn't 
allowed to play for the NC. Big 10 teams have a combined record of 
22-35 against SEC teams in bowl games. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
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