My opinion on the ACC and SEC and Other BCS Conferences

I am sick of getting these questions about which conference I think is the best and so forth.

Here are my opinions on the conferences:
· All of the BCS conferences provide excellent competition year end year out.
· I agree with my brother-in-law (UGA grad) when he states: Everyone is fanatical about their conference often times based on where they live geographically.
· The SEC does have an impressive BCS bowl record and has recently done well against the ACC in the Peach Bowl.
· With the SEC and ACC both having 9 bowl tie ins and sending approximately the same number of players to the NFL, I think it is hard to say there is note worthy difference in the level of competition in these conferences.
· The TV commentators say so many wonderful things about the SEC, only during the SEC games, because of all the money invested in that conference. The networks are trying to sell their “investment” to their viewing audience. Not to mention, Jesse Palmer, played QB at Florida and SEC school.
· The ACC hasn’t had a National Champion caliber team last year or the year before.
· The SEC hasn’t had the top to bottom quality of the ACC last year and maybe this year. The ACC sent 10 teams to bowls last year.
· The SEC’s best teams over the past couple of years would end up losing at least 1 conference game if they went through a typical ACC schedule.
· I don’t think Florida or Alabama would go undefeated in the ACC and am surprised that SEC fans use that as a bragging point to say their conference is the best.
· Finally, and to repeat, I think all 6 BCS conferences are competitive and deserving of credit and respectable comments. With UCLA beating UT, Washington (#7 in Pac-10) playing LSU (#3 in SEC) tight, GT beating Vandy and MSU (#9 in SEC) worse than most any other SEC team, and UGA (#7 in SEC) losing to OkSt and struggling with ASU. You can’t intelligently go around and declare your conference as world beaters or dominant. And don’t ever, ever forget: that putting 100,000 people inside of a football stadium in no way makes a football team better than another. Never, ever, never. Some experts also believe that a high percentage of fans that attend SEC games are intoxicated.
· Year in and year out I think the ACC and SEC are the best 2 conferences based on the number of bowl tie ins, out of conference BCS+ record, and number of players that go to the NFL from these 2 conferences.
· I would have to give the SEC the edge over the ACC because they send a few more players to the NFL and have won more National Championships. Remember though, for every year you have an undefeated Florida or Alabama, there is a Vandy or Kentucky that must be weighed equally. You still have to give a National Championship a little more weight for a conference.
· The college recruiting rankings mean only a little to me because they seem to rank the teams with the largest subscriptions with the best recruiting classes. What matters to me regarding talent is how many players go pro!