FB: How bad is the ACC? How good is the SEC?

[TeamAmerica]

I was personally surprised that Louisville did not move up in the polls, especially considering that Ole Miss actually dropped a spot or two. If a team ranked 24th can play a top-10 opponent that closely, it seems reasonable that voters should recognize that as evidence that Louisville may be better than its ranking.

Ole Miss stayed at #9 in the AP poll.

 

[Anon520599]

I take it back...you all are the dumbest people on the planet, not just in terms of sports fandom

 

[Starrcade]

I take it back...you all are the dumbest people on the planet, not just in terms of sports fandom

I give your new alias 12 posts, all of the sanctimonious variety. Seek help.

 

[UKFootball78]

You dopes have been saying this **** for years. Conference and schedule smack is so lame. Stupid comment but par for the course with you morons

What's lame about the truth? Any idiot can look at the 2 schools schedule and resulting record and see UL greatly benefited from playing a weak schedule in very weak conferences. IDK how you can even argue otherwise.

 

[UKFootball78]

I was personally surprised that Louisville did not move up in the polls, especially considering that Ole Miss actually dropped a spot or two. If a team ranked 24th can play a top-10 opponent that closely, it seems reasonable that voters should recognize that as evidence that Louisville may be better than its ranking.

When has that reasoning ever been used for any school other than duke basketball?

 

[BluWildcatz]

You dopes have been saying this **** for years. Conference and schedule smack is so lame. Stupid comment but par for the course with you morons

I think Louisville is a good football team. The other night vs. Ole Miss started off slow, but it ended up being a great game. It was a close one, but you still lost, which should give you a taste of how we feel. What do you mean by "schedule smack"? I don't understand what that means. All I meant was that we're part of the same state, but we're in different regional (or at least they used to be) conferences, and the SEC is objectively much stronger than the ACC and always has been. You all were in CUSA and The Big East before the ACC on top of that. I feel like we've had good teams in the past that we didn't get any credit for because we had to face top 10 teams practically every game.... So, it's an interesting hypothetical to consider. Although, obviously, we are the state school, so the onus is on us at the end of the day. I just feel no affinity towards the SEC whatsoever and never understood Kentucky fans who worship it like some monolith. My post wasn't meant to discredit Louisville. It would obviously be hypocritical to imply Louisville isn't good just because they don't have to play LSU, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Texas A&M, every week.

People harp on the modern NIL era, but in retrospect, it's kind of silly how imbalanced football used to be. In any other sport or competition it would have been seen as a negative, unfair "meta," I think....

 

[Anon520599]

I think Louisville is a good football team. The other night vs. Ole Miss started off slow, but it ended up being a great game. It was a close one, but you still lost, which should give you a taste of how we feel. What do you mean by "schedule smack"? I don't understand what that means. All I meant was that we're part of the same state, but we're in different regional (or at least they used to be) conferences, and the SEC is objectively much stronger than the ACC and always has been. You all were in CUSA and The Big East before the ACC on top of that. I feel like we've had good teams in the past that we didn't get any credit for because we had to face top 10 teams practically every game.... So, it's an interesting hypothetical to consider. Although, obviously, we are the state school, so the onus is on us at the end of the day. I just feel no affinity towards the SEC whatsoever and never understood Kentucky fans who worship it like some monolith. My post wasn't meant to discredit Louisville. It would obviously be hypocritical to imply Louisville isn't good just because they don't have to play LSU, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Texas A&M, every week.

People harp on the modern NIL era, but in retrospect, it's kind of silly how imbalanced football used to be. In any other sport or competition it would have been seen as a negative, unfair "meta," I think....

You don't play those teams every week either

 

[BluWildcatz]

You don't play those teams every week either

Are you familiar with figures of speech? It's a rudimentary writing concept. Either, you're illiterate, or desperately clinging to a failed argument. I'd say both, actually.

 

[gobigblue812_rivals29381]

You dopes have been saying this **** for years. Conference and schedule smack is so lame. Stupid comment but par for the course with you morons

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[NineIsOnTheWay]

I'm starting to believe every year these teams get more even. Other than like the four or five power houses it seems college football is a toss up.

At this point I'm thinking the only advantage the SEC has is the big stadiums.

 

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

Since I know where this will eventually go, the acc has it easy. Even in their best case, they have a few good teams but every other week is just basically an off week. Whereas UK and other sec teams have an absolute battle every single week.

By end of year, every sec team is so physically beat up, every other conference has a massive advantage.

This is another example of why adding a ninth conference game is sheer idiocy imo.

 

[King1959]

Ole Miss stayed at #9 in the AP poll.

Ole Miss won’t be anywhere near #9 by the end of the season, probably not in the top 25 at all.

 

[BigBluefoot]

How far do you think the #24 team losing to the #9 team on the last play of the game should drop?

At least a1 spot! 0-1.
By your reasoning we wouldnt drop to most of the SEC teams we play every year but most of the time we do. Quit pretending like this isn't subjective nonsense that isn't applied arbitrarily.

 

[Bowfreak.]

The SEC has at least 3 teams that will be knocking on the door of a championship. They have 6 or 7 teams capable of a playoff spot. It is a different landscape now but the SEC football royalty will do whatever it takes to win and eventually they will be on top again. After Alabama fires DeBoer they will be a different animal again.

 

[TeamAmerica]

What's lame about the truth? Any idiot can look at the 2 schools schedule and resulting record and see UL greatly benefited from playing a weak schedule in very weak conferences. IDK how you can even argue otherwise.

The ACC is the kind of league UK needs to get in if they ever want a chance to win.

 

[TeamAmerica]

You don't play those teams every week either

You act like every game in the SEC is an NFL East game. Louisville hit just as hard as anybody in the SEC. Just look at the Ole Miss injury report.

 

[TeamAmerica]

So if Kentucky were top 25 and lost to Bama next week, do you honestly think we would stay put at our ranking? A loss is a loss. I just find it funny how some teams always get the benefit of the doubt and the loss is looked at through nuance. We rarely if ever are afforded that same luxury.

If they lost on a last second FG they wouldn't fall. If they got beat by 40 they probably would. All loses aren't the same.

 

[BigBluefoot]

You act like every game in the SEC is an NFL East game. Louisville hit just as hard as anybody in the SEC. Just look at the Ole Miss injury report.

 

[Haggin_Hall_1983]

You dopes have been saying this **** for years. Conference and schedule smack is so lame. Stupid comment but par for the course with you morons

While you are here, I think most of us would like to see your picks for UL if the Cardinals were to play UK's 2026 schedule.

 

[BigBluefoot]

Imagine if we swapped places with Louisville.

Okay, but I'm not growing a linebeard!
Man's gotta draw a line somewhere.

 

[UKFootball78]

The ACC is the kind of league UK needs to get in if they ever want a chance to win.

Hahaha, has nothing to to do with the question I asked of you. Can't defend your previous comments so you make another stupid one. Go back to the ul board.

 

[TeamAmerica]

Hahaha, has nothing to to do with the question I asked of you. Can't defend your previous comments so you make another stupid one. Go back to the ul board.

I answered your question. Not much I can do if you didn’t understand the answer.

 

[Resignmarkpope]

SEC
Key Highlights

• • The Record: For the first time with the expanded 16-team configuration, every single SEC program won its season opener. [1]
  • Big Wins: No. 11 LSU dismantled Clemson 51-10, and No. 9 Ole Miss secured a win over No. 24 Louisville. [1, 2]
  • Dominant Blowouts: Programs like Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee cruised past their opening opponents by large margins, averaging a winning margin of 36.6 points per game

ACC
Week 1 Overview

• • Record vs. Power Four: 1–5
  • Highlight: No. 19 SMU grabbed a close 27-24 win on Monday night, and North Carolina picked up a win earlier.
  • Lowlights: Clemson suffered a heavy defeat to LSU (644 yards allowed), and Georgia Tech lost a tight home game to Colorado. Louisville also fell in a tough matchup against Mississippi

About as bad as mark pope! F pope

 

[warrior-cat]

I take it back...you all are the dumbest people on the planet, not just in terms of sports fandom

LOL. An anon poster calling other posters dumb when everyone here knows you were not smart enough to figure out how to put a sig in your account.

 

[warrior-cat]

The ACC is the kind of league UK needs to get in if they ever want a chance to win.

Win what? Being the best in the worst football conference. That's like winning the toilet bowl.

 

[UKFootball78]

I answered your question. Not much I can do if you didn’t understand the answer.

So you got nothing and resort to attacking my intelligence. Got it. You can't answer question. You suck at trolling. The other 5 posters on the UL board are probably missing you by now. Bye

 

[paulcalhoun_rivals397471]

About as bad as mark pope! F pope

You really need to grow up. You are a just one track idiot. You insist on interjecting the same stupid crap about our BB coach even on a FB thread.

 

[Beatle Bum]

Win what? Being the best in the worst football conference. That's like winning the toilet bowl.

It hasn’t been a good conference for football OR basketball over the past few years. Schools are suing for an exit. It’s a little brother conference.

 

[Beatle Bum]

You really need to grow up. You are a just one track idiot. You insist on interjecting the same stupid crap about our BB coach even on a FB thread.

He can’t grow up. He is incapable. This is who he is and will forever be.

 

[TeamAmerica]

Win what? Being the best in the worst football conference. That's like winning the toilet bowl.

Is it better to be the worst in the best football Conference?

 

[warrior-cat]

Is it better to be the worst in the best football Conference?

Yes, because we are still a tier or two above the ACC.

 

[Resignmarkpope]

You really need to grow up. You are a just one track idiot. You insist on interjecting the same stupid crap about our BB coach even on a FB thread.

Did I mention Fire Pope

 

[Beatle Bum]

Is it better to be the worst in the best football Conference?

At least we all agree the ACC is the worst conference.

 

[gobigblue812_rivals29381]

uofl beats a bad FCS team. Should jump up about 8 spots in the rankings...

 

[Beatle Bum]

In 2018, UK came out of the best conference in college football with a 10-3 record. UL has never accomplished anything like that. It’s better to be in the be in the best conference fighting to win games of significance than to be in the worst conference puffing your chest when you beat one of the 2 ranked teams on your schedule. One is gold and the other fools gold.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

SEC
Key Highlights

• • The Record: For the first time with the expanded 16-team configuration, every single SEC program won its season opener. [1]
  • Big Wins: No. 11 LSU dismantled Clemson 51-10, and No. 9 Ole Miss secured a win over No. 24 Louisville. [1, 2]
  • Dominant Blowouts: Programs like Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee cruised past their opening opponents by large margins, averaging a winning margin of 36.6 points per game

ACC
Week 1 Overview

• • Record vs. Power Four: 1–5
  • Highlight: No. 19 SMU grabbed a close 27-24 win on Monday night, and North Carolina picked up a win earlier.
  • Lowlights: Clemson suffered a heavy defeat to LSU (644 yards allowed), and Georgia Tech lost a tight home game to Colorado. Louisville also fell in a tough matchup against Mississippi

The ACC is pure garbage and the SEC is legit like always. Seems better than last year overall.

 

[Cardinalrules]

What's lame about the truth? Any idiot can look at the 2 schools schedule and resulting record and see UL greatly benefited from playing a weak schedule in very weak conferences. IDK how you can even argue otherwise.

Schedules mean nothing when you play head to head. Kentucky has always had the tougher schedule in my lifetime, but Louisville has the overall better record heading into to head.

 

[UKFootball78]

Schedules mean nothing when you play head to head. Kentucky has always had the tougher schedule in my lifetime, but Louisville has the overall better record heading into to head.

19-17, check again

 

[Beatle Bum]

Schedules mean nothing when you play head to head. Kentucky has always had the tougher schedule in my lifetime, but Louisville has the overall better record heading into to head.

Walking through a bunch of patsies is easier than trudging through the grind of the SEC. That benefits UL for an end of the season matchup on at least 2 fronts. First, the beat down of playing real opponents. Second, as seen last season, when there is nothing to play for at season’s end, it makes UL’s job easier.