This is only true if you value a win over a #1 UT more than an SEC title. This is exactly what I said when you first started arguing with me yet you seem to concede this point everywhere else in the thread.
Why would you not value a win over #1 more when it would mean more in the bigger picture? We could win the SEC because the other teams lose a bunch of games they shouldn't have, and all that does is makes winning the sec less impactful to potentially meaningless. Racking up wins against as many top rated teams as possible does far more than winning your conference if the best teams in conference underperformed. I honest to God don't understand how you can be so obtuse to the significance of each.
Not to mention the fact that UT losing to other teams isn't necessary for us to win the SEC. They can win all their other games and still lose the SEC to us if we take care of business. We are UK. We don't need our opponents losing games to ******** competition to help us out. We should be able to take care of them ourselves.
Buck-up buttercup! Lifes not about having the easiest way handed to you, it's about earning it!
I want a one seed. One seeds aren't handed out for regular season conference championships. They are handed out for having the best resumes (unless you're Duke/UNC). While those can go hand in hand, they aren't required. If UT loses to teams like Vandy, Bama and so forth, their rating across metrics will drop, as will the impact of a potential win against them. That doesn't mean it will be bad, but it does mean it will weaken it. If we truly want a one seed, we need all the teams we win and lose against to have the best resumes possible at the end of the year. That means not cheering for them to lose to weaker teams.
Winning conference championships is cute and all, but we have a **** ton of those. Wouldn't it be better to get another F4 or NC? And doesn't a one seed give you the best odds of that? Particularly when that one seed could have us play sw16 and elite 8 games in KY?