THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE BEST IN SEC FOOTBALL
July 7th, 2008 ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Last week, Jimmy Hyams broke down the records of the SEC’s best football programs over the past 25 years.
This week, another panelist on “The Sports Source” tv show (which can be viewed on The Sports Source page of MrSEC), takes Jimmy’s idea and digs in another direction.
Jeff “Beano” Henderson compares the SEC’s Big 6 programs (Florida, LSU, Georgia, Auburn, Tennessee and Alabama) against one another over the past decade in his most recent blog.
I’ll leave you to read his conclusions and explanations (written from a Tennessee perspective), but I will share with you some of the data he compiled.
Since 2000, when you compare the Big 6 against only the other members of the Big 6, here’s how the standings/records look:
1) Auburn 21-12 (.636)
2) LSU 21-13 (.618)
3) Florida 19-14 (.576)
4) Georgia 16-15 (.516)
5) Tennessee 13-20 (.394)
6) Alabama 7-23 (.233)
That says a LOT about Tommy Tuberville and his ability to coach well in big games. (I now feel pretty good that the panel on “The Sports Source” recently ranked Tuberville as the top gameday coach in the conference.)
It doesn’t say much for Phillip Fulmer. And perhaps that’s why UT is now defining “success” as an 8-5 season.
As far as Alabama is concerned, Nick Saban will surely be better than that mess of a record he inherited won’t he?
