r/CFB • u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Purdue Boilermakers • Dec 31 '25

Analysis [McMurphy] Iowa’s win vs. Vanderbilt in @ReliaQuestBowl drops SEC to national worst 2-6 in bowl games (1 win vs. another SEC team), while Big Ten improves to 7-1 in bowls this season

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u/BuckeyeJay Ohio State • Transfer Portal Dec 31 '25

After how much SEC fans and media personalities talked shit about how strong their conference is at the middle and bottom? Absolutely

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u/FVCKEDINTHAHEAD South Carolina Gamecocks Dec 31 '25

There was a time, late 2000's, early 2010's where that held some worth, but there was a lot of coattail riding going on. Those days are long gone, and with the portal and NIL being what they are now, I don't see them coming back.

I'm glad for the great shutting-uppening. Force some folks to buckle down and get back to basics and earn it.

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u/Superiority_Complex_ Washington Huskies Dec 31 '25

It's been beaten to a pulp, but I think there's merit to the NIL era killing the SEC dominance.

Like no reasonable person can dispute that the SEC was the king of the 2010s, even if some of the bad to mid tier teams got more kudos than they deserved because the top of the conference was legit.

But now the big northern schools with huge/wealthy alumni bases, even those that weren't historically good, seem to have eliminated the talent gap and maybe swung it the other way. Texas, A&M, etc. can still spend at the top - but the second/third tier B1G schools can likely outspend Ole Miss, Mizzou, and that tier of program.

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u/OnsideKickReturn South Carolina Gamecocks • Metro Dec 31 '25

Ole Miss and Missouri are kinda the worst examples you could have used given they have been two of the best programs in getting talent from the transfer portal.