The SEC is Overrated

As college football has come back a yearly argument has came back. Is the SEC overrated? Now, the SEC is a very good football conference, and how you disagree? They won seven BCS titles in a row, and the conference has a wealth of great NFL prospects every year.  But the conference has been exposed as of late. I believe that it is overrated, and I have a few examples of why I think the SEC is overrated.

 

Bad Start to 2015 season

It has been a rough start to the season for the SEC.  It all started the first night of the FBS season, when Vanderbilt lost to a good C-USA opponent, 14-12.  Knowing Vanderbilt, it wasn’t a surprise at all, as they are one of the worst teams in all of FBS football and struggle to get to four wins a year.  It just got worse from there.  In week two, number six ranked Auburn battled with FCS Jacksonville State, and it was a struggle.  They got the ball back with about a minute left after a shanked punt, and scored a touchdown just to force it into overtime, where they eventually won it.

Now in Little Rock, Arkansas, the number eighteen ranked Arkansas Razorbacks played a neutral site game against the MAC’s Toledo Rockets. The Razorbacks came out of the gate flat, and trailed for most of the game.  It ended on a late-game heave by Razorbacks quarterback Brandon Allen that floated out of the back of the end zone.  The game ended in a 17-12 loss for the Razorbacks.  In other games, Missouri won against Arkansas State of the Sun Belt 27-20, and Florida beat C-USA member East Carolina 31-24

 

Bad Quarterback Play

Perhaps the biggest reason for the SEC’s struggle is the lack of strong quarterback play.  Back when the SEC won those seven titles in a row, the SEC was filled with great quarterback play. 

Perhaps the biggest reason for the SEC’s struggle is the lack of strong quarterback play.  Back when the SEC won those seven titles in a row, the SEC was filled with great quarterback play.  Great quarterbacks like Tim Tebow, Cam Newton, Greg McElroy.  Now, it seems like there is only two high quality signal callers, and that is Texas A@M’s Kyle Allen and Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott, with Allen probably being the only quarterback in the conference with great pro upside as of now. That is not good news for the SEC’s title hopes considering that the run-away favorite right now, Ohio State, has two NFL quality quarterbacks on their roster alone in Cardale Jones (who is the starter) and J.T Barrett.  I don't that any SEC team that would play the Buckeyes in the playoffs would be  able to keep up with them with the weak quarterback play of the SEC.