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The reality of college football for almost a decade now is that the SEC's best is better than everybody else's best. Now, the SEC also has its own "values" on certain things like recruiting, academics, etc. compared to old-school conferences like the Big 10. My issue is that people automatically assume a Tennessee, Mississippi State, or lower level schools is better than the top schools from the Big 12 or Pac 12. Oregon or OU would beat the shit out of Ole Miss or Vanderbilt. FFS, an average Texas team annihilated Ole Miss. However, the perception of this will not change until on the biggest stage the best of one of the other conferences can beat the best in the SEC consistently. PERIOD.
OU lost to UF 14-24, LSU 14-21 but people "remember them" as ass-whooping. People think Auburn beat the shit out of Oregon even though it was on a last second field goal. The divide isn't as big as people think, but until they start beating the SEC in the title game, that perception won't change.
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