Re: Re: Re: .. You're right, the west team still controls their own destiny, and given that all other west teams would have at least one loss (provided said west team sweeps the west), the tie breaker would make the difference. However, like you said, it is very unlikely that a team from the west will have only 1 SEC loss, and if they do, they will probably win the division. I understand your point, but that scenario is unlikely. What is likely is that there will be a tie. In Auburn's case last year, they were 5-3 with SEC losses to Arkansas and Georgia. Had they won either of those two games, they would have been in the SECCG (there would have been no need for the tie-breaker. So which loss was more detrimental? I dont see either carrying more weight than the other. Actually, an argument could be made that the UGA loss could have been more detrimental because it came near the end of the season to the number 4 team in the country. Not only would that win have put them in the SECCG, it would have given them a 5 game winning streak going into it, as well as vaulting them up the rankings. Point is, a west team has only once ever finished the season with a 7-1 SEC record, having the lone loss come from a team in the east (Alabama in 1999, losing to UT). Using history as a guide, a loss to a team in the west is unlikely to be weighted when compared to a loss to a team from the east. Im not disagreeing with you, just making discussion really. For what its worth, there have been two years in which a team from the west finished the regular season with a perfect 8-0 regular season SEC record. Alabama did it both times, first in 1992, then again in 1994. Also, in 2001, LSU became the only school to win the conference with more than 1 regular season loss (5-3).
