SEC still better than big ten in football, argues Bruce Pearl

Bruce Pearl is not only happy to speak the SEC in terms of basketball, but the trainer of Auburn Hoops is certainly also in the corner of the conference when it comes to football.

And with some analysts who after their performance in College Football playoffs the SEC bad, he took the chance to defend the conference while making a jump with the Big Ten.

“Big ten football is not as strong from top to bottom,” said Pearl in the Gary Parrish Show.

“Go to the state Mississippi when you have a bad year and half of your children are in the hospital when you leave the game. It is every single night. I thought our SEC soccer teams were exhausted. “

Pearl believes that the quality of the competition in the big ten or the lack of the seconds enabled teams such as Ohio State and Penn State to get into the playoffs in a weaker schedule.

“Now you are in the state of Ohio or in Penn State, two teams that get deep into the playoffs, they only had two or three games on the entire schedule, the approximately seven or eight games for Ole Miss or Alabama or were one The SEC teams, ”he said.

“And I think these football players were exhausted.”

Exhausted or not, the Big Ten had the last laugh on the soccer field in the last two seasons.

Michigan won the national title in 2023 and the state of Ohio increased the trophy in the historic first 12 team field in 2024.

And the Buckeyes defeated two SEC teams on the way, triunter Tennessee in the first round game and repressed Texas in the semi -finals.

In addition to the Buckeyes, the big ten also brought Penn State and Oregon to the top 5 of the last AP Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top last season.

Pearl believes that these teams are simply easier to get into the playoffs due to schedules that are not as strict as the SEC and are the same in basketball.

“Memphis and Gonzaga, these two teams, take off their conferences [through] January, February, and everything you think about is March. They are so excited, ”said Pearl.

“Until they come to March and play against great teams that they have to prove on TV all year round because nobody spoke about Memphis and people are fed up with hearing from Auburn, Alabama, Florida and All These great second teams. This is something. “

While the SEC teams may be “exhausted” by their discouraging football and basketball plans, it does not seem to have paid Pearl's own team too loved.

Auburn is 25: 2 and the consensus no. 1 team in the country and looks like the team that can beat the Madness time for March Madness.

(Pearl)

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