Balanced Big Ten vs SEC Article

by Terry Alan
(Carlsbad, Ca USA)

A balanced article on this debate can be found in the Columbus Dispatch by Ken Gordon, Sunday Dec. 16, 07 titled Mightier? Maybe not/ SEC dominance against the Big 10 isn't clear cut.

Has some good stats and commentary from Peter Wolfe, a UCLA researcher whose ratings are used by the BCS. He notes things change quickly, in 2005 the Segarin ratings (another BCS computer system) had the Big 10 conference rated no. 1, and the SEC no. 5.

And head to head, the conferences are 13 - 13 in the Bowl games since 1997, so what's all the argument?