nelsonmuntz
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Who cares about the strength of schedule from last year? Is Houston a better program than Tennessee? Miami has won titles. FSU has won titles. VT, GT and Clemson have been very, very good. Even BC. Maryland has been good, North Carolina has been good. Just because Missouri and Oklahoma State just both recently had the greatest seasons in their history doesn't make them powerhouses (and one is now gone anyway). Kansas won a freaking Orange Bowl a few years ago and now they stink again. In 1990 Colorado looked like team that would be good for years to come. Yes, the Big 12 has an excellent recent history in football. But look at the first 5 BCS championship games. 10 teams (current conf affiliation): SEC: 1 B10: 2 B12: 1 ACC: 6. This is not ancient history. Lately it flipped. It will flip again, and the Pac 10 or Big 10 or even the ACC will go on a run.
How many years since the 2003 realignment has the ACC been better than the Big 12 by any measure? The Big 12 had a rough year in 2007 or so, but otherwise the leagues are not comparable. And the Big 12 just replaced 4 teams that hadn't done much of anything the past 10 years with two programs that have been ranked for most of the past decade. And I am not just talking at the top, where the Big 12 would dominate easily. Top to bottom, the Big 12 has been much better than the ACC in football since realignment, and the difference is only getting bigger.