As proud as I am of the recent Tiger teams, there is no way
Posted on: July 23, 2016 at 14:50:20 CT
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that you can equate a Big XII North championship or an SEC East championship with a Big 8 championship.
If you want to compare "winning at neutral sites", I would put beating Heisman Trophy Winner Joe Bellino and Navy in the Orange Bowl, beating Heisman Trophy Winner to be Steve Spurrier and Florida in the Sugar Bowl, Georgia Tech in the Bluebonnet Bowl and Alabama in the Gator Bowl above beating any opponent at a neutral site that Pinkel's teams did.
You're correct that winning conferences are tougher these days, but bowl games were much more elite back in Devine's era because there were only eight bowls.
Edited by BB63 at 15:18:10 on 07/23/16