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<blockquote data-quote="CountryFrog" data-source="post: 2995821" data-attributes="member: 70667"><p>While I agree with some of what you're saying, I'm also not a believer at all in the idea that NFL success (particularly NFL draft success) is the indicator of how good you are as a college team. On the field the Big 12 has pretty well held their own against the top conferences in recent years. They're clearly not at the SEC level but neither is anyone else. I think the next 4 conferences after the SEC are extremely similar overall with ups and downs from year to year.</p><p></p><p>The ACC has been mentioned and I will say that's a conference that has consistently churned out NFL talent but their teams on the field have seen very little success outside of Clemson and the Jimbo FSU teams. To me that conference is exhibit A on how little having NFL prospects on your team actually leads to real winning in college.</p><p></p><p>And actually when you really examine Clemson you could say they've maybe over achieved somewhat in relation to their NFL level talent. They've had 2 of the best QB's of this century and famously had that DL that was full of 1st round talent but it's not like they've been putting Alabama type NFL talent out there despite the fact they've been at that level over the last several years on the field.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CountryFrog, post: 2995821, member: 70667"] While I agree with some of what you're saying, I'm also not a believer at all in the idea that NFL success (particularly NFL draft success) is the indicator of how good you are as a college team. On the field the Big 12 has pretty well held their own against the top conferences in recent years. They're clearly not at the SEC level but neither is anyone else. I think the next 4 conferences after the SEC are extremely similar overall with ups and downs from year to year. The ACC has been mentioned and I will say that's a conference that has consistently churned out NFL talent but their teams on the field have seen very little success outside of Clemson and the Jimbo FSU teams. To me that conference is exhibit A on how little having NFL prospects on your team actually leads to real winning in college. And actually when you really examine Clemson you could say they've maybe over achieved somewhat in relation to their NFL level talent. They've had 2 of the best QB's of this century and famously had that DL that was full of 1st round talent but it's not like they've been putting Alabama type NFL talent out there despite the fact they've been at that level over the last several years on the field. [/QUOTE]
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