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re: "Old school" SEC fans...rate the addition of A&M and Mizzou after two years.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 2:44 am to Clay Davis
Posted on 1/4/14 at 2:44 am to Clay Davis
In a pipe-dream world where state politics and whatnot played no part I'd keep aTm because as an LSU fan I really do enjoy playing them every year again, and probably UNC to add to the basketball brand, and add another state that is actually in the southeastern united states. I don't mean that as a knock on Mizzou, I just think I'd prefer them in a pie-in-the-sky scenario.
Regardless, as far as football goes, the move to 14 with the current 6-1-1 is like the SEC isn't one conference anymore. It's the SECW and the SECE and we play a cross conference challenge every season. The players don't get to play every team while they are in college, and the students and fans don't get to enjoy games with all of the schools nearly as much. Some of that can be remedied by tweaking the schedule over time, but it won't fix all of it.
Mizzou still hasn't even been put on an LSU schedule yet. Vandy hasn't been on an LSU schedule since 2010 and there's no telling when they will be again. LSU will go more than a decade between trips to South Carolina probably. That's just nonsense.
Regardless, as far as football goes, the move to 14 with the current 6-1-1 is like the SEC isn't one conference anymore. It's the SECW and the SECE and we play a cross conference challenge every season. The players don't get to play every team while they are in college, and the students and fans don't get to enjoy games with all of the schools nearly as much. Some of that can be remedied by tweaking the schedule over time, but it won't fix all of it.
Mizzou still hasn't even been put on an LSU schedule yet. Vandy hasn't been on an LSU schedule since 2010 and there's no telling when they will be again. LSU will go more than a decade between trips to South Carolina probably. That's just nonsense.
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Posted on 1/4/14 at 9:39 am to CrippleCreek
I agree with you assessment on scheduling. We need to go to a 6-2-1 format very soon and do away with allowing us to play FCS teams. As a fan, I hate these games.
I always thought we belong in the SEC. We should have come with Arkansas in '92. I thought for sure that we were headed "home" in '96, but state politics forced us into a bad marriage in the XII. It took us 20 years to get here, but we are finally home.
I think Missouri will be a good long term fit, but I feel that they were the league's third choice behind VT and OU. And we all know that MU would have preferred the B1G but Nebraska took their spot. No doubt they rode our coat tails after we had the ordeal of leaving the XII that they didn't have.
At any rate, it's nice to see the old Confeseracy come back together as the SEC. TAMU certainly has deep, old Southern Roots.
I always thought we belong in the SEC. We should have come with Arkansas in '92. I thought for sure that we were headed "home" in '96, but state politics forced us into a bad marriage in the XII. It took us 20 years to get here, but we are finally home.
I think Missouri will be a good long term fit, but I feel that they were the league's third choice behind VT and OU. And we all know that MU would have preferred the B1G but Nebraska took their spot. No doubt they rode our coat tails after we had the ordeal of leaving the XII that they didn't have.
At any rate, it's nice to see the old Confeseracy come back together as the SEC. TAMU certainly has deep, old Southern Roots.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 9:47 am to CrippleCreek
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Regardless, as far as football goes, the move to 14 with the current 6-1-1 is like the SEC isn't one conference anymore. It's the SECW and the SECE and we play a cross conference challenge every season. The players don't get to play every team while they are in college, and the students and fans don't get to enjoy games with all of the schools nearly as much. Some of that can be remedied by tweaking the schedule over time, but it won't fix all of it.
Mizzou still hasn't even been put on an LSU schedule yet. Vandy hasn't been on an LSU schedule since 2010 and there's no telling when they will be again. LSU will go more than a decade between trips to South Carolina probably. That's just nonsense.
Those problems could be fixed tomorrow if yearly cross-division rivalry games would go away or only be applied to programs who want them.
And those problems WILL go away when we move to a 9 game schedule.
This post was edited on 1/4/14 at 9:48 am
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