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re: I just solved the permanent opponent "problem"
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:16 pm to AGoodTexan
Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:16 pm to AGoodTexan
Easy solution is to get rid of them, and Bama-Tennessee, AU-Georgia schedule each other in a non-conference game in the years they roll off the schedule. Yea it's unconventional, but that is the only way to keep the conference schedule fair. And if the rivalries are really that important, then the schools shouldn't have a problem doing this. FWIW, I would hope Bama-UT would do this, but when being put to the fire by conference eliminating perma-rivals, I doubt the decision makers at the schools would follow through, and would let the rivalry fade.
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Posted on 4/30/14 at 2:29 pm to bodask42
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Easy solution is to get rid of them, and Bama-Tennessee, AU-Georgia schedule each other in a non-conference game in the years they roll off the schedule.
That's the best proposal I've heard on this....makes a lot of sense to me. Mizzou used to have a non-conference game with ku in baseball each year at Kauffman. A bit unorthodox but it would work.
Posted on 4/30/14 at 3:04 pm to bodask42
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Easy solution is to get rid of them, and Bama-Tennessee, AU-Georgia schedule each other in a non-conference game in the years they roll off the schedule. Yea it's unconventional, but that is the only way to keep the conference schedule fair. And if the rivalries are really that important, then the schools shouldn't have a problem doing this. FWIW, I would hope Bama-UT would do this, but when being put to the fire by conference eliminating perma-rivals, I don't the decision makers at the schools would follow through, and would let the rivalry fade.
I agree with all of this.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 7:00 pm to bodask42
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I just solved the permanent opponent "problem"
Easy solution is to get rid of them, and Bama-Tennessee, AU-Georgia schedule each other in a non-conference game in the years they roll off the schedule. Yea it's unconventional, but that is the only way to keep the conference schedule fair. And if the rivalries are really that important, then the schools shouldn't have a problem doing this. FWIW, I would hope Bama-UT would do this, but when being put to the fire by conference eliminating perma-rivals, I doubt the decision makers at the schools would follow through, and would let the rivalry fade.
Once again - NO F'ING WAY are we going to play an SEC team in a NON-CONFERENCE game during the season.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:02 pm to bodask42
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Easy solution is to get rid of them, and Bama-Tennessee, AU-Georgia schedule each other in a non-conference game in the years they roll off the schedule. Yea it's unconventional, but that is the only way to keep the conference schedule fair. And if the rivalries are really that important, then the schools shouldn't have a problem doing this.
The SEC has already started moving in this direction with the requirement of a non-conference BCS ("Big 5") opponent on the schedule. Once it becomes an accepted common place to schedule the Big 5 schools, then the SEC can slip in that it's okay to substitute an SEC school for one of the Big 5 opponents.
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