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Posted on 8/25/10 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 8/25/10 at 1:24 pm
Meaning fans over 50.
Was wondering if any of yall now why UK & Alabama did not play from 1947-1972?
Was wondering if any of yall now why UK & Alabama did not play from 1947-1972?
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Posted on 8/25/10 at 1:32 pm to LSCATFAN
Do 50+ year old people post on TD?
Posted on 8/25/10 at 1:34 pm to parkjas2001
yes
This post was edited on 8/25/10 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 8/25/10 at 1:39 pm to parkjas2001
quote:
Do 50+ year old people post on TD?
you have a problem with it
I'm not 50, close though
I don't know the answer, sorry.
This post was edited on 8/25/10 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 8/25/10 at 1:40 pm to fishcraze
No.
Posted on 8/25/10 at 1:59 pm to LSCATFAN
Not a senior either
But I didn't know the answer either so I posted your question on one of our Bama boards full of old timers and I'll post what they come up with.
But I didn't know the answer either so I posted your question on one of our Bama boards full of old timers and I'll post what they come up with.
Posted on 8/25/10 at 2:19 pm to LSCATFAN
While I don't know the exact answer, I can rough it in some.
Back then the conference didn't schedule a set number of games like we do now, where everyone plays the same number of foes from a slate of rotating conference teams. Schools were left to schedule their games as they saw fit, so sometimes teams would play more SEC games than another team did. If you look at the old SEC champs and see the conference records between them and the 2nd and third place teams, you will sometimes see that the champion was determined because they played an extra SEC game.
This doesn't directly explain why their is such a gap in the years that Bama and UK played...but it shows that their was a lot of flexibility in how the games were scheduled. Why they chose not to play, I have no idea.
Back then the conference didn't schedule a set number of games like we do now, where everyone plays the same number of foes from a slate of rotating conference teams. Schools were left to schedule their games as they saw fit, so sometimes teams would play more SEC games than another team did. If you look at the old SEC champs and see the conference records between them and the 2nd and third place teams, you will sometimes see that the champion was determined because they played an extra SEC game.
This doesn't directly explain why their is such a gap in the years that Bama and UK played...but it shows that their was a lot of flexibility in how the games were scheduled. Why they chose not to play, I have no idea.
Posted on 8/25/10 at 4:50 pm to LSCATFAN
It may have something to do with Bryant having coached there, and not leaving on great terms. Rupp was still around, and ivolved with UK athletics during that time, and was a major reason Bryant left UK for Texas A&M.
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