Started By
Message
re: Chris Low of ESPN with some interesting reminders re: Auburn to the East
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:25 pm to volfan30
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:25 pm to volfan30
Honestly, I enjoy the 3rd Saturday in October. But I'm over having so many years between trips to different places. Tennessee has sucked the last 10 years and there's a chance it may not have mattered...but playing Alabama every year has been an incredible disadvantage. It wouldn't matter to me either way if they did away with permanents. If they want it bad enough, play it as a non conference game.
1
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:35 pm to vol017
This has nothing to do with the current strength of one team or division. No team got screwed over more (of the big 6) than AU when the conference realigned into divisions. Historically our rivals have been Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and GT. It's hard to fault the SEC as they absolutely had to preserve the important rivalries and split the big 6 for balance so I am not sure how AU to the east could ever happen. Ofcourse AU absolutely belongs in the east and I would love to have UT and UF back on the schedule every year but it won't happen and if it did it wouldn't be for another decade.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:16 pm to TIGERSPIKE
The only way this happens is if the rest of you chicken shits give up some shitty OOC game with New Mexico State or Illinois and pick up a conference game. The commissioner should throw some weight around and mandate that everyone's schedule be 6-2-1 in the league plus a P5 OOC game and one game against anyone you choose. There's no sense in having a conference where you face some teams twice in a decade. Hell, we have non-conference opponents that are more frequent than that.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:23 pm to phil4bama
So, who would be Auburn's permanent if TN is Bama's?
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:10 pm to Bham4Tide
LSU
Posted on 5/18/17 at 12:05 am to volfan30
Why can't they work 6-3 rotating or 6-2 except for UGA -AU and Bama and UT?
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:23 am to RollTide1987
quote:
I'd be fine with Auburn moving to the East if they make it a 6-2-1 schedule.
Me too. Keeps all of the rivalries in place, and rekindles Auburn's rivalries with UF and UT.
I do, however, think that the East is going to start trending up here soon and the West, sans Bama, AU and LSU (and TAMU once they hire a new coach) will start to ease up a bit. I don't think Miss ST, OM and Arky are looking that great for the immediate future so that should make the West slightly less of a gauntlet.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:26 am to Herman Frisco
quote:
Move au to the east, Bama keep the VOLS, and put AU on rotation.
That would help au with their w-l record.
If you did that, the schedule for Thanksgiving weekend would have to be completely reworked--SEC requires everyone to play that weekend, and if Bama and Auburn aren't in the same division, then they won't be playing each other five years out of six. About the only way you could do it would be to move Bama-UT to the final weekend (but that's an inter-divisional game, which has a higher probability than Ark-Mizzou to result in an Atlanta rematch one week later), and Auburn would then have to play Vandy (since UT would no longer be available) that weekend.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:31 am to tiger perry
quote:This. And why would Vandy/USCe/UK welcome Auburn to the East, when it would just make their schedule more difficult?
Tennessee, UF and UGA will continue to keep blocking AU's move to the east. Going to happen again
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:35 am to volfan30
quote:
How does it benefit S. Carolina, Vandy and UK to have a stronger East?
You left TN off this list???
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:37 am to RT1941
A 6-2-1 schedule would also decrease the inventory of games for the SEC-N.
How would this affect our payouts?
How would this affect our payouts?
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:38 am to RT1941
quote:
This. And why would Vandy/USCe/UK welcome Auburn to the East, when it would just make their schedule more difficult?
It has nothing to do to the difficulty of their schedule, but the appeal of a better schedule. It is all about trying to fill their stadium and sell season tickets. The travel for the fans for away games is becoming a big issue. I would love to see the attendance by the Teams from the East for Missouri's home games.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:42 am to Irons Puppet
quote:
It has nothing to do to the difficulty of their schedule, but the appeal of a better schedule. It is all about trying to fill their stadium and sell season tickets. The travel for the fans for away games is becoming a big issue. I would love to see the attendance by the Teams from the East for Missouri's home games.
I agree with this and the one getting mightly screwed is Missery. Who from the east is really going to travel there? In the west they might actually double their attendance.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:44 am to hawgsalot
quote:
I agree with this and the one getting mightly screwed is Missery. Who from the east is really going to travel there? In the west they might actually double their attendance.
It would allow Missouri a chance to establish some rivalries within the SEC. It has been very unfair to them at this point.
I think if they do not do it, Missouri is primed to be picked up by the Big 10. Then the SEC will have to scramble to find a replacement.
This post was edited on 5/18/17 at 9:46 am
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:44 am to nicholastiger
quote:
I like how Slive and Sankey bend to whatever the schools want.
It's almost as though they work for the schools.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:45 am to The Balinese Club
quote:
A 6-2-1 schedule would also decrease the inventory of games for the SEC-N.
What do you mean? How would a 9 game SEC schedule reduce the number of games for the SEC Network?
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:53 am to PurpleandGeauld
quote:
So would Bama go with Tenn or Aub as their permanent?
Move Alabama to the East too and it solves this problem.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:53 am to hawgsalot
IF TN were to lose the permanent game vs Bama with Auburn coming to the East it would actually benefit us.
We would likely pick up Arkansas as our West opponent each year (Missouri was their opponent but they move West and Arkansas used to be TN's second permanent West rival and a big border state). That would be much easier then having to play Bama every year.
Also Yes we add a game vs. Auburn (which would be fun as they used to be a huge rival) but so does Florida. Not sure who Georgia's west permanent game would become but I think there would be a pretty big shuffle. So I doubt it would be that easy.
So long story short is adding Auburn to the East if they keep Bama as the yearly opponent isn't that bad for TN.
We would likely pick up Arkansas as our West opponent each year (Missouri was their opponent but they move West and Arkansas used to be TN's second permanent West rival and a big border state). That would be much easier then having to play Bama every year.
Also Yes we add a game vs. Auburn (which would be fun as they used to be a huge rival) but so does Florida. Not sure who Georgia's west permanent game would become but I think there would be a pretty big shuffle. So I doubt it would be that easy.
So long story short is adding Auburn to the East if they keep Bama as the yearly opponent isn't that bad for TN.
This post was edited on 5/18/17 at 9:54 am
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:55 am to civiltiger07
quote:
What do you mean? How would a 9 game SEC schedule reduce the number of games for the SEC Network?
When you have teams play each other rather than outside the conference you reduce the total for that game by half. 14 games vs 7 games for the extra week of SEC play
Posted on 5/18/17 at 9:55 am to bigpapamac
quote:
quote:
I like how Slive and Sankey bend to whatever the schools want.
It's almost as though they work for Alabama.
FIFY.
Page 3 of 5
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News