re: UF will not be playing in BR nor will any rules re: SECCG be changed.

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I think he does.

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Actually he doesn't

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page 6. SEC commissioners regulations.


2. Authority. Authority to delay or relocate a contest is vested with the home institution’s Athletics Director
or designated senior level administrator. Authority to suspend a contest is vested with the officials. Authority
to cancel, postpone or terminate a contest is vested only with the Commissioner or his/her designee.
3. Guidelines.
A. The home institution’s Athletics Director or designated senior level administrator shall have the authority
to determine whether a contest should, prior to its start, be temporarily delayed until a later time on the
same date. Once a contest has started, the decision to suspend play is the responsibility of the game
officials.
B. If extenuating circumstances occur that necessitate the relocation of the contest site within the same city,
the home institution’s Athletics Director or designated senior level administrator shall have the authority
to determine whether and where the contest should be relocated. The decision should be made in
consultation with the visiting team. The alternate site must be in full compliance with all NCAA playing
rules and regulations governing that particular sport.
C. If a contest is postponed prior to its start for any reason, the two participating institutions, in consultation
with the Commissioner or his/her designee, shall attempt to reschedule the game at a later time or date.
If the contest cannot be rescheduled, the Commissioner shall cancel the contest.
D. If a contest is suspended for any reason after play has begun, the contest must be resumed as soon as
conditions are deemed safe by the officials in consultation with the home team game management
personnel.
E. A suspended contest may not be resumed after midnight local time, or two hours following the point of
suspension, whichever is later.

Nothing in here gives the Commissioner authority to tell the schools when or if a game will be played. All it does is give him the power to cancel it if the schools can't come to a agreement.

There will be a rule change, its has to happen.

Its Sanky's weak leadership that allowed this to happen. Plans should have been put in place early last week that designated if this happens, we do this. If that happens, we do that. Poor Poor leadership. This may not cause Sanky to lose his job directly. But make no mistake it will likely create a situation where he has zero margin for error from here on out. The next miss step and he will be gone.

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Sanky's weak leadership that allowed this to happen. Plans should have been put in place early last week that designated if this happens, we do this. If that happens, we do that. Poor Poor leadership. This may not cause Sanky to lose his job directly. But make no mistake it will likely create a situation where he has zero margin for error from here on out.

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Bingo!

Fantastic job by Foley doing what was best for U of F and screwing everything else up.

Horrible job by Sankey allowing Foley to do it.

Thus the turd samich we have now.

A team with only 7 conference games will not be in Atlanta.

And for the record, I do think Foley probably used this to his advantage, but he had enough "reasons" to make it sound legit.

Just like Bama in 1988.

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A team with only 7 conference games will not be in Atlanta.

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sure about that?

don't see a real rule on it.

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Just like Bama in 1988.

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Wut? Bama played that game after the Auburn game. It was easy enough to do as there was no SECCG but the game was played.

I'm saying that the UA used it to their advantage. I'm as big a Bama fan as there is, but I'm not denying it was done to give us time to rest our QB.

Then we kicked Aggies arse.

This is what I was referring to when I said Bama did the same thing in '88.

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And for the record, I do think Foley probably used this to his advantage, but he had enough "reasons" to make it sound legit.

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Just trying to add a dose of reality to the board after reading absurd thread after thread about what accommodations LSU fans think other SEC teams and the SEC will make.

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O'rly? Tiger fans were the ones saying that the rest of the SEC shouldn't pay for Florida's screw up/chickening out.

I know that this has been said numerous times, but I just thought I'd add a dose of reality here.

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When 6-1 LSU goes to Atl over 6-2 Bama you will be like but but they HAVE to play that game!!!

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In that scenario, wouldn't LSU go to Atlanta no matter what happened in the FL game?

For LSU to be 6-1 and Alabama to be 6-2 LSU would have to beat Alabama and then someone else would also beat them.

Even if the game was played and Florida beat LSU, both LSU and Alabama would be 6-2 with LSU owning the H2H tie breaker.

So best case scenario would be the same records with Alabama losing the tie breaker; worst case is LSU wins the division outright. Not sure why Alabama would care at that point since we would be staying home December 3rd no matter what happened.

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You will either figure out a way to make it to Gainesville or you won't. But the conference isn't going to change any rules for you, or UF, re: eligibility for Atlanta. It's laughable that anyone thinks otherwise.

I don't think the game is played.

Also, I HIGHLY doubt any other SEC teams are going to rearrange their schedule and inconvenience their fans who have made travel and lodging plans for a certain game on a certain date.

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I agree with this. if I were one of the other SEC teams, I wouldn't either. These games help the local economies as much as it does the universities. Some businesses rely heavily on these weekends. I doubt you get the same size crowds if you start moving games. Just my opinion.

Don't think there is anything in the rule book that says you must have 8 conf games. It goes by winning percentage.