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SEC leaning toward nine-game football league schedule

Posted on 8/20/22 at 9:11 pm
Posted by djrichiep
Warwick, GA
Member since Sep 2012
1200 posts
Posted on 8/20/22 at 9:11 pm
Looks like they figured out how much money they'd make...

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That would secure continuation of the DSOR. Good news if it holds...
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86500 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 9:08 am to
Uf au and sc would be our 3 permanents which works out just fine. The only crappy thing will be not playing UT yearly but we never had much history with them pre-92 expansion anyway so oh well.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12415 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 9:34 am to
Are you saying that UT wasn’t a rival pre-1992?
Posted by BranchDawg
Flowery Branch
Member since Nov 2013
9830 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 9:56 am to
quote:

Are you saying that UT wasn’t a rival pre-1992?


Are you still arguing they were? We played them like 20 times in 80 years.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12415 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 10:07 am to
Were you in college at UGA in the 80s?
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
40020 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 11:01 am to
They were a rival behind GT, AU, UF, UK, and Vandy. It’s okay if we don’t play them every year.
Posted by djrichiep
Warwick, GA
Member since Sep 2012
1200 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 11:04 am to
I can live with that, though, it's gonna be tough finding a replacement for the heated rivalry we had with Mizzou!
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86500 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 11:47 am to
quote:

you saying that UT wasn’t a rival pre-1992?


Uh, yeah.

And idk how many "rivals" a team is allowed but they have never been higher than 4th on that list.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86500 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 11:49 am to
quote:

Were you in college at UGA in the 80s?



Anyone who was would tell you Clemson was the bigger opponent during that era. So make Tennessee 5th at best then
Posted by agentoranj1990
Mableton
Member since Oct 2016
911 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:17 pm to
I'm assuming we go with FL, Auburn, and SC. I'd rather go with TN but I guess there are more ties w/ the SC rivalry. The Ga-TN rivalry has been really good since 90 and Knoxville is a good road trip. I hate the conference expansion though. It seems like the next step is to just create a super conference of 32 teams; 12 conference games and then playoffs like the NFL and just let everyone else create a sub-conference.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12415 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:41 pm to
We played UT 4 times in the 80s and each one was a huge game.
By the end of the 1980s, there was a shirt that stressed our orange rivals being UF, Clemson, Auburn, and UT. That continued into the 1990s. Eventually, Clemson, unfortunately fell off our schedule.
To say USC is more of a historical rival is silly.
Posted by BranchDawg
Flowery Branch
Member since Nov 2013
9830 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 1:07 pm to
quote:

We played UT 4 times in the 80s and each one was a huge game. By the end of the 1980s, there was a shirt that stressed our orange rivals being UF, Clemson, Auburn, and UT. That continued into the 1990s. Eventually, Clemson, unfortunately fell off our schedule. To say USC is more of a historical rival is silly.


So 4 games in a decade outweighs more than 6 decades of annual games that outlast Carolina’s membership in the conference? You’re the silly one.

But we played them a couple times in the 80’s, guys.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12415 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 1:17 pm to
Because they sucked and were not in the SEC. They were basically Vanderbilt. Is Vanderbilt a rival?
Posted by BranchDawg
Flowery Branch
Member since Nov 2013
9830 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 2:01 pm to
Vanderbilt’s beaten us 5 times since 1978. Carolina’s number is triple that, and there have been a lot of competitive games in the series. That’s not a reasonable comparison.

How competitive has Tennessee been the last 15 years?
Posted by DawgGoneDaNcer
Member since Jul 2021
754 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 2:55 pm to
Man this whole thing sucks smh
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12415 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 3:11 pm to
How old are you Branch?
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64053 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 3:51 pm to
So in the late 80's, there was a t-shirt that said Tennessee was a rival? I want to know more about this. I want to be educated.
Posted by Peter Buck
Member since Sep 2012
12415 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:12 pm to
Yes, it said “Rednecks turn orange in the Fall” Had UF, Auburn, UT, and Clemson on it.
What is also interesting is Clemson was not in the SEC, but considered a rival, while USC was not.
Posted by BranchDawg
Flowery Branch
Member since Nov 2013
9830 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:25 pm to
Younger than the Eastern Division
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64053 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 5:31 pm to
It wouldn't be fair to put Tennessee into a rival pod with both Georgia and Alabama.
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