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re: 1-7 scheduling model gaining momentum per SI’s Ross Dellinger
Posted on 6/6/22 at 11:46 am to logjamming
Posted on 6/6/22 at 11:46 am to logjamming
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It makes no sense to not have conference members play one another more than once or twice a decade, just so UGA can have its annual “rivalry” games with UF, Auburn, and Tennessee.
Sure, but even before we went to a set schedule in 1992, LSU barely played Tennessee or Georgia. They'd play H&Hs then go 6 years without playing at all, sometime shorter sometimes longer. LSU and UGA actually went 25 years without playing each other at one point from 1953-1978. Same can be said for other matchups. Before the 1992 expansion, Ole Miss and Flroida had only playued 17 times. And all these schools are charter members, and the SEC only had 8 teams for about 30 years. So this notion of being in the same conference and not playing every team in the conference often has always been a thing in the SEC
This post was edited on 6/6/22 at 11:51 am
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Posted on 6/6/22 at 11:49 am to lsufball19
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Sure, but even before we went to a set schedule in 1992, LSU barely played Tennessee or Georgia. They'd play H&Hs then go 6 years without playing at all, sometime shorter sometimes longer. LSU and UGA actually went 25 years without playing each other at one point from 1953-1978
Yep, a lot of people would be shocked at home little some current division teams played.
- Alabama and Ole Miss didn't play every year
- Alabama didn't play Kentucky from 1948-1971, only played them 4 times from 1948-1987. 4 times in 40 years while in the same 10-12 team league.
- Alabama played Florida 4 straight years from 1970-1973 and only 4 other times from 1952-1985.
- Georgia and Tennessee weren't rivals at all. They played 6 times from 1970 to 1990.
- Auburn had great rivalries with Florida and Tennessee. They rarely played LSU (8 games from 1943 to 1990).
- Auburn and Ole Miss had only played a total of 12 games through 1983
I'm sure everyone else has their own other SEC teams that were basically OOC teams pre-1992 as well.
Alabama played Penn State more often in the 70s and 80s than half the SEC.
This post was edited on 6/6/22 at 11:56 am
Posted on 6/6/22 at 11:54 am to lsufball19
GA tech and Mississippi state were founding members of the SEC and played each other a grand total of zero (0) times before GA tech left the conference. The history of the “conference” has been play your rivals, there was no grand plan to get all the teams to play each other, even when the conference was much smaller and that was far more practical. That didn’t change until 30 years ago with the divisions.
I don’t know why it has to be 7-1 or 6-3. Just agree on total conference games and then lock in some rivalry games, let the rest of the schedule rotate. If Uga has two permanent games but Missouri only has 1 or 3 who GAF. They’ll still all play pretty often.
I don’t know why it has to be 7-1 or 6-3. Just agree on total conference games and then lock in some rivalry games, let the rest of the schedule rotate. If Uga has two permanent games but Missouri only has 1 or 3 who GAF. They’ll still all play pretty often.
Posted on 6/6/22 at 6:43 pm to lsufball19
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So, this notion of being in the same conference and not playing every team in the conference often has always been a thing in the SEC
However, this same argument can be made about any conference, so it isn't specific to the SEC.
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