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Will Alabama continue to fight against the 9 game schedule?
Posted on 3/10/24 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 3/10/24 at 1:40 pm
Saban was on record saying he didn’t want to play LSU, Auburn, and Tennessee every year. Wondering if now that he’s gone if Alabama will still not want a hard schedule and hold up what’s best for the league over it.
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 1:43 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Would Alabama be the only school playing 3 “Big 6” opponents every year?
If so, yes, I hope we continue to fight against that.
If so, yes, I hope we continue to fight against that.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 1:44 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Alabama was one of the only teams that wanted a 9 game schedule.
Unlike LSU
Unlike LSU
Posted on 3/10/24 at 1:52 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Saban was on record saying he didn’t want to play LSU, Auburn, and Tennessee every year. Wondering if now that he’s gone if Alabama will still not want a hard schedule and hold up what’s best for the league over it.
Will LSU demand that the Big 6 all have relatively equal permanent opponents for the good of the league?
This post was edited on 3/10/24 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 3/10/24 at 2:21 pm to Draconian Sanctions
So I guess the answer is yes.
Will be interesting to see if they are willing to stop playing Auburn or Tennessee every year over this, because that’s the choice they’re going to have.
Will be interesting to see if they are willing to stop playing Auburn or Tennessee every year over this, because that’s the choice they’re going to have.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 2:31 pm to Draconian Sanctions
frick what they want.
The reason we never went to a full rotation back when we had 12 teams: 5 divisional opponents and rotating the other division home/away over a 4 year window (thereby playing everyone in the SEC home/away every 4 years) was because both Alabama and Auburn HAD to play Tennessee and Georgia every year because of their rivalry. Now they don’t want that because it would be too tough?
frick them.
The reason we never went to a full rotation back when we had 12 teams: 5 divisional opponents and rotating the other division home/away over a 4 year window (thereby playing everyone in the SEC home/away every 4 years) was because both Alabama and Auburn HAD to play Tennessee and Georgia every year because of their rivalry. Now they don’t want that because it would be too tough?
frick them.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 3:10 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Whatever they do, I feel certain it will upset you.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 4:51 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Why not....Bama is the only team ever to run the SEC gauntlet undefeated!
Posted on 3/10/24 at 6:07 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I hope so.
You guys who want 9 game schedules don't understand basic math and why it's bad for the league as a whole.
You guys who want 9 game schedules don't understand basic math and why it's bad for the league as a whole.
Posted on 3/10/24 at 6:53 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I hope they keep fighting it cause the 9 game schedule is a bad idea long term for the conference
Posted on 3/11/24 at 1:42 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Will Alabama continue to fight against the 9 game schedule?
SEC schools against a 9-game conference schedule.
Nine of the 14 current SEC teams voted against the nine-game schedule, including the following:
Alabama
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Auburn
Arkansas
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
South Carolina
Posted on 3/11/24 at 1:44 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Saban was on record saying he didn’t want to play LSU, Auburn, and Tennessee every year. Wondering if now that he’s gone if Alabama will still not want a hard schedule and hold up what’s best for the league over it.
We'll have a 9 game schedule.
But Bama won't play LSU every year.
Not because of "fear" or anything, but because they don't have the history with LSU that they do with other SEC teams and LSU has other teams (including the newcomers) that have a big interest in playing LSU more regularly more than Bama does (Texas, A&M, Arkansas, Ole Miss, and OU all have more interest than Bama).
Bama has 88 games against LSU. They have 107 vs MSU who I think will be their 3rd team to go along with Auburn and Tennessee.
Heck, they have 73 against UGA and we've been in different divisions for 30 years. 83 vs Vandy.
Pre SEC expansion, Bama's most frequent opponents were Tennessee, Auburn, MSU, Vandy and UGA.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 5:50 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Saban was on record saying he didn’t want to play LSU, Auburn, and Tennessee every year
Saban was the first to go on record in support of a 9 game schedule. He just didn’t want an uneven one. But you know that and are just shitposting because all the Husky Harsin stuff it disappearing like a fart in the wind since Bama recruiting is picking up. Find better material limp wrist.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 9:23 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Saban was on record saying he didn’t want to play LSU, Auburn, and Tennessee every year.
Sorry pal, y'all are good and I get not wanting to play you every year right now. But MSU and OM are closer geographically and more relevant over the limited history of our schools, other than the Bear beating y'all like a drum in BDS-West. LSU is only relevant because of Saban and even that is declining.
I'd also easily trade Florida or UGA long term as a permanent because of the SEC CG battles.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 10:47 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Saban was on record
Saban was consistently on record saying he wanted a 9 game schedule. When everybody else voted 8, he scheduled at least 1, but usually 2 Power 5 schools for out of conference- last year at S Florida and Texas at home. Next fall S Florida home and Wisconsin on the road.
Posted on 3/12/24 at 9:35 am to Draconian Sanctions
I recall NS wanting a 9 game schedule as he said it would help with overall scheduling
Posted on 3/12/24 at 12:14 pm to Draconian Sanctions
MIRMAR BEACH, Fla. – We fell into a time machine Tuesday morning, and Nick Saban was discussing a nine-game SEC schedule again.
Saban, for a decade, has pounded the drum that the SEC should add an additional conference game. The league never embraced the Alabama coach's suggestion.
How do you swamp idiots continue to display your stupidity on this forum, over and over, and never realize how you appear to the rest of us?...just READ your thread title!!
Saban, for a decade, has pounded the drum that the SEC should add an additional conference game. The league never embraced the Alabama coach's suggestion.
How do you swamp idiots continue to display your stupidity on this forum, over and over, and never realize how you appear to the rest of us?...just READ your thread title!!
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