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If rematches are supposedly unfair...
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:00 pm
then why bother having the SEC Championship if it is a rematch of a regular season game? We all know the real answer is to squeeze every last dollar the SEC can out of TV and fan bases but it seems rather amusing by those opposed to a rematch to say the 2nd best team in the country shouldn't play in the BCS because they lost to the #1 team during the season and are from the same conference so therefore Bama shouldn't get a shot at the BCS. It may seem unfair to LSU since they already beat Bama but if Alabama is really the 2nd best team in the country then how is it fair to Bama to deny them a ticket to the game?
Since 1999 5 SEC Championship games have been a rematch of a regular season game. In all 5 rematches the team that won in the regular season won again in the rematch. Still the winning team had to go out and win again against the team they had already beaten in order to secure an SEC championship.
Personally I believe it really doesn't matter who LSU plays. I don't see anyone beating them. They could play OSU and Bama back to back in the same night and beat both of them. LSU is that good and the scary thing is they are a young team. Wouldn't be surprised to see back to back to back BCS titles for the tigers.
Since 1999 5 SEC Championship games have been a rematch of a regular season game. In all 5 rematches the team that won in the regular season won again in the rematch. Still the winning team had to go out and win again against the team they had already beaten in order to secure an SEC championship.
Personally I believe it really doesn't matter who LSU plays. I don't see anyone beating them. They could play OSU and Bama back to back in the same night and beat both of them. LSU is that good and the scary thing is they are a young team. Wouldn't be surprised to see back to back to back BCS titles for the tigers.
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Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:01 pm to BamaGround
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Since 1999 5 SEC Championship games have been a rematch of a regular season game. In all 5 rematches the team that won in the regular season won again in the rematch.
2001 SEC Championship says otherwise
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:02 pm to BamaGround
I think there is a difference between conference champs and national champs.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:03 pm to BamaGround
The format for the championship game is laid out in the SEC rules whereas what we have now is totally subjective. Not necessarily unfair but subjective.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:03 pm to BamaGround
I agree, but this is like the second SEC title game. How many SEC teams do you have to beat?? Does the regular season, and SEC Championship mean anything? Really?
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:05 pm to BamaGround
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then why bother having the SEC Championship if it is a rematch of a regular season game?
We didn't play a rematch this year. So I stopped reading there.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:06 pm to BamaGround
Only losers want a rematch.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:08 pm to BamaGround
I dont know brah I think its just a shitty thing to do. LSU deserves better and the rest of the country deserves better. But lets by all means accomodate bama at everyone elses expense. I know this I would hate to be in bamas shoes come jan 9.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:08 pm to BamaGround
i don't think it's unfair.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:10 pm to BamaGround
The only way to avoid rematches is to not have teams from each side of the SEC play during the season. That way when the Conference Championship comes around, you truly have a best vs best matchup. With the new realignment coming (adding Mizzou and aTm) things will get shaken up a bit I'm sure, but not to the extent that we don't have teams from the Best...I mean...West, playing teams from the Least...I mean...East.
It was just a unique situation (not totally unique, but you get my drift) this year with Bama and LSU being head and shoulders better than the rest. We didn't have that one heartbreaking loss (I'm looking at you Bama) that derails our chances to make it to the MNC.
That being said, search my post history and you'll see that I've said all along I want Bama in NOLA because the only thing better than beating yall once is doing it TWICE in the same season.
It was just a unique situation (not totally unique, but you get my drift) this year with Bama and LSU being head and shoulders better than the rest. We didn't have that one heartbreaking loss (I'm looking at you Bama) that derails our chances to make it to the MNC.
That being said, search my post history and you'll see that I've said all along I want Bama in NOLA because the only thing better than beating yall once is doing it TWICE in the same season.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:11 pm to BamaGround
Comparing a national championship to conference championship setup = complete retard.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:11 pm to BamaGround
In 1959 LSU had to rematch with a superior Ole Miss team they beat 7-3 on the Cannon run. Ole Miss beat LSU 21-0 in the Sugar Bowl.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:15 pm to BamaGround
Thing is you were not in the SECCG for a rematch because you had already been eliminated by LSU. See Bama didn't win their divison, thus you were not in the game.
The only way a rematch happens in the SECCG is if
both division winners had played in the regular season......
The only way a rematch happens in the SECCG is if
both division winners had played in the regular season......
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:19 pm to BamaGround
The very concept of a conference championship to give a title is based on a fallacy.
The Pac-10 had the absolute best system for handing out a title.
The Pac-10 had the absolute best system for handing out a title.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:23 pm to BamaGround
Rematches aren't unfair, not winning your conference, playing a weaker schedule, shitting the bed at home, and getting the nod is unfair.
You will lose then you can beg for 3 out of 5.
You will lose then you can beg for 3 out of 5.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:23 pm to BamaGround
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then why bother having the SEC Championship if it is a rematch of a regular season game? We all know the real answer is to squeeze every last dollar the SEC can out of TV and fan bases but it seems rather amusing by those opposed to a rematch to say the 2nd best team in the country shouldn't play in the BCS because they lost to the #1 team during the season and are from the same conference so therefore Bama shouldn't get a shot at the BCS. It may seem unfair to LSU since they already beat Bama but if Alabama is really the 2nd best team in the country then how is it fair to Bama to deny them a ticket to the game?
Since 1999 5 SEC Championship games have been a rematch of a regular season game. In all 5 rematches the team that won in the regular season won again in the rematch. Still the winning team had to go out and win again against the team they had already beaten in order to secure an SEC championship.
Personally I believe it really doesn't matter who LSU plays. I don't see anyone beating them. They could play OSU and Bama back to back in the same night and beat both of them. LSU is that good and the scary thing is they are a young team. Wouldn't be surprised to see back to back to back BCS titles for the tigers.
The SEC Championship selection process is an OBJECTIVE method.
The BCS Championship selection process is in very large part SUBJECTIVE.
Comparing the two is asinine.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:35 pm to BamaGround
How is it fair to have the #2 team get an extra week to rest? How is it fair to have a team in the NC game that did not win their conference?
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:48 pm to BamaGround
If rematches in the BCS title game are just fine, then why did we play on Nov 5? Both teams shouldve just taken the day off, since both were already ranked top 2.
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:48 pm to BamaGround
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then why bother having the SEC Championship if it is a rematch of a regular season game? We all know the real answer is to squeeze every last dollar the SEC can out of TV and fan bases but it seems rather amusing by those opposed to a rematch to say the 2nd best team in the country shouldn't play in the BCS because they lost to the #1 team during the season and are from the same conference so therefore Bama shouldn't get a shot at the BCS. It may seem unfair to LSU since they already beat Bama but if Alabama is really the 2nd best team in the country then how is it fair to Bama to deny them a ticket to the game?
Since 1999 5 SEC Championship games have been a rematch of a regular season game. In all 5 rematches the team that won in the regular season won again in the rematch. Still the winning team had to go out and win again against the team they had already beaten in order to secure an SEC championship.
Personally I believe it really doesn't matter who LSU plays. I don't see anyone beating them. They could play OSU and Bama back to back in the same night and beat both of them. LSU is that good and the scary thing is they are a young team. Wouldn't be surprised to see back to back to back BCS titles for the tigers.
The SEC champ game is designed to determine a champion from the conference because not eveyone can play each other, so we have division winners...then they advance, right?
some years two team play each other twice.... I would have no problem facing Alabama again if they were in the East...A possible rematch would be a reality before the first snap of each season...but for the National Championship? Wut? that's whack!
After the SECCG these team go to different bowls!
What part of this is so difficult for Bama fans to understand?
This is a complete mess
Posted on 12/4/11 at 4:54 pm to BamaGround
quote:The conf. is divided into two divisions. All teams within a division play each other. Best team advances to the Championship game. This is a playoff structure. Within a playoff structure, rematches make sense.
then why bother having the SEC Championship if it is a rematch of a regular season game?
The BCS IS NOT a playoff structure. The ONLY goal of the BCS (as it pertains to the MNC) is to increase the LIKLYHOOD that the MNC would be determined on the field of play. This is why a rematch makes ABSOLUTELY ZERO sense within the BCS structure.
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