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The Myth of Bama Favoritism
Posted on 12/6/12 at 5:50 am
Posted on 12/6/12 at 5:50 am
Everyone points to Alabama's schedule this year as some sign of favoritism.
That's fascinating, considering the 2009 and 2010 years and what the Tide went through.
In 2009 Alabama, going undefeated, played 8 SEC teams. Of those 8, 7 had winning records and went on to Bowl Games. They also opened with Va Tech (a 10 win team), had to beat an undefeated Florida in the SECCG, and then beat an undefeated Texas in the Rose Bowl
In 2010, Alabama had to play 6 SEC squads who had a week off prior to playing them. That included drawing Florida and South Carolina from the East, as well as bowl-bound Tennessee (teams 1, 2 and T3 in the SEC East).
In 2011, after having played South Carolina twice, USCe rotated off the schedule and Vandy rotated on. Florida was in the second game of their swing against the Tide. Florida under achieved that year, winning only 7 overall games.
In 2012, Florida rotated off. Florida, of course, has a break out season. SEC officials, in an AMAZING amount of psychic power, accurately predicts this will happen when they first drew up the rotational schedule years ago.
The SEC, while making the 2012 schedule, moves Vandy off of Alabama's schedule for Missouri (an 8-5 team from the previous year, who had beaten Texas A&M, and narrowly lost by 1 score three times - to ASU, highly ranked KSU, and RG3 led Baylor). Once again, kudos to the SEC for being able to see that this team that was just shy of winning 11 games the previous year would have a worse record than Vanderbilt.
So basically it boils down to this:
Alabama has 6 West opponents (6 of 8 SEC games)
Tennessee as a permanent opponent (established in 1992, during a very good run for Tennessee)
Rotates 1 SEC East Team (previously 2 teams)
How dare you Alabama! How dare you use your powers to foresee the future for such a trivial thing as football scheduling instead of solving the world's problems!
For SHAME!
That's fascinating, considering the 2009 and 2010 years and what the Tide went through.
In 2009 Alabama, going undefeated, played 8 SEC teams. Of those 8, 7 had winning records and went on to Bowl Games. They also opened with Va Tech (a 10 win team), had to beat an undefeated Florida in the SECCG, and then beat an undefeated Texas in the Rose Bowl
In 2010, Alabama had to play 6 SEC squads who had a week off prior to playing them. That included drawing Florida and South Carolina from the East, as well as bowl-bound Tennessee (teams 1, 2 and T3 in the SEC East).
In 2011, after having played South Carolina twice, USCe rotated off the schedule and Vandy rotated on. Florida was in the second game of their swing against the Tide. Florida under achieved that year, winning only 7 overall games.
In 2012, Florida rotated off. Florida, of course, has a break out season. SEC officials, in an AMAZING amount of psychic power, accurately predicts this will happen when they first drew up the rotational schedule years ago.
The SEC, while making the 2012 schedule, moves Vandy off of Alabama's schedule for Missouri (an 8-5 team from the previous year, who had beaten Texas A&M, and narrowly lost by 1 score three times - to ASU, highly ranked KSU, and RG3 led Baylor). Once again, kudos to the SEC for being able to see that this team that was just shy of winning 11 games the previous year would have a worse record than Vanderbilt.
So basically it boils down to this:
Alabama has 6 West opponents (6 of 8 SEC games)
Tennessee as a permanent opponent (established in 1992, during a very good run for Tennessee)
Rotates 1 SEC East Team (previously 2 teams)
How dare you Alabama! How dare you use your powers to foresee the future for such a trivial thing as football scheduling instead of solving the world's problems!
For SHAME!
Posted on 12/6/12 at 5:55 am to skrayper
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In 2010, Alabama had to play 6 SEC squads who had a week off prior to playing them. That included drawing Florida and South Carolina from the East, as well as bowl-bound Tennessee (teams 1, 2 and T3 in the SEC East).
LOL Why even bring this up? Did you not lose your first game (and undefeated season) to the first of those 6 teams? Laziest and lamest excuse ever.
Posted on 12/6/12 at 5:57 am to skrayper
Can we not stoop to their level please? They're being crazy and we don't have to prove shite to them. We have a National Championship game coming up. Who cares about crazy idiotic theories some jerkoffs on the internet come up with? They're not gonna admit that they're crazy anyway. They're still gonna hate Alabama. Just let it go.
Posted on 12/6/12 at 5:59 am to skrayper
There is no need to try and explain the greatest program of all time. We are Alabama and all of the haters will never be what the Tide has been forever and always will be.
Even when we are down we are the greatest of all time.
We are Alabama.
Even when we are down we are the greatest of all time.
We are Alabama.
Posted on 12/6/12 at 6:04 am to skrayper
Damn will this subject ever die?
And honestly I wish we had Florida, UGA, and USCe on our schedule. I want to bee more games like the one we just had vs. UGA. i want to see us play the best and see games that are hard fought. Dont really care to see us play a weak schedule. I still dont know why we had to drop UGA for next year.
And honestly I wish we had Florida, UGA, and USCe on our schedule. I want to bee more games like the one we just had vs. UGA. i want to see us play the best and see games that are hard fought. Dont really care to see us play a weak schedule. I still dont know why we had to drop UGA for next year.
Posted on 12/6/12 at 6:19 am to skrayper
No one's reading that shite.
Posted on 12/6/12 at 7:45 am to skrayper
2012 and 2013 are not rotational schedules - they are both one offs that were drawn up just for that year. That's how Kentucky got on for the single game next year. Rotational schedules start again in 2014.
Posted on 12/6/12 at 8:10 am to skrayper
Tl;dr
If you don't think Alabama doesn't have favoritism than look at who creates schedules at the SEC head office. Alabama literally feeds graduates into that place and it shows. Not to mention the refs.
How about that ref watching ole fat boy trying to blow Murray's head off and the ref watching the whole thing. That was pretty bad, is fat boy even suspended? Probably not.
If you don't think Alabama doesn't have favoritism than look at who creates schedules at the SEC head office. Alabama literally feeds graduates into that place and it shows. Not to mention the refs.
How about that ref watching ole fat boy trying to blow Murray's head off and the ref watching the whole thing. That was pretty bad, is fat boy even suspended? Probably not.
Posted on 12/6/12 at 8:20 am to skrayper
quote:
The Myth of bama Favoritism
It's not a myth.
Posted on 12/6/12 at 8:24 am to skrayper
Now you've done it. You've brought logic to the Rant. LSU fans will soon engage in a mass suicide.
Posted on 12/6/12 at 8:36 am to skrayper
you do realize the 2012 and 2013 schedules were made with no future and past schedules in mind, right? Out of all of that drivel you just spent a lot of time typing its hilarious you didn't mention that once.
It isn't even about Florida and Tennessee, its about 2 games.
LSU - South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama - Missouri, Kentucky
these games were hand picked and chosen, and Alabama got the easiest draw and LSU got the hardest two years in a row...there is no "luck of rotation" involved.
That is the discussion. I don't even know what the point of your OP was...but it certainly wasn't aimed at the issue in any way. Of course all the Bama fans in here will act as if its great logic for some reason.
It isn't even about Florida and Tennessee, its about 2 games.
LSU - South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama - Missouri, Kentucky
these games were hand picked and chosen, and Alabama got the easiest draw and LSU got the hardest two years in a row...there is no "luck of rotation" involved.
That is the discussion. I don't even know what the point of your OP was...but it certainly wasn't aimed at the issue in any way. Of course all the Bama fans in here will act as if its great logic for some reason.
This post was edited on 12/6/12 at 8:37 am
Posted on 12/6/12 at 8:47 am to skrayper
was it 2009 or 2010 or both that Bama didn't have ONE offensive holding call against them for the entire season?
And hell, don't even think about winning a Review call against them.
And hell, don't even think about winning a Review call against them.
Posted on 12/6/12 at 9:08 am to skrayper
No one wants or cares to read all that shite
Posted on 12/6/12 at 9:20 am to skrayper
move the SEC office to New Orleans, where you can be treated to a view of staff members' cars in the SEC office parking adorned w/ purple N gold - let's see what you say then
Posted on 12/6/12 at 11:13 am to skrayper
gumps are stupid
of course Bama gets favorite treatment, just like other high profile teams/programs
the sad part is that you won't admit it
not gonna change so what's the problem? everyone knows it's the case and everyone knows it won't stop
shite if I were a bama fan (before I killed myself) I would embrace it and say yeah bitches we get the calls, deal with it
but the gump, in his sad state of life, can't allow himself to even think of bama getting a break, cause then they'd have to admit God doesn't give a shite about Bama football
of course Bama gets favorite treatment, just like other high profile teams/programs
the sad part is that you won't admit it
not gonna change so what's the problem? everyone knows it's the case and everyone knows it won't stop
shite if I were a bama fan (before I killed myself) I would embrace it and say yeah bitches we get the calls, deal with it
but the gump, in his sad state of life, can't allow himself to even think of bama getting a break, cause then they'd have to admit God doesn't give a shite about Bama football
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