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re: (Final Draft) Evidence Mounts of a Scandal in the SEC
Posted on 7/24/13 at 12:13 pm to Wideman
Posted on 7/24/13 at 12:13 pm to Wideman
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Bama complained and the SEC office changed the scheduling
Scheduling rules weren't added until the following year. We had to play that schedule with 6 teams getting a BYE. And it just happened to be the only year since the 2009 season that we haven't won a national championship. All 3 losses were to teams who were coming off a BYE.
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Posted on 7/24/13 at 12:15 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Scheduling rules weren't added until the following year. We had to play that schedule with 6 teams getting a BYE. And it just happened to be the only year since the 2009 season that we haven't won a national championship. All 3 losses were to teams who were coming off a BYE.
One of those games Bama themselves were coming off a BYE.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 12:37 pm to Tuscaloosa
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it just happened to be the only year since the 2009 season that we haven't won a national championship
In 2011...
The reward: National Championship
The task: Split two games against your toughest opponent
Who did it: Alabama and LSU
Who got the reward: Alabama
Why didn't the other get the reward: LSU was required to sweep two games, not split two games.
Both teams accomplished the same task, but LSU was held to a higher standard and had to do twice as much to get the reward.
In 2012...
The reward: SEC West title, path to the NC through the SECCG
The task: Split two games against your toughest division rivals
Who did it: Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M
Who got the reward: Alabama
Why didn't the others get the reward: LSU and Texas A&M, in addition to splitting against their top two division rivals, were also required to sweep a combined three games against two SEC East teams that went a combined 21-3 in the regular season, with one of the losses coming when they played each other and someone had to lose.
All three accomplished the same task, but A&M and LSU were held to a higher standard and had to do twice or three times as much to get the reward.
In 2013...
The reward: SEC West title, possible path to the NC through the SECCG
The task: Lose 1 game or less in the SEC
Who will do it:
Alabama if it splits two games against LSU and A&M
A&M if it splits two games against Alabama and LSU
LSU if it splits two games against Alabama and A&M AND sweeps two games against SEC East teams that went a combined 22-2 in the regular season last year, with one of the two losses coming when they played each other and someone had to lose.
So, guess who is being held to a higher standard again and has to do three times as much to get the reward. It gets old.
This post was edited on 7/24/13 at 12:44 pm
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