re: VOLS AD Dave Hart says 9 game schedule coming soon, guarantees perm. opponents

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The league did a great job in 1992 of preserving rivalries & being fair to all parties. The top 6 were pittted against one another, Tenn. vs. Bama, AU vs. UGA and UF vs. LSU and the bottom 6 historicaly was pitted in permanent matchup, year in and year out the top 6 have no advantage over each other over the long time, occasionally some teams get a marginally tougher schedule, but that is because of the rotation games instead of the permanent games.

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Year in and year out for the foreseeable future Alabama will have an advantage if their permanent opponent is a fading program like Tennessee.

FWIW I'd agree with you if it weren't for the changing status of Tennessee. They just aren't an equitable matchup for an elite program like Alabama (and wouldn't be for Florida if Florida were in the West)

I suppose the SEC could remove my primary competitive objection if they went to only considering division records when determining a division championship - but I doubt they do anything that practical or equitable.