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Let's be honest, its time to rotate championship game beyond Atlanta
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:45 am
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:45 am
The conference has outgrown using the Georgia Dome as a single location.
You now have 3 teams west of the Mississippi River in your conference. You've had Yankees in your championship game for 2 straight years, and who knows when, if ever, that streak will end.
The ATL is just not the right permanent venue anymore.
Time so start thinking Nashville, N'awlins, Houston, etc.
I know there's some degree of tradition associated with playing it in the ATL. But when you add expansion teams, by definition they don't give a frick about tradition cuz they weren't part of it. You wanted to cover a larger geographic area. You do now. Gotta take advantage of that. Move that shite around, SEC. Your heart will say no. But use your head. You know what to do.
You now have 3 teams west of the Mississippi River in your conference. You've had Yankees in your championship game for 2 straight years, and who knows when, if ever, that streak will end.
The ATL is just not the right permanent venue anymore.
Time so start thinking Nashville, N'awlins, Houston, etc.
I know there's some degree of tradition associated with playing it in the ATL. But when you add expansion teams, by definition they don't give a frick about tradition cuz they weren't part of it. You wanted to cover a larger geographic area. You do now. Gotta take advantage of that. Move that shite around, SEC. Your heart will say no. But use your head. You know what to do.
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 12:46 am
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:47 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
A permanent championship game in Atlanta sucks. It's incredibly illogical. The SEC asked for this when they added Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas A&M. The game must rotate.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:47 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
Go start a riot ! ATL forever yankee
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:49 am to DuncanIdaho
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frick that.
I get the sentiment. The Big Eight basketball tournament was always right in our backyard in Kansas City, Missouri when I was growing up just like the SEC title game is right in your backyard. We loved it. We won more tourneys there than any other league team as a result.
But when the league expanded to add four Texas teams and become the Big 12, it was time to rotate that shite. They played it in Dallas some, in OKC some. It wasn't the same, wasn't traditional, but it was fair, and the expansion Texas teams gave nary a flying frick about Big Eight tradition.
It's time for the SEC to act like the larger conference it is. Useless traditions cannot be clung to at the expense of the almighty dollar. Rotate that shite. Like Quaker Oats, its the right thing to do.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:50 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
Atl is where it is and where it will stay
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:51 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
its not going anywhere. You'd better get used to it.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:51 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
Agreed. Move it back to Legion Field.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:51 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
I'd be fine with Nashville
New Orleans is the best city in America for a sporting event so yes.
Houston is completely outside the SEC. It's gotta be at least somewhat centrally located. Check the map.
New Orleans is the best city in America for a sporting event so yes.
Houston is completely outside the SEC. It's gotta be at least somewhat centrally located. Check the map.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:52 am to FleshEatingSalsa
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Agreed. Move it back to Legion Field.
I hear it's available again
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:54 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
Nashville would be best of the 3 cities you mentioned.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:54 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
Atlanta does a great job.
The only other place they should/would ever have it is New Orleans.
The only other place they should/would ever have it is New Orleans.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:55 am to BayouBengals03
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:57 am to DuncanIdaho
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Legion Field. I hear it's available again
Too soon?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:01 am to DuncanIdaho
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frick that.
This. Atlanta is the SEC. frick all that other nonsense.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:03 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
ATL is centrally located with a huge airport. Sucks it's so far from CoMo, Fayetteville, BR, and CS but it makes sense for it to be there. Although New Orleans would probably be a much better fan experience, it'll never happen.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:05 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
No, Stfu and stop bitching.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:05 am to Nation of Buga
If the SEC rotated the game, then the ACC would try to weasel their way into Atl.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 1:06 am to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
Go back to the Big12. You've been here 3 seasons and you think you can make suggestions to accommodate to the pledge?
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