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SEC to Tennessee: Do Not Schedule Baylor
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:15 pm
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A source inside the SEC informed BearsTruth a possible game between Tennessee and Baylor was nixed by the SEC. Tennessee needed to fill an opening in their schedule left by the closing of the UAB program. Baylor AD Ian McCaw and Tennessee AD Dave Hart were close to finalizing a home-and-home series between the Volunteers and Bears before the SEC stopped the series from occurring. Baylor's opening opponent for 2015, SMU, has been attempting to buy out of the game in Dallas. Baylor believed it had a worthy opponent in Tennessee before the series fell through. Baylor will continue to look for a home-and-home to boost the schedule with a tenth Power 5 opponent.
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Is it common for the SEC to have a say in their schools OOC games?
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Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:16 pm to BeYou
Anyone. Anytime. Anywhere.
VOLS
BE
COMIN!!!
VOLS
BE
COMIN!!!
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:17 pm to BeYou
Slived 
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:18 pm to BeYou
I brought up this idea but everyone said it was stupid and never would happen.
Not much to gain from Baylors perspective.
Not much to gain from Baylors perspective.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:20 pm to BeYou
Looks like Slive is tiring of the Vols embarrassing the conference. Is Butch trying to make his SoS as difficult as possible to have another excuse on top of the "young roster" one? Eventually he's gonna have to show results beyond a 6-6 regular season.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:24 pm to BeYou
You would of thought Baylor would of learned their lesson about poor OOC scheduling, after this past season.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:26 pm to BeYou
Not surprised Tennessee is the SEC team Baylor tried to play. Baylor has a long history of playing cupcake games in their non conference schedule
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:28 pm to BeYou
The sec front office did not want the conference image to suffer.
A big 12 team serving an arse whoopin to Bitch Jones would hurt the conference image. And may hurt viewership or playoff chances for teams in the future.
Now if Baylor were to schedule LSU the front office would undoubtedly approve that matchup.
A big 12 team serving an arse whoopin to Bitch Jones would hurt the conference image. And may hurt viewership or playoff chances for teams in the future.
Now if Baylor were to schedule LSU the front office would undoubtedly approve that matchup.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:32 pm to BeYou
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Is it common for the SEC to have a say in their schools OOC games?
It is now that the conference changed the rules. If this is accurate at all, it likely got nixed because that would've put us playing two B12 teams (Baylor and OU in the same year). We already have a crazy SoS but that would make it insane.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:34 pm to BeYou
they don't want UT to embarrass the sec anymore
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:37 pm to BeYou
So the SEC keeps us from going to a certain bowl and now is doing the same on OOC scheduling?
This post was edited on 12/26/14 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:49 pm to BeYou
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finalizing a home-and-home series
VOLS needed to fill a slot in Nashville. Not a home game. I don't really buy what the article says.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:56 pm to BeYou
Dave Hart is a fricking moron for even thinking of scheduling that series.
Baylor and Oklahoma next year? frick
Baylor and Oklahoma next year? frick
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:02 pm to BeYou
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Is it common for the SEC to have a say in their schools OOC games?
While I can see the SEC stepping in with BU and OU in the same year my better guess would be it was TV stepping in but saying it was SEC. With realignment the TV issues now have more say than schools and conferences. Just like that Wisconsin vs Texas series getting canned when BTN (FOX) and LHN (ESPN) would both have been on line.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:05 pm to BeYou
UT has a monopoly on scheduling top 5 teams for OOC games.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:05 pm to BeYou
Can the SEC really control teams' OOC schedules like that?
I would have been pissed if they had blocked us from playing Oregon in 2011.
I would have been pissed if they had blocked us from playing Oregon in 2011.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:12 pm to BeYou
That would Baylor's toughest nonconference game.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 12:05 am to BeYou
Baylor and Oklahoma in back to back weeks to open up 2015 and Baylor and Virginia Tech in back to back weeks to open 2016. Would be all time dumb by Hart.
Glad the SEC stepped in here, if true.
Glad the SEC stepped in here, if true.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 12:27 am to BeYou
the real joke in all of this is pretending if Baylor had played Tennessee instead of Northwestern St we would have been anywhere but fifth in the final rankings.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 12:49 am to BeYou
Baylor should probably sue somebody. Not sure who, but there's bound to be somebody at fault here. Probably Mizzou Chancellor Loftin. He looks guilty.
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