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SEC to Tennessee: Do Not Schedule Baylor
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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.

Maybe I've missed something, but I'd like to see a link to any such rules by the SEC or any other policy giving them the authority to dictate who Tennessee can and cannot play in OOC games. Does the conference have a position? Probably. Does that mean Tennessee can't make its own decision? I doubt it. And besides...why the hell would Tennessee want to play Oklahoma and Baylor in the same year anyway?

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Posted by Prof

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Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:13 pm to BamaGradinTn

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Maybe I've missed something, but I'd like to see a link to any such rules by the SEC or any other policy giving them the authority to dictate who Tennessee can and cannot play in OOC games. Does the conference have a position? Probably. Does that mean Tennessee can't make its own decision? I doubt it. And besides...why the hell would Tennessee want to play Oklahoma and Baylor in the same year anyway?

OOC games are now scheduled with 'guidance' from the front office now. The rule was changed very recently (this year's meeting IIRC) and as a way of strengthening OOC schedules because certain teams weren't scheduling decent OOC opponents. That aspect wouldn't really apply to us as our SoS is in the top 5 consistently but depending on how the rule is worded - if they were worried with various agreements with other conferences, tie-in openers/sponsors, tv agreements etc. it's possible they'd override. Possible doesn't mean did but the conference gave itself the ability to have say in OOC opponents, particularly in terms of P5 opponents.

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Posted by tmc94

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Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:15 pm to BamaGradinTn

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why the hell would Tennessee want to play Oklahoma and Baylor in the same year anyway?

This. I mean fricking really.

This story is spin from a Baylor website to give them an excuse for their schedule next year. The SEC has never before stepped into OOC scheduling in football. They just passed a rule forcing schools to schedule up. And we're supposed to believe the SEC gives a flying frick who UT plays?

It also ignores the obvious fact that UT needs to fulfill a game in Nashville, not H/H, and that they filled it on Dec 9th, a mere 7 days, barely enough time to make the calls for this to happen, after UAB announced they were shuttering their program