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Alabama 7-0 and Kentucky 6-0, how old were you when this happened?

Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:52 am
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:52 am
Interesting to look at the non conference games the year Alabama and Kentucky went undefeated in the SEC.

#2 Alabama played 5 current P5 schools OOC, and only 1 loss for the season
09.10 vs Ole Miss W 34–13
09.17 @ Nebraska L 24–31 in Lincoln
09.24 @ Vanderbilt W 24–12
10.01 vs Georgia W 18–10
10.08 @ USC W 21–20 in Los Angeles
10.15 vs Tennessee W 24–10
10.22 vs Louisville W 55–6 in Tuscaloosa
10.29 @ Mississippi State W 37–7
11.05 @ 18 LSU W 24–3
11.12 vs Miami W 36–0 in Tuscaloosa
11.26 vs Auburn (Birmingham) W 48–21
01.02 vs Ohio State (Sugar Bowl) W 35–6



#6 Kentucky played 5 current P5 schools OOC, and only 1 loss for the season
09.10 vs North Carolina W 10–7 in Lexington
09.17 @ Baylor L 6–21 in Waco
09.24 vs West Virginia W 28–13 in Lexington
10.01 @ Penn State W 24–20 in University Park
10.08 vs Mississippi State W 23–7
10.15 @ 16 LSU W 33–13
10.22 @ Georgia W 33–0
10.29 vs Virginia Tech W 32–0 in Lexington
11.05 @ Vanderbilt W 28–6
11.12 @ Florida W 14–7
11.19 vs Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel) W 21 –17
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:53 am to
That would be 1977.
Posted by CajunTiger_225
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:55 am to
I wasn't even a thought back then.
Posted by LegendOfCobb
Athens of the West
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:55 am to
I was -11
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
87686 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:56 am to
90%+ of the rant wasn't born yet
Posted by swinetime
Member since Apr 2013
4777 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:08 am to
yeah the SWC was better than the SEC back then
Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
17290 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:16 am to
That season is 17 years my senior.
Posted by OldPete
Georgia
Member since Oct 2013
2835 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:30 am to
I was 15 and yeah, I miss those days...we were consistently playing good OOC schedules back then...during the 70's and 80's, we were regularly scheduling teams like USC, Nebraska, Penn State, and Notre Dame...and usually at least 2 of 'em a year...miss those days...

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09.17 @ Nebraska L 24–31 in Lincoln

I remember watching this game on TV...our QB (Jeff Rutledge) only threw 5 INTs that year and everyone of 'em came in the Nebraska game and we lost by a touchdown...ultimately cost us the national championship; ND won it all in '77, even though their one loss was to an Ole Miss team that we readily handled earlier in the season...

Also remember UK's team from that year...they were legit and had a top 5 finish nationally...Art Still (1st rounder and all-pro with KC) was a stud on D and Derrick Ramsey was a very underrated QB (played several seasons as a TE for the Raiders)...it's a shame that probation kept them from a bowl that year 'cause they could've played with anybody in '77...
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 8:39 am
Posted by scrooster
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Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:39 am to
I was 25 years old and Kentucky was on probation that year if I remember correctly.

Fran Curci had them going - but he was cheating his arse-off on the same level as Danny Ford did at Clemson a few years later and Phil Fulmer did at Tennessee even later in the 90s.

I wanna say Curci was invited to the White House by Gerald Ford for something, I cannot remember what ... but the democrats jumped on Ford for inviting a cheater to the White House, I do remember that. They really made a big deal out of it.

ETA: So how old were you Cheese? You're not playing your own game?
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 8:44 am
Posted by spslayto
Member since Feb 2004
20349 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:39 am to
That was the year I was born, so I would have been a few months old. So I can't say I remember this.
Posted by George Blanda
Lexington
Member since Mar 2011
511 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:47 am to
I was a freshman at UK. Won the NCAAA tourney that spring. Pretty good freshman year.
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30675 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:49 am to
I was 30...I'm probably some of you bastards' daddy.
Posted by Rebel Land Shark
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:51 am to
I don't even think my parents were in high school by then
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:52 am to
I was conceived in july 1977.
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30675 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 8:55 am to
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I was conceived in july 1977.
Well I was single and doing some serious fricking around that time, so....
Posted by AUBorn
Itumpka Youtumpka Wetumpka, AL
Member since Aug 2013
933 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:00 am to
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#2 Alabama played 5 current P5 schools OOC
Factually true, but Louisville and Miami in 1977 were more like Memphis and Tulane today. You schedule them for easy home wins.
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30675 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:11 am to
quote:

Factually true, but Louisville and Miami in 1977 were more like Memphis and Tulane today. You schedule them for easy home wins.
Naw. That would have actually been Auburn.
Posted by TigerPanzer
Orlando
Member since Sep 2006
9476 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:11 am to
I was a lad of 24. Living in Canada, on the run from the law.
Posted by OldPete
Georgia
Member since Oct 2013
2835 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:12 am to
quote:

Factually true, but Louisville and Miami in 1977 were more like Memphis and Tulane today. You schedule them for easy home wins.

That's true, but it's still better than playing FCS schools like everyone does today...both Louisville and Miami, as well as FSU, didn't start coming into their own until the late 70's/early 80's...and then Louisville regressed again until Schnellenberger arrived...

Still though, that year we played 2 OOC away games at traditional P5 power schools (USC was #1 at the time; I think Nebraska finished in the top 20)...that never happens anymore...
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 9:16 am
Posted by Rebel Land Shark
Member since Jul 2013
30236 posts
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:16 am to
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I was 30...I'm probably some of you bastards' granddad


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