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re: SEC Standings Since 1933
Posted on 12/22/17 at 8:52 pm to Doc Fenton
Posted on 12/22/17 at 8:52 pm to Doc Fenton
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Then there are the rare SEC-vs-SEC bowl matchups, which I count as having occurred 10 times in history between 1952 and 2011. Then there are the 26 SECCG.
EDIT: There's also weird stuff like Kentucky claiming a co-share of the 1976 SEC title (with UGA) retroactively in 1978, after the SEC office made MSU forfeit a 1976 conference win over UK in Jackson.
plus; doesn't AL have a bunch of years when they played an extra game that did not count as a conference game?
I want to say there were a few years when games against straight up OOC opponents counted as conference games (maybe even a few Auburn vs Clemson or UNC games?) to compensate for losing the GA Tech game?
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Posted on 12/22/17 at 8:59 pm to dcbl
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I want to say there were a few years when games against straight up OOC opponents counted as conference games (maybe even a few Auburn vs Clemson or UNC games?) to compensate for losing the GA Tech game?
I guess anything is possible, but I have my doubts as to whether any games against Clemson, UNC, or SCAR (pre-1992) were ever counted as conference games. Grandfathering contractually agreed upon games against Sewanee (in 1940), Tulane, or Georgia Tech seems more plausible.
Posted on 12/22/17 at 9:18 pm to dcbl
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plus; doesn't AL have a bunch of years when they played an extra game that did not count as a conference game?
I don't know about that but they still won the SEC 1972 because they played an extra game over Auburn (who beat them in the infamous Punt Bama Punt game). Looks like it was either Kentucky or Vanderbilt.
Posted on 12/22/17 at 9:23 pm to dcbl
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doesn't AL have a bunch of years when they played an extra game that did not count as a conference game?
Yes, several Bama-Ole Miss games weren't counted as conference games.
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there were a few years when games against straight up OOC opponents counted as conference games (maybe even a few Auburn vs Clemson or UNC games?) to compensate for losing the GA Tech game?
Years ago, schedules were finalized like 5 years in advance. When Ga Tech and Tulane withdrew within a couple of seasons of each other, years worth of SEC schedules got screwed. Teams had to "designate" conference games from the mid-to-late 1960s.
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