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re: Why did the SEC only play 6 conference games a season up til the late 80's
Posted on 1/7/19 at 3:08 pm to RD Dawg
Posted on 1/7/19 at 3:08 pm to RD Dawg
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Woulda a made much more sense to get UT or Bama travel
We played one another pretty regularly from 1899 until 1937 but then didn't play again until 1968. Then we played a handful of games in the 60s, 70s, and 80s and don't really start playing more regularly until expansion.
I have no idea why the series is broken up like that given the proximity of the two schools. Maybe there was some internal dispute between ADs?
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Posted on 1/7/19 at 3:23 pm to Prof
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Maybe there was some internal dispute between ADs?
No idea.I always heard the AD's had a meeting to hammer
out the 5 permanent teams in the early 60's and Bear had a huge influence on who played who.
Not sure if it's true or not
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