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re: 8 conference games with 14 teams
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:32 am to Atlbear16
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:32 am to Atlbear16
While the trolling is ridiculous, you're not totally wrong here. The SEC absolutely should be playing 9 conference games. It's too bad Bama is the only school willing to push for the right thing.
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Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:34 am to bamawriter
Respect ^^^
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:34 am to Atlbear16
Our OOC game was WVU. And I'll put the Vols' SOS up against any B12 team (ours was #2 nationally).
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:36 am to Prof
It doesn’t matter who the OOC opponent is. The 8 game schedule games the system to avoid an additional 7 GUARANTEED losses. And those GUARANTEED losses are all downside for the top teams in the league.
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:39 am to Atlbear16
And the SEC pimps their OOC schedule.... it’s all fake news when really they are just avoiding more losses against each other
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:42 am to Atlbear16
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. The 8 game schedule games the system to avoid an additional 7 GUARANTEED losses. And those GUARANTEED losses are all downside for the top teams in the league.
That would be true except that you've got Kansas in the league. Since the 2011 realignment, Kansas has never won more than 1 conference game in any season. They've gone 0-9 half the time. The reality is that nine Big XII teams begin each season 1-0 in the league.
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:43 am to bamawriter
Well isn’t that all downside if you somehow lose to Kansas???
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:46 am to Atlbear16
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Well isn’t that all downside if you somehow lose to Kansas???
Which is, historically, less likely than an SEC team losing to the extra OOC opponent.
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:46 am to Atlbear16
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It doesn’t matter who the OOC opponent is. The 8 game schedule games the system to avoid an additional 7 GUARANTEED losses. And those GUARANTEED losses are all downside for the top teams in the league.
You're worried about overall conference as a whole losses? No one cares about that. I'd kill for any one of your teams' schedules. My Vols as bad as they are would've gone bowling.
This post was edited on 12/29/18 at 9:47 am
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:48 am to bamawriter
Yes but still semantics. It’s really more about doing the right thing which you stated. It’s pretty obvious the 8 game schedule is to allow the conference get more bowl games and propel the conference higher than what it really should be.
Disclaimer: I think the SEC is the best conference too to bottom but not a huge gap between other conferences
Disclaimer: I think the SEC is the best conference too to bottom but not a huge gap between other conferences
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:49 am to Prof
If no one cared about the conference losses as a whole; why not 9 games????? Someone cares...
This post was edited on 12/29/18 at 9:50 am
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:51 am to Atlbear16
Baylor fans trolling is cute.
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:51 am to Atlbear16
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’s really more about doing the right thing which you stated. It’s pretty obvious the 8 game schedule is to allow the conference get more bowl games and propel the conference higher than what it really should be.
I honestly don't see it that way. I support nine games because it shouldn't take a dozen years to play a home-and-home with every conference opponent.
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:51 am to roadGator
Except I haven’t been proven wrong.... the best troll
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:52 am to Atlbear16
I can dig wanting to play other members more often as well.
HAs Georgia ever played Aggy?
HAs Georgia ever played Aggy?
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:53 am to Atlbear16
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If no one cared about the conference losses as a whole; why not 9 games????? Someone cares...
Because several of our teams have permanent rivalries with ACC teams that aren't going to be given up and the rest of us know how to schedule for success. The point of putting a number on conference games is typically about SOS. That's the only reason to care about it. Otherwise, teams care about their own record not the conference's number of total internal losses (that's just insane to care about - we know we beat each other up, what's one more or one less?).
This post was edited on 12/29/18 at 9:54 am
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:55 am to Prof
One more loss mean worse rankings.... what’s one more loss??? One more loss is a TON
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:56 am to Atlbear16
If you have one more permanent ACC rival, how does that affect the 9 game conference schedule?
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:58 am to Atlbear16
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One more loss mean worse rankings.... what’s one more loss??? One more loss is a TON
It matters to an individual team. It doesn't matter as a conference.
Posted on 12/29/18 at 9:59 am to Prof
How does it matter to an individual team? How does a 9 game conference schedule affect playing an ACC rival as well?
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