re: Bama getting the SEC schedule switched around to benefit them?

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The SEC should look into it from here on out

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As I've said plenty of times, that's exactly what Mal Moore asked to happen when he brought attention to it. I highly doubt anything changes for this year, but Alabama didn't ask for that to happen. Moore asked that it be looked into so the trend doesn't continue.

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fan's have spent travel money, etc

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Who has spent money already?

I explained this fully in another thread the last time this came up.

The SEC has 50% of the say, the schools the other 50%.

Hypothetical situation

Team 1- West Schedule

There are restrictions on all schedules.

No team can have a bye the week prior to the SECCG. Florida got that rule made after whining about AU and UA scheduled the Iron Bowl a week early to give them a bye if they made the SECCG.

No team can play (I think it is 3, but not certian) 3 consecutive conference road games.

SEC sets SEC West Team 1's conference schedule as such. Note, i am not getting into the minutae of home and away games.

Week
1-OPEN
2-SEC game-West-team 2
3-OPEN
4-SEC game-East-rotating game 1
5-SEC game-West-Team 3
6-SEC game-East rotating game 2
7-OPEN
8-SEC game-East-permanent game
9-SEC game-West-Team 4
10-SEC game-West-team 5
11-OPEN
12-SEC game-West-team 6

SEC West Team 1 has Weeks 1, 3, 7, and 11 to use for 3 OOC games and the remaining week is their bye week.

West team 1 can't schedule a bye before-
-SEC game-West-Team 3
-SEC game-East rotating game 2
-SEC game-West-Team 4
-SEC game-West-team 5

West team 1 CAN schedule a bye before-
-SEC game-West-team 2
-SEC game-East-rotating game 1
-SEC game-East-permanent game
-SEC game-West-team 6

So - 50%/50%.

The SEC can make schedules so that each team only has the possibility of open weekends prior to 3 or 4 of their conference games.

This is how it works.

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do you really want to have that urinating match again? Its rather tired. Whining is whining The OP was whining about whining.

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Can you tell me where asking why this is done for Alabama when LSU had to deal with a similar albeit not as bad problem last year. No offense to other SEC schools but playing Bama and Florida after a bye week far worse than any other combo in the league right now.

I don't see anything 'similar' between 6 byes and 2 byes. 75% isn't in the same ballpark as 25%.

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9/4 SAN JOSE STATE
9/11 PENN STATE
9/18 at Duke
9/25 at Arkansas
10/2 FLORIDA
10/9 at South Carolina ---- BYE BEFORE BAMA
10/16 OLE MISS ---- BYE BEFORE BAMA
10/23 at Tennessee ---- BYE BEFORE BAMA
11/6 at LSU ---- BYE BEFORE BAMA
11/13 MISSISSIPPI STATE ---- BYE BEFORE BAMA
11/20 GEORGIA STATE
11/26 AUBURN ---- BYE BEFORE BAMA

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I see no problem with the schedule the way it is.

i've said it 50x on here, Mike Slive is a silly putty POS.

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Hypothetical situation

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exactly what your point is saying; everything in your favor is a hypothetical situation. funny, there are only 4 pages on the rant and "9" NINE here thus far...

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10/16 OLE MISS ---- BYE BEFORE BAMA

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11/13 MISSISSIPPI STATE ---- BYE BEFORE BAMA

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as evidenced by our 24-0 run the past two seasons.