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re: Chris Low doesn't like the SEC schedule format
Posted on 4/13/13 at 12:01 pm to gumbeaux
Posted on 4/13/13 at 12:01 pm to gumbeaux
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We are not talking about schedules that are made years in advance without prior knowledge which teams will be up or down. We get that.
We are talking about the bridge schedules for last season and the upcoming season when the schedule maker KNOWS which teams will be up or down.
Last year, everyone knew that South Carolina would be good and Missouri not. So the schedule maker for last year's bridge schedule put South Carolina on the LSU schedule and Missouri on the Bama schedule.
Everyone knows Georgia will very good next year and Kentucky will suck. So again, the schedule maker puts Georgia on the LSU schedule and Kentucky on the Bama schedule.
It has nothing to do with rotation, etc. The bridge schedules are "stand alone" that are made prior to the next season.
ding Ding DING frickING DING.
Because this schedule was made 'without influence on past or future seasons' or however that Bama grad schedule maker said it, it is complete bullshite that LSU gets arguably the best two schools from the East while the gumps get arguably the worst.
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Posted on 4/13/13 at 12:07 pm to TunaTigers
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Point is 2 games are screwing with the schedule for the entire league. The rest of the "traditional" rivals are made up.
This too. If it weren't for these two stupid games the schedule would be largely problem free. Tell me, gumps, et al. how excited are you about visiting Florida or Georgia only once every ~6 years. Because that is one problem your stupid "rivalry" games are causing for our new league.
Posted on 4/13/13 at 12:08 pm to FlukerFlakes
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It wouldn't have mattered. Jerry Palm said that the day it was released.
Posted on 4/13/13 at 2:53 pm to VermilionTiger
Oh stfu
They have a bye week before us and immediately after us to accommodate the A&M game
I don't want to hear Leslie's bullshite
They have a bye week before us and immediately after us to accommodate the A&M game
I don't want to hear Leslie's bullshite
This post was edited on 4/13/13 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 4/13/13 at 2:59 pm to Matheson
It was Low's opinion piece, inspired most likely by Chris Fowler's comments.
Posted on 4/13/13 at 4:35 pm to Mac
Don't know why they chose to describe the bridge schedules as "stand alone". LSU was due to pick up USCe in '12 and UGA in '13. Bama was due to pick up UGA in '12 (got Mizzou instead) and UK in '13
This post was edited on 4/13/13 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 4/13/13 at 10:48 pm to sarc
Only the lowest form of gumps will argue that the schedule is fair. The numbers speak for themselves. Can you look at the opponents record and honestly say it's fair?
Anyone with half a brain can see bama gets a much easier schedule every year.
Should LSU have beat bama last season? Yes. If they would have they would have been in the SECCG.
Does that make it acceptable that the SEC schedule always favors bama? frick no...
Anyone with half a brain can see bama gets a much easier schedule every year.
Should LSU have beat bama last season? Yes. If they would have they would have been in the SECCG.
Does that make it acceptable that the SEC schedule always favors bama? frick no...
Posted on 4/13/13 at 11:06 pm to SSHellfighter
The schedules were unequal in terms of difficulty but not unfair. Before expansion LSU was scheduled to add USCe in '12 and UGA in '13. Bama was scheduled to get UGA in '12 (got Mizzou instead) and UK in '13. Where's the unfairness?
Posted on 4/13/13 at 11:49 pm to sarc
I hate most of the bitching about the schedule stuff but...
if they wanted to balance it out they should have given LSU the @ Kentucky game this year and Alabama the @ UGA game this year. Especially with LSU playing the harder schedule (USC, Florida compared to Bama's draw of UT, Missouri) last year and the fact that LSU will have Florida on the schedule this year
if they wanted to balance it out they should have given LSU the @ Kentucky game this year and Alabama the @ UGA game this year. Especially with LSU playing the harder schedule (USC, Florida compared to Bama's draw of UT, Missouri) last year and the fact that LSU will have Florida on the schedule this year
Posted on 4/14/13 at 12:01 am to molsusports
I don't think they were as concerned with balancing it out as they were with sticking with the same rotation. Bama hasn't played UK since '09 which is why we play them this year. Same with LSU and UGA
Posted on 4/14/13 at 12:05 am to sarc
that's a rationale that seems like the absolute opposite of what they have been publicly saying both years they announced a bridge schedule (that the bridge schedule was a year year thing which would not necessarily have any relationship with any of the schedules that follow).
Posted on 4/14/13 at 12:05 am to memphisplaya
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And what's he going to do about it?
Nothing? Ok. We will just play the hand we were dealt, and be crowned GOAT when we hoist the Crystal FB in Pasadena.
All LSU fans refer to this as the 'correct' response to any thread about scheduling, ever.
Memphis.
This post was edited on 4/14/13 at 12:06 am
Posted on 4/14/13 at 12:17 am to molsusports
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that's a rationale that seems like the absolute opposite of what they have been publicly saying both years they announced a bridge schedule
I agree; not sure why they made those statements
Posted on 4/14/13 at 2:21 am to VermilionTiger
Bama's schedule sucks
Posted on 4/14/13 at 7:45 am to BrocraticMethod
Maybe karma will come up and bite Alabama in their *** and they will lose to either Kentucky or Tennessee. We can all hope.
Posted on 4/14/13 at 9:04 am to VermilionTiger
Chris, gumps hate the truth. 
Posted on 4/14/13 at 9:20 am to SSHellfighter
Only the lowest form of gumps will argue that the schedule is fair. The numbers speak for themselves. Can you look at the opponents record and honestly say it's fair?
Anyone with half a brain can see bama gets a much easier schedule every year.
Should LSU have beat bama last season? Yes. If they would have they would have been in the SECCG.
Does that make it acceptable that the SEC schedule always favors bama? frick no...
Anyone with half a brain can see bama gets a much easier schedule every year.
Should LSU have beat bama last season? Yes. If they would have they would have been in the SECCG.
Does that make it acceptable that the SEC schedule always favors bama? frick no...
Posted on 4/14/13 at 9:30 am to bamathad
Riddle me this, LSU fans: if Bama's schedule is so lightweight, why do they always win the big games when it matters? If their schedule is so easy, and yours is so tough, you should be battle-tested and able to take down the fat and sloppy gumps with minimal effort.
Posted on 4/14/13 at 9:35 am to PrivatePublic
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why do they always win the big games when it matters
When they don't. They get rematches.
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If their schedule is so easy, and yours is so tough, you should be battle-tested and able to take down the fat and sloppy gumps with minimal effort.
Or tired and full of injuries. Which is what happened last year. Battle tested has it's up and downs.
Either way IDC. I love a heavy loaded schedule.
Trips to Athens, Oxford, Tuscaloosa, Atlanta, and Pasadena. Yes sir
Posted on 4/14/13 at 9:37 am to PrivatePublic
No shite, maybe that's why we're .500 in the regular season against Alabama since Saban showed up. We win the "big game" against them as often as they beat us, it's the other hard games that pose the challenge. 0/10.
I said it earlier in the thread, but this would all be solved easily if the SEC would make division record the determinant of division champions. I love that LSU plays Florida every year and has drawn South Carolina and Georgia back-to-back. If LSU has to give that up to get on an even playing field with Alabama, I would take the uphill climb and the good games over the level playing field. But we could all have what we wanted if division record were the primary criterion used.
I said it earlier in the thread, but this would all be solved easily if the SEC would make division record the determinant of division champions. I love that LSU plays Florida every year and has drawn South Carolina and Georgia back-to-back. If LSU has to give that up to get on an even playing field with Alabama, I would take the uphill climb and the good games over the level playing field. But we could all have what we wanted if division record were the primary criterion used.
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