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re: Chris Low doesn't like the SEC schedule format
Posted on 4/12/13 at 11:57 am to NYCAuburn
Posted on 4/12/13 at 11:57 am to NYCAuburn
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Did you chastise bama fans for bitching about the bye weeks?
Me personally? No. I think the scheduling should be equitable for everyone regardless of the team. I actually thought Bama had a legit issue when that happened. And guess what, the SEC office acquiesced. Surprise, surprise...
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Posted on 4/12/13 at 11:58 am to VermilionTiger
Chris Low is a very intelligent man and possibly the greatest sportswriter of our generation.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 11:58 am to Choctaw
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Posted by Choctaw Chris Low is a very intelligent man and possibly the greatest sportswriter of our generation.
I like his point but lets not get carried away
Posted on 4/12/13 at 11:59 am to ibldprplgld
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And guess what, the SEC office acquiesced
And I still say, as soon as UT turns things around the Administration in Ttown will want to do away with permanent opponents.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 11:59 am to TXGunslinger10
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Georgia & Alabama were supposed to play this year. Not Alabama and Kentucky
Before 14 teams, you played 3 cross divisional games Bama was set to play UK, UT and UGA
Besides UT
it was
12' Vandy and UGA
13' UK and UGA
This post was edited on 4/12/13 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 4/12/13 at 11:59 am to lsuhunt555
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And I still say, as soon as UT turns things around the Administration in Ttown will want to do away with permanent opponents.
Highly Likely
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:00 pm to ibldprplgld
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Me personally? No.
Fair enough
But that cant be said by many of your counter parts
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:00 pm to lsuhunt555
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And I still say, as soon as UT turns things around the Administration in Ttown will want to do away with permanent opponents.
No chance
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:01 pm to Choctaw
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Chris Low is a very intelligent man and possibly the greatest sportswriter of our generation.
Most likely C-Low wrote the blog based on Fowler's comments yesterday.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:01 pm to NYCAuburn
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Before 14 teams, you played 3 cross divisional games Bama was set to play UK, UT and UGA
I edited.
The UGA/Bama game was to take place in 2012. In the bridge Scenario, why did the rotating opponents have to change at all?
It should have stayed the way it was, and opponents should not have been swapped.
For instance.
Bama played At Mizzou and had Tennessee at home
LSU played at Florida and had South Carolina at home.
The schedule was originally supposed to be:
Georgia @ Bama
Bama @ Tenn
LSU @ Florida
South Carolina @ LSU
But it got changed to this:
Mizzou @ Bama
Bama @ Tenn
Florida @ LSU
LSU @ South Carolina.
But instead of honoring return trips this year, its:
Bama @ Kentucky
Tenn @ Bama
Now tell me the logic behind that.
This post was edited on 4/12/13 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:02 pm to TreyAnastasio
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No chance
Now, don't misunderstand I am not implying the league office will immediately cave, but I can assure you that King Nick will HAMMER who ever the new AD will be about eliminating that game if BJ turns it around.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:04 pm to lsuhunt555
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And I still say, as soon as UT turns things around the Administration in Ttown will want to do away with permanent opponents.
Tennessee has dominated Alabama before, and the game goes on. I know that will likely come as a surprise to LSU fans who weren't LSU fans before Saban got there.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:04 pm to TXGunslinger10
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The UGA/Bama game was to take place in 2012. In the bridge Scenario, why did the rotating opponents have to change at all? It should have stayed the way it was, and opponents should not have been swapped. Only the locations of those games.
There are other teams to consider besides Alabama's opponents FWIW. The odd number at 7 teams in a division and only 1 game to place made it very hard
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:07 pm to NYCAuburn
The schedule isn't equal. That's just the reality of it.
If you want to say Alabama had an advantage last year over LSU and has an advantage again this year, I'm right there with you. It isn't fair.
If you want to say Alabama wasn't the best team last year, go frick yourself. Respectfully.
If you want to say Alabama had an advantage last year over LSU and has an advantage again this year, I'm right there with you. It isn't fair.
If you want to say Alabama wasn't the best team last year, go frick yourself. Respectfully.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:07 pm to attheua
And a surprise to UA fans before Saban got there.
Am I doing it right?
Am I doing it right?
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:08 pm to TXGunslinger10
What most people don't seem to realize is that the bridge schedule, while touted as being totally independent of previous and future schedules, actually used the same rotation of cross-division games as before. It just made them all 1 game series instead of 2 game series.
For example, prior to expansion LSU was scheduled to add USCe in '12 and UGA in '13. That's exactly what happened; they're just 1 game series instead of 2 game series.
Prior to expansion, Bama was scheduled to add UGA in '12 and UK in '13. UGA got swapped for Mizzou because Mizzou obviously had to have a 2nd cross-division game.
People seem to be under the impression that the bridge schedules were supposed to be totally random yet LSU got 2 very difficult cross-division games whereas Bama got 2 weak cross-division games by way of collusion. That's not the case.
For example, prior to expansion LSU was scheduled to add USCe in '12 and UGA in '13. That's exactly what happened; they're just 1 game series instead of 2 game series.
Prior to expansion, Bama was scheduled to add UGA in '12 and UK in '13. UGA got swapped for Mizzou because Mizzou obviously had to have a 2nd cross-division game.
People seem to be under the impression that the bridge schedules were supposed to be totally random yet LSU got 2 very difficult cross-division games whereas Bama got 2 weak cross-division games by way of collusion. That's not the case.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:08 pm to attheua
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Tennessee has dominated Alabama before,
Well aware of that, but I also know how Nick is. I once heard Skip Bertman tell a story about how Nick bitched him out and made him take Texas Tech off the schedule because "I'm not trying to defend some dumb arse offense and lose to Texas fricking Tech."
Nick hasn't become as successful as he is by being a dumb arse. He knows that with A&M on the rise, LSU where they are, possibly OM coming on with Freeze and Arky with a big hire he doesn't need to risk fighting off a good UT. If Butch turns things around and Nick is still the coach at Bama, he will want that game gone.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:09 pm to NYCAuburn
In 2012, they took UGA and Vandy off the schedule and game us Mizzou and aTm. Sounds like an equal trade to me.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:09 pm to Crimson Legend
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If you want to say Alabama wasn't the best team last year, go frick yourself. Respectfully.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 12:10 pm to Crimson Legend
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