re: Hard to believe that UGA & UT have met only 48 times in their histories

Series is 40-25-4

We have done.etter against Bama than anyone other than Auburn (Tennessee used to be better as well)

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False

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What happened was true. The year was a typo, which I corrected.

You're a doofus.

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The year was a typo, which I corrected.

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I know, you were wrong. Which is why I quoted it. The fact you can't remember what happened just a few seasons ago doesn't make me the doofus.

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When VOLS were ruling football in the south from the beginning of time until 1990 (along with Bama), Georgia did all they could to avoid VOLS.

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That's a blatant lie.

The plain truth is that the AD's never made it a priority (yes, this has been written about). Until 1965, UGA & Bama met 51 times--since then, they've met just 15 times in the regular season. The situation was even worse with Tennessee.

From 1899 to 1937 UGA & UT met only 13 times...and never played each other AGAIN until 1968! From 1968 to 1991, they played only 8 times.

Back then, teams played only 6 conference games out of a 10-game schedule. That left 9 opponents to play. With 5 league games already locked in, that left only 4 schools with which to lock in. In the case of Bama, it just so happened that Georgia, along with Florida, Kentucky and Ole Miss, were not common opponents. Bama usually scheduled an extra conference game sometimes in order to assure them the best chance of winning the conference title. That's one reason why they've won so many.

The conference let the schools (AD's) set their own schedules. With no league mandate, some schools rarely played each other. Between 1966 and 1991 — the year before the conference expanded to 12 teams and went to an eight-game schedule — Alabama and Georgia played eight times (1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1990 and 1991).

But it wasn’t just Alabama and Georgia that didn’t meet often. The Crimson Tide and the Gators didn’t get together often, either. During that same time period, Alabama and Florida met 10 times in 26 years. Alabama and Florida have played a grand total of 40 times, and nine of those were in the SEC Championship Game.

There was never any "avoidance" or bad blood that kept certain schools from playing each other. Anyone who says that knows nothing of what they're talking about, including YOU.

Many of you posters need to brush up on SEC and college football history in general....y'all make comments as if you were from Mars and truly show yourselves to be ignorant of what you claim you know, and what you say is truly bullshite.

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That's a blatant lie.

The plain truth is that the AD's never made it a priority (yes, this has been written about). Until 1965, UGA & Bama met 51 times--since then, they've met just 15 times in the regular season. The situation was even worse with Tennessee.

From 1899 to 1937 UGA & UT met only 13 times...and never played each other AGAIN until 1968! From 1968 to 1991, they played only 8 times.

Back then, teams played only 6 conference games out of a 10-game schedule. That left 9 opponents to play. With 5 league games already locked in, that left only 4 schools with which to lock in. In the case of Bama, it just so happened that Georgia, along with Florida, Kentucky and Ole Miss, were not common opponents. Bama usually scheduled an extra conference game sometimes in order to assure them the best chance of winning the conference title. That's one reason why they've won so many.

The conference let the schools (AD's) set their own schedules. With no league mandate, some schools rarely played each other. Between 1966 and 1991 — the year before the conference expanded to 12 teams and went to an eight-game schedule — Alabama and Georgia played eight times (1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1990 and 1991).

But it wasn’t just Alabama and Georgia that didn’t meet often. The Crimson Tide and the Gators didn’t get together often, either. During that same time period, Alabama and Florida met 10 times in 26 years. Alabama and Florida have played a grand total of 40 times, and nine of those were in the SEC Championship Game.

There was never any "avoidance" or bad blood that kept certain schools from playing each other. Anyone who says that knows nothing of what they're talking about, including YOU. Many of you posters need to brush up on SEC and college football history in general....y'all make comments as if you were from Mars and truly show yourselves to be ignorant of what you claim you know, and what you say is truly bullshite.

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I disagree

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Only 1972.

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I'm glad you took that back because there were several years I could list where Bama had scheduled an extra game in-conference in order to gain an advantage. But, I'll leave that research for you to do. I'm tired of trying to raise 5-year-old-mental cases around here to competency.

My point is the SEC has some weird rivalry’s . AU and LSU rarely played prior to expansion. Never played Vandy or U.K. in the 50s and later.

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Series stopped over bad blood based on Wally Butts giving Bear Bryant inside info on our plays and players after he was forced out by the University

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That wasn't the reason it stopped. The series continued through 1965 several years after the incident.

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Old rivalries were lost (Auburn vs. Florida, Auburn vs. Tennessee) and other picked up Auburn - LSU. Still for old school guys like me I miss the days of playing Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee every year. (Playing everyone in the SEC Big 6 every year except LSU).

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There was not a Big 6 til the 90s. AU and UF did not really join til the late 80s. Prior it was:
Alabama
UT
UGA/LSU/OM
GT left the SEC in mid 60s with 4 SECC
Tulane til the mid 50s, left in mid 60s with 4 SECC

AU was at the bottom of the SEC til the mid 50s, had only 1 SECC until 1983. UF had none til 84, which was taken away. Their first official SECC was 91.

Now there is a big 6 (combining history and present):
Alabama
LSU/UGA/UT
UF/AU