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Old sec scheduling policies.
Posted on 3/12/15 at 11:13 pm
Posted on 3/12/15 at 11:13 pm
As someone who has never known a world without an SEC with divisions I always wondered what scheduling was like before then. It seemed like each team kindve had its own set of "rivals" that it played every year and then I guess the rest rotated although I'm having a hard time seeing any regularity in those games. So if anyone wants to share any of the old formats that would be incredibly interesting.
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Posted on 3/12/15 at 11:17 pm to jlovel7
Only 7 sec games and 11 total games.
I believe we had 5 constant and rotated home away / away home through the others
Eta:82-87 was a 6 game with 5 constant;
further back you played anywhere between 4-7 depending on historical scheduling.
I believe we had 5 constant and rotated home away / away home through the others
Eta:82-87 was a 6 game with 5 constant;
further back you played anywhere between 4-7 depending on historical scheduling.
This post was edited on 3/12/15 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 3/12/15 at 11:19 pm to jlovel7
GT vs Tulane was "must listen" Morse code click every year.
Posted on 3/12/15 at 11:20 pm to jlovel7
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So if anyone wants to share any of the old formats that would be incredibly interesting
Bama made sure State was on the schedule
Posted on 3/13/15 at 12:21 am to Cockopotamus
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Bama made sure State was on the schedule
Yeah how dare the two closest schools schedule each other regularly.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 12:26 am to BamaDude06
Georgia played Auburn, Florida, (late 60s on)Ole Miss, Vandy, Kentucky every year
Rotated LSU, Bama, State, Tennessee
Played Clemson, Carolina, Georgia tech everyyear ooc
Rotated LSU, Bama, State, Tennessee
Played Clemson, Carolina, Georgia tech everyyear ooc
Posted on 3/13/15 at 12:30 am to jlovel7
If I'm not mistaken there was no order to rotation. I believe that UT and UGA went decades without playing each other and I'm pretty sure there are some other examples out there.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 4:07 am to theGarnetWay
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If I'm not mistaken there was no order to rotation. I believe that UT and UGA went decades without playing each other and I'm pretty sure there are some other examples out there.
Pretty sure A&M has played LSU more than Auburn has.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 5:49 am to TeLeFaWx
There were only 10 teams back, so even with just 7 games you still played everybody on a very regular basis. You played 7 of the 9 possible opponents every year.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 6:05 am to jlovel7
Georgia Tech leaving the conference made for some uneven scheduling.
UGA and AU kept GT on the schedule every year until GT joined ACC in the late 80's. UGA obviously maintains the in state rivalry.
Auburn played Bama, UGA, MSU, UT, and Florida every year I was in college.
Auburn and Florida have still played many more games that AU and Bama.
Before division play began in 1992, AU rarely played LSU or Ole Miss.
UGA and AU kept GT on the schedule every year until GT joined ACC in the late 80's. UGA obviously maintains the in state rivalry.
Auburn played Bama, UGA, MSU, UT, and Florida every year I was in college.
Auburn and Florida have still played many more games that AU and Bama.
Before division play began in 1992, AU rarely played LSU or Ole Miss.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 6:35 am to jlovel7
Prior to '92 UGA only played....
LSU 18 times...
MSU 17 times...
Tenn 21 times...
LSU 18 times...
MSU 17 times...
Tenn 21 times...
Posted on 3/13/15 at 6:48 am to Cockopotamus
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Bama made sure State was on the schedule
How do you think USCe would have faired against them?
Posted on 3/13/15 at 8:22 am to IAmReality
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There were only 10 teams back, so even with just 7 games you still played everybody on a very regular basis. You played 7 of the 9 possible opponents every year.
Not true at all.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 8:37 am to Cockopotamus
Alabama and Tennessee played every year, which meant the two best programs in the conference had a "scheduling disadvantage" that we didn't whine about.
But that was the good old days.
But that was the good old days.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 8:41 am to jlovel7
Ole Miss played UGA, Vandy, UT, LSU, and State every year. Never hardly played Auburn in the 70's and 80's. Played Tulane, Memphis State, Arkansas, and USM(until 1984) in the non-conference among others(Notre Dame in 85)
State played Florida, Auburn, Bama, LSU, and Ole Miss every year. Never played Vandy or Kentucky much which didn't make sense. Played Tulane, Memphis State, and USM every year non-conference as well as Miami(1980-83), Missouri, Illinois, Navy, Syracuse, and Colorado St among others. Non-conference schedules seemed to be better in the 80's. Teams like Memphis St, Tulane, and USM could compete back then. I also remember in 1980-81 OM and Bama played non-conference games against one another.
State played Florida, Auburn, Bama, LSU, and Ole Miss every year. Never played Vandy or Kentucky much which didn't make sense. Played Tulane, Memphis State, and USM every year non-conference as well as Miami(1980-83), Missouri, Illinois, Navy, Syracuse, and Colorado St among others. Non-conference schedules seemed to be better in the 80's. Teams like Memphis St, Tulane, and USM could compete back then. I also remember in 1980-81 OM and Bama played non-conference games against one another.
This post was edited on 3/13/15 at 8:48 am
Posted on 3/13/15 at 8:44 am to msudawg1200
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Ole Miss played UGA, Vandy, UT, LSU, and State every year.
Nobody ever thinks of uga/ole miss as rivals, because we aren't, but I don't think people realize how often we've played. They were an annual game up until the early 2000s when the new rotating schedule came out.
UGA and ole miss played every season from 1966-2002.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 9:16 am to jlovel7
SEC schools would regularly schedule ACC teams as conference games as well.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 9:36 am to Korin
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SEC schools would regularly schedule ACC teams as conference games as well.
This is when they set in the 6 game minimum for conference games. There were 6 games against the ACC that were "conference" games, 1 against the Missouri Valley, 8 against independents (1 Miami, 7 Tulane, ironically, it was Tulane that had Miami as the "conference" opponent), and 3 against Southwest teams.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 9:39 am to boxedlunch
Here's how often each team has played the other in "conference" games:
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This post was edited on 3/13/15 at 9:40 am
Posted on 3/13/15 at 9:40 am to boxedlunch
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This is when they set in the 6 game minimum for conference games. There were 6 games against the ACC that were "conference" games, 1 against the Missouri Valley, 8 against independents (1 Miami, 7 Tulane, ironically, it was Tulane that had Miami as the "conference" opponent), and 3 against Southwest teams.
So LSU and Ole Miss got to count their games against Arkansas and TAMU as conference games under that set up?
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