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re: SEC Divisional Parity
Posted on 11/25/12 at 8:32 am to spslayto
Posted on 11/25/12 at 8:32 am to spslayto
I'm in complete agreement with going to a 9 game conference schedule and re-balancing the opponents. The advantage for Bama and UGA was not fair. This doesn't mean we suck, or that LSU should have gone instead, but I fully admit that this was not fair and could be remedied.
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Posted on 11/25/12 at 8:34 am to Crimson Legend
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The advantage for Bama and UGA was not fair. This doesn't mean we suck, or that LSU should have gone instead, but I fully admit that this was not fair and could be remedied.
Appreciate that you admit it. To fix it...let Bama play UGA next year (instead of LSU) and let LSU play Kentucky (instead of Bama).
Posted on 11/25/12 at 8:46 am to Crimson Legend
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I have no problem admitting that Alabama got a huge advantage avoiding Florida. At the time the permanent opponents were established, Florida and Tennessee were the two clearly best teams in the East, with UGA right behind. Right now, that's obviously not the case, and we benefitted from it.
I just have a problem with LSU fans acting like they have been personally wronged, and the SEC offices are conspiring against them. Some of these comments are so stupid, you wonder how these people feed themselves. LSU, Texas A&M, Florida, AND South Carolina all had a harder road than Bama and UGA, and that is not a fair situation. But it wasn't fair in 2010 when almost our entire slate of SEC opponents had a bye week before playing us. It's no coincidence that the results were different that year. It's not equal, I agree.
And this is always going to be a problem. When the 9 game SEC schedule rolls out in 2014, we are going to be looking at 2 non-permanent cross division opponents every year, and the league office will most likely balance it pretty evenly.
One season you have the hard opponent at home, the next season you have the hard opponent away. In Alabama's case since UT is their permananent, they will probably be on a three year rotation with the following:
USC/Mizzou
Kentucky/Georgia
Florida/Vanderbilt.
Where Florida/Georgia/USC are interchangeable. In any given season. I think USC/Mizzou is going to be a common pairing for SEC West teams in the same season because they seem to have the same potential as programs. Not the greatest history or anything, but comparable potential. Anyway, I digress. Back to the scheduling.
And it works the same in reverse, meaning you'll be paired with an easy team in your division, and the other power teams will play a different set than you. Meaning Alabama and LSU aren't going to play Georgia in the same season. While this will be fair for the most part(one hard and one easy cross divisional game), there are still times where it is going to be frustrating. Meaning it is far more likely that Georgia is up and Florida is having an off year, than it will be Vandy is laying the wood on teams. You are going to get lucky with the schedule some years. That is jut the way it is.
Unless of course we go to an 11 game conference schedule. You heard me. 11. Two easy and two hard non permanent cross divisional games. Extend the regular season to 13 games, allow for one permanent non-conference opponent, and one more. Schedule it easy, or make it hard. Whichever you choose.
Posted on 11/25/12 at 9:05 am to CGSC Lobotomy
Give credit were credit is due Georgia has the very best Scheduler in the SEC.
Posted on 11/25/12 at 9:12 am to spslayto
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Perhaps because they won them both. Guarantee you if they ran the gauntlet in the East and lost to A&M and LSU, you would be hearing about it.
This is why only wins and losses within the division should count in determining the division champion. This is especially true if the SEC goes to two, 8 team divisions.
This post was edited on 11/25/12 at 9:13 am
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