re: The SEC gauntlet schedule mythos

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The one consistent thing I see parroted here is the idea that winning one or two games against an SEC team (like we did against Bama this year) is one thing, but try winning when you have to play an SEC team week in and week out.

Where does this narrative come from? Because it sounds like wishcasting and a coping mechanism for the 75% of SEC schools who consistently suck and need an explanation for why they can’t put together a sustainable winning run, and it sounds like the last gasp hope of the forever middling teams who will immediately be leapfrogged in respect and competitiveness by Texas and OU’s entry to the conference.

In short; why do teams like A&M and Mizzou and Miss St and UK and Tenn and Auburn love the “SEC is a gauntlet” mythos?

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It is that Texas and Oklahoma haven't played in the SEC to know what is going to hit both Texas and Oklahoma hard to get the feel of the SEC. It will take a year or two to gel.

My honest assessment of the SEC (pre Texas and OU) based on observation only, it consists of 4 teams in no particular order
Bama
Georgia
LSU
Whichever team has their shite together on a particular year, sometimes this includes Florida, sometimes another team like Ole Miss sneaks in.

Beyond that I don't see any of the others as being particularly more scary to play than a group of hyper-motivated and pissed off they didn't get a Texas/bloU offer 3 stars coached by someone who knows all they have to do is win this one game and their seat suddenly cools off...and in some cases that is enough to propel them to a higher profile job. So yeah, it will be refreshing having other big dogs in the conference so Ole Miss, SCar, Miss State etc can't spend all their time and energy on one single game every year.

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My honest assessment of the SEC (pre Texas and OU) based on observation only, it consists of 4 teams in no particular order
Bama
Georgia
LSU
Whichever team has their shite together on a particular year, sometimes this includes Florida, sometimes another team like Ole Miss sneaks in.

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Thats exactly where you’re wrong. The SEC is a really solid football conference that ALSO has 1-3 semi-professional teams on any given year.

Enjoy your self proclaimed national championship!

No desperation; based on the most recent results we just blew y’all out. You might as well embrace it.

All hope is not lost: by moving to a superior conference your stock should eventually be raised as well.

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No desperation; based on the most recent results we just blew y’all out. You might as well embrace it. All hope is not lost: by moving to a superior conference your stock should eventually be raised as well.

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I see. Okay sure, then, I’ll play. Arkansas beat us when we were very bad and almost assuredly at a nadir in our storied program history, from which we’ve obviously rebounded from as a Top 4 college playoff participant this year.

By the way, that’s what storied programs are supposed to do when they inevitably fall from a peak, they are supposed to rebuild and retool to find those heights again. Someone ought to tell Arkansas this because they are like the hot girl (60’s-‘90?)who got married and just completely gave up on herself (90’s-modernity) and is morbidly obese (your fat coach is a great reflection of the hoi polloi). Have some self- respect.

But regardless yes you did win the last two times. Hang on to those fond memories.

56-23 lol it’s not really even a rivalry but that record. I pretty sure that this point Rkansas would rather watch the Polar Express than play Texas.

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Indian and Asian

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Uh …

Yeah, on campus it is like Crips and Bloods. No mixing.

Probably do a lot of business with Indians.

Brutal.