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re: Why do the bottom tier SEC schools have the easiest cross-divisonal games?
Posted on 12/3/19 at 10:52 am to LSURulzSEC
Posted on 12/3/19 at 10:52 am to LSURulzSEC
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There should be no permanent cross division opponents...it needs to be done away with...
^^^^ This.
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 10:55 am to GreyReb
So, "parity" is preferred over fair/equal scheduling ?
You know, the kind of schedule format that produces an equitable champion !
You know, the kind of schedule format that produces an equitable champion !
Posted on 12/3/19 at 11:22 am to Tri City Tigers
Why not? You’re better off arguing from the standpoint of why there shouldn’t be permanent opponents, not who those rivals are.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 11:35 am to OleManDixon
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Why not? You’re better off arguing from the standpoint of why there shouldn’t be permanent opponents, not who those rivals are.
My argument was permanent opponents and not rivals.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 11:39 am to Tri City Tigers
Was just using it as a synonym. Read it as “permanent opponents” instead.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:23 pm to Tri City Tigers
WHY does this question keep getting posted on this board?
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:24 pm to Tri City Tigers
Hey look, another Missouri thread!
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:24 pm to Tri City Tigers
Because the SEC wants it's Big Six to play each other for ratings. No one wants to see Missouri vs LSU every year.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:26 pm to Cdawg
There's NO mathematical way to have teams with & without c-d games.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:26 pm to Gatorbait2008
Pretty sure Mizzou has handed Floriduh some of its worst losses the last few years.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:40 pm to maninwhitecoat
1. The system we have now was devised by Alabama, Tennessee, and UGA AD's. It was created to assure the 2 longstanding rivalries get played AND to make sure that UF and LSU have to play a tough CrossDiv team. Auburn had nothing to do with this arrangement.
2. We continue to have this system because the football-irrelevant schools (UK, Vandy, Carolina, R-Kansas, State, OMiss) like the fact that UF and LSU have to play each other every year. They do not want a quicker rotation that would have them playing UF or LSU more often.
3. I have given up thinking this will ever change. Or that the SECCG will ever be rotated like it should be. Or that the SEC Baseball Ty will be rotated like it should be. The Tuscaloosa-Knoxville-Athens "axis" runs this conference with the assent of the bottom feeder schools.
2. We continue to have this system because the football-irrelevant schools (UK, Vandy, Carolina, R-Kansas, State, OMiss) like the fact that UF and LSU have to play each other every year. They do not want a quicker rotation that would have them playing UF or LSU more often.
3. I have given up thinking this will ever change. Or that the SECCG will ever be rotated like it should be. Or that the SEC Baseball Ty will be rotated like it should be. The Tuscaloosa-Knoxville-Athens "axis" runs this conference with the assent of the bottom feeder schools.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:46 pm to Tri City Tigers
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It also knocks teams from playing for a National Championship.
If your plan to play for a national championship is to avoid playing tough teams, you aren't actually playing for a national championship.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:48 pm to maninwhitecoat
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Pretty sure Mizzou has handed Floriduh some of its worst losses the last few years.
Yeah, that was kind of a surprising choice of examples.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:51 pm to BearBait09
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If your plan to play for a national championship is to avoid playing tough teams, you aren't actually playing for a national championship.
Auburn could have made the playoffs in 2017 if they didn't have to play the national title contenders 3 games in a row.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:51 pm to Cdawg
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I think everyone agrees that there shouldn't be permanent cross division games except for fans of 4 schools.
More like fans of 3 schools. I do not know 1 Vols fan that enjoys playing Bama every year. Not 1.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:53 pm to NashvilleTiger09
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More like fans of 3 schools. I do not know 1 Vols fan that enjoys playing Bama every year. Not 1.
Auburn was tired of playing Georgia and Bama every year back to back and would get them off the schedule as a permanent rival if they could or just allow them to join the SEC East.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:58 pm to Tri City Tigers
Isn't it just Big 6 vs Big 6 and Lil 8 beat up on each other?
Posted on 12/3/19 at 1:00 pm to Tri City Tigers
5. Alabama vs Tennessee
Tenn isn’t coming back.
Tenn isn’t coming back.
This post was edited on 12/3/19 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 12/3/19 at 1:00 pm to GeorgeWest
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2. We continue to have this system because the football-irrelevant schools (UK, Vandy, Carolina, R-Kansas, State, OMiss) like the fact that UF and LSU have to play each other every year. They do not want a quicker rotation that would have them playing UF or LSU more often.
We played basically a rotation of LSU and Bama for years as our other West opponent. Kentucky really doesn’t give a frick about that.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 1:00 pm to The Boat
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No one’s afraid of Florida. LSU is 7-3 in the last 10 against Florida. People want permanent opponents gone so teams can visit other stadiums more often than once every 13 seasons.
Seriously, Gainesville is one of the worst SEC road trips and we get stuck every other year. Athens and Nasvhille once every 13
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