re: Why not let SEC rival schools schedule each other as non-conference games?

I think we'll just continue to play our biggest rival in conference play like we always have. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Ohiovol:

Let's put Alabama's dominance against UT into perspective.

After a 44-13 win on Saturday, Saban is 6-0 against the Volunteers. His teams have outscored UT by a combined 204-65. That's an average final score of roughly 34-11.

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Over six years, UT has scored six touchdowns and hit eight field goals against Alabama's defense.


Alabama wide receiver Kenny Bell after scoring a touchdown in the Crimson Tide's 44-13 win over Tennessee.(Photo: Kevin C. Cox, Getty Images)
Each of the last three wins has come by 31 points: 44-13, 37-6 and 41-10. The lone outlier among the last six meetings came in 2009, when the Tide needed to block a late field goal to hold on for a 12-10 victory.

Over the course of six years, Tennessee has led Alabama for 9 minutes and 52 seconds. That's out of a possible total of 360 minutes. Conversely, Alabama has held the lead against UT for 350 minutes and 8 seconds.

Overall, Alabama is 57-12 since the start of the 2007 season. Tennessee is 38-35. Over the last six years, Alabama has as many national titles, two, as Tennessee has winning seasons.

Here's the rub: Tennessee gauges itself against Alabama. The Volunteers always have – and if not always, at least since Bear Bryant rebuilt the Crimson Tide into a national power in the early 1960s.

And doing so comes with a cost, as you might expect. Tennessee is lacking, period. But in no light is UT more lacking than when compared against Alabama. The Crimson Tide, as led by Saban, own the Volunteers.
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My Buckeyes

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Don't you mean your Tigers?