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re: Worst mistakes in SEC history

Posted on 8/3/25 at 12:43 pm to
Posted by SL Xpress
Member since Mar 2023
368 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 12:43 pm to
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Very easy

adding Texas A&M


Why? They're so harmless. They're never going to win. They crave SEC acceptance so much. They just want to be liked and accepted. They're like having a friendly collie lap dog that just wants to be petted every now and then.

Please like us, SEC! Please!
Posted by CharlotteSooner
Member since Mar 2016
14038 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 12:48 pm to
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If he has some decent receivers that are actually on the field and healthy, then both Auburn and Arnold are going to have a pretty good year of it.


Nope.

WRs weren't his problem.

He's tanking there like he did here.

Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
26247 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 12:52 pm to
Kentucky leaving 11 seconds on the clock when they kicked their FG at the end of the Blue Grass miracle...
Posted by New Money
Athens, GA
Member since Jun 2023
3090 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 1:25 pm to
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Kentucky letting Bryant go. He would have dominated until mama called.


He wasn't dominating at UK. He had one first-place SEC finish in his fourth year and followed that with 5th, 9th, and 3rd.
Posted by TTsTowel
RIP Bow9den/Coastie
Member since Feb 2010
92604 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 1:27 pm to
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Worst mistakes in SEC history
How about Florida not doing everything in their power to keep Cam Newton?

They likely win the NC in 2010 and Urban Meyer likely doesn't retire or even reappear at Ohio State.

The whole landscape of CFB would have been changed, most specifically with Florida, Auburn, Ohio State and Alabama. To a degree, UCF and Michigan.
Posted by Porker Face
Eden Isle
Member since Feb 2012
15920 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 1:30 pm to
1. Missouri
2. Texas
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
26569 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 1:36 pm to
Why not Ou over Texas? Just wondering.
Posted by Sgt Barnes
Murfreesboro
Member since Jul 2011
838 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 1:44 pm to
Tennessee not hiring David Cutcliffe as head coach after 2005 (instead of being brought back in as OC) or 2008. He was the reason for Fulmer’s success and would’ve been poetic justice considering what Fulmer did to Coach Majors. He would have at least stabilized the program instead of the Kiffin, Dooley, etc. years.
Posted by GAT BoilerPickle Doc
Member since Dec 2014
2387 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 1:53 pm to
Letting us in
Posted by PeleofAnalytics
Member since Jun 2021
4782 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 1:59 pm to
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Auburn had the game and shite the bed. Y'all would have won

Auburn had all FSU’s signals from Dameyune Craig and it went downhill for them after Kelvin Benjamin noticed and FSU started hiding them.
Posted by SaturdayNAthens
Georgia
Member since Dec 2017
12011 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:02 pm to
Adding A&M, Texas, and Misery.
Posted by SaturdayNAthens
Georgia
Member since Dec 2017
12011 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:05 pm to
A&M is more like a weirdo uncle you wouldn’t allow around your children.
Posted by LSU Grad Alabama Fan
369 Cardboard Box Lane
Member since Nov 2019
13817 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:10 pm to
Adding Missouri.
Posted by AuburnTigers
9x National Champion
Member since Aug 2013
17432 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:10 pm to
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If he has some decent receivers that are actually on the field and healthy,
Posted by Opry
Member since Oct 2023
5581 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:12 pm to
1) Keeping permanent rivalries.
2) Keeping the SECCG
This post was edited on 8/3/25 at 2:13 pm
Posted by Rosco P Coltrane
STL
Member since Aug 2022
279 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:16 pm to
Adding Missou. Kick those damn blue-haired yankee commies to the MAC!
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
Member since Feb 2013
10406 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:25 pm to
Not being prepared to handle a minor motorcycle accident.
Posted by SaturdayNAthens
Georgia
Member since Dec 2017
12011 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:29 pm to
Wasn’t there a young girl friend on the back of that motorcycle?
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
60582 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:39 pm to
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Kentucky letting Adolph Rupp push out Bear Bryant.


Total fiction.

The real skinny, Bryant was at UK for almost a decade and never beat Tennessee. No matter how great the coach, if you can not beat your rival every few years your seat gets hot. The "Gold Cadillac" vs "Gold Lighter" was strictly a recruiting ploy to get the limited high school football talent in the State of Kentucky to go wherever Bear was coaching.

The "Barron" and the the "Bear" remained friends for life and stayed in touch till near the end of Rupp's life. Pretty sure a pal of mine who passed in the last few years dated his daughter when he was at UK. My old man was tight with both coaches back before any of you were even born. Small world back then and very personal.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
60582 posts
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:42 pm to
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Georgia Tech going independent in 1964


While Sewanee never got a "name" donor like Vanderbilt or Duke, I get they could not keep up with SEC membership. That being said, losing Tulane and the Bumbles from the SEC was tragic as both made in state rival games, in conference games as well and both had good academics to bolster the educational side of the SEC.
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