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SEC going towards 3 permanent opponents?
Posted on 7/21/22 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 7/21/22 at 3:01 pm
Stolen from SEC Rant.
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I remember a few months ago it became public that the SEC was going to decide on teams having 1 permanent opponent or 3. 1 made absolutely zero logical sense so let's keep our fingers crossed this news is correct. I'd have to think it's almost a lock that UF/AU/SC would be our 3, so even though the landscape of CFB is heading straight into the toilet at LEAST we know we'd still get UF and AU eveyr year.
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Jimbo Fisher may have just broken some news. He said Texas, LSU & Mississippi State are the 3 teams Texas A&M has been mentioned to play annually if the SEC decides to go with 3 permanent opponents in conference play.
I remember a few months ago it became public that the SEC was going to decide on teams having 1 permanent opponent or 3. 1 made absolutely zero logical sense so let's keep our fingers crossed this news is correct. I'd have to think it's almost a lock that UF/AU/SC would be our 3, so even though the landscape of CFB is heading straight into the toilet at LEAST we know we'd still get UF and AU eveyr year.
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Posted on 7/21/22 at 4:51 pm to WG_Dawg
I hope so. I don’t want to lose playing Auburn every year. I hate them but my wife’s an auburn fan so I love beating them.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 5:36 pm to WG_Dawg
I would rather just 2 permanent rivals because whoever is #3 on any school's list really isn't a rival when you think about it. And you get around the whole conference faster, and still has flexibility for non-con rivals like Tech, or SC v Clemson, Florida vs FSU, etc.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 6:01 pm to deeprig9
I definitely like 3 but who is our 3rd? Obviously we keep FL and Auburn. We have played SC every year I think I've been alive. The UT rivalry really got cooking when they created the East/West divisions. Both are good regional rivals. I would think if alumni groups get involved it may be SC. I think there are a lot of ties with SC & UGA and they have usually travel really well to Athens. Tennessee might be looking to change things up and drop UGA and Bama as permanent rivals. That program seems like they hit the reset button after so many bad years. Even though it has been lopsided we have probably played UK and Vandy every year since the 40's.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 6:59 pm to agentoranj1990
Dude, UGA vs Tennessee has been a rivalry long before the SEC went East and West
Posted on 7/21/22 at 7:49 pm to Peter Buck
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Dude, UGA vs Tennessee has been a rivalry long before the SEC went East and West
We've played Vanderbilt almost twice as many times as we've played Tennessee, if we are going on game counts.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 9:28 pm to Peter Buck
Wasnt played much before 1992.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 10:48 pm to deeprig9
Vandy should be our 3rd rival. If not, Bama or AU will pick them just for a free win.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 7:07 am to Peter Buck
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Dude, UGA vs Tennessee has been a rivalry long before the SEC went East and West
Georgia and Tennessee only played 21 times in 92 years before it became annual in 1992.
Before 1968 we basically never played them, and even from then to 1992 we’d play them in a two-year home and home and then not play for like 7 years.
That’s not a rivalry.
This post was edited on 7/22/22 at 7:08 am
Posted on 7/22/22 at 7:11 am to Peter Buck
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UGA vs Tennessee has been a rivalry long before the SEC went East and West
eeeehhhhhh I don't know about "rivalry". 13 of the 21 pre-division meetings were prior to WW2. AFter that 13th meeting there was a ~30 year break, then we played them 8 times in the 60s/70s/80s combined. If it wasn't for bill bates how much would the series really be known for prior to recent history? The fact that they were a great program and have been the SEC's #2 program for decades doesn't automatically make our game wiht them a rivalry.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 7:38 am to BranchDawg
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Before 1968 we basically never played them, and even from then to 1992 we’d play them in a two-year home and home and then not play for like 7 years.
Very strange deal with scheduling back then and it should have been a natural rival.Probably some type of conflict between Neyland and Butts
Posted on 7/22/22 at 7:47 am to AlaCowboy
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Vandy should be our 3rd rival. If not, Bama or AU will pick them just for a free win.
Bama is 100% not getting vandy in their 3 and 'm 99% sure auburn isn't either.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 8:10 am to WG_Dawg
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'd have to think it's almost a lock that UF/AU/SC would be our 3,
I'd rather have UF/AU/Tenn
Posted on 7/22/22 at 8:13 am to VoxDawg
that'd be more fun but it's pretty unlikely
Posted on 7/22/22 at 11:04 am to WG_Dawg
Getting Florida, Auburn and Carolina every year and then rotating the rest of the conference honestly sounds awesome and a major improvement on our current scheduling from a fan’s perspective. It also stands to help our home scheduling. No more years of a home slate highlighted by the Kentucky game.
The first time Texas comes into Athens, it will be a mad house.
The first time Texas comes into Athens, it will be a mad house.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 11:23 am to BranchDawg
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No more years of a home slate highlighted by the Kentucky game.
mcgoo bending over and allowing AU to move a game that'd bee in the same place for a century is to blame for that, in my opinion.
But I agree with your point.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:10 pm to WG_Dawg
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that'd be more fun but it's pretty unlikely
Yep.UT will obviously keep Bama and little if any chance they'd want to play us both every year.Im assuming Vandy and UK would be their other 2 preferences.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:44 pm to RD Dawg
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.UT will obviously keep Bama and little if any chance they'd want to play us both every year.Im assuming Vandy and UK would be their other 2 preferences.
Vandy and Bama are locks for Tennessee. The 3rd is a tossup but they do have a longstanding history with UK (I think they even have a bourbon barrel trophy they win?) so there would be a precedent there aside from just wanting an easy opponent. The only other real possibility for them would be UF I guess?
Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:55 pm to RD Dawg
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Very strange deal with scheduling back then
My guess is the "protected triangle" from the old days was UK / VU / UK. Dudley was from KY and wound up at VU where he started the SIAA. Sewanee dropped SEC early so probably they were scheduled more in the old days with VU and UT (UK had a similar history with Centre in KY).
UK and UGA had a strong scheduling preference as UGA historically was the most active of the SEC schools with the "double dip" (football + Keeneland)
Posted on 7/22/22 at 1:45 pm to Peter Buck
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Dude, UGA vs Tennessee has been a rivalry long before the SEC went East and West
Not in football.
Maybe a border/water rivalry?
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