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miked237

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re: If you think they will ever shorten commercials instead of the games...

Posted by miked237 on 9/2/23 at 8:00 am

They could always do a split screen for 30 second timeouts and post-kickoff/pre-offensive snaps, similar to what I’ve seen for NFL games. However, that makes too much sense.

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re: 13th Annual OFFICIAL Preseason Predict Your Teams Record Thread - 3 Days Left to Predict

Posted by miked237 on 7/23/23 at 12:09 pm

(The Original) USC:

My three biggest areas of concern
1. RBs
2. Loggains’ playcalling potential (I think it’ll be much better than Shatterfield’s, especially if the offense is like it was the last three games)
3. Front seven on defense

That said, they’ll probably win a game or two they shouldn’t, and lose a game or two they shouldn’t - much like last season (beating Texas A&M, UT and Clemson and losing to Mizzou).

7-5

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re: [Dellenger] From speaking to league insiders, this is our best guess of the three rivals

Posted by miked237 on 3/7/23 at 12:33 am

I know it’s not finalized yet, but SC without UGA on the schedule is like peanut butter without jelly. It doesn’t make sense.

It does take away a near-certain loss most years…

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re: 2023 could be the final World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party

Posted by miked237 on 2/11/23 at 3:14 pm

I wouldn’t mind seeing a 4-4-1 format but I don’t think each school would have a neutral site close enough to accommodate attendees.

UGA and UF have Jacksonville; OU and TX have the Cotton Bowl. Alabama and Auburn used to play games at Legion Field but that complex was crumbling and located in a bad area. Ole Miss and MSU had games in Jackson, usually against each other but also against LSU (at least in the case of the former). SC has played games in Charlotte but that’s usually against non-conference opponents (I think they play the other Carolina there to start the upcoming season). There’s probably other examples that I can’t think of atm, but does every school have that opportunity?

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re: There should be a tier structure in the SEC

Posted by miked237 on 2/10/23 at 9:01 pm

Correct. SC was a later entry into the SIAA, and an earlier entry into the SoCon (about a year after the conference began operations). The SEC began operations during the Depression; I’m guessing economic conditions of the time (and the fact its main rivals were also east of the mountains) kept the ‘Cocks east. They would become charter members of the ACC in 1953, but I’ll leave the reason that they left to someone that has more knowledge on the subject (I do know that the NC schools played a part in that, and that Clemson would have left as well if they had any backbone).

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re: South Carolina "The Stadium Project"

Posted by miked237 on 2/10/23 at 8:31 pm

That’s the one thing I’d like to know about before any development takes place - what will be done to mitigate the risk of flooding as much as possible? IIRC, that’s one of the factors that killed the Green Diamond project - and I think I was still in college when this was discussed (early 2000’s).

ETA: if the school already has the funding for it, bra-vo! I’m surprised that this was kept a secret for this long…

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re: 9 Game Format Problem

Posted by miked237 on 2/10/23 at 1:17 pm

There are a few schools that have neutral-site games (WLOCP and RRS come to mind). The remaining schools would have an issue securing enough attendance for a neutral site game, even if there’s large enough stadia within a shorter distance. My guess is that for those schools that don’t have neutral sites readily available, it’ll be 5H/4A one year, then 4H/5A the next (alternating each year) - similar to how the NFL allocates home/away with a 17-game season.

ETA: the 5th game - in theory - would be against a school outside of the 3 rivals.

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re: Okay.. Aggies & Longhorns, get in here

Posted by miked237 on 2/10/23 at 12:56 pm

:popcorn:

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re: According the The Athletic

Posted by miked237 on 2/10/23 at 11:06 am

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USCe gets UGA, UK, UF

If true, this isn’t bad at all. Should be competitive most years, with the current exception of UGA.

quote:
A&M gets tu, LSU, State

This’ll be fun… I’ll get the popcorn ready!

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re: True or False: Oklahoma and/or Texas will be the new Nebraska in the SEC

Posted by miked237 on 2/10/23 at 11:01 am

Both true and false. The competition in the SEC will be tougher than it was in the B12 even if they’re both natty contenders (which they’re not, at least for now). The exposure they’ll receive in the SEC will ensure that attention will be given to them. NIL also plays a huge part in this, especially for Texas. Only question for each school is do they have the coaching required to compete with the likes of Saban, Kirby and (to an extent) Kelly while also holding off potential up-and-comers like Heupel and Beamer.

For non-football sports, they should fit in nicely, especially for baseball (for Texas) and softball (for OU). Men’s BB will also become a bit more legit IMO.

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re: Historical SEC Rankings

Posted by miked237 on 1/10/23 at 12:50 pm

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The east and west go in cycles, the east had the head to head this season, this isn’t 2015 anymore

The east was also beast in the 90s with Florida and UTk, and that was with UGA being down. Of course, Bama was on probation for a good portion of it; same with Auburn IIRC. LSU was a coaches’ carousel during that time as well.

ETA: how many teams won the west in that decade? I know Arky and MSST won at least once each.

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