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re: I prefer the old days in the SEC
Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:14 pm to cmayes56
Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:14 pm to cmayes56
I pride myself on my knowledge of football history but I scratch my head wondering how we came up with USC rather than Clemson? Was Clemson dead at the time?
SEC lives off Bama, Big 8 lived off Nebraska/OU and SWC lived off UT.
Big 10 has always been tOSU.
At least the SEC (other than Bama) has not totally dominated like those older conferences no longer in existence.
Integration in the 1970's flipped the switch totally towards SEC and continues to this day.
SEC lives off Bama, Big 8 lived off Nebraska/OU and SWC lived off UT.
Big 10 has always been tOSU.
At least the SEC (other than Bama) has not totally dominated like those older conferences no longer in existence.
Integration in the 1970's flipped the switch totally towards SEC and continues to this day.
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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:17 pm to Touchdowns4LSU
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I pride myself on my knowledge of football history but I scratch my head wondering how we came up with USC rather than Clemson? Was Clemson dead at the time?
SCar was independent and the next best choice for eastern expansion after both FSU and Miami chickened out.
These were the southeastern independents at the time:
FSU
Miami
Southwestern Louisiana, aka ULL
South Carolina
Louisiana Tech
Louisville
ECU
Southern Miss
Memphis State, aka Memphis
This post was edited on 3/3/23 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:29 pm to Touchdowns4LSU
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I pride myself on my knowledge of football history but I scratch my head wondering how we came up with USC rather than Clemson?
Even when they has George Rogers they were barely above average. Clemson had carved out some football cred with Charley Pell and Danny Ford at the time. Including a national title.
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