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Gator fan here. I know our fanbase has mixed feelings on this, as do I. There are pros and cons to it of course. But as a Tiger fan, how do you feel if given the choice?

I love the florida game. If I had a choice, i'd keep it under a different set of rules.

When Alabama or Lsu play florida, they lose. Not always to florida, however, it affects other games they play. bama beat florida a couple of years back, however, it took so much out of them that south carolina whipped them. Same with lsu. Lsu has lost to ole miss or auburn as a result of beating florida.

Even when Nicky was here at lsu, the florida game kept lsu out of the s.e.c. championship game twice. (arkansas got in because they didn't play florida only to lose to them in the s.e.c. championship game. i believe the same happened with Au)

With tenn. being down, and they were never as strong as florida consistantly, you have to rotate the teams. The thing about Tenn, they don't have a recruiting base and they may not come back. Just like notre dame. people will say notre dame is back, nope. they just made their sched. weaker and when they faced tough competition in these bowls, they get destroyed.

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Posted by ELLESSHOU

covington, la.

Member since Aug 2004

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Posted on 7/22/13 at 2:41 pm to dos crystal

I vote for a home and home changing east division opponents every 2 years.

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Posted by Nuts4LSU

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Member since Oct 2003

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Posted on 7/22/13 at 3:08 pm to dos crystal

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Even when Nicky was here at lsu, the florida game kept lsu out of the s.e.c. championship game twice

When?

2000? We lost to UF that year, but even if we had won, we would have finished tied with Auburn and lost the head to head tiebreaker.

2001? We went to the SEC Championship game, so obviously this can't be one of them.

2002? We beat Florida that year and went 3-0 vs. the SEC East. Arkansas went because they beat us in the Miracle on Markham, and we also lost to Alabama and Auburn.

2003? We went to the SEC Championship Game, so obviously the Florida game didn't keep us out of it.

2004? We beat Florida that year, although we did have a loss to Georgia. Still, Auburn went undefeated and beat us, so even if we had beaten Georgia, Auburn still would have gone to the SECCG.