re: SEC Expansion negative impact on LSU schedule

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TV contracts depend heavily on marquee matchups. they want Ala-Ten, Aub-UGa, and LSU-Fla as cross-divisional games. Plus the 3 games are between the "Big 6" of the SEC. Funny, back before 2000, LSU-Fla was a joke, automatic win for Fla, really only the "Big 5" back then. I guess the SEC bet that LSU would return to an upper echelon program.

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The cross-divisional games were decided when Auburn bitched that keeping two divisional rivals would kill them (they had Florida and Georgia). Since they kept Auburn-Georgia, Florida's other opponent (us) had to be kept.