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re: SIAP: Mike Slive cowers down to status quo, changes South Carolina vs. Arkansas
Posted on 5/30/12 at 9:21 am to MOT
Posted on 5/30/12 at 9:21 am to MOT
You are afraid of Florida and your previous arguments in this thread make it clear. It’s also this complete inflexibility towards your conference mates. Auburn-Georgia? Screw them. It’s a horrible, destructive attitude. The game has value and should be preserved.
Go to nine games. It solves all of the problems and makes the conference schedule cleaner. You’d play every team in a three year span and visit every campus in a six year span. And preserve old rivalries. You’re tilting at the wrong windmill. It’s not the permanent rivals which are a problem, it’s the 8 game schedule.
Go to nine games. It solves all of the problems and makes the conference schedule cleaner. You’d play every team in a three year span and visit every campus in a six year span. And preserve old rivalries. You’re tilting at the wrong windmill. It’s not the permanent rivals which are a problem, it’s the 8 game schedule.
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Posted on 5/30/12 at 9:27 am to Baloo
I still think the best possible solution would be to make a move and jump to 16 teams and split the conference in 4. Rotate the divisions every year so that you will play every school at least once in three years. With the 12 game schedule that leave you with 7 conference games, and 5 open slots. If anyone wants to play another team in conference who they are not lined up to play that year(Ex: Bama wants to play UT) they can schedule them in one of their open slots and just call it a OOC game so that some teams don't have more conference games.
With the current 14 team conference no one is going to be happy with how the games get scheduled. UF/LSU don't want to play, Bama/UGA/UT/Aub want to keep their games, and OM/Vandy don't want to risk losing each other.
With the current 14 team conference no one is going to be happy with how the games get scheduled. UF/LSU don't want to play, Bama/UGA/UT/Aub want to keep their games, and OM/Vandy don't want to risk losing each other.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 9:50 am to Baloo
Obviously some people are incapable of having a real discussion on this issue. "Disagree with me and you're scared of Florida or you're trying to destroy all the tradition!!"
Nine game schedules would cause more inequalities than permanent opponents. In a conference where home field is such a big advantage, having some teams with 5 home games in any given year while others they are competing with for their division only have 4 is just a bad idea. I would rather play 8 and have a permanent opponent, it is a slightly less terrible option.
Playing less games, but still facing each other on a consistent basis, would not destroy any current rivalry. I don't want to speak for the fans of any of those 4 teams, but if asked independently outside of the scheduling discussion what makes those games special to them, I bet that it being an annual game wouldn't be one of the top answers.
There are other scheduling alternatives if they believe their programs would cease to exist in the few years they aren't part of the SEC schedule.
Nine game schedules would cause more inequalities than permanent opponents. In a conference where home field is such a big advantage, having some teams with 5 home games in any given year while others they are competing with for their division only have 4 is just a bad idea. I would rather play 8 and have a permanent opponent, it is a slightly less terrible option.
Playing less games, but still facing each other on a consistent basis, would not destroy any current rivalry. I don't want to speak for the fans of any of those 4 teams, but if asked independently outside of the scheduling discussion what makes those games special to them, I bet that it being an annual game wouldn't be one of the top answers.
There are other scheduling alternatives if they believe their programs would cease to exist in the few years they aren't part of the SEC schedule.
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