re: looks like we play @ aTm on Thanksgiving in '14, UK in TS

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how does that prove that Alabama was opposed to this?

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I'm not sure how you don't get this. Obviously Alabama and Auburn would rather play a week earlier because they would get a bye before the SECCG. The fact that they had to be ordered by a vote of the other 10 schools to play a week later proves that they were opposed to playing a week later. Just because they didn't put up a fight doesn't mean that they weren't opposed to it.

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No one is arguing LSU should not have a game that weekend, just not on a freaking National Holiday, which is only being discussed because the other team wants it, not because TV is asking for it.

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I only brought up the Iron Bowl thing because there's this crazy idea that Bama always gets their way and LSU never gets their way and that this is because the SEC has it out for LSU, and this is, of course, not the case since Bama was forced by the SEC to alter their schedule beginning in 2007.

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Did you miss that in 2010 several of Bama's opponents had bye weeks before playing them and they complained because they said it wasn't fair (legitimate beef).

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No, I remember that quite well, and that's part of why I'm not really whining about the schedule this year. It is true that a lot of schools target the Bama game and try to weave their bye weeks around that game, so I have no problem with Bama getting a break with the schedule in a given year, whether or not that has anything to do with it.

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It did not take 15 years for that to be corrected. See how that works?

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Was it "corrected?"

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I don't care that LSU-Ark was moved back to Friday, I just find it funny/ironic that Saban complained about playing Black Friday at LSU and was told to pound sand. He complains about it at Bama and the game gets moved Probably not because of his preference, but the irony is too good.

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Definitely ironic. And what most LSU fans don't realize is that this actually indicates that the LSU/Arkansas rivalry has been a lot better than they give it credit for--so good that more often than not, it's a better game than the Iron Bowl. THAT'S why CBS showcases it nationally on Black Friday so often.