re: The bigger injustice is the scheduling

The permanents on the schedule need to be abolished. Each West/East Team should play 2 team different East/West teams each year, one home and one away. Work their way downn the list and then flip the home/away.

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How many times have we played UGA in the last 10 years and how many has bama played them, not counting seccg?

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6 times each since 2000.

It's really not Bama's fault Tennessee sucks. They just got lucky that Tennessee has made pretty terrible coaching hires since Fulmer. The scheduling really doesn't bother me. We gotta beat the teams we play, no excuses.

Although I do agree the permanent opponent is a stupid idea. Just get rid of it and rotate opponents from the other division.

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How do you expect them to play UGA and UF when their permanent cross division game is Tenn?

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I would expect them to be rotated equally across the western teams if we were trying to keep the schedules fairly equal.

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It’s cyclical bro, we just have the misfortune of UF being good over the last 15 years and Tenn being bad.

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I cant believe any LSU fans are really falling for this bullshite excuse. This may have started out to keep traditional rivalries in place, but it has been kept in place to give Bama an edge. They make all the decisions, as we know,so of course they want LSU to have a tougher annual matchup than Bama. Sure its slightly cyclical but some programs will always be better than others. In this century florida has always been much better than Tennessee. Tennessee has gone the way of Nebraska, army, and navy- a has been. But even if they were a power house, it would still be better to rotate all the teams than to have the same boring schedules every year. Better for players, fans, and scheduling equality.

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Bama will argue its cyclical but they NEVER play two East Big Boys in the same year!

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mainly because Tennessee has gone to complete shite the last decade.

‘07 they got UGA (top 5 in BCS) and Tennessee (East Champ).

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The disparity’s always there with Florida our annual, and Tennessee theirs, but is magnified this year when you add Georgia to our rotation.

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I actually like our schedule. Gives us the better resume, and makes us the more seasoned team when Alabama rolls around.

Bottom line is, if we are the better team, it shouldn't be a problem. The greater the challenge, the greater the reward.

Also, over the next few years we're going to be getting even better.

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tennessee was better than florida for a long time, so I don't agree with your argument on that point

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Well, this has been an issue since the SEC expanded to accept USCe and Arkansas back in 1990-91. At this time, one could argue that the match-ups, after making sure the "traditional rivalries" got pout together, were fairly even. After all, until Spurrier arrived at UF, they had never won the SEC...ever. Amazing as that is, it's true. So matching them up with LSU wasn't some huge deal.

Then Spurrier and the 90's happened, and LSU essentially got their arse handed to them, most in horrific fashion, for a decade having to play them every single year. In the 12 season from 1988 through 1999, LSU won ONE game...the '97 game in Tiger Stadium. That's WHY that win was so monumental.

Since 2000, things have stabilized for that game. There have been 19 games including this year, with UF holding a 10-9 win lead. so even after all of our recent success, this game is a 50-50 game matching two heavy weights.

So what about UT and BAMA? From that 1988-1999 stretch when UF was kicking our teeth in, BAMA went 6-5-1 with Tennessee. Oh, the series was streaky, with BAMA winning 5 straight at first, then a tie, then another win in 1994. Then TENN took the next 5.

Since 2000? They've had 19 games, with BAMA going 14-5. This includes the current TWELVE GAME win streak, and 13 out of 14.

So...from 1988 to 2018, Florida has held a 21-10 lead over LSU, which includes what we like to call our "Golden Age" here.

From 1988 to 2018, BAMA has held a 20-10-1 lead over UT.

BAMA's permanent cross division game is nowhere NEAR as difficult as ours, and in fact, it's flipped on its head with BAMA holding a convincing margin of superiority. In other words, their desire to keep the "Third Saturday in October" rivalry has meant that they have ALSO benefited that much over their next greatest SECW rival. They got a patsy, and we got a beast.

Sure, it's about keeping tradition, but there would be ways to have these two (And AU-UGA) play each other every season which would not ALSO put LSU behind the 8-Ball. This way, they get both...

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How many times have we played UGA in the last 10 years and how many has bama played them, not counting seccg? 6 times each since 2000.

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Now do how many has each team played Florida AND Georgia in the same season

I don’t remember UF EVER being as bad as Tennessee is now. And I’m old. Since the Alabama/SEC scheduling department ensures they never have to play UGA during the regular season it makes it easier for the midget to help Kirby take anyone he doesn’t have space for to ensure LSU or Auburn don’t get them.

How about we start by eliminating all FCS opponents from SEC schedules?

Then, maybe limiting the G5 opponents to one in-state team per year?

Then, maybe add one or more SEC east vs SEC west games/year.