I meant to share this hypothetical schedule two weeks ago and forgot: More permanent opponents...

Boom wants the series to continue. The Gator fans are adamant about it. The Florida fans know they would have played Bama in the SECCG if they had taken care of business at the world's biggest cocktail party. Les has taken an entirely different approach.

 

The flipping the script covering the last few years was leading into the next paragraph...

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Using your examples Ole Miss is 1-5 vs Vandy in the same time frame. Cupcake? For whom? Miss State continues its winning against Kentucky with a 5-1 record. Cupcake? OK, there's a valid argument because the series has gone State's way continuously. LSU vs Florida over this time period is 3-3. Evenly matched up series based on the record, eh, or do we choose to look at the overall series? If you choose the overall series then it comes back to the 10-10-1 record between Bama and UT.​

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As to your question at the end, that's one I've answered and never denied. Sure, it's been easier than yours. No doubt, no argument, not even discussion worthy.

In the grand scheme of things, said in other words over the length of time since the divisional split, the game with UT hasn't been an advantage. That's one of the main points I've mentioned here.

FWIW, I've not seen a "huge portion of the Bama fan base" say things like "Miles is a coward..."

I've seen the question about why is this all of a sudden an issue now, and it wasn't an issue just a few years ago, mentioned often.

 

Buddy, you are the one who is blinded by red and white glasses. Ole Miss, State, Vandy, and Kentucky get to trade off a likely game against a top 10 team for a game against a team that has either never been better than middle of the pack or hasn't been better than middle of the pack in a generation.

Meanwhile LSU and Florida have a built in top 10 match up every single year. You don't see the disparity? You are either blind are talking out of both sides of your mouth. An extra winnable game improves bowl positioning, and chances of winning the division.

Are you kidding me?

TV ratings are not relevant to your point that the Bama Tennessee game has great national interest. It is an SEC game, and it gets watched. It gets watched no more than any other SEC game.

A single game makes the difference between going to Atlanta more often than not.

No. The bridge schedules are just more bullshit on the pile.

Several teams benefit from the contrived rivalry games your refusal to acknowledge this shows that you wither don't understand the issue or refuse to look at it impartially.

Why not just ove Bama and Auburn into the same division as UT and UGA? You four can have your precious games nobody else cares about, and schedules can be made in an equitable manner.

 

Seriously? A "your mom" retort?

Grow up.

 

Now we're coming full circle. The game against Florida has had an effect on winning the division one time: 2006.

Ole Miss, Kentucky, Miss. State, Vandy, and the rest of the teams of their caliber are matched against teams of equal standing.

LSU and Florida are as well.

No. I'm not kidding in the least. This wasn't a subject that was brought up in the past. I've been around this forum over a decade and it's just now become a point of contention with the LSU fan base.

No sir. Just this past season we had SEC games that didn't draw as much. One of the games Spurrier mentioned as being as big of a game as the Bama vs UT game was last years game between UofSC and Clemson—both ranked in the top 15. Not only was it beaten by a cartoon on Nick, it had over a million less viewers.

Again. That's not been the case with the Florida vs LSU game and the game with UT hasn't had a bearing on which team went to ATL the last few years.

When LSU has lost to Florida, they've not been able to win games in the West as well.

One year—2006—out of 21 seasons.

It's the precise reason for this discussion. The bridge schedules are the reason Bama hasn't seen UGA or UF in the regular season.

Please cite the examples.

Again, coming full circle.

That would put five of the top teams in the SEC in one division leaving one in the West.

 

I'm going to point this out again, it's made the difference in which bowl game we get on numerous occasions, like last year. We go to the Sugar with that schedule you guys had.

 

Try and pay attention, I said that he may change his tune, he's been there 2 years, lets see what he says if the LSU game costs him a BCS bowl game while Ga or SC gets one because they get it soft, like y'all do every damn year.

 

2 reasons,

1. Because for the last 2 years, in addition to getting the Tenn lay up, bama has dodged any competitive SEC east team
2. Now its more important, because we think that despite what bama fans and the media think, very little separates LSU and bama, and y'all dont deserve an easier road every year.

Why is that so hard to understand?

 

Between this thread and the "Sweet Home Scheduling thread" that is roughly post #325, and the arguments are all exactly the same. It's like the olympic rings - a bunch of overlapping circles.