Douche - An obnoxious bastard who mooches off of family and friends and is a complete and total ass to everyone.
Using that time line, you're right. As to putting Auburn in the East? It wouldn't have worked with the SEC's original plans of the have's and have nots. It would have put four of the most successful programs in the East leaving only Bama and LSU in the West. It was the six, six split that was one of the main factors in splitting the teams up the way they did. There's that long standing rivalry component again. UofSC with Clemson, UGA with Ga. Tech. Something will have to give. And, I suspect, it's going to be those against the nine game conference schedule caving first. When the permanent opponent gets nixed? When the conference goes to 16 is what I see to be the most likely time. I didn't make that clear. When I used the term "as much at stake" it had more to do with the two schools and staff members, players, etc. Just as an example, Coach Jim Goosetree who started the tradition of victory cigars after that game shared a history with both schools. That applied to several coaches who worked for Neyland and Bryant. It wasn't meant as "conference championships" being at stake. As to your questions? Iron Bowl determining the West? I don't know. It would have to be in the 90's and I'll have to sit back and think about it in more detail. It would have to be between 92 and 96 (with me thinking about it for a few minutes.) UT would require looking at several more scenarios. There were a few times Arkansas made it to ATL that one of those games likely came into play. Well... We are talking about Georgia here. The 21 point win over Mizzou doesn't begin to tell how close of a game that was. We were pretty late in the third quarter and they were still down more than a TD. A loss there? It's a team that barely squeezed by UT. Seriously, this seasons Bulldog team was a hair away from having three SEC losses, maybe four if UF didn't give that game away. Willing to switch the two? We'd have caught them the same weekend they scraped by UK by five—the week following being humiliated by UofSC. Mental toughness and overcoming adversity hasn't been one of the strong points of Richt coached teams. Hypothetical situations, ya know? There weren't plans on adding A&M until they were added. Yet, Mike Slive says the day of the official announcement we could add two more with two phone calls. We're getting to the point where the home and home in back to back years against eastern divisional teams is a thing of the past. With 16, who knows how it shakes out. On a somewhat related note: The best idea I've seen so far with no permanent opponents and no guaranteed UGA vs Ga Tech type games is handling the schedule on a yearly basis. Nine games in conference and the match-ups are determined based on the previous year and those standings. It's akin to how the NFL sets their schedules.
But he can win on a football field normally & above all he can get past the 50 yardline in the BCSNC game in a rematch in his home stadium. ONE MORE RED NIGHTMARE http://www.myspace.com/notreallykingcrimson/music/songs/one-more-red-nightmare-7996762
B.I.G. - T.A.L.K. http://agoodsportshang.com/2012/12/...ec-lsu-ready-for-clemson-in-chick-fil-a-bowl/
Yeah, we know that. You completely missed the point, Forrest. Part of the Bamafans famous homer delusion is that they imagine that the rest of the conference thinks like they do. It's why they are so despised; not for their team's sucess but for the fans "the SEC IS Alabama" attitude. Bama leads in one sport, Hoss, and its not even a sport in which the NCAA officially recognizes a champion. They haven't done squat in any of the others. Women's athletics is a joke at Bama. Bama is not the "leading member" of the conference in academics (Vandy), sports (LSU), or anything other than football. Flagship my ass.