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[email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Woody Bass <[email protected]> > Date: April 24, 2013, 11:39:24 AM CDT > To: WXIA <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] NCAAF Les Miles: Do away with permanent foes - ESPN > Reply-To: [email protected] > > http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=sec&id=63442&src=desktop > > Les Miles: Do away with permanent foes > > LSU coach Les Miles said Wednesday it’s time to do away with permanent > cross-divisional opponents in the SEC. > > “A key piece for any conference is to allow equal access for any champion,” > said Miles, who suggested that a computer should be utilized to select a > rotation of two cross-divisional opponents for each team in the league. > > > Currently, everybody has one permanent cross-divisional opponent and one > rotating cross-divisional opponent. LSU and Florida face each other every > year as permanent opponents, and Miles said that hurts the Tigers. > > For example, LSU faces Florida and Georgia from the East in 2013. Meanwhile, > neither Alabama nor Texas A&M face Florida or Georgia next season. > > South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said if the SEC wants to be fair, it will > do away with permanent cross-divisional foes. The Head Ball Coach didn’t stop > there, either. > > “Tennessee’s got Alabama, who’s been the best team the last three or four > years, and that’s not fair for Tennessee to have to play those guys every > year,” Spurrier said. “But I don’t know. Heck, that’s just sort of the way it > is. The coaches … we don’t make the rules. We just try to coach our teams the > best we can. > > “Nobody said it’s supposed to be fair anyway. Have you ever heard any > commissioner or anybody say it’s supposed to be fair? They’d make the > recruiting rules more fair. Right now, it seems like the same team gets all > the top players every year in recruiting. We just need to go play whoever > they tell us to play and do the best we can, and things will work out > hopefully.” > > Florida coach Will Muschamp said he understands the arguments on both sides > of the cross-divisional opponents issue, but would rather leave it up to SEC > commissioner Mike Slive to make that decision. > > Muschamp did say Florida would be opposed to any scheduling model that would > include nine conference games, because the Gators face Florida State every > year out of conference. > > Alabama coach Nick Saban favors a plan that would allow a player to face > every school in the league at least once during his career. > > “I think it makes it more league-oriented to play more cross-divisional > games,” Saban said. > > How to go about doing that is the tricky part. > > Saban said playing two cross-divisional foes every year and eliminating the > permanent foe would be one way, but he also pointed out that going to nine > conference games would also allow teams the opportunity to play more > cross-divisional games. That way, the Alabama-Tennessee and Auburn-Georgia > rivalries would survive on a yearly basis. > > Arkansas’ Bret Bielema, who will be making his debut in the SEC next season > after coming over from Wisconsin, leans to the side of status quo. > > “I’m a big believer of if it’s not broke, don’t fix it,” Bielema said. “The > SEC has won seven straight national championships, but the world in 2014 > changes a little bit (with the playoff).” > > > Woody (via iPhone) > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
