This whole article is a red herring. Are Tennessee and Alabama ever going to drop that money cow? Not unless tv revenues decline. That's as dumb as saying they're going to stop playing the Florida/ga game. Or Alabama/Auburn. Let's dump Ohio State/Michigan. Who watches that game anymore?
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone On Apr 24, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Woody <[email protected]> wrote: > we wont be dropping fsu... we would more than like drop someone like App Stat > or like this year Toledo or Ga Southern > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Randy Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don’t care what they do as long as we don’t drop f$u. Although I hate >> losing to them, on a scale of 1 – 10, it only ranks maybe a 2 or 3, but >> beating them ranks a 10 or 12. >> >> >> >> Randy >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Woody Bass >> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:39 PM >> To: WXIA >> Subject: [gatornews] NCAAF Les Miles: Do away with permanent foes - ESPN >> >> >> >> 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. > > -- > -- > 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. > > -- -- 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. 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