🏈 Saban on SEC future scheduling: “They’re giving us Tennessee, Auburn and LSU. I don’t know how they come to that.”

[RTB X Bot]

 

[bama alum]

I know life would be easier if we had a 'Sip school instead of one of these three traditional rivalries. Bama will be okay.

 

[Davestwin]

Personally, I want those three to be Bama’s permanent opponents. I could understand Saban’s displeasure if the playoffs weren’t being expanded but since they are I prefer those three over any other three. I bet most season ticket holders agree.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

That is a heavy lift, but I like playing them. Will miss the MS schools, and would we really want Vandy every year?

 

[TerryP]

@Davestwin when the sec started with 12, there were six schools who took football seriously. They were considered "The Have's." Now there will be nine. Whoever gets three gets screwed.

 

[Bammerboy321]

I'd rather drop LSU and pick up Oklahoma.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

@Davestwin when the sec started with 12, there were six schools who took football seriously. They were considered "The Have's." Now there will be nine. Whoever gets three gets screwed.

Tennessee will probably get Vandy.
The MS schools will get each other.
OK, TX and aTm should all get each other, with the salve of Arky and Mizzou.
LSU will probably win big, getting one or more MS schools - or FL.

In the end, if they actually do the 3-6, you're just dodging a team every other year. We are going to get GA, TX, aTm, FL, OK every other year, and then again we'll get Mizzou, Vandy, KY, Arky and the MS schools every other year.

I can see us having one TX, one MS school a year, bounce between GA/FL, between KY/SC, OK/Arky and
Vandy/Mizzou. That would be equitable.

 

[TerryP]

In the end, if they actually do the 3-6,

I'm entertaining the idea of 1-7 with the OOC slate as it is.

 

[#80]

Let me guess GA gets FL, UK and Vandy.

 

[BamaFan334]

I'd rather drop LSU and pick up Oklahoma.

I wouldn't mind Oklahoma either. My wife has family there, so that would be a fun trip every couple years. They're cool folks, so can play a little golf and catch a football game at a new venue, would be sweet.

 

[SnakeDoc]

I'd rather see State than LSU. It makes more geographic sense, and LSU won't be that big a deal when Saban leaves in a couple of years.

 

[mando]

We already play them every year so not sure what this changes. Now there will come a time post Saban it will be an issue but that will be the case anyway. Did not read the article so maybe there is more context if I read it.

 

[bamafan4ever]

Let me guess GA gets FL, UK and Vandy.

Close! Instead of Vandy, they get Auburn.

 

[bamafan4ever]

I'd rather see State than LSU. It makes more geographic sense, and LSU won't be that big a deal when Saban leaves in a couple of years.

This literally makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[SnakeDoc]

This literally makes no sense whatsoever.

The whole former school thing.

 

[bamafan4ever]

The whole former school thing.

Maybe semantics but I think LSU will be a big deal no matter who our coach is.

 

[SnakeDoc]

Maybe semantics but I think LSU will be a big deal no matter who our coach is.

In my 40+ years of being a fan, I never cared about beating them any more than anyone else.

 

[UAgrad93]

 

[TerryP]

Whoever gets three gets screwed.

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And there it is. Alabama is the only program who gets three permanent opponents who are traditional football contenders. Tennessee only gets one; Alabama.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

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Is this official?