Weren't the who's bragging endlessly about their difficult schedule last year? They seemed fine with the "challenge" until the last game of the season which resulted in a L.
The Advocate Baton Rouge: 5 reasons LSU should leave SEC
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We didn't have a bye this year. We played Mississippi State right after UcheaT. Then we play LSU.
I read somewhere after the last expansion the geographic center of the SEC was somewhere near Cullman.
The permanent cross divisional thingy makes me so angry I could chew nails. From 1953 to 1991(38years); with the exception of 1968, 1969, and 1970; LSU, with no gun to their head and no one twisting their arm, played Florida when they made out their own schedules. Wonder why the SEC, in 1992, might have thought they were rivals?
As for Tennessee, there is ONLY ONE FBS team, and it sure as h*** isn't Florida, that has NEVER EVER lost 8 games in a season. That would be Tennessee. There is ONLY ONE SEC team, and it sure as h*** isn't Florida, that is facing, this coming season, for the FIRST TIME IN THEIR HISTORY, a fourth consecutive losing season. That would be Tennessee. I wouldn't bet on them having a losing season, much less losing 8 games.
As for Tennessee, there is ONLY ONE FBS team, and it sure as h*** isn't Florida, that has NEVER EVER lost 8 games in a season. That would be Tennessee. There is ONLY ONE SEC team, and it sure as h*** isn't Florida, that is facing, this coming season, for the FIRST TIME IN THEIR HISTORY, a fourth consecutive losing season. That would be Tennessee. I wouldn't bet on them having a losing season, much less losing 8 games.
Re: Five reasons LSU should stick with the SEC
The scheduling issue is something that has existed the whole time. Alabama played Tennessee through the Fulmer years, and no one here wanted to leave the SEC over it did they? Fulmer was 155-52 at Tennessee. This was no easy match-up. Tennessee is the 10th ranked all time football program, Florida is the 12th. Florida has a good year and all of the sudden it's some sort of a conspiracy?
No, I'm not buying it. The bye weeks as I said allowed for intentional manipulation and Alabama got caught on both sides of the issue. The rivalry game? The only program with more to complain about than Tennessee is Florida. LSU is the all time 9th ranked program, but ironically I don't hear Florida whining about it either.
The schedules are a fluid thing. For instance, did you know that in the 1990s Alabama played Florida 9 times? 9 times and this wasn't even a rivalry game! LSU, or rather LSU media is trying to manufacture an issue here. Did any of us fans talk about leaving the SEC over the bye week issue? The irony is, what all this talk is ultimately pushing for is a 9 game SEC schedule that will be more difficult for everyone (and would still have rotating games)! As I showed, the SoS difference between LSU this year and Alabama was negligible. It's not a valid complaint because it's something every team in the conference has to periodically deal with.
We've all been there. The schedule comes out and we go oh, that's tough. Or it comes out and we go oh, that's not so bad. Then as the season progresses things change. You can't even tell who will be good or bad in most cases, it is luck of the draw. It always has been, but generally speaking the better teams prove themselves. We know what happened this year, Alabama went on the road and beat LSU. Had they not done that, LSU would probably be playing in the championship game, but Alabama won! The schedule didn't do that, Alabama did.
The bye week was something that could be remedied. It was an issue because it allowed for selective manipulation. The SEC made a rule that went against Alabama in regards to bye weeks as well. Alabama and Auburn moved their bye week after the game, giving them a bye before the SEC championship. The SEC acted to end this practice. I understand both rulings because bye weeks can be manipulative.
The scheduling issue is something that has existed the whole time. Alabama played Tennessee through the Fulmer years, and no one here wanted to leave the SEC over it did they? Fulmer was 155-52 at Tennessee. This was no easy match-up. Tennessee is the 10th ranked all time football program, Florida is the 12th. Florida has a good year and all of the sudden it's some sort of a conspiracy?
No, I'm not buying it. The bye weeks as I said allowed for intentional manipulation and Alabama got caught on both sides of the issue. The rivalry game? The only program with more to complain about than Tennessee is Florida. LSU is the all time 9th ranked program, but ironically I don't hear Florida whining about it either.
The schedules are a fluid thing. For instance, did you know that in the 1990s Alabama played Florida 9 times? 9 times and this wasn't even a rivalry game! LSU, or rather LSU media is trying to manufacture an issue here. Did any of us fans talk about leaving the SEC over the bye week issue? The irony is, what all this talk is ultimately pushing for is a 9 game SEC schedule that will be more difficult for everyone (and would still have rotating games)! As I showed, the SoS difference between LSU this year and Alabama was negligible. It's not a valid complaint because it's something every team in the conference has to periodically deal with.
We've all been there. The schedule comes out and we go oh, that's tough. Or it comes out and we go oh, that's not so bad. Then as the season progresses things change. You can't even tell who will be good or bad in most cases, it is luck of the draw. It always has been, but generally speaking the better teams prove themselves. We know what happened this year, Alabama went on the road and beat LSU. Had they not done that, LSU would probably be playing in the championship game, but Alabama won! The schedule didn't do that, Alabama did.
Just a friendly comment...a journalist in Baton Rouge wrote an article, the content of which may or may not reflect the feelings and beliefs of any LSU fans, administrators, players, coaches, etc. When we jump on here and make comments like "I can't believe these corndogs...", or "LSU should stop whining...", it is the same thing as if LSU fans took everything Paul Finebaum says to be the unified voice of the Alabama nation.
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The article sounds like he is saying "Its Christmas, I'm bored so I'll write this article just to stir things up".
Fair enough. As I was typing it, I thought about saying "this corndog" instead of "these". Hindsight is 50/50, or something like that.
Tennessee is a permanent Eastern opponent. There's not much Alabama can do about it. As for Kentucky, it's called rotation. Again, Alabama doesn't have much control over the Eastern opponents they play every year. Alabama can't control how good their opponents are either.
Tennessee has been Alabama's permanent opponent for many years.
"It's a conspiracy I tell ya! They workin' for dem bammers" That's how I perceived this quote.
Instead of crying about what another team is doing, how about they focus on what's best for them? Man up and take the hand you're dealt.
After reading the 2nd link about why they should stay in the SEC, I realized this is nothing more than him stirring the pot during the Christmas season. Remember when journalism actually meant something?
No, we just play the Sugar Bowl there... and, of course it was fair when Alabama had to play LSU for the national championship in New Orleans.
It was also fair when Alabama had to go to Atlanta to play Georgia in the SEC championship. They moved it out of Birmingham, ok fine that made sense. But, it was never a conspiracy and it's not a conspiracy against Alabama that they have to play the SECCG and the Sugar Bowl outside the state of Alabama. It's just typical grass is always greener stuff.
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Other than the Bama game in Tuscaloosa, LSU went thru their SEC schedule like a knife thru hot butter last season. This year Florida is a big surprise and Bama pulls out a last minute win against them. 2 SEC regular season losses in 2 years is so unfair! You know! That equals Bama's regular season losses the past 2 years! We are both being screwed!!! 
Agree....though LSU has said that they want to stop playing Florida every year.
(Just a note....Tennessee has historically been much better than Florida).
If LSU had beat us they would have won the west. The rest of schedule had nothing to do with that.
When it comes down to it, Alabama had to play Tennessee every year when they were a powerhouse in the 1990s and early 2000s. Complaining about permenant rivals is idiotic. It's not like we're asking to play Vanderbilt every year, we're playing a program with the capacity to contend but has not lately.
The ultimate problem is the 8-game schedule which Alabama is the only vocal supporter of expanding the conference schedule. If people want to complain about scheduling unbalance, then they need to consider what is their school's stance on schedule expansion first before opening their mouths. There is a reason why we're still playing 8 games which makes no sense with a permanent interdivisional rival and it's because most schools refuse to play one more SEC game in favor of a gimme home game...and we know Saban (therefore Mal Moore) disagree.
The ultimate problem is the 8-game schedule which Alabama is the only vocal supporter of expanding the conference schedule. If people want to complain about scheduling unbalance, then they need to consider what is their school's stance on schedule expansion first before opening their mouths. There is a reason why we're still playing 8 games which makes no sense with a permanent interdivisional rival and it's because most schools refuse to play one more SEC game in favor of a gimme home game...and we know Saban (therefore Mal Moore) disagree.
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