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Welcome, Aggies!
I mean . . . as vineyarddawg noted in the comments, Texas A&M officially has announced its withdrawal from the Big 12. College football season gets underway at 6:00 p.m. Eastern tomorrow night. Let's see if Mike Slive can announce the Aggies' admission to the SEC before the offseason officially ends.
In other words, welcome, Aggies!
Go 'Dawgs!
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June 30, 2012 is the end date - and it does look like the path is already paved to the SEC
Which means the 2012 schedule is about to get totally reworked.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Any bets on who gets booted from the 2012 schedule?
Assuming we go to a 9 game schedule, we’d have to drop Buffalo, FAU or Georgia Southern. I figure it won’t be Southern.
Which brings up another interesting question: If schools have to drop one of their non-conference games as in the above scenario, is the SEC gonna help pay the sizable buyouts for walking away from those games?
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
I am not sure we will pick up a 14th team by 2012 honestly, that part may take a while.
If Miami gets the DP, and we take someone from the ACC, the ACC just ended. And the idea of VT, oh yuck. I think a 14th team will take some time.
That being said, the west will have to drop a game – and who exactly gets to be played in the east?
Also, TKK and some are happy about TAMU in the SEC, but they are going to play Ark, LSU, Bama, MSU and then either UGA/UF/Tenn? ouch. So I bet they get Vandy from the east.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
My guess is that the number of SEC games played will stay the same,
and you’ll simply see one of the inter-divisional matchups get taken away.
by hailtogeorgia on Aug 31, 2011 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
DO NOT WANT
This means that we’ll go a decade between trips to every stadium in the West but Jordan-Hare. You’ll have five consecutive freshman classes who graduate without knowing the joys of genuflecting to the Bear in Tuscaloosa to avoid being burned at the stake, ogling coeds at the Grove, or risking life and limb in Death Valley.
Well, the only other option would be to remove the permanent inter-divisional rivalry,
which would really only hurt us, Florida, and Tennessee…and I’m using the word “hurt” in the aspect of losing a game that’s important to us, not in the sense of actually hurting us based on a tougher schedule. Georgia/Auburn, Florida/LSU, and Tennessee/Alabama are all pretty big games…the rest of the teams don’t really have much of a big-time inter-divisional rivalry.
by hailtogeorgia on Aug 31, 2011 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
As long as we don't lose the bye before Florida
I don’t care.
But it’s probably FAU. I doubt we give up the Buffalo warm up game when there’s a perfectly fine cupcake sitting in week 3.
The 984 Has Spoken!
SEC and sizeable buyouts
The SEC’s money is the member institutions’ money, so whether they help absorb the cost of any buyouts is kind of a wash, isn’t it?
I'll say this for College Station
I didn’t expect to think much of it, but it’s a decent little college town. Not in the same universe as Athens, Chapel Hill, etc. but it’s got a solid downtown and the stadium looks pretty impressive. Considering the relatively cheap flights one can get to Houston (about 90 minutes from College Station) I think it’ll be a decent road trip that fans will be ok with.
You know what a consultant is, don't you? A consultant is a guy that knows 100 different sex positions but doesn't know a woman.
-Erk Russell
by Dawg in Beaumont on Aug 31, 2011 2:32 PM EDT reply actions
Out of 120 schools,
The universe that contains Athens and Chapel Hill has maybe half a dozen other planets. That College Station isn’t one of them ain’t too much of a knock, for sure.
by NCT on Aug 31, 2011 8:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hopefully it will be a while before they come to Georgia
Historically groups led by a Sherman have not been kind to Georgia.
by LethalBandito on Aug 31, 2011 2:56 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
HA HA HA HA HA OMG THAT'S SO FRIGGIN' FUNNY.
I’ve never heard that one before.
by vineyarddawg on Aug 31, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm... after reviewing your profile, LethalBandito, my response might have been a bit harsh.
I seems that you might just be a Dawgs fan really trying just to make an honest joke, not a troll trying to take a cheap shot.
If that’s the case, I apologize for pulling the trigger too quickly. As you might understand, though, I’m kind of touchy about that subject.
by vineyarddawg on Aug 31, 2011 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I was going for the joke.
Though in hindsight I certainly could have worded it a bit better.
Coming from a town that was burned I should have known its a touchy subject.
by LethalBandito on Aug 31, 2011 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry, LethalBandito.
I really do apologize that I burned you on your first post here. We try not to bite the newcomers, and you’re welcome to keep sharing anything you like.
We’ve had more than a few trolls in the past come in and make flippant statements about General Sherman with a newly-created account just for that purpose, which is why I’m jumpy about it. I should have looked up your profile first, however, to make sure I wasn’t banging on the new guy.
Welcome to Dawg Sports!
by vineyarddawg on Aug 31, 2011 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
We're cool, LethalBandito.
Sometimes, it’s easy to misread a joke on the internet, particularly when it’s made by someone with whom you have no prior history, but I think we’re all on the same page now. No harm, no foul.
Welcome aboard!
Go 'Dawgs!
FWIW, I thought it was funny...
And my childhood home lies within a half-mile of the path Sherman marched on his way to Savannah.
by TreeDawgNight on Aug 31, 2011 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
SBNation
has a report that says the big 12 is considering going after arky……………………so maybe we just swap?
I can bake like a demon.
I'm not going to completely poo poo the idea,
but it seems rather far-fetched. Why in the name of Pete would Arkansas want to leave the most profitable conference in the country with a great TV contract, a pretty good rapport between higher ups, and a good revenue sharing plan in place, to go to the Big 12, where they’ll have to put up with King Texas?
by hailtogeorgia on Aug 31, 2011 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll completely pooh-pooh the idea.
There is absolutely no way that happens. You know why I know that? Because Arkansas had a choice between being in a conference with Texas and being in the SEC 20 years ago, and the Hogs chose the SEC. What has happened in the intervening two decades to make being in a conference with Texas more attractive, or to make being in the SEC less attractive?
The Big 12 is thinking of going after Arkansas in exactly the same sense that the average straight male college student is thinking of going after Olivia Wilde. It takes two to tango, and the Razorbacks’ dance card is full. There is no risk whatsoever of any current member of the Big Ten, Pac-12, or SEC leaving for another conference. None.
Go 'Dawgs!
why?
Petrino Math of course!
I can bake like a demon.
by podunkdawg on Sep 1, 2011 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's Not That Farfetched an Idea
Arky was the only school in the venerable old SWC outside of the state of Texas. Frank Broyles is still sentient, and their leaders might think that conference an easier path to glory. A&M is an Auburn class little brother, always wanting out of the shadow.
by Hogbody Spradlin on Aug 31, 2011 6:50 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
SEC announcement...
am I the only one that thinks an announcement won’;t be forthcoming until the SEC completes it’s expansion plans and is ready to announce who will be #14, if not 15 and 16 too?
http://sportsandgrits.com/
You're not the only one.
I figured there’d be an announcement before kickoff tomorrow night, but SB Nation’s Texas A&M blog, I Am the 12th Man (soon to be renamed I Am the 13th Team?), agrees with you that it won’t happen as quickly.
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