ArizonaLonghorn

Three GOATs and one kid? Might have a better ring to it, yeah? Congrats Blake, sounds like a great idea.

When they discussed this earlier it was mentioned the league would revisit the "permanent three" every four years (after the home/away is done with the rotating 12) and adjust if someone ended up with too brutal a grouping. The goal would be to try to keep it fairly even SOS wise. This was from an article in The Athletic - so the league is aware of the potential problem.

The numbers wouldn't work out as cleanly for a 9 game conference schedule with 4 permanent. You'd have 4 permanent + 5 rotating but there would be 11 alternate year teams so you wouldn't get to play every team home/away every four years. Three permanent + 6 rotating among the 12 remaining teams would be symmetrical - perfect.

This was supposedly proposed by the SEC three years ago Annual opponents Two years ago, back when nine games seemed a fait accompli, the SEC office came up with three potential annual opponents for each school. Historic rivalries received heavy consideration, as did a formula that analyzed every team’s record over the past decade and tried to create some parity. The conference never released or confirmed the opponents, but various outlets, including The Athletic, reported the list below. Alabama: Auburn, LSU, Tennessee Arkansas: Missouri, Ole Miss, Texas Auburn: Alabama, Georgia, Vanderbilt Florida: Georgia, Oklahoma, South Carolina Georgia: Auburn, Florida, Kentucky Kentucky: Georgia, Mississippi State, South Carolina LSU: Alabama, Ole Miss, Texas A&M Mississippi State: Kentucky, Ole Miss, Texas A&M Missouri: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt Oklahoma: Florida, Missouri, Texas Ole Miss: Arkansas, LSU, Mississippi State South Carolina: Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee Texas: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M Texas A&M: LSU, Mississippi State, Texas Tennessee: Alabama, South Carolina, Vanderbilt Vanderbilt: Auburn, Missouri, Tennessee

I love it! Every four years play the other 6 teams home and away, the way it should be. Did they announce who our three annual rivals are? OU and A&M for sure, # 3 is hopefully Mississippi State? Nope? Probably Arkansas ... And now the Big 10 weasels wanting four guaranteed playoff spots can't whinge about us not playing 9 in-conference games ...

I thought of Tom when I read Archie's remark to Arch - 'get down or get out of bounds'. That's the same thing Tom told David Ash when he realized a) Ash had a history of concussions and b) the QBs behind Ash were not very good. The lesson didn't stick, I think Ash got clobbered trying for an extra yard or two (against a cupcake? near the sideline!!) and the Case McCoy - Jerrod Heard - Tyrone Swoopes era began.

I'm giving Georgia an asterisk since six (oops - 4 with two repeats) of their 11 are special teamers!

If you win the conference championship you're guaranteed to be in the playoffs. If you don't you are at the mercy of the committee. Sure, go 10-2 or something like that in the Big 10 or SEC, with at least a couple quality wins, and you are most likely in. But if you are borderline?

Could have been an anomaly given that Arizona State and Boise State were only in because of the since-ditched rule about 4 conference champs getting byes. And both were solid underdogs in those games. Georgia lost their starting QB coming in to this game, I think Stockton was making his first start. So they had an excuse. And Oregon - well ok, good point. Bad luck facing a rematch against a buzz saw OSU in-conference rival? But yeah, they looked bad. Sorry Joe Z Let's wait until after this year's CFP, when the top four seeds get the byes, and see if it holds up again? I would expect the (actual) top four seeds to do better this year, but maybe you are right. We'll see.

I remember Sark was recruiting him really hard, and Sayin was liking what he heard, given Sark's rep for QB development. Then Arch committed to Texas (with just a one year gap to Sayin) and both sides kind of moved away from the recruitment. Had Arch not stuck with Texas it sure looked like Sayin was Sark's top pick in the next class - all this talk about his shortcomings is funny, we would have taken him in a heartbeat under different circumstances.

Pretty sure he figured you'd only be jumping from a bed or couch, onto a pillow or other soft landing spot. Worse case maybe an ankle sprain. No need to go all drama queen on us ... if he tells you "go kill yourself" then you'd have a point. That would be mean.

Too bad you aren't attending the game, we would enjoy your analysis. But you mentioned the upcoming birth of your little wolverine so we understand ...

What's Blake's son's name?

How about Beyonce in a bikini rocking the David Ash # 14 jersey? (drops the mic)