Pepe_Silvia
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Lost me when he said fixed games only happens in the NFL.......Just read this and many others like it on tiger droppings:
"I would believe that they picked 11 am to protect Tennessee more than I’d believe that it was to spite Kelly.
Like it or not, conference image matters and the SEC needs to prop up at least a couple of teams like Tenn, Arky, Kentucky, and A&M to make it look like the conference is deep with 10 win programs. Obviously not all these teams will win 10 games but they will do their best to make sure at least a couple of them do.
The best way to try to influence these games outside of outright fixing it via officiating(which I only believe happens in the nfl), is to try to cancel out home field advantage for the opponents of their “better teams”.
I’m not saying I believe this theory to be true, just that it’s more believable than they SEC is out to get Coach Kelly."
12 noon God's time.
11 am central
I bought a corndog flag off Amazon several weeks ago for this game.
I should let one of you guys going to Red Stick borrow it.
Tennessee doesnt swing any weight anymore in the SEC office thou. Since Dickey and Kramer retired, Tennessee has been with the Miss ST, Ole Miss, South carolina, etc crowd. The prime example I use is the change in schedule Auburn asked for and got almost immediatley to break up their Ga/Ala Nov games. Tennessee long played GA/Fla back to back in Sept & the office never really made it a priority to break it even though Tennessee wanted to play one later in the year (preferrably Fla). The change occurred because Auburn asked for it, nothing Tennessee did.
Tennessee isnt getting propped up by the SEC. Not today or tommorow.Just read this and many others like it on tiger droppings:
"I would believe that they picked 11 am to protect Tennessee more than I’d believe that it was to spite Kelly.
Like it or not, conference image matters and the SEC needs to prop up at least a couple of teams like Tenn, Arky, Kentucky, and A&M to make it look like the conference is deep with 10 win programs. Obviously not all these teams will win 10 games but they will do their best to make sure at least a couple of them do.
The best way to try to influence these games outside of outright fixing it via officiating(which I only believe happens in the nfl), is to try to cancel out home field advantage for the opponents of their “better teams”.
I’m not saying I believe this theory to be true, just that it’s more believable than they SEC is out to get Coach Kelly."
The best thing that could possibly happen to the SEC to make it better is to get the %$#@ office out of Hoover, Alabama and make it centrall;y located.
I posted a story about Birmingham being a shrinking city population-wise & stated the office should move about 3 months ago. I suggested media & transportation centers like Atl & Nashville. This board crucified me. This board defended the office in Bham like it was their sister’s virginity
Really don't care that much about who ESPN hates.To be fair though, I don’t think anyone is actively conspiring to keep us down either. The <insert entity here> hates us is usually a pretty silly argument. Even our opponents mostly only care about beating us themselves. Sure some fans in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia who have special feelings about us might be happy with every game we lose, but plenty will also want us to win whenever we can, as long as it isn’t against them.
If they win he gets to celebrate and if they lose it’s the evil forces of sports media maliciously manipulating outcomes I guess. That’s pretty crazy rationalizing imho. Next level even