Lester complaining about drawing UGA & Florida.
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2013/les-miles-computers-cross-division-opponents/
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2013/les-miles-computers-cross-division-opponents/
Les Miles is tired of playing Florida every year
- Thread starter bamagradinATL
- Start date
I wouldn't mind seeing Florida play Bama in the regular season - at least every other year. I miss our games together. We've had some epic battles! Maybe we can get back to the SECCG this season.
In the meantime I think Les has a point although you'd think (in looking at that chart) 10rc would the one complaining!
In the meantime I think Les has a point although you'd think (in looking at that chart) 10rc would the one complaining!
The argument is short-sited. Tennessee has not always been the push-over they are now. And the table in the article only compares the last 4 seasons.
I posted tweets from a few of the coaches' teleconferences yesterday. Saban, Miles, Franklin and Muschamp are in favor of non-divisional games.
He's brought this up more than once. LSWho already has an advantage that few other SEC teams have and that is he has no significant rival in LA to compete for recruits. He knows he's going to get the top LA players. Poach one of two from outside and he's set as far as talent.
It's kind of funny to me. LSU has done an admirable job scheduling out of conference for years - they and Tennessee and now us have been the best at taking on challenges (to be fair we dropped some games and delayed others to give Fran schedule relief). In recent years since CNS was at LSU they've played Oregon, Oregon St, Arizona, Washington, West VA, and some other decent foes. So I understand his frustration / too much Fla, not enough Vandy.
Since UT and UF started playing every year in 1990, the Vols are 6-17 against the Gators. Gators have won 8 straight and that trend doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon.
Les has a legitimate beef. Florida owns Tennessee.
Last night at church a Vol fan was telling me how Butch Jones says the key to beating Alabama is to make AJ eat grass 6 times in the first half. These Vol fans are incorrigible.:biggrin:
Just drop cross divisional rivalries altogether, paly the 6 inter divisional teams and two cross divisional teams home and away for two years then pick up two more. CFB has changed, the SEC has changed so let's move on.
Didn't we give up nearly that number of sacks/hurries/knockdowns last year against Western Kentucky? How did that work out for them?
I know it's not exactly a comparable situation but just because you get to AJ doesn't guarantee a victory. We have a multiplicity of weapons, and you have to deal with our defense. The rhetoric out of Knoxville is usually good for a laugh.
Did he directly address it? He seemed more in favor of a 9th conference game than of dropping Tennessee.
Les Miles whines too much, I guess he knows that a down year is coming...
The Bama-10rc rivalry is 94 games long. You can't just casually scrap that and "move on."
Tradition is too big a part of CFB to be trampled on. Just like our uni's, some things are above change just for the sake of change.
9 game conference schedules are coming and the cross divisional rivalry games are staying whether Les or anybody else agrees with it or not.
Whether folks like it or not, tradition can be broken. After all, the "Third Saturday in October" isn't always played on the third Saturday in October, so that's one tradition that has been casually scrapped.
Changing the weekend the game is played on is a little more tradition friendly than changing the number of times a decade the teams play.
CNS has said multiple times that he's in favor of a 9 game conference schedule. The push back on the SEC schedule length is from teams like USCe and Florida that have tough OOC rivalry games they have to schedule for.
Latest threads
-
No. 1 Visits Tuscaloosa for Second Straight Week as Alabama Hosts Top-Ranked Texas A&M- Started by Diamond Tide
- Replies: 0
-
-
I'm Declaring the Emporer has no clothes (NCAA rules implosion)- Started by BamaNation
- Replies: 14
-
Home-and-Home Series Wraps Up as Alabama Welcomes UAB on Tuesday
- Started by Diamond Tide
- Replies: 1
-
-
A huge win today at my doctor's office...- Started by uafan4life
- Replies: 4