SEC Open Thread

[woolybug25]

Memphis kicked him off the team for this, though that doesn't really mean much since he's a senior and it was his last game. The Auburn equipment manager should press charges against him for assault, though.

I agree.

 

[yankeehater]

SEC having a good bowl season. Is it just me, or do they look twice as big and fast as the teams they are playing. Thankfully, I went all in on the conference in my bowl pools.

 

[RammerJammer91]

SEC having a good bowl season. Is it just me, or do they look twice as big and fast as the teams they are playing. Thankfully, I went all in on the conference in my bowl pools.

Someone should tell that to the voice of reason, Danny Kanell. He thinks the SEC has been terrible this bowl season.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Someone should tell that to the voice of reason, Danny Kanell. He thinks the SEC has been terrible this bowl season.

Kanell is rarely fair or objective when it comes to the SEC. He acts like someone from the SEC stole his puppy and he never misses a chance to gripe or snipe at us. I couldn't care less how he feels on a personal level, but as a commentator/analyst, he's supposed to put aside personal feelings and be accurate and objective.

 

[PANDFAN]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Texas A&M AD Eric Hyman announces he's stepping down. More to come.</p>— Brent Zwerneman (@BrentZwerneman) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentZwerneman/status/684463826033455105">January 5, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unbelievable. Gave Sumlin a vote of confidence on Monday <a href="https://t.co/xBw8RpxInM">https://t.co/xBw8RpxInM</a></p>— David Ubben (@davidubben) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidubben/status/684464206947602432">January 5, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[PANDFAN]

The Alabama player simulating Clemson's QB has been on campus for only a few days - SBNation.com

 

[PANDFAN]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nice gift from Amari Cooper to the whole team. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RollTide?src=hash">#RollTide</a> <a href="https://t.co/OkD1Ky47M4">pic.twitter.com/OkD1Ky47M4</a></p>— David Womack (@Womack77RTR) <a href="https://twitter.com/Womack77RTR/status/686014374058696704">January 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Irish Insanity]

Am I the only one who didn't know Weis Jr was on Saban's sfaff?

 

[IrishLion]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nice gift from Amari Cooper to the whole team. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RollTide?src=hash">#RollTide</a> <a href="https://t.co/OkD1Ky47M4">pic.twitter.com/OkD1Ky47M4</a></p>— David Womack (@Womack77RTR) <a href="https://twitter.com/Womack77RTR/status/686014374058696704">January 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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That's gotta be illegal, right?

But it's also awesome on Amari's part. Very cool [if legal].

 

[T Town Tommy]

NCAA set to make an announcement on the Saunders investigation into ULL and Ole Mi$$ today around 1:00 pm EST. Will be interesting what they say. They delayed the announcement last week for some reason.

 

[NDgradstudent]

Why can't we pull 5 star guys from SEC country again? Happy first day of 'spring' semester classes to all!

 

[zelezo vlk]

NCAA set to make an announcement on the Saunders investigation into ULL and Ole Mi$$ today around 1:00 pm EST. Will be interesting what they say. They delayed the announcement last week for some reason.

That's crazy. The NCAA has really been on top of this one. Heck, they shaved about a decade off the normal response time to give Ole Miss no punishment at all. Bravo.

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[Legacy]

Why not pay these guys above the table?

 

[T Town Tommy]

That's crazy. The NCAA has really been on top of this one. Heck, they shaved about a decade off the normal response time to give Ole Miss no punishment at all. Bravo.

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The ruling only addressed ULL. Will be interesting if they announce any findings on Ole Miss. I don't think they are out of the woods yet.

 

[PANDFAN]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">University of Alabama: "We don't have a comment" on whether this was Nick Saban's son flexing on DeShaun Watson
<a href="https://t.co/Y0dJd8AfD3">https://t.co/Y0dJd8AfD3</a></p>— The Big Lead (@thebiglead) <a href="https://twitter.com/thebiglead/status/687337511929163776">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Luckylucci]

An interesting note I heard today that I previously didn't know. Calvin Ridley is really 21 but a freshman? Is that really accurate?

 

[PANDFAN]

An interesting note I heard today that I previously didn't know. Calvin Ridley is really 21 but a freshman? Is that really accurate?

completely accurate

He played in only three games his senior year due to Florida age restriction rules, which doesn't allow anyone over the age of 19 and nine months to be eligible.

 

[PANDFAN]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Details to come, but major NCAA violations found in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash">#Mizzou</a> basketball program. Entire 2013-14 season to be vacated.</p>— Jeff Rosen (@jeff_rosen88) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeff_rosen88/status/687365859166257156">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[MNIrishman]

Why can't we pull 5 star guys from SEC country again? Happy first day of 'spring' semester classes to all!

Wow, that's gorgeous. Way better than this: Alabama practice report: A few injuries of note as heat rises | AL.com

 

[NDdomer2]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">University of Alabama: "We don't have a comment" on whether this was Nick Saban's son flexing on DeShaun Watson
<a href="https://t.co/Y0dJd8AfD3">https://t.co/Y0dJd8AfD3</a></p>— The Big Lead (@thebiglead) <a href="https://twitter.com/thebiglead/status/687337511929163776">January 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
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the nose gives it away on the comparison pics.

 

[Luckylucci]

completely accurate

He played in only three games his senior year due to Florida age restriction rules, which doesn't allow anyone over the age of 19 and nine months to be eligible.

Wow, a 21 year old masquerading as a 18-19 year old. He's a heck of a player but when you consider that its fairly comical. We have the opposite with Romeo. In fact, he might be older than Romeo. The difference is Romeo has a degree to show for it already, lol.

 

[NDinL.A.]

An interesting note I heard today that I previously didn't know. Calvin Ridley is really 21 but a freshman? Is that really accurate?

Dude, other than the freshman walk-on receiver constantly being referred to as a walk-on (the Joe Schmidt "We Must Remind Everyone He is a Walk-on" Award), that was talked about the most going into the game LOL.

And yes, that's friggin insane. Jimmy Clausen thought he was old LOL. I laughed every time someone called him a freshman this year.

 

[Luckylucci]

Dude, other than the freshman walk-on receiver constantly being referred to as a walk-on (the Joe Schmidt "We Must Remind Everyone He is a Walk-on" Award), that was talked about the most going into the game LOL.

And yes, that's friggin insane. Jimmy Clausen thought he was old LOL. I laughed every time someone called him a freshman this year.

I can honestly say that I watched none of the pre game BS for the last week leading up to the game. Just didn't care enough. Watched a majority of the game but on mute as I had some work to do.

 

[Bishop2b5]

the nose gives it away on the comparison pics.

Might be his son, but the nose doesn't give it away. Both of Saban's kids are adopted.

 

[Bishop2b5]

I saw an interesting idea recently about SEC divisions and scheduling that I think has a lot of merit and is worth considering. Saban's long pushed for the SEC to expand to a 9-game conference schedule to improve SOS and so that everyone plays each other more often instead of it being 5 or 6 years between getting to play some teams. This idea solves that.

First, the SEC would add two teams for a total of 16 and then divide the conference into 4 divisions based on a mixture of geography and balancing out the traditional powers so that no division would be particularly weaker or stronger than the others.

Each team would annually play the other 3 teams in its division, a traditional rival from each of the other 3 divisions, and 1 team, on a rotating basis, from each of the other 3 divisions. The games against rotating cross-divisional schools would be for only a year at a time instead of a two year home & away, but this would allow each school to face every other school at least once every 3 years.

Each program would be required to play at least 1 Power 5 OOC game every year. If they played 1 P5 team and 1 Group of 5 team, or 2 P5 teams then they'd be allowed to schedule a cupcake for homecoming or as a tuneup game.

The only issue I see is how you would determine which 2 teams went to the SECCG. You can't have 4 teams playing in an SECCG semifinal, but simply taking the two schools with the best conference records should be fine (along with all the tie breakers to determine which two got in in case of ties). Thoughts?

 

[NDbrbkny]

i figured i'd share this and let you debate this
Memphis LB Tim Hart decommits from Tennessee, not happy with Vols staff | FOX Sports

 

[Legacy]

I saw an interesting idea recently about SEC divisions and scheduling that I think has a lot of merit and is worth considering. Saban's long pushed for the SEC to expand to a 9-game conference schedule to improve SOS and so that everyone plays each other more often instead of it being 5 or 6 years between getting to play some teams. This idea solves that.

First, the SEC would add two teams for a total of 16 and then divide the conference into 4 divisions based on a mixture of geography and balancing out the traditional powers so that no division would be particularly weaker or stronger than the others.

Each team would annually play the other 3 teams in its division, a traditional rival from each of the other 3 divisions, and 1 team, on a rotating basis, from each of the other 3 divisions. The games against rotating cross-divisional schools would be for only a year at a time instead of a two year home & away, but this would allow each school to face every other school at least once every 3 years.

Each program would be required to play at least 1 Power 5 OOC game every year. If they played 1 P5 team and 1 Group of 5 team, or 2 P5 teams then they'd be allowed to schedule a cupcake for homecoming or as a tuneup game.

The only issue I see is how you would determine which 2 teams went to the SECCG. You can't have 4 teams playing in an SECCG semifinal, but simply taking the two schools with the best conference records should be fine (along with all the tie breakers to determine which two got in in case of ties). Thoughts?

The recent NCAA change in deregulation, which was pushed by the Big 12 for a championship game, may provide a framework for taking the two best teams for the championship game and an opportunity to move towards what you suggest, B2b5.

I am also struck by the similarity between your scheduling cross-divisional teams to Notre Dame's scheduling with the ACC - five games annually with rotations, ending up playing each ACC team every three years. Of course, there are differences, too.

I do wish that the SEC would get rid of playing their cupcake/exhibition games with FCS schools and play home-and-homes away from the South.

Now if only Notre Dame and Oklahoma would join the SEC, you'd have natural East and West teams. That would strengthen schedules, too.

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[ND NYC]

Shaq tweeted today that he was paid by LSU when he played there (cant embed the tweet)

 

[NorthDakota]

Shaq tweeted today that he was paid by LSU when he played there (cant embed the tweet)

lol can't help but love Shaq. Said the statute of limitations was up.

 

[Bishop2b5]

I do wish that the SEC would get rid of playing their cupcake/exhibition games with FCS schools and play home-and-homes away from the South.[/URL]

I'd rather we do away with the cupcakes also, but I understand why they're scheduled and the upsides to doing so. I've always liked the home-and-home series with other P5 programs. Since my teens, Bama's had such series with USC, PSU, Nebraska, ND, UCLA, FSU, Miami, Oklahoma, Washington, and a few other major programs. My freshman year at Bama, we opened with Nebraska, Missouri, and USC, then played Washington a couple weeks later. I'd definitely like to see us playing at least one home-and-home series against other top programs most of the time.