In all fairness, Duke also won its division in 2013, and gave us a good game in the Peach Bowl.

it's math. Not all the teams can win.

aaaaah .....the Peach Bowl:
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jokershady said:

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Because you touch yourself at night

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I like random posts like this.

wisdom said:

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it's math. Not all the teams can win.

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true. and it was Vanderbilt that did all the calculations for us to prove it. Keep them!

saw em off said:

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I know, we played them tight last year, but was checking out sec scores this morning and geez, they got blown out by east Tennessee state at home.

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I'd swap Vtech and NCST for ou and tu any day of the week.

MarylandAG said:

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Because the are a founding member.

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Perhaps a "floundering" member.

Why would someone who didn't check SEC scores for 2 days give a *****.

How many National Championships have they won in baseball?

Been in the conference a whole 9 years and ready to start kicking teams out. Nice.

saw em off said:

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I know, we played them tight last year, but was checking out sec scores this morning and geez, they got blown out by east Tennessee state at home.

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Asking this question is like the liberal californian moving to Texas and complaining that it's too conservative.

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_lefraud_ said:

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Dr Lane Trowlan said:

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Because they've been in the conference since 1932.

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Bring back Tulane then...

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Tulane like Georgia tech voluntarily left the conference. The sec needs a private school, thinking vandy should leave because they're not a good program is silly.

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I think your the same poster that told me they want an SEC school to protect the conference from FOI requests. Assuming that's true they are safe for now.

But I still think the end game will not include Vanderbilt, wake Forest, Duke, or any other private school.

Ole Miss and MSU will also be gone.

Mr. Ectomy said:

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Duke
Northwestern
Stanford
Rice

Every conference has at least one.

Well, except the Big12.

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Tceh?

WC94 said:

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That's rich. A school who has been in the SEC 80 years less, calling to boot a founding member out. We are starting to sound like sips.

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Nah - a sip would come at it sideways and recommend expanding by another several blue blood schools. Then they'd say "the league is too big and too disparate - lets branch off into promotion & relegation leagues where (for the sake of the little guys of course). Then, they'd craft a metric to for relegation like viewers or 'brand value' so that they always stayed in the upper league. And of course the upper league teams would take a larger slice of the pie.

And they'd do all of this with support from the rest of the largest schools who have already proven that things like a handshake or honor or loyalty to your fans are now outdated concepts in the $outh.

Because baseball, basketball and tv revenue.

agsalaska said:

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Ole Miss and MSU will also be gone.

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Charter members of the SEC. They're not going anywhere.

Ag Tag said:

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agsalaska said:

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Ole Miss and MSU will also be gone.

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Charter members of the SEC. They're not going anywhere.

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Yes they will. They will go to the second tier.

I don't know if it will be five years or fifteen, but eventually we will have somewhere between a 30-40 team league very similar to the NFL. Old charter members of all leagues will be a meaningless badge. Ole Miss, Oregon State, NC State, etc. Those teams will be left out of the end game. Nobody will squeak in because of their legacy.

Sucks and I don't like it anymore than the stupid DJ. But it is clear as day that we are heading that direction.


Look at it this way. Did you ever think OU and t.u would be SEC. Ever think we would allow players to be paid? How about a major conference imploding.

It is happening

PrestigeWorldwideAg12 said:

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Mr. Ectomy said:

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Duke
Northwestern
Stanford
Rice

Every conference has at least one.

Well, except the Big12.

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Tceh?

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One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong.....

Having conference stuff in Nashville is a good excuse to go to Nashville.

Once the SEC levels up a couple more times Vandy will be dropped.

DartosFC said:

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Once the SEC levels up a couple more times Vandy will be dropped.

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Yep. So will MSU and Ole Miss. Possibly Arkansas too.

Because UT needs at least one competitive game a year.