SEC - Conference Discussion

[Owlman]

Wrong assumption. I am not an Okla St. fan just like last year when I wanted Auburn to win the championship but am neither a Auburn nor an Oregon fan. This year, I would have liked Ok. St. as the big underdog

[crashcourse]

Well I for one am looking forward to bama punting, pinning LSU down deep instead of missing fg's--the defense rising up and in a battle of field position and special team punt coverage--winning 12-10. woody hayes and bo schembechler would be proud

on another channel OSU and kstate battled in an epic 52-45 thriller that had everyone biting theirnails/screaming/jumping up and down with fast exciting play --this time substitute stanford for kstate

to each his own --would you rather watch a 1-0 pitching duel or a 9-8 late inning slugfest

bottom line though is okie state in addtion to the iowastate loss--went down to the wire with both kstate and A&m and could have lost both. alabama dominated every other team winning by > 1 score every game except there one loss. bama deserves to be #2--okie state would have been more entertaining at least til the 3rd quarter when they would be behind by 2 plus scores
better chance the 4th quarter is still a tight game with bama then withe okie

[puterbac]

BCS got it right. Doesn't mean I wouldn't rather watch LSU destroy okst and Bama annihilate Michigan.

Okst would suffer the same fate as every other high powered offense in the BCS championship game: LSU would win upper 30's to lower 40's to okst's upper teens.

[GBJs]

Well I for one am looking forward to bama punting, pinning LSU down deep instead of missing fg's--the defense rising up and in a battle of field position and special team punt coverage--winning 12-10. woody hayes and bo schembechler would be proud...

If Woody and Bo enjoyed it, I'm sure Bear would have too. Must be a good thing.

[aTm]

2012 SEC Football Schedule (Conference Games Only)
Team-By-Team

ALABAMA
Sept. 15: at Arkansas
Sept. 29: OLE MISS
Oct. 13: at Missouri
Oct. 20: at Tennessee
Oct. 27: MISSISSIPPI STATE
Nov. 3: at LSU
Nov. 10: TEXAS A&M
Nov. 24: AUBURN

ARKANSAS
Sept. 15: ALABAMA
Sept. 29: vs. Texas A&M
Oct. 6: at Auburn
Oct. 13: KENTUCKY
Oct. 27: OLE MISS
Nov. 10: at South Carolina
Nov. 17: at Mississippi State
Nov. 24: LSU

AUBURN
Sept. 8: at Mississippi State
Sept. 22: LSU
Oct. 6: ARKANSAS
Oct. 13: at Ole Miss
Oct. 20: at Vanderbilt
Oct. 27: TEXAS A&M
Nov. 10: GEORGIA
Nov. 24: at Alabama

FLORIDA
Sept. 8: at Texas A&M
Sept. 15: at Tennessee
Sept. 22: KENTUCKY
Oct. 6: LSU
Oct. 13: at Vanderbilt
Oct. 20: SOUTH CAROLINA
Oct. 27: vs. Georgia (Jacksonville)
Nov. 3: MISSOURI

GEORGIA
Sept. 8: at Missouri
Sept. 22: VANDERBILT
Sept. 29: TENNESSEE
Oct. 6: at South Carolina
Oct. 20: at Kentucky
Oct. 27: vs. Florida (Jacksonville)
Nov. 3: OLE MISS
Nov. 10: at Auburn

KENTUCKY
Sept. 22: at Florida
Sept. 29: SOUTH CAROLINA
Oct. 6: MISSISSIPPI STATE
Oct. 13: at Arkansas
Oct. 20: GEORGIA
Oct. 27: at Missouri
Nov. 3: VANDERBILT
Nov. 24: at Tennessee

LSU
Sept. 22: at Auburn
Oct. 6: at Florida
Oct. 13: SOUTH CAROLINA
Oct. 20: at Texas A&M
Nov. 3: ALABAMA
Nov. 10: MISSISSIPPI STATE
Nov. 17: OLE MISS
Nov. 24: at Arkansas

OLE MISS
Sept. 29: at Alabama
Oct. 6: TEXAS A&M
Oct. 13: AUBURN
Oct. 27: at Arkansas
Nov. 3: at Georgia
Nov. 10: VANDERBILT
Nov. 17: at LSU
Nov. 24: MISSISSIPPI STATE

MISSISSIPPI STATE
Sept. 8: AUBURN
Oct. 6: at Kentucky
Oct. 13: TENNESSEE
Oct. 27: at Alabama
Nov. 3: TEXAS A&M
Nov. 10: at LSU
Nov. 17: ARKANSAS
Nov. 24: at Ole Miss

MISSOURI
Sept. 8: GEORGIA
Sept. 22: at South Carolina
Oct. 6: VANDERBILT
Oct. 13: ALABAMA
Oct. 27: KENTUCKY
Nov. 3: at Florida
Nov. 10: at Tennessee
Nov. 24: at Texas A&M

SOUTH CAROLINA
Aug. 30: at Vanderbilt
Sept. 22: MISSOURI
Sept. 29: at Kentucky
Oct. 6: GEORGIA
Oct. 13: at LSU
Oct. 20: at Florida
Oct. 27: TENNESSEE
Nov. 10: ARKANSAS

TENNESSEE
Sept. 15: FLORIDA
Sept. 29: at Georgia
Oct. 13: at Mississippi State
Oct. 20: ALABAMA
Oct. 27: at South Carolina
Nov. 10: MISSOURI
Nov. 17: at Vanderbilt
Nov. 24: KENTUCKY

TEXAS A&M
Sept. 8: FLORIDA
Sept. 29: vs. Arkansas
Oct. 6: at Ole Miss
Oct. 20: LSU
Oct. 27: at Auburn
Nov. 3: at Mississippi State
Nov. 10: at Alabama
Nov. 24: MISSOURI

VANDERBILT
Aug. 30: SOUTH CAROLINA
Sept. 22: at Georgia
Oct. 6: at Missouri
Oct. 13: FLORIDA
Oct. 20: AUBURN
Nov. 3: at Kentucky
Nov. 10: at Ole Miss
Nov. 17: TENNESSEE

[The Gray Ghost]

Are these official?

For UF -

instead of hosting Auburn and playing at Ole Miss in the middle of the season, we go to TexAM early and host Mizzou late.
Open Date choices are either Week 5 (Sept 29) or Weeks 11/12 (Nov 10/17). I can't imagine them scheduling games 10 straight weeks without a break so now we can look forward to some horrid tomato-can games back-to-back on November 10 and 17. (with FSwho following on Nov 24).

I didn't like expansion past 12 when it was first talked about and I like it less now.

[crashcourse]

weird --done with sec play on nov 3

[The Gray Ghost]

We'll be done with SEC play 3 weeks before 8 other teams. All so we can play LaLaf and Jax St on consecutive weeks before FSwho. pffft

[Dr. Strangelove]

Awful

[10ac]

What is that for anOSU now? 0-11?

[The Gray Ghost]

4-2 against outside competition in bowls this year. Vandy is excused, Georgia not so much.

[The Gray Ghost]

Make that 5-2. Would it be outrageous to have a final ranking of 1-Bama/LSU winner, 2-Bama/LSU loser, 3-Arkie?

[Owlman]

There is no way #6Ark will pass #3 and one loss Okla St. in the rankings.

[Hacksaw]

No, but they should. Oklahoma State is a missed chip-shot FG away from having 2 losses and not even being in the top 10. A 6-7 Iowa State took them to double-overtime. Arky would whoop their ass.

[Owlman]

Okla. St. is a questionable missed FG call away from being undefeated and playing for the National Championship and they just beat the 4th ranked team in the country

[Hacksaw]

Yeah, but they're NOT undefeated. And a sub-.500 team took them to 2 OTs. Stanford is not the 4th best team in the country by any stretch of the imagination. They would have lost 4 games playing in the SEC. Oklahoma State would be fortunate to only lose 4. Stanford had that game won and a choke by their kicker saved Oklahoma State from finishing outside the top 10.

Arkansas lost 2 games, but they were to the 2 best teams in the country -- either one of which would have steam-rolled the likes of Oklahoma State or Stanford.

[AlabamAlum]

I don't know why the FG call would be questionable.

Honestly, not only did oSu lose to 6-7 Iowa State, they really should have lost to Texas A&M and Stanford. For that matter, they didn't look that convincing vs Kansas State. The game was tied with 2 minutes and change left to play.

They could easily be a 4-loss team. They aren't, and that's to their credit, but I agree that Arkie would stand a very good chance at beating them.

[Hacksaw]

Oklahoma State allowed Kansas State to score 45 points (this, alone, makes any argument for the Cowboys utterly laughable, BTW). They needed a TD with 2 minutes left to beat the Wildcats by 1 score. And KSU went right downfield and was on Oklahoma State's 5 yard-line, poised to tie the game again, when the clock ran out.

Compare that to the 16-point margin of victory by the Hogs, who led the entire game and didn't allow KSU to score in the last 26 minutes.

Game. Set. Match.

[The Gray Ghost]

So in answering my own question, it wouldn't be outrageous, but too many folks outside the SEC would be outraged.

[Owlman]

Game, set, match

Except they won't pass Okla St. That's GAME, SET, MATCH and whatever else you want to call it. In fact, Ark will not pass Oregon. It ain't happening.