2011 SEC Football Discussion Thread
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mike_s
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Lots of shake up in the SEC and Top 25 this week.
Auburn and Miss State out of the Top 25.
Auburn and Miss State out of the Top 25.
Well, let's give Vandy a pat on the butt for their start. Who woulda thunk it?
Next few weeks will separate the contenders from the pretenders.
Next few weeks will separate the contenders from the pretenders.
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mike_s
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well LSU plays West Virginia tonight.
Apparently the WVA fans think they've got a chance against top ranked LSU and have commenced with trash talk T-shirts.
I bet LSU beats their asses bad....
Apparently the WVA fans think they've got a chance against top ranked LSU and have commenced with trash talk T-shirts.
I bet LSU beats their asses bad....
Yes, they did. I think LSU will be hard to stop this year. We've got Alabama coming up next week. 
The Gators haven't had a REAL test yet. Even if we just keep the game respectable, I'll be satisfied that the new staff are moving the team forward for future seasons.
The Gators haven't had a REAL test yet. Even if we just keep the game respectable, I'll be satisfied that the new staff are moving the team forward for future seasons.
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mike_s
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I think the race for one side of the National Championship will be decided on Nov 5th. When LSU plays Alabama in T-town.
Both teams have the week off the week before. so they'll each have two weeks to prepare for it.....
It's gonna be a hard hitting game. Both teams know the National Championship is on the line. It should be the best game of the weekend, if not the whole season.
Both teams have the week off the week before. so they'll each have two weeks to prepare for it.....
It's gonna be a hard hitting game. Both teams know the National Championship is on the line. It should be the best game of the weekend, if not the whole season.
Doubler
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Kinda worried about LSU secondary. 400 plus yards allowed through the air will get them beat by Alabama. Who's calling FEMA now WV.
I have to say, with all the love everyone is throwing at LSU, I still just don't see how they will be able to move the ball against a premier defence.
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mike_s
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SEC gives A&M an official welcome
By Kristie Rieken
Associated Press
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive welcomed Texas A&M as the 13th member of the league Monday and said he doesn’t expect to add another team before the Aggies begin play next season.
The SEC announced Sunday that Texas A&M would leave the Big 12 to join the conference next July and will compete in all sports for the 2012-13 academic year. The Aggies are the first newcomers since South Carolina and Arkansas joined the conference in 1992.
In an event complete with Texas A&M’s band, yell leaders, collie mascot Reveille and hundreds of fans, the Aggies ushered in a new era with a pep rally-type celebration of the move.
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Slive and Florida President Bernie Machen, chairman of the SEC leaders took turns on a stage decorated with maroon and white balloons.
The stage also was adorned with A&M’s national championship trophies from various sports as well as an SEC logo that included the Aggies.
Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin and Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne addressed the crowd and raved about their excitement in joining the SEC.
Slive said the SEC wasn’t looking to expand, but that A&M was too attractive of an option to ignore.
“We were very happy at 12,” Slive said. “When Texas A&M came to us and indicated their interest in joining the SEC, we said to ourselves, ‘That is a great institution, academically, athletically, culturally and in every way, and a real fit.’ So we decided even though we were content with 12, that we had the opportunity to have Texas A&M as part of the SEC was something that we just did not want to give up.”
Slive acknowledged that scheduling a 13-team league will be difficult but said it wouldn’t expand just to make things easier.
SEC presidents and chancellors voted unanimously for the move Sept. 6, but the official announcement was delayed because of the possibility of legal action from Baylor and other members. Slive said that fear was quelled when Oklahoma decided it would stay in the Big 12 and keep the remaining nine teams together. The SEC was given no assurances that schools would not take legal action, but decided Oklahoma’s decision was enough to go ahead with A&M’s admission into the conference.
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech looked into defecting to the Pac-12, but the league decided not to expand this year.
The nine remaining Big 12 schools agreed last week to give a six-year grant of their first- and second-tier television rights to the Big 12. That means all revenue from the top television games — shown currently on networks owned by ABC/ESPN and Fox — would continue to go to the Big 12 even if a school bolts to another league, according to Oklahoma President David Boren.
The agreement hasn’t been finalized.
The Big 12 got rid of commissioner Dan Beebe last week and replaced him with former Big Eight commissioner Chuck Neinas on an interim basis in a move many thought was necessary to save the league.
Loftin said Texas A&M is still in the process of negotiating its buyout fee to leave the Big 12.
By Kristie Rieken
Associated Press
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive welcomed Texas A&M as the 13th member of the league Monday and said he doesn’t expect to add another team before the Aggies begin play next season.
The SEC announced Sunday that Texas A&M would leave the Big 12 to join the conference next July and will compete in all sports for the 2012-13 academic year. The Aggies are the first newcomers since South Carolina and Arkansas joined the conference in 1992.
In an event complete with Texas A&M’s band, yell leaders, collie mascot Reveille and hundreds of fans, the Aggies ushered in a new era with a pep rally-type celebration of the move.
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Slive and Florida President Bernie Machen, chairman of the SEC leaders took turns on a stage decorated with maroon and white balloons.
The stage also was adorned with A&M’s national championship trophies from various sports as well as an SEC logo that included the Aggies.
Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin and Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne addressed the crowd and raved about their excitement in joining the SEC.
Slive said the SEC wasn’t looking to expand, but that A&M was too attractive of an option to ignore.
“We were very happy at 12,” Slive said. “When Texas A&M came to us and indicated their interest in joining the SEC, we said to ourselves, ‘That is a great institution, academically, athletically, culturally and in every way, and a real fit.’ So we decided even though we were content with 12, that we had the opportunity to have Texas A&M as part of the SEC was something that we just did not want to give up.”
Slive acknowledged that scheduling a 13-team league will be difficult but said it wouldn’t expand just to make things easier.
SEC presidents and chancellors voted unanimously for the move Sept. 6, but the official announcement was delayed because of the possibility of legal action from Baylor and other members. Slive said that fear was quelled when Oklahoma decided it would stay in the Big 12 and keep the remaining nine teams together. The SEC was given no assurances that schools would not take legal action, but decided Oklahoma’s decision was enough to go ahead with A&M’s admission into the conference.
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech looked into defecting to the Pac-12, but the league decided not to expand this year.
The nine remaining Big 12 schools agreed last week to give a six-year grant of their first- and second-tier television rights to the Big 12. That means all revenue from the top television games — shown currently on networks owned by ABC/ESPN and Fox — would continue to go to the Big 12 even if a school bolts to another league, according to Oklahoma President David Boren.
The agreement hasn’t been finalized.
The Big 12 got rid of commissioner Dan Beebe last week and replaced him with former Big Eight commissioner Chuck Neinas on an interim basis in a move many thought was necessary to save the league.
Loftin said Texas A&M is still in the process of negotiating its buyout fee to leave the Big 12.
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