I wonder if Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia are pushing back hard against 9 conference games, as they would have to either scrap their ACC Thanksgiving rivalry games or keep them and only have two cupcakes in a season.
Given CFP expansion, I don’t think this really matters at all. UGA already typically schedules another really good OOC game in addition to Tech as well.
How big was Bama/LSU before 15 years ago? I couldn't recall any memorable games before then but also didn't pay super close attention. Was it like TN with Georgia and Florida and just didn't play much pre-92?
I guess we'd be left with Arkansas and that god awful trophy if we went down to 1 permanent opponent. I feel like the following has to happen: Ole Miss - Ms St Ala-Aub A&M - Texas Florida-UGA Kind of takes away any of our historical options.
I don’t care about any of that other stuff as long as SCar vs Vandy remains permanent the tradition must continue
Kirby went even further than Richt did too. All with foresight for expanded CFP. Plus season ticket holders were getting screwed in odd years. Going to 10 or 11 P5 games is something all the blue bloods should do.
Nah, we've played every year since '64. LSU only has 27 wins in the 87 game series with 11 of those having come since Saban was at LSU (2000-current). And from 1965-1998 we went 16-1-1 against them at Death Valley. It feels like a newer rivalry because it wasn't all that competitive for most of it.
I don’t think anyone is concerned about that. You’d probably just agree to pay them the previously agreed game fee. It’s pennies and you’ll make way more with the extra conference game.
They'd probably negotiate it into the new tv network deal that the network has to pay for it in some manner.
I'm a bit surprised he's taking the risk of sticking around. I know the top of this year's draft class is loaded, is he aiming for a weaker QB class coming out after next season?
How fat we talking? He's better than Kellen Mond and Mond is already around $3 million in career earnings in the NFL as a 4th Rd pick that got waived and then picked up by another team.
With his injury issues I don't believe he would get drafted. He's not a NFL qb now anyway imo. Think he'd kill it in the CFL tho
He still has a few people fooled that he's a qb. After another year on the field? Not sure about that
Good, not great, time at UF. Was constantly surrounded by undersized DEs and LBs so he saw a lot of double teams. Wouldn't be surprised if he's a decent pro.
yep. if someone is dumb enough to draft him in the first or second round he’s smart to jump now. he comes back and has a shitty year next year no way he’s sniffing that. he’ll crush the combine athletically and only throw at UF. without any pressure he’ll be able to hit some deep throws and do well enough
My grandma had Parkinson's, it's brutal. It's amazing how you can see the meds work but they don't last long and it's all basically poison. Tough for him and his family.
Yeah, my FIL is on l-dopa. In a year's span, he went from a head full of dark brown hair to a very thin nearly-white. Never seen anything like it as far as how quickly it happened.
For sure not big, they were more akin to modern Vandy. I'd still like to play them every year because the games tend to be very good.
It was close to 30 years, sir (71-98). And one of those was a tie. #FakeNews We also had a winning record in Birmingham/Tuscaloosa in the 80's and 90's, but Alabama dominated us in the 70's.