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drvenner said:
You would play three teams a year, I guess. In three years, you would play 9 games. Not sure you would get all seven teams 2 out of 3. Math is hard for me too, LOL.
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I don't know what I was thinking. With a 9 game conference schedule and 6 games within your division, a team will play the opposite division teams at least once every 2 - 3 years if you do away with the historical rivalries.

The fairest thing is to play all the teams in your division every year as they do. But then it goes sideways if you're wanting to maintain certain rivalries, such as Bama - UT. Over the very long haul, it will theoretically even out as cycles come and go. Another thing to think about is if you get away from the historical rivalries, that would mean Bama, LSU, Auburn, etc., will only come to Neyland once every 4- 6 years. And you will have more one more road game and one more home game every other year.

No easy or perfectly fair resolution to things. Personally, I'd rather do away with the historical rivalries such as Bama - UT, and go to a more uniform rotation with the opposite division. Bama & UT will still play each other every few years and perhaps more often if they each win their respective divisions.
 
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vol2002 said:
Was talking with a UGA fan this weekend who was praising Pruitt for his work while at UGA. He says Pruitt was an ace talent evaluator that unearthed a lot of unheralded recruits who wound up being 3 or 4 year contributors. He expected Pruitt to kill it at UT.

Thought that was interesting.
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There's a UGA fan on VQ that posts regularly and he said the same thing awhile back. I imagine this fall and next we'll have some big time contributors that most of us had already written off as busts/wastes of scholarships.
 
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drvenner said:
You have made your opinion clear. I think that there is about a

0.XV % chance that it's going to stop, however.
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WinginFlorida said:
I don't know what I was thinking. With a 9 game conference schedule and 6 games within your division, a team will play the opposite division teams at least once every 2 - 3 years if you do away with the historical rivalries.

The fairest thing is to play all the teams in your division every year as they do. But then it goes sideways if you're wanting to maintain certain rivalries, such as Bama - UT. Over the very long haul, it will theoretically even out as cycles come and go. Another thing to think about is if you get away from the historical rivalries, that would mean Bama, LSU, Auburn, etc., will only come to Neyland once every 4- 6 years. And you will have more one more road game and one more home game every other year.

No easy or perfectly fair resolution to things. Personally, I'd rather do away with the historical rivalries such as Bama - UT, and go to a more uniform rotation with the opposite division. Bama & UT will still play each other every few years and perhaps more often if they each win their respective divisions.
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I would rather maintain rivalries and get rid of divisions.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Wasn’t Malik Jackson a grad transfer from USC?
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Malik Jackson, a defensive end who played as a reserve in every game for USC last season, is transferring to Tennessee.

Jackson is the second USC player who has said he will transfer since USC was hit with sanctions by the NCAA last month. The penalties include four years' probation, a two-year bowl ban and the loss of 30 scholarships. USC is appealing some of the sanctions.

Because of the two-year bowl ban, NCAA rules allow juniors and seniors to transfer without having to sit out a season. Jackson said Tennessee contacted him about a week after the sanctions were announced.
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USC's Malik Jackson says he'll transfer to Tennessee - latimes
 
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Ron Swanson said:
There's a UGA fan on VQ that posts regularly and he said the same thing awhile back. I imagine this fall and next we'll have some big time contributors that most of us had already written off as busts/wastes of scholarships.
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They loved him when he was there. And I know this for a fact because we all hated him. Lol.
 
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Sleegro said:
I would rather maintain rivalries and get rid of divisions.
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But that won't happen. Way tooooo much money in the conference championships.

It's obvious a lot of people want to maintain the Bama rivalry but it's weird to me that UT will only play the other western division teams every 7 years...and that means Auburn, LSU, etc., will only visit Neyland once every 14 years. If you go to a 9 game schedule with 2 of those games against western division teams on a rotational basis (and maintaining the Bama rivalry), then you will see games against the other western division teams every 2 years and they visit Neyland once every 4 years. This will be far better, even recognizing some of the other shortcomings I mentioned in the earlier post.

And that will still allow 3 out of conference games which have the possibility of being very interesting games, other than the games against Northeastern Cupcake A & T State.
 
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triadvolfan said:
Russell Wilson killed it. He's the only one I can remember having a big impact though.
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There was this one guy, Newton something or other...I think he played for Auburn.

:)

I agree, though, that for most grad transfers, you don't get a whole lot of bang for your buck.
 
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Chuckie said:
There was this one guy, Newton something or other...I think he played for Auburn.

:)

I agree, though, that for most grad transfers, you don't get a whole lot of bang for your buck.
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As the number of grad transfers increase, they are basically low risk-low reward JUCO guys. I think more and more teams will shift away from recruiting JUCO players for immediate depth if a position is short and instead try to pull in grad transfers.

Auburn's OL a year or two ago had 2 or 3 grad transfers starting IIRC
 
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BJHSVol said:
As the number of grad transfers increase, they are basically low risk-low reward JUCO guys. I think more and more teams will shift away from recruiting JUCO players for immediate depth if a position is short and instead try to pull in grad transfers.

Auburn's OL a year or two ago had 2 or 3 grad transfers starting IIRC
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I wonder if schools aren't going to somehow "discourage" more and more kids from getting their degrees before their eligibility is up. Many of these kids may not be starters, but most will provide significant depth. Schools aren't going to be real keen on seeing their depth erode.

College football's version of free agency...
 
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WinginFlorida said:
I wonder if schools aren't going to somehow "discourage" more and more kids from getting their degrees before their eligibility is up. Many of these kids may not be starters, but most will provide significant depth. Schools aren't going to be real keen on seeing their depth erode.

College football's version of free agency...
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It’ll definitely be interesting. For some schools they might encourage it. For the Bamas, Georgia’s, us(hopefully), if they continue to recruit well it could allow for more processing for the kids that don’t pan out without any negative publicity. G5 schools will be very interesting to watch how they do it. They might be effected the most, but they also are probably the least able to weather any negative publicity they get since the programs are mainly regional and so similar
 
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WinginFlorida said:
But that won't happen. Way tooooo much money in the conference championships.

It's obvious a lot of people want to maintain the Bama rivalry but it's weird to me that UT will only play the other western division teams every 7 years...and that means Auburn, LSU, etc., will only visit Neyland once every 14 years. If you go to a 9 game schedule with 2 of those games against western division teams on a rotational basis (and maintaining the Bama rivalry), then you will see games against the other western division teams every 2 years and they visit Neyland once every 4 years. This will be far better, even recognizing some of the other shortcomings I mentioned in the earlier post.

And that will still allow 3 out of conference games which have the possibility of being very interesting games, other than the games against Northeastern Cupcake A & T State.
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You don't need divisions to have a conference championship. Just have to 2 best teams play each other. The Big 12 does it that way.

As for the 9 game conference schedule, I like that idea too. I just don't care if we play teams like Mizzou or USC every year.
 
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