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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
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Subject: Re: RE: re: Conference Comparisons
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Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 08:15:12 EST
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> James C. Armstrong, Jnr. says he can't give respect to the SEC 
> because he doesn't think the teams play each other. Well they do.
> The SEC has ten teams. They can't play EVERYONE in a year since
> that would take up nine of the eleven games.  Each team plays
> six conference games EVERY year.

Yes, and I seem to remeber a year where Georgia had a very soft
conference six (skipped Alabama & LSU that year; funny they usually
seem to give Alabama a miss...), finished 5-1 in those six, 0-5 in
the other five, and almost made the Sugar Bowl.

There are conferences who play each other, maybe giving one
team a miss a year, and not the same team each year!  Look at
the Big 10 (8 of 9), Pac 10 (ditto), SWC (all 8), WAC (all 8!),
Big 8 (all 7), ACC (all 7; when Georgia Tech is fully integrated),
etc.  All certainly better than 6 of 9 conference opponents!
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James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa