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From: pannell@dosadi.DEC (Roger D. Pannell   229-6893)
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Subject: Re: Re: RE: re: conference comparisons
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Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 10:51:07 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  4 10:51:07 1985
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>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.
>
>
>-- 
>James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa

I think I remember the year too.  Heading into the last game of the year 
against Georgia Tech, Georgia would have been  the SEC representative to the 
Sugar Bowl if Auburn beat Alabama.  Vince Dooley said that if it turned out 
that they were the SEC representative and they lost to Tech, then Georgia would 
decline the trip to the Sugar Bowl.  As it turned out, 'Bama beat Auburn and 
went to the Sugar Bowl.  

And as far as Georgia "giving Alabama a miss", that could work both ways 
especially during the '80s.  In fact, if you watched the Georgia-Bama game 
Labor day, then you should have seen a graphic that indicated Georgia has done 
quite well against Alabama.  Besides, I don't think you could place any blame 
with a certain school for not playing a certain other school.  Scheduling 
would be handled by the conference, following the rules of that conference.  
No school would be able to break those rules just to get a soft schedule and 
the schedules would be known years in advance, so that you couldn't even 
predict which teams would be the best.

					-- Roger Pannell

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