Ole Miss’ athletic director has some interesting priorities.
Ole Miss is in favor of eight-plus-one — eight SEC games, plus one game against a team from one of the other four major conferences.
“Then you control your destiny in your nonconference scheduling, so that’s more important for us,” Bjork said.
Sometimes I wonder if these guys get the point to a conference.
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That’s clearly a comment that says we like our situation, but we want more control to make sure we get in a bowl game every year. Ole Miss wants Duke, Wake Forest, etc.
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Sorry, Senator. You’re the one who doesn’t get it. The point of being in a conference is to win it–period.
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In a town where the Nordic AD controls his own directional school destiny, winning the SEC West is possible without going to Mexico City or Helsinki
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Aren’t you the guy who advocates reducing the SEC back down to ten teams and playing a nine-game round robin schedule?
Obviously, I’m having a hard time keeping up with your dazzling intellect today, Mayor.
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You usually do.
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The point of being in a conference is spend as little money as possible and share in the benefits of those who do spend the money.
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Greg? Greg McGarity? Is that you?
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I buy the concept, but I would change it a bit. Nine conference games and 2 major (BCS) opponents and 1 OOC creampuff of whatever flavor you might desire. I would make it a disqualifier for the playoffs to not play 11 major opponents. Then again, I am old enough to remember how schedules used to be.
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My god, don’t we want to see good games? One cupcake is plenty. Let’s play nine conference games, allowing us to keep the rivals we have had for over a hundred years, play North Avenue Trade School, one other of the big 5 and a cupcake. As fans wouldn’t that be fun? Isn’t is better than playing 8 SEC games ( Mizzou and not Auburn) and 3 or 4 shitty games?
On the other hand, compare last year with the excitement of playing Clemmons, SC, and LUS in the first 4 games?
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