Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 23, 2021 Global Moderator Posted July 23, 2021 It’s looking like Oklahoma and Texas are joining the Southeastern conference, maybe now Tennessee will get to play against all their players from last year that Transferred to Oklahoma haha 2 Quote
gunsinger Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 SEC is just getting stronger....but the downside is, they'll beat themselves up through the regular season while other teams play a softer schedule. Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 23, 2021 Author Global Moderator Posted July 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, gunsinger said: SEC is just getting stronger....but the downside is, they'll beat themselves up through the regular season while other teams play a softer schedule. Eh, it’s always been that way. TN usually plays an sec schedule plus someone like Oklahoma, oregon, UCLA, etc. The problem is we don’t win. Beating themselves up though the regular season has worked out pretty well for the top SEC teams the last 20 years 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 23, 2021 Author Global Moderator Posted July 23, 2021 Why doesn’t Alabama leave the SEC ? Wouldn’t that be nice……. 2 Quote
gunsinger Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 Top dog in the top conference. Why leave? Roll Tide! 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 23, 2021 Author Global Moderator Posted July 23, 2021 Just now, gunsinger said: Top dog in the top conference. Why leave? Roll Tide! Is wishful thinking a good enough reason? Haha 1 Quote
galyonj Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: The problem is we don’t win. Has UT tried not being bad at football? 2 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 23, 2021 Author Global Moderator Posted July 23, 2021 20 minutes ago, galyonj said: Has UT tried not being bad at football? Not in a decade plus, hopefully that starts later this summer. This is the first time in a while that the coach doesn’t seem like a total idiot, so there’s that 1 1 Quote
Super User Tennessee Boy Posted July 23, 2021 Super User Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said: Not in a decade plus, hopefully that starts later this summer. This is the first time in a while that the coach doesn’t seem like a total idiot, so there’s that I just read that Tennessee is going to be wearing some more stylish uniforms under the new coach/AD. Apparently, the old uniforms were the problem. ? 3 Quote
gunsinger Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 To be fair, TN has produced some quality players. Just need a few more of 'em and they'd be contending. Quote
Super User Tennessee Boy Posted July 23, 2021 Super User Posted July 23, 2021 The recent Supreme court decision to allow players to accept sponsorship money has the potential to change college sports more than anything in decades. It's gonna be interesting to watch. Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 23, 2021 Author Global Moderator Posted July 23, 2021 2 hours ago, gunsinger said: To be fair, TN has produced some quality players. Just need a few more of 'em and they'd be contending. Playing a sub par QB for 4 years was certainly a deterrent 1 1 Quote
Super User Chris at Tech Posted July 23, 2021 Super User Posted July 23, 2021 I don't friggin' get it anymore. The SEC should just become the NFL's minor league and move on with their lives. I can't see how any objective fan can see this as a good thing for college football. Quote
VolFan Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 There’s always a couple SEC teams that I think can beat the Browns or Jags most years. And it’s already the NFL’s minor league. 2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: Playing a sub par QB for 4 years was certainly a deterrent Just 4? Guarantanamo was just good enough for you to get optimistic before he burned it down… 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted July 24, 2021 Author Global Moderator Posted July 24, 2021 11 hours ago, VolFan said: There’s always a couple SEC teams that I think can beat the Browns or Jags most years. And it’s already the NFL’s minor league. Just 4? Guarantanamo was just good enough for you to get optimistic before he burned it down… Seems like he was here a decade……. 11 hours ago, Chris at Tech said: I don't friggin' get it anymore. The SEC should just become the NFL's minor league and move on with their lives. I can't see how any objective fan can see this as a good thing for college football. It does seems like the end of an era. Obviously I’ll still watch but will miss the traditional matchups Quote
Super User Solution Tennessee Boy Posted July 24, 2021 Super User Solution Posted July 24, 2021 12 hours ago, Chris at Tech said: I don't friggin' get it anymore. The SEC should just become the NFL's minor league and move on with their lives. I can't see how any objective fan can see this as a good thing for college football. Adding Texas an Oklahoma increases the size of the SEC’s television market and thus the size of the television contract. There are many great schools in the south that would love to join the SEC. They never add schools that are already in the existing market. It’s all about money. It’s only about money. I predict college football will change more in the next 10 years than it’s changed in the last 50 years. 3 Quote
volzfan59 Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 Call me old fashion, but I think that teams that play in the Southeastern Conference should be in the........... Southeast. Not that it mattered, but I felt that way when Missouri and Texas A&M joined the SEC. Go Vols! 5 Quote
Super User BrianMDTX Posted July 24, 2021 Super User Posted July 24, 2021 12 hours ago, VolFan said: There’s always a couple SEC teams that I think can beat the Browns or Jags most years. And it’s already the NFL’s minor league. They’d get crushed. If any SEC team played any NFL franchise in a true, competive game, they’d get hammered. No contest. How many NFL-caliber players are on the Crimson Tide? How many are on the Jaguars? Do the math! 2 Quote
VolFan Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 That was mostly tongue-in-cheek…the Browns are actually pretty good. You could also ask yourself how many non-NFL-caliber players are on the Jags… 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted July 24, 2021 Super User Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Tennessee Boy said: Adding Texas an Oklahoma increases the size of the SEC’s television market and thus the size of the television contract. If I remember right the SEC's television contract is $55 million, it's supposedly going to $300 million. 33 minutes ago, volzfan59 said: Missouri and Texas A&M joined the SEC. They played each other before entering in baseball & basketball. There is talk of forming something similar to the NFL as far as conferences & divisions. It's gonna get interesting ? 1 Quote
huZZah Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 All this at the same time Saban said his QB is approaching 7 figures on name and likeness…and he hasn’t even played yet. Quote
Super User Tennessee Boy Posted July 24, 2021 Super User Posted July 24, 2021 Here’s were it gets crazy. Players can now get paid by sponsors. Schools have lucrative shoe sponsorships. Do they give those up so the players can sign their own shoe deals? It would be better for recruiting but bad for the bottom line. Then there is the possibility of booster driven sponsorships. Some rich fan has a business that doesn’t do much advertising but he starts telling 5 stars recruits that if they sign with his school he will give them a lucrative sponsorship with his paving company. Then there’s less rich fans like me. I can’t afford to pay the players but I can buy my next car from a dealership that does. I lot of the money in the sport is going to start going to the players. I think that’s probably a good thing but it’s really going to shake things up. Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted July 24, 2021 Super User Posted July 24, 2021 22 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: It’s looking like Oklahoma and Texas are joining the Southeastern conference, maybe now Tennessee will get to play against all their players from last year that Transferred to Oklahoma haha I hope not. Especially not Texas with all their drama. And I hope they dont send bama to the east either. 14 hours ago, Chris at Tech said: I don't friggin' get it anymore. The SEC should just become the NFL's minor league and move on with their lives. I can't see how any objective fan can see this as a good thing for college football. 100% agree. 2 hours ago, volzfan59 said: Call me old fashion, but I think that teams that play in the Southeastern Conference should be in the........... Southeast. Not that it mattered, but I felt that way when Missouri and Texas A&M joined the SEC. Go Vols! I felt the same way… Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted July 24, 2021 Super User Posted July 24, 2021 Old School When I was younger, back in the 1800's, most of the colleges in the Big 8 were "driveable" and I have been to each one at least once. Regional rivalries are fun! Missouri was never dominate, but the competition was awesome. Now that Mizzou is SEC, it's all television for me. 1 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted July 24, 2021 Super User Posted July 24, 2021 35 minutes ago, roadwarrior said: When I was younger, back in the 1800's, Didn't know you were that old, Kent. 2 Quote
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