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WarHog38

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Back in the days of Roy Kramer, the SEC had little more respect than t...


...he SWC. The SWC just had the hindrance of Texas church schools who had since the 1950's totally lost their relevancy on the college football landscape. From the period of the 1950's and prior to that, the SWC was considered superior football wise to the SEC by those knowledgeable in college football. Kramer radically changed the course of that history when he read an obscure rule in an NCAA regulations booklet about the possible concept of a conference breaking into two separate six member divisions and that qualifying the reason to create a Conference Championship Game. Kramer thought about that and decided that was the route for his SEC. Kramer than went to Texas & Texas A&M who both refused his SEC offer. Kramer then went to Arkansas & FSU. Arkansas agreed after long deliberation during the summer of 1990. FSU refused Kramer for the ACC while he was in a Florida hotel room trying to arrange a meeting with the FSU AD. Bobby Bowden later said he did not want the yearly competition of the SEC. Kramer then went to South Carolina for SEC member #12. That CCG brought prosperity to the SEC never known before. Kramer caused an uproar throughout the Texas SWC by taking Arkansas. The majority of Texas member SWC schools publicly declared they would never play Arkansas again. I just consider what Kramer did much more forceful than Slive taking in Texas A&M & Missouri somewhat on the rebound. However Slive definitely took strong initiative in keeping the SEC steered in the right by engineering the SECTVN.

(In response to this post by HOO86)

Posted: 12/19/2016 at 8:41PM



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2025 -- WarHog38 12/18/2016 7:08PM
  Re: 2025 -- 133282Hokie 12/21/2016 2:53PM
  Re: 2025 -- WarHog38 12/21/2016 9:45PM
  GoR's are untested. -- daveinop 12/22/2016 1:39PM
  Problem with your premise is no ACC teams want out -- East Cobb Hokie 12/22/2016 12:13PM
  Great Expectations -- WarHog38 12/22/2016 9:31PM
  Whatever Hokie fans desire -- WarHog38 12/22/2016 6:53PM
  Thanks for your comments -- East Cobb Hokie 12/23/2016 12:32PM
  Thank you -- WarHog38 12/23/2016 5:36PM
  Age brings a conservative attitude -- WarHog38 12/23/2016 5:44PM
  UVA wouldn't be able to join the SEC. -- HOO86 12/23/2016 11:52AM
  Check your GPS - you're on a message board. ** -- lawhokie 12/22/2016 9:58PM
  Check your GPS...we're on planet earth. ** -- marcbvtgm 12/24/2016 4:24PM
  I won't watch soccer - I never played it, I don't like it... -- Mr. Touchdown 12/21/2016 12:03PM
  Unless your kid is playing it's tough to watch. -- lawhokie 12/22/2016 9:55PM
  Soccer Fields Across America -- WarHog38 12/20/2016 7:42PM
  +1 ** -- RJHokie 12/22/2016 10:09PM
  Except ... you didn't ACTUALLY give it a plus-one, did you? -- Will Stewart  12/23/2016 5:25PM
  If ND joins, we'll be ok. But I agree -- Maroon Baboon 01/01/2017 01:08AM
  Re: In ND joins, we'll be ok. But I agree -- VPIGUY 12/21/2016 3:32PM
  Football won't be retired. -- HOO86 12/20/2016 3:56PM
  No one watches rugby. There is no substitute for football. -- Maroon Baboon 12/20/2016 3:50PM
  P-4 will likely put a ton more pressure on us -- goldendomer 12/20/2016 11:07AM
  IMO No. -- East Cobb Hokie 12/20/2016 12:46PM
  9 game SEC schedule -- WarHog38 12/19/2016 10:07PM
  We accept, when do we start? ** -- tcc_dc 12/19/2016 08:10AM
  This isn't gonna happen. Period. ** -- marcbvtgm 12/19/2016 07:36AM
  $50 Million exit fine -- WarHog38 12/18/2016 11:25PM

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