Florida/LSU Cancelled
October 6th, 2016 at 7:50 PM ^
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October 6th, 2016 at 4:48 PM ^
Tennessee's next two games are at A&M and home against Bama. It's not that far fetched that Tennessee loses both of those games, which means if Florida wins out they'd win the SEC East.
If I were Tennessee at 6-2 and Florida was declared the SEC East winner at 6-1 without playing LSU, I'd be furious.
October 6th, 2016 at 5:11 PM ^
October 6th, 2016 at 7:00 PM ^
Yes, Tennessee could lose both of those games, but there's a very good chance they could sweep the Eastern division. They've already beaten the two toughest opponents they have in the East.
I would think losing to Alabama and A&M would not make any difference in them making it to Atlanta if they win all of their divisional games.
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October 6th, 2016 at 7:25 PM ^
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October 7th, 2016 at 12:48 AM ^
I wasn't exactly sure what the poster I replied to was projecting for Tennessee and Florida's final conference records. Unless the SEC comes up with a temporary rule for Florida possibly only playing 7 conference games, conferences usually place equal weight on conference games whether in or out of a team's respective division.
October 6th, 2016 at 4:40 PM ^
Wasn't the South Carolina - LSU game moved to Baton Rouge last year due to flooding in South Carolina?
October 6th, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^
Florida and LSU have somewhat of a rivalry. It's been a pretty big game over the years. The mere thought that LSU would even think Florida would agree to move the game to their stadium is pretty comical.
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October 6th, 2016 at 4:42 PM ^
Florida still has a solid shot at an sec east title, not sure how a cancelled game impacts that.
And for everyone saying LSU would never give a game up, well in 2005 after Katrina they played in Tempe Arizona rather than a home game against ASU. Florida is being pretty petty about it.
October 6th, 2016 at 4:44 PM ^
Glad they're cancelling for the Hurricane, that is smart business. No idea why they can't figure out another solution.
October 6th, 2016 at 4:46 PM ^
not being played this year. They will find a way to squeeze it in sometime. Way too important of a game in the SEC and a lot of money lost if not played.
October 6th, 2016 at 5:06 PM ^
Its doable. I can't believe they waited this long to make a decisions. Guess the almighty ESS EEE SEE speed we hear about doesn't translate to decision making
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October 6th, 2016 at 5:22 PM ^
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October 6th, 2016 at 7:25 PM ^
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Also, NO REFUNDS!
October 6th, 2016 at 5:05 PM ^
Remember that episode of Friday Night Lights when the Coach Taylor decided to play their evil rival on a makeshift neutral field? Why couldn't they just meet at the GA dome or somesuch?
October 6th, 2016 at 5:33 PM ^
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October 6th, 2016 at 6:18 PM ^
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Plus, since the opponent is FSU, this would be the one game where they have more than 50 fans in the stadium.
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October 6th, 2016 at 5:45 PM ^
A category 3/4 hurricane is bearing down on eastern Florida and they still think it's gonna happen in Miami? Stop putting people in danger
October 6th, 2016 at 7:14 PM ^
The storm has already passed north of Miami and the worst weather is behind them. You do realize that Florida is a large state, right? Saturday will be a beautiful swampy day in Miami. How is there a safety concern?
October 6th, 2016 at 9:45 PM ^
I thought the storm was projected to hit South Florida on Friday meaning people are travelling in, and the back end of it might still be in the Miami area on Saturday. You do realize hurricanes are large, right?
October 6th, 2016 at 10:10 PM ^
No one will be in danger in Miami from the storm as it will be in the Carolinas at that point.
October 6th, 2016 at 10:16 PM ^
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October 6th, 2016 at 10:11 PM ^
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October 6th, 2016 at 5:16 PM ^
They can play in our stadium, it's an away game. We keep the profits. We can laugh at the lowest attendance football game in Michigan stadium ever.
I mean at least the gators fans are having to mostly drive north to avoid storms anyway right?
I mean we can at least offer it?
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We don't really want their drunk fans in AA.
October 6th, 2016 at 5:34 PM ^
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October 6th, 2016 at 7:19 PM ^
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October 6th, 2016 at 10:31 PM ^
I was there for that game. Had reeeeely nice seats for the end.
October 6th, 2016 at 8:18 PM ^
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October 6th, 2016 at 5:18 PM ^
There was a good chance a forward pass wasn't getting completed in this game by either team.
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October 6th, 2016 at 11:21 PM ^
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October 6th, 2016 at 6:26 PM ^
It seems there should have been some other option. Playing in Georgia at the Falcons Stadium .
Playing the game Thursday through Monday . We all know they dont give a shit about their Student Athletes .
October 6th, 2016 at 6:38 PM ^
This cancellation is on Florida. They've known about this storm all week and had plenty of time to come up with a contingency plane. LSU offered up their stadium and to provide transportation to and from Baton Rouge for Florida. Florida didn't like that, so they should have had some other neutral site set up. I get not wanting to make a home game an away game, but they should have had a contingency plan beyond a new date that would require LSU to give up a home game.
And honestly this is exactly what Florida wants. For Florida to beat Tennessee in the SEC East, Tennesse needs to lose two more times than Florida the rest of the year. So if Florida wins out, Tennessee needs to lose twice.
So basically Florida would need to go 7-1 in conference while Tennessee goes 6-2. With this game now cancelled, Florida would still win the SEC East at 6-1 with a better winning percentage tie-breaker, so now Florida only needs to win 4 games the rest of the year instead of 5, and doesn't have to play their toughest game left in LSU.
Similarly this screws LSU. If LSU were to win out, normally they'd be 7-1. If Bama also went 7-1 (loss to LSU obviously), LSU would win the SEC West based on a the head to head tie-breaker. Now LSU can only go 6-1, which gives Alabama the SEC West based on the winning percentage tie-breaker.
October 6th, 2016 at 7:18 PM ^
Moreover, UCF reached out to USF and was able to use their facilities for home soccer and volleyball matches this weekend. UF dropped the ball on this one
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October 6th, 2016 at 10:54 PM ^
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