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SEC, Big 12 announce deal to pit football champs
Sports Xchange ^ | May 18, 2012

Posted on 05/19/2012 10:50:49 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

The Big 12 and Southeastern Conference are hedging their BCS bets while borrowing an idea from the Rose Bowl.

The two conferences announced Friday their football champions will meet in an undetermined bowl game if they are not chosen for the BCS' anticipated four-team playoff format. It is unclear if it will be a reoccurring site.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: big12; chat; football; ncaa; sec; sports
There are a few interesting possibilities with long established programs.
1 posted on 05/19/2012 10:50:59 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

maroon and burnt orange


2 posted on 05/19/2012 10:52:45 AM PDT by Jedidah ("In those days Israel had no king. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

I can’t imagine the SEC Champion not being included in a BCS top four.


3 posted on 05/19/2012 10:54:18 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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I can’t imagine the SEC Champion not being included in a BCS top four.

Not in the near future at least.

4 posted on 05/19/2012 11:27:51 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President.)
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To: Jedidah

Hopefully! Gig ‘Em Aggies!


5 posted on 05/19/2012 11:28:07 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: lonestar

True but then substitute schools would represent the conferences in this game.

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/colleges/post/_/id/4678210/big-12sec-game-is-chance-for-cotton-bowl

With the news that the Big 12 and SEC have agreed to have its conference champions — or it’s No. 2 teams should the champions be in the mix for any revamped BCS system starting in the 2014 season — in a bowl game, you can bet the Cotton Bowl will doing all it can to host that game. Maybe it becomes a fight between the Sugar and Cotton Bowls?


6 posted on 05/19/2012 11:49:18 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: lonestar; ConservativeStatement; Jedidah; Mikey_1962; luckystarmom
I can’t imagine the SEC Champion not being included in a BCS top four.

I could imagine that in many years, two of the teams would be from the SEC.

7 posted on 05/19/2012 11:51:52 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: luckystarmom

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!


8 posted on 05/19/2012 1:29:56 PM PDT by MikeSteelBe (Austrian Hitler was, as the Halfrican Hitler does.)
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To: luckystarmom

As I recall the Longhorns gig’ed YOU’all with 2 seconds left.

Bring it on Aggies! Hook’em Horns!!!!


9 posted on 05/19/2012 2:41:13 PM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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To: luckystarmom

As I recall the Longhorns gig’ed YOU’all with 2 seconds left.

Bring it on Aggies! Hook’em Horns!!!!


10 posted on 05/19/2012 2:41:27 PM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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what this means is that the ACC is dead...

Wreckem Tech


11 posted on 05/19/2012 2:54:54 PM PDT by SPRINK
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