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johnlg00 writes:

in response to CoverOrange:

Agree, Gerry. The last four sentences don't make any sense.

But I understand the point about the SEC dregs scheduling dregs and being left out of the dance in March. It has been said for years. Guess Slive doesn't care about bball to make them change.

I think BQ was saying that without Maymon the Vols are both not as good as they could be and that they are not as good an attraction if the Vols are on the bubble for an NCAA selection. The bit about "keep preaching" referred back to the top of the article where BQ was talking about the league's talking points to hopefully convince the NCAA that the SEC was not as bad as the current numbers say it is. At least that is my take.

As for your comment about the SEC scheduling dregs, a number of league teams have either new coaches or very young teams or both. There is a body of opinion that playing weak teams early gives a young team a chance to gain confidence and experience that will help them later when they get into conference play. I can't say I agree with it, and the experience of Alabama only last year would seem to argue against any good that comes from feasting too heavily on cupcakes early in the season. By any measure, the SEC is not among the powerhouse conferences this year, which gives the Vols a good chance to break through. They may have to win about three-quarters of their conference games to be sure of a bid. Hopefully that will be enough!

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