Examining the SEC elite's 2013 schedules
By Chris Low
Published January 15, 2013, 07:40:33 AM
How big a role did schedules play this past season in the SEC championship race?
Judge for yourself. But the two teams making the SEC championship game -- Alabama and Georgia -- both avoided the toughest teams in the other division. Alabama didn’t play Florida, Georgia or South Carolina in the regular season, while Georgia didn’t have to face Alabama, LSU or Texas A&M.
No wonder South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier was advocating that only divisional games should count in a team’s conference record.
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