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SEC Championship Game: #5 Georgia vs #2 Texas -- 12/7/2024 -- 4 PM [ABC]

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by ETGator, Dec 6, 2024.

  1. ETGator

    ETGator Long-Time Gator Stuck In East Tennessee Moderator VIP Member

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    A rematch for a championship . . .

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  2. ETGator

    ETGator Long-Time Gator Stuck In East Tennessee Moderator VIP Member

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    SEC Championship Game: 2024

    (5) Georgia vs. (2) Texas
    Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, GA
    Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024
    4:00pm ET
    TV: ABC/ESPN+

    Crew:
    Chris Fowler (play-by-play)
    Kirk Herbstreit (analyst)
    Holly Rowe (sideline)
     
  3. DawgFanFromAlabam

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    If the Texas left tackle can’t go the UGA line will feast…again.
     
  4. DawgFanFromAlabam

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    Thanks ET…sure miss Ray’s game threads.
     
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  5. KronoGator

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    Be pretty cool if the earth opened up and swallowed the stadium, both teams, and McConaughey
     
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  6. ETGator

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    Yeah . . . but Ray more than earned retirement from OGTs and, besides, I can't even imagine the glorious place he lives now.
     
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  7. eastowest

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  8. It's raining Water Bottles.
     
  9. Skink

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    Hook em Horns
     
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  10. okeechobee

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    This game is interesting, because if you lose, you're going to have to play an extra game in the CFP to get to the finals and a win guarantees you get that first round bye. If I was Kirbs or Sark, I might be thinking "what is preventing me from playing my 2nd and 3rd stringers in this game and taking the loss on purpose instead of having my 1st string play their hearts out and still lose and have to play another game in the CFP on top of it."

    If either team did this, they could effectively save their best players on the roster the wear and tear that comes from playing a Texas or Georgia for the CFP. I suppose the bye in the CFP may be more valuable though, as it essentially serves as a guaranteed CFP single-elimination win. There was some talk early on about certain SEC teams wanting to finish 3rd or 4th in the league so as to avoid the SECCG on purpose.
     
  11. DieAGator

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    Did not see an ACC Champ thread so asking, is miami out of the playoffs or it remains to be decided? ESPN ranks them 12th. Will the conference losers push down and miami remain 12th or better?
     
  12. ETGator

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    They're out as I understand it. The Gumps are ahead of them and got in instead. I'm pretty sure that committee has announced no team would move unless through their conference championship game. Here's how it stands going into today:

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    If Clemson wins they would probably knock The Gumps out with their automatic qualification. Maybe if SMU gets blown out they fall past The Gumps.
     
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  13. n210sgator

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    In that scenario, Texas/Georgia Play for the third time!
     
  14. Skink

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    Any scenario that a 3-loss UGa team doesn’t make it in?
     
  15. WC53

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    Looks like ESPN3 and not +
     
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  16. ETGator

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    Probably not. Many if not most teams already want to avoid their conference championship games. Conferences probably have unwritten guarantees of some sort . . . Boise State and SMU getting BYES in the current iteration! Just because they won substantially weaker conferences?! That's why the committee said what they did about "re-ranking" I think.
     
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  17. ETGator

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    Matthew McConoughey (or however you spell his name) must have given a BOATLOAD of NIL $$$ to Texas. This has been a constant McConoughey production. I'm already sick of seeing him. LOL! :)
     
  18. coach

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    Dumb trying to bring it out.
     
  19. gatormonk

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    What the...