45223wc@mtuxo.UUCP (w.cambre) (10/28/85)
For those who want to compare conferences here are the records as of 10/28/85. Conference Overall Non-Conference Name Record games Record ---------- ------- -------------- SEC 43-20-6 27-5-4 BIG 10 44-26 24-6 Southwest 36-26 18-8 BIG 8 29-25 18-14 PAC 10 36-35-1 15-14-1 WAC 31-35-1 12-16-1 These standings are taken from the USA TODAY and any error in them is due to the paper, not me.
nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (10/29/85)
I don't know about others, but I find it hard to give much respect
to the SEC as a conference. Aren't conference teams supposed to
play each other? How many times did Alabama play Georgia in the
last 6 years? One?
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James C. Armstrong, Jnr. {ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssaekblaw@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (10/30/85)
Kevin Kinder is correct. For nearly eight years, until this year, all of the Big 10 teams played each other during the season. Yes, that only left two nonconference games a year, but they didn't mind. The thrill of it all was playing each other (just attend any Big Ten conference game. You'll see excitement). Incidently, Illinois was not the only team in the Big Ten to drop one inter- conference game this year. ALL of the Big Ten teams played three nonconference games this year. Robert A. Ekblaw