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Alabama’s narrow 12-10 win over Tennessee didn’t score a lot of points with the pollsters and has been cause for concern there in Tuscaloosa, but the Crimson Tide actually accomplished something that’s extremely rare.

They won against SEC competition for the fifth consecutive week.

According to the folks at ESPN Stats & Information, that’s only been done one other time this decade in the SEC. Alabama also did it in 2002.

Again, that’s winning five consecutive SEC games without a bye or nonconference game mixed in somewhere. The fact that only two teams have accomplished that feat this decade magnifies how difficult it is to win in the SEC, not to mention how difficult it is to make it through unscathed.

22 days ago Large_hankwilliams_tiny Todd 4 comments 0 recs  | 

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not to discount this stat, but I would be curious to know how many times that a single SEC team has actually played 5 SEC teams in a row without interruption. (opponent or bye-week)

My guess would be that this hasn’t happen very often.

by STLbama on Oct 31, 2009 2:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I checked the schedules for a handful of teams,

dating back to 2002, to see who had played SEC opponents in 5 consecutive weeks.

Alabama has done it 3 times.
Arkansas has done it 3 times.
Auburn has done it 4 times.
Florida has done it 5 times (they are currently in the 4th week of a 5 week stretch, which I counted).
Georgia has done it 4 times.

So it’s not exactly uncommon. For Alabama to be only the second team to go 5-0 in that stretch in seven seasons is pretty impressive.

by rugman11 on Oct 31, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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….11 teams have had 33 opportunities to do so.

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by Todd on Oct 31, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

UF will do it

this year as well

I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.

by 5026 on Oct 31, 2009 4:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs


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