(12-01-2020 12:50 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: (12-01-2020 11:45 AM)Statefan Wrote: Placing any team in the playoff with less than 8 games played is wrong.
It's like an old Southern Conference football championship when there were 23 teams and 4-0 in conference could win the so called title.
Remember, the B10 attempted to derail the season with the P12. Don't reward them.
It kind of boggles my mind how you could have 22 conference mates but only manage to schedule 4 of them
1927 -
Date Opponent Site Result
September 24 Elon* Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NCW 39–0
September 30 at Furman* Manly Field Greenville, SC L 20–0
October 8 Clemson Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (Textile Bowl)W 18–6
October 13 Wake Forest* Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry) W 30–7
October 22 at Florida Plant Field Tampa, FLW 12–6
October 29 North Carolina Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry) W 19–6
November 5 vs. Davidson* Richardson Stadium Greensboro, NCW 25–6
November 12 at Duke* Hanes Field Durham, NC W 20–18
November 29 at South Carolina Melton Field Columbia, SC (rivalry)W 34–0
December 3 Michigan State* Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC W 19–0
*Non-conference game
1927 Southern Conference football standings
vte Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
Georgia Tech + 7 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Tennessee + 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1
NC State + 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 0 – 2 8 – 1 – 2
Georgia 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Virginia 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Clemson 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Alabama 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
LSU 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Mississippi A&M 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Washington and Lee 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
VPI 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Maryland 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
VMI 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Tulane 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Auburn 0 – 6 – 1 0 – 7 – 2
+ – Conference co-champions
The limitations of train travel, State Fairs, destinations cities, and cities that would "sponsor" a game mattered back then.
Back then it was better to make a trip into Baltimore, DC, Philly, or NYC than travel anywhere west of Atlanta. State used to play schools like Manhattan at Ebbits Field (Manhattan was invited to the first Orange Bowl vs. Miami). They dropped football after WWII. Duke had a playing relationship with Villanova and Pitt. It was a much about having a good time as anything else. It's difficult to imagine a good time in some of those towns.