Where does the term "Separation Saturday" come from?

by user DNL

Yesterday, College Football had its "Separation Saturday." I think the term "Separation" comes from separating the contenders from the pretenders, but I'm not sure.

Where does the term come from? And is this week always/usually like this?

Date

Sun 09/17/06, 6:30 am EST

I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

1192 days ago

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It was being used because there were so many ranked, undefeated teams playing against each other. You're right on with the pretender/contender thing. See Notre Dame/Michigan

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

1192 days ago

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I seem to have started something. :)

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ASwaffAll-American

1192 days ago

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I don't know where it came from, but I'm glad it's behind us. I was getting sick and freaking tired of hearing "SEPARATION SATURDAY!!" 150 times every time I turned on the t.v.

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PeanMajor Leaguer

1191 days ago

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because wives/girlfriends get fed up with all the sports watching all weekend, so there are alot of breakups/seperations

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BigPPupMajor Leaguer

1191 days ago

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I think it actually statred with the basketball season I think, and they carried it over to football

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DNLLegend

1191 days ago

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Where in basketball season?

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BigPPupMajor Leaguer

1191 days ago

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Its one of those weeks in like Jan or Feb, I think its before Bracket Buster Saturday

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