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Preferred Permanent Rivals
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:11 am
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:11 am
With Texas and OU officially coming in 2024, the SEC appears ready to move to a division-less system with each school having three permanent rivals. Who do you prefer?
Here’s the best I could come up with:
1. Mizzou: Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina
2. Arkansas: Mizzou, Texas, Oklahoma
3. Oklahoma: Texas, Mizzou, Arkansas
4. Texas: Oklahoma, A&M, Arkansas
5. A&M: LSU, Texas, Miss St
6. LSU: A&M, Ole Miss, Florida
7. Ole Miss: Miss St, LSU, Alabama
8. Miss St: Ole Miss, A&M, Auburn
9. Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, Ole Miss
10. Auburn: Alabama, Georgia, Miss St
11. Vandy: South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee
12. Tennessee: Kentucky, Alabama, Vandy
13. Kentucky: Tennessee, Vandy, Florida
14. South Carolina: Vandy, Georgia, Mizzou
15. Georgia: Florida, Auburn, South Carolina
16. Florida: Georgia, LSU, Kentucky
Here’s the best I could come up with:
1. Mizzou: Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina
2. Arkansas: Mizzou, Texas, Oklahoma
3. Oklahoma: Texas, Mizzou, Arkansas
4. Texas: Oklahoma, A&M, Arkansas
5. A&M: LSU, Texas, Miss St
6. LSU: A&M, Ole Miss, Florida
7. Ole Miss: Miss St, LSU, Alabama
8. Miss St: Ole Miss, A&M, Auburn
9. Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, Ole Miss
10. Auburn: Alabama, Georgia, Miss St
11. Vandy: South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee
12. Tennessee: Kentucky, Alabama, Vandy
13. Kentucky: Tennessee, Vandy, Florida
14. South Carolina: Vandy, Georgia, Mizzou
15. Georgia: Florida, Auburn, South Carolina
16. Florida: Georgia, LSU, Kentucky
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Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:12 am to BreakawayZou83
Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, State
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:12 am to BreakawayZou83
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Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, Ole Miss
Switch Ole Miss for MSU. Didn't really pay attention to the others.
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:13 am to BreakawayZou83
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6. LSU: Auburn, Alabama, Florida
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:13 am to BreakawayZou83
I believe they will move to 1 permanent rival
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:13 am to BreakawayZou83
quote:Looks right to me
Texas: Oklahoma, A&M, Arkansas
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:17 am to Che Boludo
Removing Miss State from Auburn. It should be Florida or even Tennessee over Miss St.
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:17 am to Hback
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Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, State
Agreed. First two are obvious. Third one is either State or LSU but State is right down the road and has been played yearly forever. LSU has been a good recent “rivalry” in large partly due to Saban but that will probably diminish some after the Saban era.
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:18 am to BreakawayZou83
Would really like for A&M to have Arky as one of its permenant rivals as well. Easiest choice of the 3 you have listed for A&M is to swap out with Miss St, but not sure which of Arky's opponents you could swap. Arky, LSU, and Texas would be a nice slate of games for us.
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:18 am to UltimaParadox
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I believe they will move to 1 permanent riva
The SEC and a lot of the coaches were pretty candidly discussing the three permanent rival system at the most recent SEC Media Days. Pittman said he preferred Texas, Oklahoma, and Mizzou, for instance.
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:20 am to blairjs
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Removing Miss State from Auburn. It should be Florida or even Tennessee over Miss St.
I was trying to prevent any team from having three Big Six rivals to keep things as balanced as possible. I'm sure most schools would generally prefer only Big Six opponents, and then it flat out doesn't work.
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:23 am to BreakawayZou83
A&M is far from our rival, they think we are tho
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:24 am to BreakawayZou83
Honestly not bad 
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:25 am to BreakawayZou83
State LSU then Vandy or Arkansas
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:25 am to BreakawayZou83
UT gets two historically bottom feeders and 1 top feeder.
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:26 am to BreakawayZou83
Arkansas vs LSU 
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Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:27 am to UltimaParadox
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I believe they will move to 1 permanent rival
the SEC has made some dumb decisions lately, but this would take the cake. There's no way they do htis. That means that one of the Iron Bowl or TSIO is going bye-bye, as well as one of the WLOCP and the DSOR.
Every single thing the powers that be ahve done lately is baout money. Nothing else, money. Period. So why would the league decide to play 8 conference games and lose these major rivalries, opposed to getting to play 9 conference games and keeping them?
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:29 am to SpurandBlue
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UT gets two historically bottom feeders and 1 top feeder.
This is the ordinary for UT, who has benefited from playing two programs with all-time losing records in November for about a century now.
162 of Tennessee's 410 conference wins, or 39%, come against Kentucky and Vandy.
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:30 am to WG_Dawg
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Every single thing the powers that be ahve done lately is baout money. Nothing else, money. Period. So why would the league decide to play 8 conference games and lose these major rivalries, opposed to getting to play 9 conference games and keeping them?
I think you answered your own question. The league doesn't give a flying frick what the fans want. The want to maximize revenue and nothing more. Whatever ESPN says will go.
It's a crying shame too.
Posted on 2/10/23 at 9:31 am to WG_Dawg
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the SEC has made some dumb decisions lately, but this would take the cake. There's no way they do htis. That means that one of the Iron Bowl or TSIO is going bye-bye, as well as one of the WLOCP and the DSOR.
Every single thing the powers that be ahve done lately is baout money. Nothing else, money. Period. So why would the league decide to play 8 conference games and lose these major rivalries, opposed to getting to play 9 conference games and keeping them?
Why should a 16 team conference with multiple power houses turn itself into a pretzel over 2 football games?
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