New idea for 8-game schedule. Why not 4 permanents? (LONG)

Full disclosure, I'm all for the 3+6 format and wish the big whigs or whoever would get over themselves ab playing another conference game.

However, in this idea, you would get to play 4 permanent teams every year, then rotate the through the others every three years despite only playing 8 games.

Do that by placing all teams in four, 4-team pods, who would be permanents of one another, then have one other permanent in the next division. All teams in pod 1 have a perm in pod 2, and all in pod three in pod 4.

You would then have a 5th, semi-permanent that you would play twice every three years, again all teams in pod-1 would be matched up with a team in pod-3, and pod 2 would be matched up in pod-4.

The remaining 10 teams you would play once every 3 years, and would go to every stadium every 6 years, much better than the every 12 year system we have now and would keep the schedule at 8 games making all the higher ups happy as well as keep all the rivalries intact.

An example of how it could look:

YEAR ONE

A B C D
@B A @A @A
C @C B B
D @D D @C
@E @E E E
F F @F @F
G G @G @G
@H @H H H
@I J @K L

E F G H
@F E E @E
@G G @F F
H @H @H G
A @A @A A
B @B @B B
@C C C @C
@D D D @D
M @N O @P




I J K L
@J I I @I
@K K @J J
L @L @L K
M @M @M M
N @N @N N
@O O O @O
@P P P @P
A @B C @D

M N O P
@N M @M @M
O @O N N
P @P P @O
@I @I I I
J J @J @J
K K @K @K
@L @L L L
@E F @G H






Year Two

A B C D
B @A A A
@C C @B @B
@D D @D C
I @I @I I
J @J @J J
@K K K @K
@L L L @L
E @F G @H

E F G H
F @E @E E
G @G F @F
@H H H @G
@M @M M M
N N @N @N
O O @O @O
@P @P P P
@A B @C D






I J K L
J @I @I I
K @K J @J
@L L L @K
@A @A A A
B B @B @B
C C @C @C
@D @D D D
@M N @O P

M N O P
N @M @M M
@O O N @N
@P P @P O
E @E @E E
F @F @F F
@G G G @G
@H H H @H
I @J K @L






Year Three

A B C D
@B A @A @A
C @C B B
D @D D @C
@M @M M M
N N @N @N
O O @O @O
@P @P P P
@E F @G H

E F G H
@F E E @E
@G G @F F
H @H @H G
@I @I I I
J J @J @J
K K @K @K
@L @L L L
A @B C @D




I J K L
@J I I @I
@K K @J J
L @L @L K
E @E @E E
F @F @F F
@G G G @G
@H H H @H
M @N O @P

M N O P
@N M @N @M
O @O M N
P @P P @O
A @A @A A
B @B @B B
@C C C @C
@D D D @D
@I J @K L


Then just plug in the teams for each.

TEAM DECODER Example

POD1
A) Alabama
B) Tennessee
C) Kentucky
D) Vanderbilt

POD2
E) Auburn
F) Georgia
G) Florida
H) South Carolina

POD3
I) Mississippi St.
J) Arkansas
K) LSU
L) Ole Miss

POD4
M) Missouri
N) Texas
O) Texas A&M
P) Oklahoma.

So in the example, Alabama's permanents would Tennessee, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and Auburn, + they'd play MSU 2 out of 3 years, so on and so forth, but you can match it up however you like.

Anyway, since it seems like we'll be stuck at 8 for a bit, it seems the consensus concern is losing rivalries, so this is one way to fix that.