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Posted on 11/21/12 at 10:44 am to SwatMitchell
Posted on 11/21/12 at 10:44 am to SwatMitchell
a little off-topic, but: wow. Ignore TV and radio a couple days, and you get 2 teams into the B1G (or whatever it is). In the middle of football season, no less.
I'm with another poster here- screw expansion. At some point it gets too big, and starts to collapse. We're beginning to see the scheduling issues already.
If you HAVE to expand to 16, then... screw the geography concerns. And stop looking at heading to the Northeast. Instead, improve the brand.
2 more teams? Take USC and Oklahoma, and watch the world burn. Make 4 divisions, not 2, and have a 2 round SEC championship.
Fla-UGA-SC-Ky
Alabama-Auburn-Tenn- Vandy
LSU-Miss St-A&M-Ole Miss
Okla-USC-Missouri-Arkansas
Winner then decides (only a little bit of a joke) if they even need to play anyone else for the national title
I'm with another poster here- screw expansion. At some point it gets too big, and starts to collapse. We're beginning to see the scheduling issues already.
If you HAVE to expand to 16, then... screw the geography concerns. And stop looking at heading to the Northeast. Instead, improve the brand.
2 more teams? Take USC and Oklahoma, and watch the world burn. Make 4 divisions, not 2, and have a 2 round SEC championship.
Fla-UGA-SC-Ky
Alabama-Auburn-Tenn- Vandy
LSU-Miss St-A&M-Ole Miss
Okla-USC-Missouri-Arkansas
Winner then decides (only a little bit of a joke) if they even need to play anyone else for the national title
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Posted on 11/21/12 at 10:51 am to Scoob
quote:
Fla-UGA-SC-Ky
Alabama-Auburn-Tenn- Vandy
LSU-Miss St-A&M-Ole Miss
Okla-USC-Missouri-Arkansas
Would be fun, and btw absolutely destroy UTexas, and no need to play anyone else. Obviously, travel/time zones/politics/ties would prevent USC.
Oklahoma should be in play, I don't get the OSU angle either - long term, the SEC would be OU's best option.
This post was edited on 11/21/12 at 10:52 am
Posted on 11/21/12 at 12:50 pm to Scoob
quote:
Fla-UGA-SC-Ky
Alabama-Auburn-Tenn- Vandy
LSU-Miss St-A&M-Ole Miss
Okla-USC-Missouri-Arkansas
The pod system is great if we're at 16. But I think before grouping the teams geographically the teams should be "seeded" based on history and realistics prospects going forward. Each pod should have a 1,2,3 and 4 "seed' for balance. I've heard Va Tech and NC St as the most likely new additions. If true I would make the 1 seeds Alabama,Florida, LSU and UGA, 2 seeds Auburn, Tennessee, A&M and S Carolina, 3 seeds VA Tech, Arkansas, Missouri, NC ST, 4 seeds Vandy, Ole Miss, Miss St, UK.
Yes, UT is historically #2 by many criteria, but I think UT needs the absolute right coach in order to win big. I feel that UGA, LSU and UF can win realtively big without a great coach. A&M historically is maybe below a 2 seed, but I think they have greater potential and could soon approach 1 seed caliber.Va Tech would be a 2 seed over the last 10 years, but will they remain there when Beamer retires and they move to a tougher conference?
The below pods look pretty balanced. And everyone could keep one constant opponent so that the sacred cow rivalries could be maintained.
Alabama, Auburn, Missouri, UK
LSU, A&M, Arkansas,Ole Miss
UGA, Tenn, Va Tech, Vandy
Florida, S Carolina, NC ST, Miss St
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