re: SEC Expanding to 16 teams by Jan 1 2013???

Thats exactly how I see it playing out in the end. Having 2 8 team divisions just doesn't allow for enough rotation. Not playing UGA and USCe but once every 12 years isn't going to cut it

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I could be ok with that. Three "division games", four "West" games agaisnt the other West pod, one permenant "East" opponent game.

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There's no point in having 4 divisions if you play all the teams in one of the other divisions. They may as well be in your division. With the Alabama schools set on keeping their rivalries, it will probably be 3 games in your division, one that rotates through each of the other divisions, and 2 permanent opponents. Guess what... Our permanent opponents will likely be Bama and UF. #fair

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Four groups:

West - A
Bama
Ole Miss
Miss St
AU

West - B
LSU
Arky
TAMU
MO

East - A
UF
UGA
NC State
UK

East - B
VT
USC
Tenn
Vandy

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Switch Missouri for Ole Miss and then you have balance with the following added benefits:

1) LSU keeps Ole Miss on the schedule every year - Ole Miss is probably the closest thing to a traditional rivalry we have left
2) Ole Miss balances the divisions in a couple ways:
2A) The four weakest teams in the SEC are Vandy, KY, Ole Miss, and MSU. They need to be in four different divisions for competitive balance reasons (the same reason the Big 6 should be spread into different divisions)
2B) The traditional SEC teams need to be spread into different divisions so every division still resembles the SEC. What you have in the A&M, Arky, MO, LSU division is more like the Big 12 or SWC than the SEC