re: A&M player says no thanks to going back to the Big12

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We might as well take both. This isn't 2010 again. Our options are getting small. The ACC isn't losing anyone, we can get over that dream. It's much stronger today than it was back then, with FSU winning nationally again, Clemson being a consistent contender, Georgia Tech, ect.

I'm not sure if they're tied together, but Oklahoma would be a big enough grab to take Okie State.

Imagine these divisions... it's perfect.

West
Arkansas
LSU
Ole MIss
Mississippi State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas A&M

East
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

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Except for the divisions things. 8 team divisions does not allow for a enough of a cross division scheduling. Even if the SEC went to a 9 game schedule LSU would only play at Bama once every 16 years. That is why the old WAC split up. The SEC will have to move to scheduling pods with the 2 teams with the best SEC record playing in the SECCG.

The pods (names are a work in progress) should consist of:
The Big 12 pod:
Mizzou
Okie State
OU
A&M
The River pod:
Arky
OM
MSU
LSU
The Central pod:
UK
Vandy
Tenn
Bama
The Eastern pod:
USCe
UGA
UF
Auburn

With a 9 game schedule each team could play 3 pod games, 2 permanent rivals and 4 games vs SEC opponents. That way LSU plays at every other SEC school once every 5 years.