re: Is it time for 9 conference games?

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Well, having an odd number of teams in each division means there's going to have to be at least one cross-divisional game at a neutral site

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Correct.

Even if you mandated that every SEC team must play a neutral site game you'd have to make that an opposite division opponent to make it the same for every team in the division.

Unless Florida/UGA are moved to opposite divisions that doesn't seem plausible.

I still like the idea of the roommate switch proposal with the four pods that recombine every two years to make two divisions. Failing that, the next best solution is to get rid of the fixed opposite division opponents (if your objective is to rotate through the opposite division in a reasonable time period). Keeping fixed opponents with 8 or 9 conference games means you take a very long time to get through the other six East/West teams.