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lsufball19
Can anyone make a rational argument that Auburn should stay in the west?

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Two permanent, one rotating. I know it doesn't fix everything. If we want to be able to play everybody very other year or so, we will probably have to abolish divisions all together and make a new scheduling system, like pods.

Or we could move to a 9 game schedule and keep the divisions as they are now and have 2 rotating teams for everyone. Pods are a terrible option from every scenario I've seen over the years. It would work for some schools and wouldn't for others. For instance, the last mock-up I saw had LSU in a pod with A&M, Ole Miss, and State as their permanents. First off, I would never want a schedule where we didn't play Alabama and Florida every year. Second, how fair does that sound to other schools?

What you saw, it would depend on how the pods were made.

In this scenario, that really doesn't matter. Every 3 years, you'ld be partnered with everybody. Some have said go to 4X4 pods & 9 games with a perm rival from each pod. Therefore, the pods you're not partnered with, you will play your rival from them. This way you play 6 teams EACH year. The other 9 will rotate in 3 year cycles.

ex. (LSU in Pod A)
Year 1: A/B vrs. C/D (winners from each paired pods = SECCG teams)
3 games vrs. Pod A members
4 games vrs. Pod B members
1 game vrs. Pod C rival
1 game vrs. Pod D rival

Year 2: A/C vrs. B/D (winners from each paired pods = SECCG teams)
3 games vrs. Pod A members
4 games vrs. Pod C members
1 game vrs. Pod B rival
1 game vrs. Pod D rival

Year 3: A/D vrs. B/C (winners from each paired pods = SECCG teams)
3 games vrs. Pod A members
4 games vrs. Pod D members
1 game vrs. Pod B rival
1 game vrs. Pod C rival

Year 4: (same as Year 1 with locations flipped)
Year 5: (same as Year 2 with locations flipped)
Year 6: (same as Year 3 with locations flipped)

This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 5:13 pm