re: Let's talk about doing away with SEC divisions

The point of the argument, and I think it's a legitimate one, is it's not much of a conference if you don't see 1/3 of it but twice every decade. I don't have the perfect answer. But I do think the current system is broken. Here are the issues:

1) Certain matchups are considered sacred by their schools and must be preserved at all costs according to the involved schools: TSIO, the Cocktail Party, TORS.

2) Not every SEC school's biggest rival is a conference foe: USC vs Clemson, UGA vs Tech, UF vs FSU, UK vs UL mean as much to those schools as intraconference ones and they wish to preserve them and should be able to.

3) a non-divisional championship game presents unique problems of it's own like back to back matchups, tie breakers, and numerous issues WITHIN those issues. Who wants to see back to back Iron Bowls? Could a coach who has clinched a SECCG berth rest his starters and risk an L if he knew he would be facing the same team in Atlanta in 1-2 weeks? Would he play close to the vest to conceal the game plan in the first matchup, saving it for Atlanta? The iterations of the problems are very complex and very many.

Like I said, I agree the current setup is less than ideal and needs to be reviewed for improvements, but I'm not sure what the best answer is. All I know is it's a travesty that some teams only see each other twice in 7 years. I know someone will throw out the idea of pods and on the surface, it does look promising. But we need to look carefully and make sure its better before we go messing up what we have.