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re: Should the SEC eliminate divisions?
Posted on 12/11/18 at 5:05 pm to Landmass
Posted on 12/11/18 at 5:05 pm to Landmass
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It makes more sense to just add one more conference game like most other P5 conferences. We can go back to 1 cross divisional "rival" and 2 rotating opponents.
9 games hurts your chances to make the playoff, and limits scheduling flexibility. For the schools that play 2 P5 opponents non-conference, that's just going to leave them one "buy" game. Maybe that's a good thing, but the conference never likes leaving money on the table.
I do, however, think eliminating divisions would be better than a pod system, because pods still leave the possibility of imbalanced divisions, where an undefeated division champ is playing a division champ that has 2 or more losses, while a team in the other division with a better record sits at home.
Here's how I would set up the 3 permanent opponents for each school (tweaked slightly from the matchups for basketball):
Bama: Auburn, State, UT
Arkansas: Mizzou, A&M, LSU
Auburn: Bama UF, UGA
Florida: Auburn, UGA, USC
UGA: USC, UF, Auburn
Kentucky: Mizzou, UT, Vandy
LSU: A&M, Ole Miss, Arkansas
Ole Miss: State, LSU, Vandy
Miss. State: Ole Miss, Bama, USC
Missouri: Arkansas, A&M, UK
South Carolina: UGA, UF, MSU
Tenn: Vandy, UK, Bama
A&M: LSU, Arkansas, Mizzou
Vandy: UK, UT, Ole Miss
Posted on 12/11/18 at 8:47 pm to twk
Go to 16 teams with 4x4 pods, pair them up, & winners of paired pods go to the SECCG.
year 1: Pods AB winner vrs. Pods CD winner
year 2: Pods AC winner vrs. Pods BD winner
year 3: Pods AD winner vrs. Pods BC winner
BTW, you're using an old list (seen it several times on-line).
FWIW, UGA NEVER considers SC a rival/must play team.
year 1: Pods AB winner vrs. Pods CD winner
year 2: Pods AC winner vrs. Pods BD winner
year 3: Pods AD winner vrs. Pods BC winner
BTW, you're using an old list (seen it several times on-line).
FWIW, UGA NEVER considers SC a rival/must play team.
This post was edited on 12/11/18 at 9:07 pm
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