re: Andy Staples talking about doing away with divisions, again

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I mean it sounds great; but I reserve judgment until I see which 3 permanents we draw!!

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As would everybody. I took a stab at this, starting with the 3 permanent rivals in basketball (which basically uses this scheme) and here's what I came up with:

Bama: Auburn, State, UT
Arkansas: Mizzou, A&M, LSU
Auburn: Bama UF, UGA
Florida: Auburn, UGA, USC
UGA: USC, UF, Auburn
Kentucky: Mizzou, UT, MSU
LSU: A&M, Ole Miss, Arkansas
Ole Miss: State, LSU, Vandy
Miss. State: Ole Miss, Bama, UK
Missouri: Arkansas, A&M, UK
South Carolina: UGA, UF, Vandy
Tenn: Vandy, UK, Bama
A&M: LSU, Arkansas, Mizzou
Vandy: UT, Ole Miss, USC

I know, it's not perfectly balanced, and Auburn's is flat out ridiculous, but they've been asking to play their historic rivals, so there it is. If you do that, then use computers to balance out the rotating portion of the schedule, you should be able to minimize the remote chance of more than 2 teams going undefeated.