re: 3+6 format

I would hate an alignment that didn't have LSU & Florida playing every year. We really hate them.

Bama - Auburn, TN, MS St
Arkansas - TX, A&M, Mizzou
Auburn - Bama, Georgia, MS St
Florida - Georgia, LSU, S Carolina
Georgia - Florida, Auburn, S Carolina
Kentucky - TN, LSU, Vandy
LSU - Ole Miss, Kentucky, Florida
Miss St - Bama, Ole Miss, Auburn
Mizzou - Arkansas, Oklahoma, S Carolina
Oklahoma - TX, A&M, Mizzou
Ole Miss - Miss St, LSU, Vandy
S Carolina - Florida, Georgia, Mizzou
TN - Bama, Vandy, Kentucky
TX- A&M, Oklahoma, Arkansas
A&M - TX, Arkansas, Oklahoma
Vandy - TN, Ole Miss, Kentucky

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Maintaining rivals is very important with a 6-3 schedule. But we must have balance.

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Indeed.

Let’s just call it like it is. There’s teams that are traditional powers, and some that are good teams, but not great.

Getting schedules that don’t give teams 3 traditional powers is tougher than it looks unless you just ignore distance which I’m not a fan of.

But it’s a nice way to pass a day before we get back down to business on Saturday.

Alabama - Auburn, Mississippi St, Tennessee
Arkansas - Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M
Auburn - Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi St
Florida - Georgia, LSU, South Carolina
Georgia - Auburn, Florida, South Carolina
Kentucky - LSU, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
LSU - Florida, Kentucky, Texas A&M
Mississippi St - Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss
Missouri - Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina
Oklahoma - Missouri, Ole Miss, Texas
Ole Miss - Mississippi St, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
South Carolina - Florida, Georgia, Missouri
Tennessee - Alabama, Kentucky, Vanderbilt
Texas - Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M
Texas A&M - Arkansas, LSU, Texas
Vanderbilt - Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee

Doesn't just throw all the ex-SWC/Big8/Big12 schools together. Only weird matchup is Oklahoma vs. Ole Miss. But tough not to have at least one that doesn't feel forced.

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Do you even Bama? No chance we willingly let TSIO go.

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Odds are extremely good I’ve been one longer than you.

I don’t see a way to keep both LSU and the stinking Vols as permanent rivals in a 3+6 format.

Of the two I’ll take LSU 10/10. Would give us 2 rivals we don’t like but respect. Not to mention the LSU games have been some of the best games any of us have seen.

The stinking Vols are worthy of nothing but contempt.

You do know we are going to become 1 division. So the pod thing is just a thought.

Bama- Auburn, LSU, Tennessee
Auburn- Bama, UGA, LSU
Arkansas- State, Texas, USC
Florida- LSU, UGA, Tennessee
UGA- Auburn, Florida, USC
Kentucky- OM, State, Vandy
LSU- Bama, Auburn, Florida
Oklahoma- Mizzou, Texas, A&M
OM- Kentucky, State, Vandy
State- Arkansas, Kentucky, OM
Mizzou- Oklahoma, USC, A&M
USC- Arkansas, UGA, Mizzou
Tennessee- Bama, Florida, Vandy
Texas- Arkansas, Oklahoma, A&M
A&M- Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas
Vandy- Tennesse, Kentucky, OM

They will match them up like they did in 92. True Rivals then money. They will have the games with most closely matched programs on as permanent rivals for closer games.

I think Tennessee and Oklahoma would pair pretty good . We owe them a arse whooping or 2 lol.

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I don’t see a way to keep both LSU and the stinking Vols as permanent rivals in a 3+6 format.

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LSU is not a rival. Tenner has been our biggest rival for a long time.

It should be UTk, Auburn, and Miss St.

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For some reason, you all want to have LSU play A&M. A&M is not our rival

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I did. When you’re looking at all the teams things start shuffling. Especially once you get down to 3rd permanents. When I got to that point, looked like a pretty good pairing I thought.

I’ll admit I think the trophy for the LSU/Arkansas is one of the better ones, so I had it over Ole Miss. fully, freely admit I’m not an LSU fan and didn’t rank your rivalries as 1/2/etc. You think Ole Miss is a more important one so shuffling things a bit to make that one work is doable, probably take 8 or so games rearranging.

I think you get the why of doing this. We’re going to have to look at not only what has been important, but what we may have to be willing to change going forward.l if this is the format they go with.

I think keeping the Bama/LSU game on a yearly basis outweighs just about everything else.