Appears the SEC is definitely headed toward the 3-6 format

Good. 1-8 was a terrible idea

ETA: or 1-7... any schedule that does not protect SEC tradition which extends well beyond Alabama-Tennessee and Auburn-Georgia

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Bama gonna try and claim Arkansas, MSU and Kentucky as protected rivalries.

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You’d like getting out of the Iron Bowl every year, wouldn’t you?

CAYTS want Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and South Carolina.

I think SC gets UGA, Kentucky, and eithrr Florida or Mizzou.

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UF will get screwed and get UGA, LSU those two locked and one other better team like aTm.

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I don't think so. I think UF gets UGA SEC not breaking this game up), South Car and possibly Aub or UT
Bama is gonna get Aub, TENN AND State
I think LSU gets Arkie, A&M, Ole miss (another game the SEC isn't breaking up).
Tenn will be with Vandy, UK and Bama

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So, does this mean pods then. People talking about permanent rivalries in their own division doesn't make sense- they would have to play everyone in own division every year.

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No not pods at all. In a 16 team league, everyone has 3 Permanents. So as Touchdown Tony suggested, lets assume for LSU it is the following

LSU: Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Arkansas.

In Year 1 and 2, LSU plays those 3 plus 6 of the other 12 teams (Auburn, South Carolina, Florida, Miss. State, Texas, UGA). In Year 3 and 4 LSU plays (Bama, TENN, OU, UK, Vandy and Mizzou).

In a 3-6 format, all the traditional rival games can be maintained, which is one of the schedule points of emphasis that Sankey talked about and also having all the 16 teams play each other more frequently which this format does as well.

So Bama would get: TENN/Auburn and say Miss. State. The 2 traditional rival games are maintained

Auburn gets UGA and Bama, those 2 games are maintained

Texas gets OU and Texas A&M

Ole Miss will get LSU and Miss. State.

UGA gets both Auburn and Florida.

Florida would get UGA and maybe TENN as a secondary rival game