re: Being Discussed.. New Divisions...

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Who the frick cares what happens over a 12 year period?

What happens annually is all that matters.

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So we should look at the structure in a vacuum? The fact that the structure would, over time, force every team in one division to play every other team in the other division an equal amount, is less fair than a system inherently skewed to have a team like LSU play UF every year while OM plays Vandy?

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The fact that the structure would, over time, force every team in one division to play every other team in the other division an equal amount, is less fair than a system inherently skewed to have a team like LSU play UF every year while OM plays Vandy?

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Yes. Because "over time" fairness is inconsequential in college sports.

The current system is more balanced than a 6-2 and more likely to lead to the best teams winning each division.

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Look at it again

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U should look at it again. What happens when Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee are all playing good ball at the same time? Meanwhile some chump in the west gets to breeze through the season and stroll into the GA dome.

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Are you arguing that LSU playing UF every year is unfair? When UA plays UT? And Auburn plays UGA?

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I don't much care for the "it's unfair" argument as a reason to end permanent rivalries, but it's pretty obvious that Tennessee and Georgia aren't, and likely won't be any time soon, in the same league with Florida. Florida is so far above and beyond Georgia and Tennessee, for a long, sustained period now, that to call them roughly equal is ridiculous.

I like playing Florida every year. If we have to keep playing a permanent opponent from the East, I absolutely want it to be Florida. And I don't really mind that they are the toughest team in the East and that that puts us at a disadvantage compared to Alabama and Auburn. It's good for our schedule strength and it puts us in the national spotlight every time we play them.

But let's call a spade a spade. It's inequitable. Whether that's a reason to change it is debatable. But whether it's inequitable isn't.

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I'm starting to think

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That day is a long way off, judging from your posts.

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Yes. Because "over time" fairness is inconsequential in college sports.

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Fine. Let's look at it annually. Annually, LSU's schedule is ALWAYS unfair compared to at least three teams in our own division. So EVERY year our schedule is unfair. Whereas, every year, the schedule would not be unfair for LSU if we had a 6-2 rotation.

Did people take stupid pills today?

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But let's call a spade a spade. It's inequitable. Whether that's a reason to change it is debatable. But whether it's inequitable isn't.

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Some Auburn fan isn't grasping this simple concept.

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it's inherently unfair that those teams are always paired with each other as they reside in the same conference as LSU

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Guess we shouldn't have joined a conference where two pairs of schools insist on playing each other every year?



Life isn't fair.

I get what Miles and Alleva are arguing. But they don't have the votes. It ain't gonna happen.

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Some Auburn fan isn't grasping this simple concept.

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Despite the fact that I have acknowledged it from the beginning?

Try to stick to the discussion or at least be accurate with ad hominems.

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Sure. But more balanced and fair than a 6-2 would be to several teams each year.

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How have you managed to convince yourself of this? I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall at this point because it's nothing short of remarkable that you don't understand this. I feel like I'm trying to teach a fourth grader how to add fractions.