re: Division Realignment - A Common Sense Approach

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Wat? You really like this breakdown of divisions? Seriously?

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I do. Call them the Grits Division and the Coke Division instead of East and West and there is zero reason to change anything.

It's a geographical name problem, not an alignment problem.

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Big 6 doesnt mean shite at this point and is a relic of the past

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Not really.

LSU fans will do anything to avoid getting beat by Bama every year

Why are you trying to make someone else say that?? That is exactly what you are saying

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Seems like you're trying to come up with a division consisting of LSU and 6 also-rans.

Sorry bro, tDecline is real and you can't run from it.

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Do you even know how to make a logical, adult argument? Give me something other than conspiracies. I am one of the most level headed LSU posters on this site. This alignment is ridiculously absurd.

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Yeah, that sounds like a schedule LSU fans would like every year: take Alabama and Auburn away and add Vanderbilt and Missouri.
Confess, you really want Vandy and Kentucky, instead of Vandy and Missouri.
Then your pansy arse AD can keep the 8 game conference schedule, because he's afraid to play any more real teams than needed.

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Do you know how to legitimately argue/discuss as an adult or is this all you got? Argue the merits. We are the SEC. A conference. Not just six traditional teams.

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Why are you trying to make someone else say that?? That is exactly what you are saying

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If the basis of the argument is he does not want Alabama and Auburn (which he has made before) then so be it. I am not stating anything he has not stated before. Just get the argument on the table so it can be discussed. This alignment makes no sense unless (as has been mentioned) we are planning to expand and make some changes to scheduling format.

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I am a straightforward, point A to point B kind of person. And I see absolutely no logic in the current division alignment;

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For that matter, your division doesn't give a "true West to East breakdown", since Tuscaloosa is further west than Nashville...

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I had to make that concession to keep the Iron Bowl intact within the division.

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Your statements are contradictory.

You need an adult argument?

In your scenario, simply swap LSU with Alabama.

Forget geography, this is only for football and everyone only has four away games a year, which mostly the teams fly to.

Now tell me how you and your fellow LSU fans would accept it.

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Your statements are contradictory.

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No they are not. I do this for a living. You do not always get the perfect solution. So you look for a win-win for all involved. This is the closest I could get to geographic alignment and maintaining rivalry games (the greatest argument for keeping the current alignment). Trying to add common sense to where Missouri is and keep rivalries intact. To the best of my knowledge, there is not a tremendous rivalry between Tennessee and Vanderbilt and if there is they can be permanent cross division rivals.