re: Finebaum took up the "Auburn to the East" thing again today.

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Move Auburn to the East, Missouri to the west

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No.

It's unorthodox but I like the roommate switch idea, or the one that was an offshoot of that posted a few pages back. Essentially you have 3 permanent opponents (ours would be UF/AU/SC) and then it's just a rotation of everybody else. I would miss playing UT/UK/VU every year just since I'm used to them being on our schedule year in and year out, but it would be nice not to have to wait 12 years after aTm joined the conference to make a trip out there too.

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Unfortunately for the rest of the pee-on SEC programs, Alabama and Tennessee built this shite on our own backs.

So we will and absolutely should continue to get whatever we want.

You're welcome for the relevance the rest of your programs benefit from.

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The funny part is you actually believe this.

Mizzou is just as far from Texas AM as FLA.

As it is now Mizzou borders 4 annual opponents.

Stop listening to Finebaum.

I dont see any real reason to flip them. You do that then you're looking at Mizzou-Kentucky or Mizzou-Tennessee as the permanent game. Kentucky-Mississsippi State is fine and Tennessee-Bama doesn't need to change. Auburn would gain Florida and Tennessee annually but lose LSU and Ole Miss. Just seems like this would create a lot of unnecessary hassle. Mizzou-A&M at least makes sense, Carolina-Arkansas was just forced.

Yes, thanks.
I'm tired of the SEC being scared to play more conference games.
I'd much rather play a Missouri or a South Carolina than a Chattanooga or Towson.

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3down10
Finebaum took up the "Auburn to the East" thing again today.

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Move Vandy and Missouri west and Alabama and Auburn east. It solves all problems and allows to continue with a permanent cross division game.
The new cross division games should then be....
Ole Miss vs Georgia
Vanderbilt vs Tennessee
Missouri vs South Carolina
Texas A&M vs Alabama
Arkansas vs Auburn



Not bad, but I think the exact opposite is needed even though I like what you are trying to accomplish.

To start, there is no reason to even have a east and west division. The recent NCAA rule changes regarding conference championships removed the rule that forced east and west divisions. We don't have to have them.

So, what we do instead of getting rid of the permanent rivalry games is we only have like 2 of them per team. Alabama would play Tennessee and Auburn every year. Auburn would play Alabama and Georgia every year. I guess Georgia would play Auburn and Florida. etc. If 3 is needed, then so be it.

All the other games rotate. And with all those games rotating, we will play every SEC team in the country every 2 or 3 years.

Take the 2 teams with the best records, use the normal common sense tie breakers, and in the event of a 3 way tie take the highest 2 that are ranked in the CFP committees weekly ranking.

Or, can just get rid of the rival games to and just rotate all 8 games. That would be fine with me. But I figure keeping the few rivalry games every year will appease the traditionalists.

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Sounds good in theory, but Les will STILL find something to b**** about with it!

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Dawg in Beaumont
Finebaum took up the "Auburn to the East" thing again today.
The answer is 9 conference games.

A 14 team conference with 8 league games will never fit properly.

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I'm still surprised the SEC didn't plan for that when adding more teams. HOW do you INCREASE the conference, but NOT conference games?

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SFVtiger
Finebaum took up the "Auburn to the East" thing again today.
do away w/ cross division rivalries and keep the 8 game schedule. if Ala/Tn and/or Ga/Fla or anybody else's present cross divisional rivals want to play each other every year, doesn't count as an SEC game when not on the regular rotation.

at least the rotation is not held up by those who are not interested in a permanent cross division rival.

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That is the DUMBEST thing anybody has suggested. WHY THE F*** would we play an SEC game & NOT have it count?

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Lonnie Utah
Finebaum took up the "Auburn to the East" thing again today.

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If you did this, the only team in the western division who has won an SEC title over the past 50 years would be LSU. That is so much worse than the imbalance now its absurd.



And my retort is "So what?" Why do historical championships matter in MODERN DAY college football? Does UGA's 1980 national championship have any bearing on college football today? Not really. What really needs to be looked at is where the balance of power might lay in the future an try to equalize that.

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& we were to expect Miss. & MSU to be such a dominant force like they did recently? HOW would you prepare that or just think of them being the lower part of SEC fb?

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Keltic Tiger
Finebaum took up the "Auburn to the East" thing again today.
Re the 9 game schedule. Add to that the SECCG & that means that that year's 2 best teams would be playing a 10 game SEC season. Mix in the one obligatory above average OOC game each year & the chances of an SEC team winning the NC gets smaller & smaller. But as for tradition: as I am reading this, the league's scheduling mess is what it is, and all concerned agree that it is a mess, because of 4 out of the league's 14 teams. To me, insuring that no team/s has a competitive edge far outweighs tradition, especially in this day & age when traditional games are ending across the country.

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WRONG! The "mess" as you put it is Les's complaints that he has to play UF more than UGA & UT. Well, Les, Alabama has to play UT more than UGA & UF. Oh wait, Aub. has to play UGA more than UT & UF. *SMH* WHAT are we going to do?

BTW, FWIW, ONLY LSU is the complainer of those 6 teams.