re: I don’t like the projected scheduling.

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Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Tennessee should be permanent opponents

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easy solution if it is that important to you

Schedule the teams that you don’t play each year OOC in the years they aren’t on your schedule.

If you don’t like that idea, then the game isn’t as important as you say that it is..

I suspect the problem with this idea is getting Kentucky to agree to it when they already have Louisville on the schedule each year.

Bottom line: there is an avenue to play the game if it is important to both teams

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easy solution if it is that important to you

Schedule the teams that you don’t play each year OOC in the years they aren’t on your schedule.

If you don’t like that idea, then the game isn’t as important as you say that it is..

I suspect the problem with this idea is getting Kentucky to agree to it when they already have Louisville on the schedule each year.

Bottom line: there is an avenue to play the game if it is important to both teams

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ehhh, Utjr is coming in trying to make their rules already

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Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Tennessee should be permanent opponents. But I am seeing some formats with neither Vandy or Tennessee playing an annual game with Kentucky. I know the argument, but screw it.

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And why are you still in the SEC? You are the proverbial patsy to whoever gets the privilege to load up on Vandy every year.

I give no fricks who we play. Not gonna go 12-0 anyway

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Florida

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This doesn’t have the sting as the 90s and mid 2000s

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UGA and AU are the two most played SEC teams for SC.

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Carolina has played Auburn a grand total of 14 games - 10 in the SEC. we have almost twice the history with Arkansas since 1992.

75 - Georgia
43 - Florida
41 - Tennessee
34 - Kentucky
32 - Vanderbilt
24 - Arkansas
22 - Louisiana St
17 - Ole Miss
16 - Alabama, Mississippi St
14 - Auburn
13 - Missouri
9 -- Texas A&M

nobody around Gamecock football is expecting any favors to Carolina when the scheduling is announced. USC & Arkansas have regularly been pushed aside since 1992. aTm & Missouri more so since 2012. the way the news of UT-Austin joining broke at SEC football media days showed us all that much.

if the 3/6 model is adopted - B'ham will bend over for whatever ESPN wants as the 3 perms for ratings alone.

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madmaxvol

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You will get hate but your post is accurate

1st permanent
Texas vs Oklahoma
Alabama vs Auburn
Arkansas vs Missouri
Florida vs Georgia
Tennessee vs Vanderbilt
LSU vs Texas A&M
Kentucky vs South Carolina
Ole Miss vs Mississippi State
* I don’t think anyone argues any of these.

2nd permanent
Alabama vs Tennessee
Georgia vs Auburn
Texas vs Arkansas
Oklahoma vs Missouri
* I don’t think anyone argues any of these.

So that leaves these 8 teams.

LSU
Florida
Texas A&M
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Kentucky
South Carolina
Vanderbilt

So how do you arrange these 8 teams so that all matchups make sense?

OPTION 1
LSU vs Ole Miss
Florida vs South Carolina
Miss State vs Texas A&M
Vanderbilt vs Kentucky

This is the best option imo.

OPTION 2
LSU vs Florida
Texas A&M vs South Carolina
Ole Miss vs Vanderbilt
Miss State vs Kentucky

This option makes a lot of sense, but if you go this route, then you couldn’t have LSU play Alabama in the 3rd round as LSU would have a very unbalanced schedule.

OTHER OPTIONS
Some hybrid of those 2. Let’s see what you come up with..

Does anyone agree or disagree with this thought process?

Not sure but I think to make things work they were going to give us a permanent game with Oklahoma instead of someone like Tennessee.

If you choose Option 1 above for the 2nd Perm..

Perm 3
Texas vs Texas A&M
Alabama vs LSU
Auburn vs Vanderbilt *
Georgia vs Kentucky *
Florida vs Oklahoma *

* have to be played to follow the 2/1 rule for balancing purposes

That leaves these teams..

Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
Ole Miss
Miss State
South Carolna

Option 1
Tennessee vs Kentucky
Arkansas vs Ole Miss
Miss State vs Missouri

There isn’t a perfect way to arrange these 6 teams unless you break the 2/1 rule.

Option 2 - Break the 2/1 Rule
Texas vs A&M
Alabama vs LSU
Georgia vs SC
Tennessee vs Kentucky
Oklahoma vs Florida
Missouri vs Vanderbilt
Arkansas vs Miss State
Auburn vs Ole Miss

I am going with Option 2 with these perms

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Alabama > Auburn, LSU + Tennessee
Auburn > Alabama, Georgia + Ole Miss
Georgia > Florida, Auburn + SC
Florida > Georgia, Oklahoma + SC
Texas > Oklahoma, A&M + Arkansas
Oklahoma > Texas, Florida + Missouri
LSU > A&M, Alabama + Ole Miss
A&M > LSU, Texas + Miss State

Arkansas > Missouri, Miss State + Texas
Missouri > Arkansas, Vanderbilt + OU
Ole Miss > MIss State + LSU + Auburn
Miss State > Ole Miss, Arkansas + A&M
Tennessee > Vanderbilt, Kentucky + Alabama
Vanderbilt > TN, Kentucky, Missouri
Kentucky > SC, Vanderbilt, Tennessee
SC > Kentucky + Georgia + Florida

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So SC & Ole Miss get two teams from the top and Kentucky & Vanderbilt get no teams from the top.

Before you think that is crazy or unfair..

Kentucky Schedule
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
South Carolina

Alabama or Auburn
Florida or Georgia
Texas or Oklahoma
LSU or Texas A&M
Arkansas or Missouri
Ole Miss or Miss State

That schedule is still hard as shite.

So who isn’t happy with those perms?