re: I favor a 10-game SEC schedule. 5 permanent opponents and rotate the other 5 each year.

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When greed trumps common sense, you're destined for long-term failure.

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Silly thing to say considering money is why Texas reached out to join. Not common sense.

Common sense says Missouri Oklahoma and the Texas schools do not belong in the SOUTHEASTERN conference

We’ve got 16 teams.

16 game schedule.
Every team once.
Rival home and home.

So I did the work.. I think it works..

Alabama: Auburn Tennessee Miss State LSU South Carolina

Arkansas:Mizzou Texas AM Oklahoma Texas LSU

Auburn : Alabama Georgia Florida LSU Ole Miss

Florida: Georgia South Carolina Tennessee Auburn Kentucky

Georgia: Florida Auburn South Carolina Tennessee Kentucky

Kentucky: Tennessee Georgia Vanderbilt Florida Miss State

LSU: Ole Miss Texas AM Arkansas Alabama Auburn

Miss State: Ole Miss Alabama Vanderbilt Kentucky Oklahoma

Mizzou : Arkansas Oklahoma South Carolina Texas Texas AM

Oklahoma: Mizzou Texas Texas AM Arkansas Miss State

Ole Miss: Miss State LSU Vanderbilt Auburn Texas

South Carolina: Georgia Florida Mizzou Vanderbilt Alabama

Tennessee : Alabama Kentucky Vanderbilt Georgia Florida

Texas: Arkansas Oklahoma Texas AM Mizzou Ole Miss

Texas AM: Arkansas LSU Oklahoma Texas Mizzou

Vanderbilt: Tennessee Kentucky Ole Miss Miss State South Carolina

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I favor a 10-game SEC schedule. 5 permanent opponents and rotate the other 5 each year. by 3rddownonthe8
So I did the work.. I think it works

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Good work!

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ain’t saying they are all perfect , but this way makes it work.. LSU-UF, AU- LSU, and UF- UT. Are pretty close in length of rivalries and UF-UT is generally considered a bigger rivalry across the conference than UF- LSU

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That's just not true IMO. It's wrong IMO with respect to all three rivalries.

LSU Florida has been played 69 times and essentially every year since 1953.

LSU-Auburn became a rivalry in the early 90s (92). They have 59 games in their series. The Tubbs vs Saban and Miles games were great but not representative of the normal importance of the series.

I enjoy the Auburn game but they are no higher than the fourth (at best) most important historical opponent for LSU behind Florida, Alabama, and OM. Nothing personal RE: Arkansas and A&M because they are fine but they can still get fricked rather than substitute for any of the top three.

For me as a fan of LSU in the late 90s beating Spurrier's Florida juggernaut was the event that made my fandom so deep, Florida will always be my number one. Alabama is important when they are great. OM is traditional because of the 50s and 60s but Florida is what I care about above every other.

Auburn has Georgia and Alabama for their clear top two. Probably Florida is their #3 for older fans and maybe LSU for the fans who became fans in the early 00s.

The Florida Tennessee series has been played only 52 times and only consistently since 1990. It was especially interesting when Manning couldn't beat Spurrier but the series just isn't a top priority for any Florida or Tennessee fans you talk to about big rivals.

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Anyway, supposing the financial incentive was there for ten conference games I really like the five : three pod solution.

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Interesting. Anything is better than the disastrous 2024 plan.