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re: if 16 are teams are inevitable
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:26 am to Shawn Spencer
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:26 am to Shawn Spencer
because thats when the conference got good
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Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:28 am to Shawn Spencer
I see the point that the north looks week right now but Tennesse will be back and Arkansas will not stay down more than a couple of seasons
Mizzou will ajust to SEC life and Kentucky will dominate basketball
all in all this is like Fox news (fair and Balanced)
also each division has charter members
Mizzou will ajust to SEC life and Kentucky will dominate basketball
all in all this is like Fox news (fair and Balanced)
also each division has charter members
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:29 am to LSUNV
quote:Because if you do that, you are effectively two conferences, not one. A pod system, wherein the two divisions for round robin play (required by NCAA rules in order to stage a conference championship) are not fixed, but rotate, would allow everyone in the conference to play every other school home and away over a reasonable time period. You could still probably protect UT-Bama and UGA-Auburn if that was desired, without screwing things up too much, but, otherwise, you need to rotate so that there is a sense of cohesion and familiarity.
Why would they break up into pods, more than likely they would just do away with cross divisional games and keep the current format
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:31 am to TheCheshireHog
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quote:I can't stand when posters think the last ten years is the total of CFB history!
Or in that posters case, just the last year makes up CFB history.
Well we have MNC's in 1919, 1927 and 1939... a heisman in 1957, plus bear bryant and the junction boys as history. Rich enough for you?
This post was edited on 3/29/13 at 10:32 am
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:33 am to Hogules68
SEC WEST
A&M
Mizzou
Ark
LSU
SEC CENTRAL
Ole Miss
MSU
Bama
AUB
SEC NORTH
Vandy
Tennessee
Kentucky
Va Tech
SEC EAST
Florida
Georgia
S Carolina
N Carolina
just my .02 as I think Va Tech would strengthen the North a little over Mizzou.
East looks the strongest followed by the West and Central with the North still being the weakest, but a little less weak.
A&M
Mizzou
Ark
LSU
SEC CENTRAL
Ole Miss
MSU
Bama
AUB
SEC NORTH
Vandy
Tennessee
Kentucky
Va Tech
SEC EAST
Florida
Georgia
S Carolina
N Carolina
just my .02 as I think Va Tech would strengthen the North a little over Mizzou.
East looks the strongest followed by the West and Central with the North still being the weakest, but a little less weak.
This post was edited on 3/29/13 at 10:37 am
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:33 am to AgroAmerican
I was agreeing with you that the State poster was being shortsighted.
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:34 am to bigDgator
That's probably the best breakdown.
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:35 am to TheCheshireHog
My bag. Wow did I overreact 
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:38 am to bigDgator
Your SEC North is too weak. It would be a contest between Va Tech and Tennessee every year for division champ.
The other conferences most years would be
Lsu v A&M (with Arky contending occasionally)
Florida v Georgia v USC
Bama v Auburn
North just seems like a weak competition compared to the others.
The other conferences most years would be
Lsu v A&M (with Arky contending occasionally)
Florida v Georgia v USC
Bama v Auburn
North just seems like a weak competition compared to the others.
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:39 am to Hogules68
Can we stop with the pod bs?
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:40 am to Hogules68
Rank the teams, therefore rank the divisions.
My take:
Inverse scoring (Lower is better)
SEC North: 41
SEC Gulf: 34
SEC Central: 32
SEC East: 29
I know I will get flamed for having LSU so high and Tenn so low, but that's the way I predict it will play out longterm.
And my conclusion is North is pretty weak.
My take:
quote:
SECNORTH
Kentucky 15
Tennessee 5
Arkansas 8
Missouri 13
SECGULF
Texas AM 7
LSU 3
Ole Miss 10
MissSt 14
SECentral
Alabama 1
Auburn 6
Vanderbilt 16
South Carolina 9
SECEast
Florida 2
Georgia 4
North Carolina 12
Virginia Tech 11
Inverse scoring (Lower is better)
SEC North: 41
SEC Gulf: 34
SEC Central: 32
SEC East: 29
I know I will get flamed for having LSU so high and Tenn so low, but that's the way I predict it will play out longterm.
And my conclusion is North is pretty weak.
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:40 am to Hogules68
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Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas Missouri
Cakewalk!
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:40 am to jbond
Then fix it....
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:40 am to USMC Gators
its going to be pods no matter what
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:40 am to USMC Gators
quote:
Can we stop with the pod bs?
I don't see it either
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:43 am to USMC Gators
yeah then im sure you want to play every team each 8 years
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:45 am to Ray Zorback
How's the 8 game schedule work w/ the pods?
Play the 3 other teams annually, then rotate pod v pod, and for the 8th game match up teams from other 2 pods based on previous season record or traditional rivalry?
Play the 3 other teams annually, then rotate pod v pod, and for the 8th game match up teams from other 2 pods based on previous season record or traditional rivalry?
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:46 am to bigDgator
This alignment also makes to most geographic sense which is important so that the average fan can keep up with who is in which pod. That is one of the issues that the ACC currently has. No one outside of the ACC knows who is in which division. Plus keep them geographically together help facilitate more fan travel in between the schools, which helps foster more interest in the games.
And for the question of why use pods instead of 2 permanent divisions, you use pods so that the teams play each other at least every 3 years. Even if you do away with cross divisional rivals, you still wouldn't play every team in the other division that often.
And for the question of why use pods instead of 2 permanent divisions, you use pods so that the teams play each other at least every 3 years. Even if you do away with cross divisional rivals, you still wouldn't play every team in the other division that often.
Posted on 3/29/13 at 10:47 am to CtotheVrzrbck
all the teams from your pod and then a rivalry game then rotate to play each pod
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