re: If the SEC goes to the 3-6 scheduling option, which 3 permanent opponents should we face?

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but I'd prefer 8&4fit be cause they love to talk and have nothing to show for it.

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Entertaining Band to watch every other year as well.

No other College Marching Band is doing the "Military Drill" shows that 8$4fit is still doing either.

They're worth staying in your seat to watch. (Instead of going to the bathroom, compulsively stuffing your face with Aramark garbage, leaving early to beat the traffic or go back to the tailgate to feed your alcohol addiction......

Why not just have two 8 team divisions and only have inter division games (7) and keep the rest of each teams scheduling as it currently is. The SEC Championship game would still be the championship game.

Don't think they will go that route.

It either has to be strict geographic pods of four OR two divisions of eight each.

We have to be in one with Ark, OM and MsSt.

You then have:
Texas, TAM, OU, Mizzou
Bama, Aub, Tenn, Vandy
Fla, UGA, SoCar, Kent

Anything else just opens up too many questions IMO.

An argument could be made that Bama, Aub, UGA, Fla get lumped together, leaving SoCar, Tenn, Vandy and Kentucky but I don't see them doing that.


If they let TAM slip out from playing Texas every year that is the most pussy shite ever.

Easiest thing to do is make two eight team divisions with MS/AL being the dividing line

West
LSU
UT
TAM
OU
Ark
Ole
MS St
Mizzou

East
Bama
Aub
Tenn
Vandy
Kent
Uga
SoCar
Fla

It truly is remarkable how people who do this for a living can't seem to figure out the scheduling should be really, really easy.

SEC West: OU, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas
SEC South: A&M, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi St.
SEC Central: Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
SEC East: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky

If the league plays an 8 game schedule each team will play the other three teams in their division (3 games); each division will play another division on a yearly rotating basis (4) games; then you play one more game vs. a team from one of the other two divisions (either on a rotating basis or based upon conference division standings from the previous year---just like the NFL does).

The divisions would be balanced (as best as possible) The ONLY yearly "historic" rivalry that wouldn't be naturally preserved is Auburn v. Georgia. However, I bet if you ask Auburn fans who their most hated rival is 99.9% would say Alabama. If you asked Georgia fans the same question the overwhelming majority would say Florida. BOTH of those yearly games are preserved.

This isn't difficult!

I hear what you are saying, but any four team pod/division that doesn't include all the schools that are in the same state is complete bullshite in my opinion.

If Texas and TAM aren't in the same division it looks ridiculously weak for both of them, like they're hiding like cowards.

I get that a four team division of LSU, Ark, Ole, MSST lines up really well for us, but why fault us for having a great geographic location? frick, the whole conference is based on location to begin with.

That is really why I think they just two an East/West division and we then rotate 1 or 2 teams from the East every season.

LSU, OU, Texas, TAM, Ark, OM, MsSt, Mizzou
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Bama, UGA, Fla, Aub, Tenn, Kent, SoCar, Vandy

That 8 v 8 seems pretty reasonable to me.

I hope the drop the permanent crap.

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Good. Needs to be split north and south.

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There will be no more divisions. Top 2 SEC records will make it to the SECCG.

Since things have a way of balancing out I think they should make it geographically. Everything else is bias based for some reason.

I'm pondering who will be the final weekend opponent for each team...

4 schools play ACC teams:
Georgia - GT
SC - Clemson
Kentucky - Louisville
Florida - Florida St.

A couple others are obvious:
Vandy - Tennessee
Alabama - Auburn
Ole Miss - Miss State

This leaves
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
A&M
LSU

Honestly, Texas - Texas A&M should be the final game.

If you place Arky - Missouri there as well, it leaves an issue: LSU and Oklahoma do not have a permanent rival to play on the last weekend.

The solution would be for the last 6 to be paired as:

LSU - Texas A&M
Texas - Arkansas
Oklahoma - Missouri

Which would also open the door for OU and Missouri to resume playing OSU and Kansas, as they should.

Thoughts?