re: If you had control, how would you set up the new 4 pod SEC adding UT and OU?

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I agree, but that's not going to happen.

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you don't know that...

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That means LSU/Alabama, Florida/Tennessee, Auburn/Georgia all won't be played annually anymore. It's just not going to happen. Those are huge TV games.

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You can still have huge games without permanent opponents and it lessens the chances that two facing each other twice in one season for the conference title...

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There is no way the SEC should ever have a North division.

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Completely agree. SEC North sounds dumb. Even blasphemous.

I’d prefer East, West, South, Mid (or Central) if sticking to directions.

All of you listing Tennessee (and/or Auburn) in any pool other than Bama’s are just wasting your time.

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Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky
Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vandy
LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Miss St.
A&M, Texas, Oklahoma, Mizzou

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This would give LSU the easiest pod by far.
Would be great for the Tigers but would throw the balance off and the other big players in the league will not allow it.

We are more likely to get a pod that has Bama, Vandy, Kentucky and Miss State than we are to get that LSU pod.

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IMO Bama should get to keep either Auburn or Tenn... not both, just because.

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No more permanent out of division/pod games. You've killed tradition once you've invited A&M, TU, OU, and Mizzou to join.

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Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky
Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vandy
LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Miss St.
A&M, Texas, Oklahoma, Mizzou

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The only problem with those PODS relates to the UGA/Auburn game. That is the oldest game in the history of Southern Football. Not sure how UGA and Auburn are going to react to that.

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This breakdown would create two top heavy pods. But keep all the rivalries intact aside from Bama/Tennessee, but that rivalry hasn't been relevant in 20 years.

West:
LSU
A&M
UT
OU

South:
Ole Miss
MS State
Arkansas
Mizzou

East:
Bama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia

North:
Vandy
Tenn
UK
SC

North and South would be weaker pods, but gives those schools better chance at winning league games. Play each team in your pod and rotate 2 from each other pod.

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Ok, but your POD format does solve the problem and now TENN and Alabama don't play every year.

Now that is not something to us, but for those 2 fan bases it is.

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All of you listing Tennessee (and/or Auburn) in any pool other than Bama’s are just wasting your time.

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I agree, and I actually understand. The older I get, I think some Traditions of the SEC should remain. TENN and Bama want to play, Bama and Auburn are going to play, Auburn in this POD gets the TENN game back, which use to be part of what there older fans use to call "Amen Corner", a node to the Masters 11, 12 and 13, when they played Florida, TENN, UGA and Bama.

IF Tulane never left the SEC, LSU fans would not want that game to go away. Back in the day, LSU and Tulane fans would meet at some bar in Uptown New Orleans and the winning team's fans would sit in carts or wheel barrows and the loosing team fans would push them bar to bar and buy them drinks, etc.

Growing up on North Shore, I remember watching this on New Orleans TV stations who would show it during the sports time. I am thinking back to the days of the late Hap Glaudi and Buddy D, etc.

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I would keep it East and West Divisions. No permanent cross rivals. Rotate two new cross divisional opponents every year in order to play every team on the other side once every 4 yrs and visit their stadiums once every 8 yrs.

East
Florida
Georgia
S. Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Alabama

West
LSU
Ole Miss
Miss State
Arkansas
Missouri
A&M
Texas
Oklahoma

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Well 100% disagree, LSU is not in a division with only 2 charter members of the SEC. Teams like Florida, Auburn, Alabama who we have a long history with, UK as well, although don't play them as much in the last 15 years, are now teams we see twice every 5 years.


Your way is better than a 7, 1 permanent cross over and 1 rotation team, etc.

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Then the logical thing would be to put Bama, Tenn, Aub and UGA in the same pod. Tell them if they just have to play every year, then that’s the deal. But we know that won’t happen.

I fully expect the SEC to gak this up instead of acting in the conference’s best interests.

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Ok, but look at what your POD looks like. Florida and UGA, which I would argue other than Bama/Auburn and UGA/Auburn is the 3rd most historical important rivalry in the SEC can't be played. That is not going to happen either.