re: In Favor Of Scrapping Permanent Cross Division Games?

No. Nine or even ten conference games. If you are in a conference, you should play the teams in the conference. If you are scared to play them, then get the hell out.

FWIW, I say no to the question not because of UA-ut but because of UGA-barn. Using an old Danny Ford triple negative; Auburn and UGA ain't never not played.

Auburn and UGA have played every year in which both fielded a football team ever since both started to play football. SEC doesn't need to frick that up.

There's just nothing there with A&M. Something definitely needs to change.

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You'd need a slight tweak of the NCAA rule on championship games, but they did it for the Big XII, so it would be no problem.

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You would need a huge tweak, and it ain't gonna happen. The NCAA still requires a round robin schedule with or without divisions, and it will be a cold day in hell before they change that stance.

NCAA told the Big 12, HELL NO! IMO, it was stupid of them to not go to divisions. At some point, they are going to have an undefeated team, and the Big 12, eliminated from the CFP because of a CG loss to a two loss team they would have already defeated in the round robin.

That's not my point.
Divisions gives 7 teams, I think, 5 common opponents, which makes ranking them easier. That leaves 2 teams from the other division on the schedule.

However, I know DSOR, WLOCP, TSIO, IB, Egg Bowl, TN/Vandy, etc. AREN'T going away. Therefore, UGA has 2 slots always taken, so does Ala., Aub., & Tn.. Fl., Vandy. & both Miss. used 1 slot.

So we have this:
4 with 6 openings
4 with 7 openings
6 with 8 openings


Give me a FAIR & BALANCED schedule format that everybody rotates evenly.

My point is there's a HIGH probability that of not having the same schedule as anybody else. So what are you comparing?

Say, Team A has Ky., Miss., MSU, Vandy, & Mizz...going 5-0..
Team B has UGA, Ala., Aub., Fl., & LSU... going 2-3. You're telling me that Team A should be ranked higher because of their record being better...despite the teams they played?
Also, I've given you 2 5 team schedules with NO common opponents.

My ultimate point is going division-less is more complex to sort/rank teams than with divisions who gives 7 teams 5 common opponents & 1 H2H.


& before somebody says "the NCAA tweaked their rules for B12", they also shouldn't have because everybody met each year.

Y'all do now talking the opposite that this game is basically an instant W for Ala..

You might have that skewed. Somebody could go 9-0 & make the cg. Say the next team is 8-1 (only losing to the 9-0 team). They also make the cg.
8-1 beats 9-0 making both 9-1 with loses to each other.

WHO gets chosen?

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You might have that skewed. Somebody could go 9-0 & make the cg. Say the next team is 8-1 (only losing to the 9-0 team). They also make the cg.
8-1 beats 9-0 making both 9-1 with loses to each other.

WHO gets chosen?

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Both go, and we say frick one of the other P5 conferences.

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Any ideas?

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No, your Idea is a good one....

I say we lose about four teams and go back to the way things were for decades.