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re: Jimbo let it slip SEC is leaning towards 3 permenant rivals.
Posted on 7/23/22 at 7:04 am to molsusports
Posted on 7/23/22 at 7:04 am to molsusports
Okay...keep these games annual in your format:
UGA/Fl.
UGA/Aub.
Ala./Tn.
Ala./Aub.
Tn./Vandy
Miss./MSU
TA&M/Tex.
Ok./Tex.
I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
UGA/Fl.
UGA/Aub.
Ala./Tn.
Ala./Aub.
Tn./Vandy
Miss./MSU
TA&M/Tex.
Ok./Tex.
I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
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Posted on 7/23/22 at 7:06 am to molsusports
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And to demonstrate further:
Similarly Alabama year 3&4
LSU
A&M
Ole Miss
MSU
Tennessee
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Oklahoma
WHERE's the Iron Bowl?
Posted on 7/23/22 at 9:54 am to Rhino5
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I’d like Auburn to have Alabama, UGA, and Florida.
My preference as well. Really miss the UF game every year.
Posted on 7/23/22 at 9:59 am to molsusports
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From my perspective that means games against Alabama, Florida, and Auburn more than a holiday playing Arkansas and A&M.
Well the first 3 are founding sec members and compete for championships. Aggy and r kansas do not
Posted on 7/23/22 at 10:02 am to JayAg
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LSU refused to play that day bc they didn’t want to do thanksgivings
Well the fix is simple. Play texas on thanksgiving. Win win.
Posted on 7/23/22 at 11:16 am to I am a username
That would be best for the other posters idea if bedlam disappears
Posted on 7/23/22 at 1:36 pm to southernboisb
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Similarly Alabama year 3&4
LSU
A&M
Ole Miss
MSU
Tennessee
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Oklahoma
WHERE's the Iron Bowl?
Only played in four of every six years if you are limited to eight conference games.
However, if the SEC went with a nine game conference schedule every team would have six permanent opponents (and Alabama would still play Auburn every year).
In the compromise solution that limits the SEC regular season to only eight games (such as the 3-3-1 I described before) the down side is the reduction of some great rivalry games.
FWIW my favorite solution is probably the 6-3 solution instead of the 3-3-1 or the 3-6 solution. With the 6-3 solution every school plays a nine game schedule with six permanent opponents and you rotate pods (reshuffle divisions) after every home and away is completed. If people wanted the maximum rivalry games you get more of those with the nine game schedule and six fixed opponents as detailed below:
SW Pod
LSU: Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida
A&M; Texas, Tennessee, Georgia
OM: Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Auburn
MSU: Missouri, Kentucky, South Carolina
NW Pod:
Oklahoma: Alabama, Georgia, LSU
Texas: Tennessee, Florida, A&M
Arkansas: Kentucky, Auburn, Ole Miss
Missouri: Vanderbilt, South Carolina, MSU
Central Pod:
Alabama: Auburn, LSU, Oklahoma
Tennessee: Georgia, A&M, Texas
Kentucky: Florida, MSU, Arkansas
Vanderbilt: South Carolina, Ole Miss, Missouri
SE Pod:
Georgia: A&M, Oklahoma, Tennessee
Florida: LSU, Texas, Kentucky
Auburn: Ole Miss, Arkansas, Alabama
USC: MSU, Missouri, Vanderbilt
Posted on 7/23/22 at 2:19 pm to molsusports
Texas? 
Give me Auburn, LSU, and Vols.
Give me Auburn, LSU, and Vols.
Posted on 7/23/22 at 2:34 pm to AubieinNC2009
This wouldn’t be the first time he’s done this. Before A&M went to UGA in 2019, he mentioned that the league was already considering and 3 permanent opponent system. This has been in the works well before UT and OU came.
This post was edited on 7/23/22 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 7/23/22 at 2:45 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Florida would play LSU, Georgia, and Auburn every year in that scenario. If you gave Florida Tennessee instead of Kentucky (and the reverse for Georgia) that would also be doable.
RE: the NW pod? Florida (and Georgia) has to be paired with either Texas or Oklahoma.
That's the shite sandwich part of adding in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, South Carolina, A&M, & Arkansas over the last few decades. The original SEC schools wanted the money but now they have to play them at the expense of playing the more traditional opponents.
Balancing the power schools (aligning Missouri and USC and power programs against each other) also turns out to be important to balance the schedule. As things stand with a 3-3-1 the USC, Vanderbilt, MSU, and Missouri programs on average play more of the Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Georgia programs than the elite programs.
RE: the NW pod? Florida (and Georgia) has to be paired with either Texas or Oklahoma.
That's the shite sandwich part of adding in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, South Carolina, A&M, & Arkansas over the last few decades. The original SEC schools wanted the money but now they have to play them at the expense of playing the more traditional opponents.
Balancing the power schools (aligning Missouri and USC and power programs against each other) also turns out to be important to balance the schedule. As things stand with a 3-3-1 the USC, Vanderbilt, MSU, and Missouri programs on average play more of the Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Georgia programs than the elite programs.
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