re: Jimbo let it slip SEC is leaning towards 3 permenant rivals.

it wouldn't be hard to be better than that

you are ate up with the dumbass as usual

Would the one team from the other pod change out upon a full rotation?

So for instance when it comes time for central pod to come back around instead of it being AL it would be Tennessee?

Notice the following advantages:
1. every team would have three permanent opponents they would play every year
2. Every year the SEC still has two divisions so there can be two clear representatives in the conference championship game
3. On top of the three permanent opponents each program would have three teams they play two thirds of the time (4 of every 6 years)

Those opponents could be as follows:

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

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Would the one team from the other pod change out upon a full rotation?

So for instance when it comes time for central pod to come back around instead of it being AL it would be Tennessee?

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No. The semi permanent out of pod opponents are intended to balance schedule difficulty and retain more of the rivalry type games. If you are Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma etc you need to have those schools to balance out the Vanderbilt, MSU, and Missouri from your pods (and the fact you can't play yourself).

They do a decent job of retaining more games like Arkansas vs Ole Miss and LSU vs Florida as a kicker

Interesting.

So, that’s the cost of in state rivals.
UK and USC have the same situation.

Most of y’all are forgetting the competitive balance premise
8 tier 1 teams
8 tier 2 teams

Sorry for calling them tiers, can’t come up with another word just yet

Tier 1 teams get 2 tier 1 and 1 tier 2
Tier 2 teams get 2 tier 2 and 1 tier 1

The top 6 are easy to decide as are the bottom 6. The middle 4 would make an interesting debate.

I’m doing a grid that will use this premise and will post later

It wasn’t LSU choice to play rkansas thanksgiving weekend and it wasn’t LSU to play bonfire Aggie that weekend when they joined. In both instances it was mandated by sec office

Ok? Your point?

I am sure Tulane is ready for ya anytime you wanna pick up the phone.