re: permanent cross-divisional sec games

I wish we played Georgia more. But...I, like so many LSU fans, hate Florida with every fiber of my being. It makes for good football when it’s an actual rivalry and not just another game.

The good news is that, with an intra-divisional game to cross-divisional game ratio of 3:1 (formerly 5:3) and not much parity, cross-division games rarely affect who plays in the SEC CG. In fact, no cross-division game has mattered at all in that regard since 2011 when South Carolina won the East's internal round robin but still lost the division to Georgia. That was the most recent of only six instances thus far. Here are all six:

Year - Team that played in the CG (team that would have played in the CG if cross-division games didn't count)

1992 - Florida (Tennessee)
1993 - Alabama (LSU)
1995 - Arkansas (LSU)
2002 - Georgia (Florida)
2007 - Tennessee (Florida)
2011 - Georgia (South Carolina)

If you're an LSU fan, the bad news is that LSU has been the team most fricked by the fact that cross-division games count in division races. (They shouldn't. You have my sympathy.)

Here is a listing of all SEC teams, sorted from most fricked to least fricked, followed by their “We've been fricked!” score, which is scientifically determined by subtracting the number of times that each team has benefited from cross-divisional play from the number of times that they've been fricked over by it:

a - b = we've been fricked! score, where a = benefited and b = fricked!

LSU 2
Florida 1
South Carolina 1
Auburn 0
Kentucky 0
Mississippi St 0
Missouri 0
Ole Miss 0
Tennessee 0
Texas A&M 0
Vanderbilt 0
Alabama -1
Arkansas -1
Georgia -2

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You have to be cognizant of the FACT that certain other schools WANT/NEED to keep their own permanent opponents so they can have an easier path to bowl games...i.e. Ole Ms/Vandy/KY/ARky/MO/SC ALL want to keep the easier opponent and will NEVER vote for a 'balance/fair' schedule !

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Tuck you you tucking idiot.

SC has A&M as pur perm opponent.

Your fricktard assumption is shite.

We'll play anyone. We dgaf.

What we're simply saying is keep permanent opponents, that's tine, but send Auburn to the East, make Bama and Auburn permanent opponents and that fixes almost everything where scheduling is concerned. Mizzou now goes to the West and Arkansas and Mizzou gets new permanent opponents.

You understand how it works right?

Probably not you assumptive frick.

Want to keep playing easy opponents my arse.

So wait, I get it now. You're claiming only LSU/UF is a worthy permanent opponent matchup? That's what you're saying?

lulz .... fricking crybaby.

& please tell us the perfect schedule solution.

I like playing UF

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thanks for proving my point lsu has to play them more
i told ya so

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Now you're just being a pussy. Quit embarrassing LSU nation

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Go look in between those regualr season games from the first and the last at how many times Bamas played Vandy. Its criminal.

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Alabama has played Vanderbilt 2 times in the last 12 years

LSU has played Vanderbilt 3 times in the last 12 years



Wow, you are right, that IS CRIMINAL!

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A. NCAA requires divisions for 10+ teams unless they do a FULL round-robin schedule. (Which divisions also must be round-robin format.)

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frick the NCAA, they would not dare oppose us in this if we decide to do it

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B. Multiple tie-breakers needed to rank everybody against everybody else due to lack of common opponents

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so the frick what, I will live with Tie breakers for better football/road trips

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C. Which 3 teams does each team keep as perm?

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Here is the best scenerio for perm games:

Alabama - Auburn, Tennessee, MSU

Auburn - Alabama, Georgia, Florida

Arkansas - Texas A&M, LSU, Mizzou

Florida - Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina

Georgia - Auburn, Florida, South Carolina

Kentucky - Tennessee, Vandy, Miss State

LSU - Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Arkansas

Ole Miss - Miss State, LSU, Vandy

Miss State - Ole Miss, Kentucky, Alabama

Mizzou - Texas A&M, Arkansas, South Carolina

South Carolina - Georgia, Florida, Mizzou

Tennessee - Alabama, Kentucky, Vandy

Texas A&M - LSU, Arkansas, Mizzou

Vandy - Ole Miss, Tennessee, Kentucky

Only thing bad is that Auburn has the toughest perm rivals, but those 3 games are the most important to them...

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permanent cross-divisional sec games

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...shouldn't count in calculating division championships.

IMO there should be no permanent cross-division rivalry games and all cross-division games should be put in even rotation.

No need to meddle with division composition unless there's some additional expansion.

Aside from that, things right now are just the way they are. All SEC teams simply have to play the hands they're dealt and win if they want to earn the Playoff Committee's consideration and endorsement.

That being said, none of that has anything to do with real or perceived favorably biased treatment Alabama has, or has not received. That topic and linkage to it is unnecessary and irrelevant in support of my opinion of cross-divisional games.

Pro Alabama bias is a subject for another time and another thread where cooler heads and even tempers can prevail for a reasoned and reasonable discussion.

But, because it's already been mentioned...

The reason it seems linked to some and what's probably behind the seemingly unhinged rage some fan bases in general, and LSU's in particular, express discussing the topic of pro-Alabama bias is because often some of the Alabama fan base acts just like the Trump Impeaching Progressive Socialist Democrats supporting, defending, ignoring, and denying Clinton corruption, FBI corruption, and a Deep State, MSM abetted coup attempt when the truth of it is obvious to everyone.

Some of Alabama's fan base mock other fan bases' perception of Tom Ritter's Alabama bias because he's their James Comey.

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