re: SEC 7-1 Conference Schedule Model - One permanent opponent

The 7-1 model is fine and would look like the following:

Alabama-Auburn
Florida-Georgia
Tennessee-Vanderbilt
Arkansas-Missouri
Texas-Oklahoma
South Carolina-Kentucky
LSU-Texas A&M
Ole Miss-Miss State

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Why do we have to be so lazy about this when we can get what we all want.

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What format are you suggesting?

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or put Uga on a quicker rotation.

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& that would mean doing _____?

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Southwest Arky Baylor Houston Mizzou Oklahoma SCarolina Texas TAMU TCU Texas Tech SouthEast Bama AU Florida UGa Kentucky LSU Ole Kiff MSU Tennessee Vandy

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So LSU & SC are paired up with teams from the OPPOSITE side of the conference (like Mizz. has been doing).

Pages of this nonsense and nothing about the fact that the playoff committee is not allowed to take the top 12 teams.

The new format makes it impossible to keep teams outside the top 12 from crashing the party after the regular season has been played.

There's your problem people.

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So how do they break up the other 9 teams into 2 teams to cycle through in 8 games?

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I gave this example illustrating LSU’ schedule going forward:

An example for LSU year 1 and 2

Pod A
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas (permanent)

Pod B
Aggie
Ole Miss
Moo State

Pod C
Alabama
USCe



An example for LSU year 3 and 4

Pod A
Texas
Mizzou
Arkansas (permanent)

Pod B
Aggie
Ole Miss
Moo State

Pod C
Auburn
Vandy



An example for LSU year 5 and 6

Pod A
Mizzou
Oklahoma
Arkansas (permanent)

Pod B
Aggie
Ole Miss
Moo State

Pod D
Georgia
Kentucky



An example for LSU year 7 and 8

Pod A
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas (permanent)

Pod B
Aggie
Ole Miss
Moo State

Pod D
Florida
Tennessee



You see every team at least twice in an 8 year span.

This you??

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Of course it's a Bammer whining about "muh schedule needs to be completely fair at all times" as if every single rival you have is always going to be good.

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You're such a clown... only person talking like that is you.

Similarly, The only person advocating for a system WITHOUT fair scheduling is you.

I mean seriously that's the whole point of this thread. How outlandish of me to advocate for a system of fair scheduling.. Such a hot take....

Y'all get Arkansas every year in Jerry world. Stop acting like we are the ones trying to get the easy draw.

WHY wouldn’t they play ALL their podmates each year?

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We either need to count out-of-conference games in SEC standings

Then EVERY game would count for ALL conferences.

With that logic, play all non - conference against “rent a wins” & go undefeated.

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I welcome disagreement, but you have to understand what I'm saying first.
Go back and read that post I made.

To clear it up.. I said If and only if The CFP bids are guaranteed by conference standings, which is what we are moving towards (AKA 5 b10 , 5 SEC, 2 Other conference winners....So No at large bids), and yes this would force ND to officially join the ACC...

So, if they are fully guaranteed. It won't matter what if the SEC beats itself up, because you're getting the same number in from your conference regardless. AND in that world, they would pick the highest 5 highest teams from SEC standings..... so you very well could have a team thats undefeated in conference play, but has lost 2 out of conference games.. make the playoff over a team that has only lost one game, but it was a conference game... SO to prevent that you would HAVE TO go to an ALL CONFERENCE-schedule, but out of conference rivalries, exist.. so to preserve these non-con rivalries... you mandate that every team must schedule 1 out of conference game and you mandate that, it is a power 4 game. AND you add it to the Winn loss record for conference standings.

B/C if you don't than we'll see teams getting in over other teams that have a worse W/L record. and even more often we'll see teams get favorable seeding over teams just because that teams loss came out of the conference... THINK 2022 LSU... many other examples, but thats the most recent.



AGAIN, I am not in favor of this. I think all CFP bids should be at large and if thats the case look at what I said for the at large model.

But a fully guaranteed playoff is coming and when it does, out of conference games will become meaningless... So we get rid of all but 1.. Keep non-con rivalries with that 1 game and COUNT IT.