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re: SEC Realignment Proposal
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:34 am to thefloydian
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:34 am to thefloydian
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What if everyone has to schedule an OOC game at the end of the year, and then it gets dropped if they have to play in the semifinal game? They could use the money they make in the semifinal game to pay off La-Monroe or whoever didn't get the game.
better for everyone to schedule one of their rotating SEC teams as the last game. That way the two teams being dropped, because their opponent is playing in the Semifinal could play each other without the legal/money issues.
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Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:36 am to bamafan1001
One thing that could work to determine championship teams is combine 2 pods for a representative and rotate the pods every year. Play all of the teams from your pod (3 games), along with the pod you're matched with that year (4 games), and then each team has a permanent non-pod rival that they must play ever year. (1 game)
Year 1 - SEC West + SEC South vs. SEC East + SEC North
Year 2 - SEC West + SEC East vs. SEC South + SEC North
Year 3 - SEC West + SEC North vs. SEC South + SEC East
Scheduling would probably be a bitch but it would be fun. Plus the longest you'd go without playing another SEC team would only be 2 years rather than the 6 we have now.
Year 1 - SEC West + SEC South vs. SEC East + SEC North
Year 2 - SEC West + SEC East vs. SEC South + SEC North
Year 3 - SEC West + SEC North vs. SEC South + SEC East
Scheduling would probably be a bitch but it would be fun. Plus the longest you'd go without playing another SEC team would only be 2 years rather than the 6 we have now.
This post was edited on 11/13/15 at 10:38 am
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:36 am to Azul
I like your work. Overall its not a bad plan. While protecting rivalries is VERY important, the problem with this is that its creating major imbalance with SOS.
For example. Compare your example schedules for Ole Miss & LSU. Both would play Bama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and South Carolina in the same season.
However, LSU would play Florida, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Missouri, and NC State.
Ole Miss would play Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, & Kentucky.
Any schedule that includes MSU, UK, AND Vandy while other teams skip all 3 is a travesty.
For example. Compare your example schedules for Ole Miss & LSU. Both would play Bama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and South Carolina in the same season.
However, LSU would play Florida, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Missouri, and NC State.
Ole Miss would play Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, & Kentucky.
Any schedule that includes MSU, UK, AND Vandy while other teams skip all 3 is a travesty.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:38 am to Azul
Pods are for peas.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:43 am to Azul
frick that.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:44 am to BHMKyle
quote:
I like your work. Overall its not a bad plan. While protecting rivalries is VERY important, the problem with this is that its creating major imbalance with SOS.
For example. Compare your example schedules for Ole Miss & LSU. Both would play Bama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and South Carolina in the same season.
However, LSU would play Florida, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Missouri, and NC State.
Ole Miss would play Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, & Kentucky.
Any schedule that includes MSU, UK, AND Vandy while other teams skip all 3 is a travesty.
It does create imbalances, but I think that it's not always a bad thing. Kind of like the NFL scheduling that takes the previous year's record into account when scheduling out of division games, I tried to take performance into account in making the rivalries.
So yeah, not 100% fair, but IMO it's worth it if it make the games more competitive. It will lead to fewer blowouts and better games.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:45 am to Azul
Love it. Package it up now and send it in an email to the commish. 
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:45 am to Azul
In order for this to work the PAC 12 has to go to 16. What schools go to the PAC? I have an idea on how to move teams around to make it all work geographically, but the PAC getting 16 is tricky.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:47 am to Azul
16 team conferences are fricking retarded. Would be better to just split back into 8 team conferences.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:48 am to pvilleguru
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16 team conferences are fricking retarded. Would be better to just split back into 8 team conferences.
You seem angry.
16 team conferences are the future.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:50 am to Azul
LSU should play Kentucky annually instead of Tennessee.
LSU/Kentucky actually have a pretty long rivalry.
LSU/Kentucky actually have a pretty long rivalry.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:52 am to Azul
Because conference championship games are dumb and are a terrible way to determine the champion. If you can't play everyone in your conference every year, then your conference is too big.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:52 am to pvilleguru
quote:With the playoff, the old conference alignments would be perfect. The Big 8, Pac 10, SEC, ACC, Big 10, AAC and SWC would be great, but its about money so.........
16 team conferences are fricking retarded. Would be better to just split back into 8 team conferences.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 10:56 am to MontyFranklyn
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but its about money so.....
The money would be about the same.
If you still want a CCG, you can just pick the top 2 teams in the standings.
This post was edited on 11/13/15 at 11:01 am
Posted on 11/13/15 at 11:00 am to Azul
Terrible. Let's kick out Mizzou, aTm, arKansas, & USCe. Pre-1992 is where it's at.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 11:03 am to Azul
Pretty good. Give me Alabama and Ole Miss every year and I'm happy
Posted on 11/13/15 at 11:05 am to MontyFranklyn
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We said it at the same time
Great minds and all that
Posted on 11/13/15 at 11:05 am to SummerOfGeorge
Semifinal playoff like the CFB playoff.
Rotate East vs North, West vs South and it can rotate to North vs South etc.
Rotate East vs North, West vs South and it can rotate to North vs South etc.
Posted on 11/13/15 at 11:06 am to cardboardboxer
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You wouldn't be saying that if LSU beat Bama.
I was saying it before the game
Posted on 11/13/15 at 11:07 am to Azul
I like reading new ideas as I do think we need a change of sorts to play more temas.
The only thing I would really change for balance is permanent opponents should somewhat follow the tiered system as well.
For example, in pod #1, LSU's 3 permanend opponents are 1 seed, 1 seed, 1 seed
While Arkansas plays 4 seed, 4 seed, 3 seed
That makes the schedule pretty unbalanced every single year.
But could be adjusted so that your permanent can't have moe than one #1 seed.
Becuase outside of bama/Auburn, Bama/UT, Auburn/UGA, UF/UGA...I'm not sure there are many games that need to happen.
The only thing I would really change for balance is permanent opponents should somewhat follow the tiered system as well.
For example, in pod #1, LSU's 3 permanend opponents are 1 seed, 1 seed, 1 seed
While Arkansas plays 4 seed, 4 seed, 3 seed
That makes the schedule pretty unbalanced every single year.
But could be adjusted so that your permanent can't have moe than one #1 seed.
Becuase outside of bama/Auburn, Bama/UT, Auburn/UGA, UF/UGA...I'm not sure there are many games that need to happen.
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