re: Slive did an amazing job, but why again did we rush into adding Mizzou?

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They should have been put in the West and Auburn moved to the East from the get go.

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Putting Auburn in the East doesn't work with the current scheduling paradigm. However, since it appears that the NCAA will do whatever the big leagues request with regard to rule changes, the SEC should ask to have the rule changed to eliminate the need for divisions to hold a conference championship game. Then, the SEC could go to a scheduling system like they use for basketball, where each team would have 3 permanent opponents, then play 5 of the other 10 every year (and the other five the next). That solves most of the complaints about Auburn not getting to play the schools they want to play, and eliminates the geographic absurdities of the Eastern division.

Missouri would probably play A&M, Arkansas, and Kentucky every year (or something like that), and it would let the new additions feel more integrated into the league by playing all the other schools (not just their division partners) over the course of two seasons.

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Yeah we choke every time but at least we put ourselves in the spot to choke.

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Exactly. With an odd # of schools, 1 team would have 1 less conf. game each year. Or 1 team would play 1 more conf. game each year.

Simply put, TV money in the midwest. I like Mizzou in the SEC. It adds a whole new dynamic. I disagree with them being in the SEC East though. They need to finally push Aubrun over to the east and take Mizzou in the west.

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Ole miss brings absolutely nothing to the conference.

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I'll stand up for them. They actually bring southern culture and are you know, actually Southeastern. Statistically maybe they don't help us, but it isn't the SEC without Ole Miss.

No divisions requires many tie-breakers to rank people due to lack of common opponents that is NOT a problem with divisions.

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Maybe so but you ain't messing with a Charter school

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Money talks. Having two Mississippi schools seems redundant.

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They actually bring southern culture and are you know, actually Southeastern.

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I understand this. Trust me, I do.

But you live in old times. Things change, and its shown time and time again that the people who hate change the most, generally come from the south. The moves the SEC made were to improve the conference via TV markets and revenue. Moves likes these insure that the SEC wont be left behind, and also, has the most control it can possible have. So you can say but my culture, but then you'll be left behind. And it gets lonely.

A lot of people seem to not care about the actual conference, and just care that its southern.

nope.


That was for a very short time. Enrollment is back up, dorms are full again.

Move the cow college to the East and 10RC to the West. Nobody in the West gives a shite whether they play AU. The barn take the place of 10RC as far as Bama playing them every year.