The PODS - the one thing you need to know

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That means some of the rivalries may be phased out to accommodate at least 5 teams each year in the playoffs.

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bama/ut
bama/au


uga/au
uga/uf

om/msu
om/lsu

are not being split up.

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Those are the Big Five that the SEC will never ever touch.

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exactly, and it is truly so easy to do a 4 pod system and preserve all those.

and honestly even the long-standing games other than those 5 like ole miss/lsu or bama/msu or even the neuveau riche games like uf/tenn or bama/lsu...all can easily be preserved. This isn't as complicated as some may make it out ot be.

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The Commissioner has one goal - get Alabama into the expanded playoffs

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FIFY

I am for smashing up all of the rivalries if we lose Tennessee and LSU as a yearly game. We already lost Auburn as a rival and they were our oldest rival.

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The Commissioner has one goal - get Alabama into the expanded playoffs

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If the playoffs goes to 12 teams bama isn't going to need any help from anyone to make it. They'd need to probably lose 4 games in a year to miss out and that aint happening anytime in the next 15 years at least.

Do y’all realize that a 15 year old Tennessee fan has never seen their team beat BAMA. Let that sink in.

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Don't forget OU/Texas Red River Rivalry.
Wouldn't it make sense for Texas, A & M and Arkansas to be in a POD? They all have a history of playing each other right?

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The option of

MU, OU, Texas, Arkansas

MSU, OM, A&M, LSU

Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama

USC, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida

With one fixed opponent from each pod works fairly well overall.

If the goal is to get as many as possible it actually makes the most mathematical sense since 2 & even an occasional 3 loss team (with a “good game in those loses”) will make the 12 team playoff many years: put your best 8 teams in the same 2 pods as these are also the teams most likely to go undefeated in the non-con:
Pod 1- Bama, Georgia, Florida, and Auburn

Pod 2- LSU, A&M, OU, Texas

Pod 3- Mizzou, Ark, Ten, Vandy

Pod 4 - Ole Miss, Miss St, UK, SC

Pod 1 & 2 will almost always produce 2-3 teams with 3 or less loses with a ton of impressive wins and got nods from coin flip committee decisions. Teams in Pod 3 & 4 are most likely to get 2-3 teams with 2 or less loses.

This gives the SEC with 4-6 playoff resume teams every year. If you want to maximize the # of teams this is better than spreading them out.

Not a chance that these games go away:

Auburn/UGA, iron bowl, UT/Bama, Uf/UGA

The more I think about it the more I like the idea of doing away with pods and divisions. What's the point unless each pods produces a champion which will cause for a playoff for conference championship.