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re: The whole "pods" format...
Posted on 12/28/21 at 11:54 am to CGSC Lobotomy
Posted on 12/28/21 at 11:54 am to CGSC Lobotomy
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4 4-team pods work well if done properly and if you have 9 conference games.
3 games vs. teams in your pod.
2 games vs. teams in each other pod.
If you protect certain rivalries like the PAC 12 does, you can rotate the other games.
Example
Pod 1: t.u., Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas
Pod 2: Texas A&M, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
Pod 3: Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Auburn
Pod 4: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky
You protect the following games:
Texas A&M/t.u.
LSU/Alabama
Ole Miss/Tennessee
Auburn/Georgia
Then you rotate the rest
So pods + permanent rival games.
What possible advantage does this give?
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Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:01 pm to BHMKyle
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This one has already been cancelled, basically as a result of letting in a couple of impostors back in the early '90s.
Yep. We lost a legitimate traditional rival because of that. We play Chicken every year now instead of Auburn. Pisses me off to this day.
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:02 pm to BHMKyle
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What makes the SEC special is our tradition, and losing rivalries is a good way to kill tradition.
play them as OOC if they're not on regular rotation
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:03 pm to Sub Par SUPERSTAR
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Yep. We lost a legitimate traditional rival because of that. We play Chicken every year now instead of Auburn. Pisses me off to this day.
I don't want any system where we don't play Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss, and Auburn every year, so I'll probably be disappointed with whatever system they come up with.
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:03 pm to BHMKyle
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Never. Georgia and Auburn have been playing since 1892
And outside of Aub/GA fans...who cares about it.
When you have to explain why the game is important...is it really important?
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The next closest SEC rivalry is the Egg Bowl with just 118 meetings. You can't get rid of this type of tradition... its literally the game that started all of this for the South.
Agree...it should be protected. A legitimate in-state rivalry that is viewed outside of those fanbases as a rivalry.
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This one has already been cancelled, basically as a result of letting in a couple of impostors back in the early '90s
And the SEC did just fine afterwards...which basically supports the argument of dropping a few.
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:13 pm to Sub Par SUPERSTAR
There are disadvantages to every solution. Almost every proposal has nine (some have ten) conference games prior to the SEC Championship Game
Most proposals also assume a single championship game. That's probably a good idea if you don't want three of the four best teams ending the regular season with a loss
Most proposals also assume a single championship game. That's probably a good idea if you don't want three of the four best teams ending the regular season with a loss
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:27 pm to theenemy
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And outside of Aub/GA fans...who cares about it.
When you have to explain why the game is important...is it really important?
This is exactly the thought process that plagues our entire country right now. iTs NoT ImPoRtAnT tO Me So ItS nOt ImPoRtAnT tO KeEp It
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:33 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
I see aggy is trying to run from Texas and OU needs to be
Texas
OU
aggy
Ark
This only the way to go.
Texas
OU
aggy
Ark
This only the way to go.
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:35 pm to theRealJesseD
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This is exactly the thought process that plagues our entire country right now. iTs NoT ImPoRtAnT tO Me So ItS nOt ImPoRtAnT tO KeEp It
the opposite POV is that "it's important to me so it has to be important to you". play these rivalries when they're not on rotation like an OOC game. get fair scheduling and the rivalry is intact
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:35 pm to BHMKyle
quote:So Alabama Auburn and Georgia need two rivalry games? Think I found the problem
And that is the main problem. You can't protect Alabama-Auburn, Georgia-Florida, Georgia-Auburn, and Alabama-Tennessee by sticking all of those teams in a pod.
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:37 pm to BHMKyle
Pods will work. 1 permanent game from the other 3 pods and rotate the pod a team plays every year. It also shuffles divisions so east/west is a thing of the past and it maintains the championship game.
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:39 pm to SFVtiger
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the opposite POV is that "it's important to me so it has to be important to you"
is this really how you think? Did you take down some statues recently too?
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:44 pm to theRealJesseD
i don't know what the f youre talking about. one side says we must keep these historic rivalries. the other says we need fair scheduling or a rotation that allows more teams to play more teams. this works both ways. you're being accommodated. not the fan who has little interest in Aub/Ga, for instance. your'e the one taking down statues, not me.
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:45 pm to SFVtiger
Ok if that makes you feels better 
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:48 pm to theRealJesseD
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is this really how you think? Did you take down some statues recently too?
You mean the statutes that were put up by the Daughters of Confederacy to celebrate white supremacy decades after the Civil War ended? It’s not tearing down statues of history; it’s tearing down statues of propaganda. Moron.
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:49 pm to theRealJesseD
don't care to address the argument? its ok if it makes you feel better.
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:49 pm to trackem
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You mean the statutes that were put up by the Daughters of Confederacy to celebrate white supremacy decades after the Civil War ended? It’s not tearing down statues of history; it’s tearing down statues of propaganda. Moron.
PROG ALERT
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:52 pm to SFVtiger
didn't know we were having an argument
Do you want one?
Do you want one?
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:54 pm to theRealJesseD
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PROG ALERT
Is it progressive to call racists racist?
Posted on 12/28/21 at 12:55 pm to theRealJesseD
argument as in point of view, not a spat silly
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