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re: Would UGA, Florida, and Tennessee agree to Auburn (and Alabama) moving East?
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:23 am to Jacknola
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:23 am to Jacknola
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Basic math…8 teams in other division, play two of them every year 8/2 = 4 years to play them all. I cannot understand your math.
I think he means it would take 8 years to complete a home-and-home series. Which is still a long time. Best bet is going to 9 games with 3 fixed and rotating the 6 remaining every other year.
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Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:28 am to Jacknola
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An eight team division is easy… seven division games, two cross-over SEC games, no permanent cross-over games (unnecessary because all traditional rivals will be intact within the divisions).
Uh, no. Tennessee is Bama's #1 rival in games played, with 102 games played.
Who's Bama's #2, right behind with 101 games? Hint: it's the school 85 miles from Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:30 am to MrAUTigers
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ETA every school has kids that never get to play a cross-division school now.
Yeah, and that's an issue.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 5:31 am to BamaGradinTn
Big Al said the same thing about the Iron Bowl would never leave Birmingham! You flatter yourself.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 5:58 am to weagle99
I think it’s going to be pods.. because with 8 team divisions.. that’s 7 games in your division..unless we go to 9 games, your gonna see the other side even less.. imagine LSU playing in Tuscaloosa, Gainesville, Auburn, Athens.. once every 16 years…. yeah. That’s crazy.. it’s gotta be 4 divisions.. with the top 2 teams playing in SECCG.. or no divisions.. with say 2 Permanent Conf opponents.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 6:29 am to 3rddownonthe8
Say we go to a pod system..........
The two teams who play in the SECG will have played 14 games. This is before the tourney even starts. With an expanded field of 16 teams, more than likely both make the tourney. Say one, or both, play in the NCG, that is an 18 game season. These are student-athletes. That is asking a lot from kids.
The two teams who play in the SECG will have played 14 games. This is before the tourney even starts. With an expanded field of 16 teams, more than likely both make the tourney. Say one, or both, play in the NCG, that is an 18 game season. These are student-athletes. That is asking a lot from kids.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 7:09 am to BamaGradinTn
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Uh, no. Tennessee is Bama's #1 rival in games played, with 102 games played.
Who's Bama's #2, right behind with 101 games? Hint: it's the school 85 miles from Tuscaloosa.
Alabama has played Miss st 105 times
Alabama has played Tenn 103 times
Posted on 7/23/21 at 7:15 am to weagle99
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Auburn belongs in the East with our rivals. Realistically Auburn and Alabama are joined and will move together to wherever. Would the Big 3 in the East go for that?
Why wouldn't we? Whoever makes it to the SECCG has to go through Alabama anyway.
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 7:41 am
Posted on 7/23/21 at 7:21 am to weagle99
If Texas and OU do join I hope it happens. I’d much rather keep on playing original SEC teams in UGA, UF, AU, UT, etc than playing playing in the big 12 lite.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:19 am to BamaGradinTn
quote:Alabama vs MSU: 83-18-3
Alabama isn't going anywhere.
You kids forget...what two schools are the closest to each other geographically? The two that have played 101 games against each other. So no, those two won't be split.
quote:Alabama vs Ole Miss: 52-10-2
Alabama and Ole Miss won't be split either.
Yes, I can totally see why you wouldn’t want to join a division with Florida and UGa to give up your “traditional rivals” in the Magnolia State (against whom you have won >80% of your games).
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:20 am to weagle99
I don't think we will have two divisions anymore if OU and TX join.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:41 am to imjustafatkid
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I don't see why not. If UT and OU join the west then they wouldn't have much of a "fairness" argument.
UT is already in the SEC East..."Texas" and OU are looking to join the conference.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:44 am to tigerburningbright75
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Would the Big 3 in the East go for that?
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Of course Tennessee would go for it. After all, they think the sky will fall if they can't get run over by 'Bama every 3rd Saturday of October.
Bama vs Tennessee football winning %- (60.3%)
Bama vs LSU football winnin g% - (64.5%)
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 8:46 am
Posted on 7/23/21 at 8:57 am to weagle99
I'd be fine with, especially if the move of OU/Texas ends up happening.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 9:04 am to crispyUGA
There's no other place to go once the newcomers take hold. BAMA and auburn will bring the east from least to BEAST the moment they arrive. The cross-division rivalries are over given that BAMA, Tennessee, the barn, and Georgia have what they always wanted. LSU is always bitching about having to play the Gators so they probably won't lose any sleep getting to play Texas and Oklahoma in their stead.
9 games is a must to clean up this mess every season.
9 games is a must to clean up this mess every season.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 10:50 am to rooster108bm
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Uh, no. Tennessee is Bama's #1 rival in games played, with 102 games played.
Who's Bama's #2, right behind with 101 games? Hint: it's the school 85 miles from Tuscaloosa.
Alabama has played Miss st 105 times
Alabama has played Tenn 103 times
According to sportsreference.com, Alabama is 82-16-3 vs. Mississippi State (101) and 58-37-7 vs. Tennessee (102).
Maybe there were vacated wins that the site doesn't account for. But the point remains...Mississippi State is one of, if not the most often played, rival for Alabama, they're only 85 miles apart, and the conference isn't going to split them.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 10:52 am to FearlessFreep
Alabama and Ole Miss can easily split. We played Ole Miss less than UGA, Vanderbilt, etc before 1992.
Alabama and State is definitely trickier. We have played every year for forever and we are the closest schools in the league. But, it is what it is. If we did this we'd play everyone at least once every two years. So we wouldn't be moving to a version where we only play 2 times a decade or something.
Alabama and State is definitely trickier. We have played every year for forever and we are the closest schools in the league. But, it is what it is. If we did this we'd play everyone at least once every two years. So we wouldn't be moving to a version where we only play 2 times a decade or something.
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 10:53 am
Posted on 7/23/21 at 10:53 am to weagle99
The bad thing about doing the divisions is that we get another situation where the newcomers remain exotic to half the conference because they don't get played quickly enough. Pods fixes that problem, although it presents other challenges.
I think divisions become too unwieldy with 8, but who knows.
I think divisions become too unwieldy with 8, but who knows.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 10:53 am to FearlessFreep
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Yes, I can totally see why you wouldn’t want to join a division with Florida and UGa to give up your “traditional rivals” in the Magnolia State (against whom you have won >80% of your games).
Get the frick over it, little brother.
We run this shite, not you guys. We're not going anywhere, and you're not going anywhere without us.This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 10:54 am
Posted on 7/23/21 at 10:53 am to BamaGradinTn
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Mississippi State
Mississippi State is the deal-breaker? Please, they still haven't filled in half their stadium. They are minors in an all adult party.
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