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Posted on 8/5/21 at 9:37 am
Posted on 8/5/21 at 9:37 am
In the coming scheduling shake-up caused by conference expansion, would you rather.....
-preserve the historic rivalry and keep the annual Auburn game? (with side-effect of now having to play Alabama every season too)
Or
-end the historic Auburn rivalry and just have the rotation thing where every sec team now will play every other sec team at least once in 4 years?
These are the only two options because the new walmart superstore version of the SECESPN isn't ever going to get rid of Auburn vs Bama cash cow every year. Meaning, if we are put in a division or a pod with Auburn, then Alabama comes with them too to preserve the Iron Bowl game. And now Bama is added to our regular season superstore schedule every year
-preserve the historic rivalry and keep the annual Auburn game? (with side-effect of now having to play Alabama every season too)
Or
-end the historic Auburn rivalry and just have the rotation thing where every sec team now will play every other sec team at least once in 4 years?
These are the only two options because the new walmart superstore version of the SECESPN isn't ever going to get rid of Auburn vs Bama cash cow every year. Meaning, if we are put in a division or a pod with Auburn, then Alabama comes with them too to preserve the Iron Bowl game. And now Bama is added to our regular season superstore schedule every year
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Posted on 8/5/21 at 9:41 am to Jefferson Dawg
Auburn every year. Twice if we could.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 9:42 am to Jefferson Dawg
I would rather face both during the regular season than face Auburn during the season and meet Bama in the SECCG with the Playoffs as the prize.
Win the regular season games and they both have to play catch up just to make the SECCG. think of the pressure they will have on them in the Iron Bowl.
Win the regular season games and they both have to play catch up just to make the SECCG. think of the pressure they will have on them in the Iron Bowl.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 9:58 am to Jefferson Dawg
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-preserve the historic rivalry and keep the annual Auburn game? (with side-effect of now having to play Alabama every season too)
^^This- lose to Bama in a close game game 4 and we'll make the playoffs without winning the SEC. Plus, once we get the monkey off our back we'll be 50/50 with those guys- let's tee it up every year. Our "rivalry" today reminds me of the voodoo we had on USCe in the mid 2000's.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:05 am to WorkinDawg
Move Auburn and Bama east.
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Everyyear feels like the SEC again.
I'd goto 10 SEC games so you have 3 rotational spots.
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Everyyear feels like the SEC again.
I'd goto 10 SEC games so you have 3 rotational spots.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 10:34 am to bigdawg7780
I agree with you.
Posted on 8/5/21 at 11:00 am to bigdawg7780
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Move Auburn and Bama east.
Alabama
East-
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Auburn
Alabama
West-
Lsu
Texas
Oklahoma
Doesn't really seem balanced
Posted on 8/5/21 at 11:07 am to Jefferson Dawg
Option 2 would really suck but I think it will come to that at some point, unfortunately.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 8:59 am to Jefferson Dawg
Go to nine games, have each team play three same teams every year. In Georgia's case - say Fla, Aub and Tenn or USCjr, then play six games against the other twelve, rotating the six every two years. By doing that you play everyone twice, H & A, every four years.
The two teams with the best record meet in ATL. No pods, no divisions. The basketball and baseball schedules have no divisions.
The two teams with the best record meet in ATL. No pods, no divisions. The basketball and baseball schedules have no divisions.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:08 pm to bunkerhill
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Go to nine games, have each team play three same teams every year. In Georgia's case
I hear this one mentioned everywhere, but nobody ever takes it a step further and lists which three permanent games each team would get.
How many rivalries are we trying to preserve versus how many new rivalries would be arbitrarily invented for most of the teams? So that they all have three?
Its a mess
Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:10 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Enjoy this year folks. Because the busybodies are about to feast
Posted on 8/6/21 at 12:53 pm to Jefferson Dawg
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How many rivalries are we trying to preserve versus how many new rivalries would be arbitrarily invented for most of the teams? So that they all have three?
Is it possible that not every team needs to have three permanent rivals, and instead just keep themselves in the rotation? Miss St for example might just want to keep the Ole Miss rival, but open the other two spots for further rotationalism. UGA doesn't even need three rivals. I'd be happy with just Florida and Auburn. You still get to play Tenn every other year, at the least. The numbers show you'd still play them 2 out of every three years I think.
Posted on 8/6/21 at 6:56 pm to deeprig9
Agree. None of the teams need three rivals.
It's probably a lost cause, but I 'm on the side of keeping two east west divisions.
The SEC rose to it's highest heights of prominence under this model, so why try to fix what isn't broken?
A: busybodies
It's probably a lost cause, but I 'm on the side of keeping two east west divisions.
The SEC rose to it's highest heights of prominence under this model, so why try to fix what isn't broken?
A: busybodies
Posted on 8/6/21 at 8:22 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Will the SEC still only get one team in the playoffs? Does the whole system change now.
Posted on 8/11/21 at 10:16 am to Jefferson Dawg
Keep the Auburn rivalry and bring on Alabama. There's a good chance Saban is gone by the time this all happens anyway.
Posted on 8/21/21 at 7:08 pm to Jefferson Dawg
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Its a mess
Correct answer
It is a money grab pure and simple and Texas is a conference cancer
SEC East was best served with 8 conference games so many long term rivals could be preserved and not only make fans happy but made the individual schools happy with the donors dollars
Florida had FSU and Miami
Georgia had Auburn (SEC west) and Georgia Tech (former SEC)
Tennesse had Alabama (West) and a rotation of ACC schools
South Carolina had Clemson and North Carolina
Vanderbilt had ACC and Service Academies rotation mix
Kentucky had Louisville, Indiana, Cincinnati, and ACC rotation mix
Missouri had Kansas and Illinois
Going past 8 puts most all these games in question as to future rivals
This post was edited on 8/21/21 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 8/21/21 at 7:36 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Not really going to matter when they move to a 12, then eventually 16 team playoff. I think the answer will be the pods..and no chance it’s Bama/Auburn/UGA/FL…..so one of the rivalries is going away (UGA-FL, UGA-AUB, or Bama-Aub)
I also think 2 divisions makes the most sense and would keep those rivalries, but don’t see it happening
I also think 2 divisions makes the most sense and would keep those rivalries, but don’t see it happening
This post was edited on 8/21/21 at 7:38 pm
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