southernboisb

I see what you're saying. I was over thinking things & trying to alternate it yearly. It never crossed my mind to, as you put it, rotate between the other group of 3 in locations (A@D, B@E, C@F). I was going by what the SEC seems to be doing now: perm c-d games @ home & rotated c-d games away......

I'm getting myself lost. Say you're Team A of group 1 of 3 teams. Every year, your group 1 of 3 teams will always result in 1H/1A. Either group of 4 pods will result in 2H/2A. That now has you at 3H/3A. This now falls to the schedule with the other group of 3 pod. If A plays: D, @E, &...

But HOW do you do the H/A where it's fair? If you flip every year, the same teams are set for 5 H, but per you, they would have the same opponents...how do they rotate the sites too?...

(S)he said that in the OP. I, too, prefer 4x4 pods....

No... Pod mates = 3 games Pod 1 or 2 = 3 games Other Pod (3 or 4) = 3 games 9 games total. Now, WHEN do you play that 4th team from other pod, .....no clue. Unless you go: Y1 - ABC Y2 - DAB Y3 - CDA Y4 - BCD Unsure how that works with the 5H/4A & 4H/5A format. ...

Why aren't Vandy & Tn. in the same pod?...

Who gets 5H & who 4H?...

4x4 pods Pods pair up yearly (3 year rotation). Winner of each "group" is the SECCG team - resulting in more interesting cg matchups. ...

WLOCP? Nevermind, saw it listed....

You might have that skewed. Somebody could go 9-0 & make the cg. Say the next team is 8-1 (only losing to the 9-0 team). They also make the cg. 8-1 beats 9-0 making both 9-1 with loses to each other. WHO gets chosen?...

THANK YOU!...

Y'all do now talking the opposite that this game is basically an instant W for Ala.....

Why not a WLOCP, TSIO, Egg Bowl, ...?...

6 letters: TSIO & IB Doing that FORCES 1 of those to end! Because Tn. would dump Ala. for Vandy & Aub. would keep the IB with Ala.. Congrats, you've just ended the SEC's 2nd oldest rivalry - TSIO. or Tn. would dump Vandy for Ala. & would put Vandy/Aub. together Congrats, you've jus...

That's not my point. Divisions gives 7 teams, I think, 5 common opponents, which makes ranking them easier. That leaves 2 teams from the other division on the schedule. However, I know DSOR, WLOCP, TSIO, IB, Egg Bowl, TN/Vandy, etc. AREN'T going away. Therefore, UGA has 2 slots always taken, s...

Lack of common opponents not a problem?...

Tn. & Ala. didn't mind in the 90's-2000's....

Now you see the division-less's nightmare problem!...

But there us NO MODEL that works keeping some c-d games & trashing the rest. Those keeping them will full rotate through the other side in 12 years. Those without full rotate in 7. withOUT c-d/with c-d 1 full rotation: 7/12 2 full rotations: 14/24 3 full rotations: 21/36 4 full rotatio...

Because those of us with historic rivalries want to keep them as YEARLY CONF. GAMES!...