2024 Schedule- When will we know?

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Certainly the decision has already been made. I haven't been following, but I am anxious to know how all this will fall out. Pods, Divisions, Rivalries etc. As a season ticket holder, I personally like the pod thing where there is a lot of variety over the course of 3 or 4 seasons to see teams we rarely see in Neyland. (I'd also like to see a home and away with Ohio State, but that's just me being greedy).
 
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ptcarter said:
Certainly the decision has already been made. I haven't been following, but I am anxious to know how all this will fall out. Pods, Divisions, Rivalries etc. As a season ticket holder, I personally like the pod thing where there is a lot of variety over the course of 3 or 4 seasons to see teams we rarely see in Neyland. (I'd also like to see a home and away with Ohio State, but that's just me being greedy).
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No divisions, no pods, 1 conference. 9 SEC games, 3 permanent. Likely Bama, UK, Vandy. The top 2 finishers will compete in the SEC title game.
 
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It will be the 3/6/6 model almost certainly. The other possibility is 1/7/7. There will be no pods, no divisions. Everything depends on whether they will go to the 9 game in conference schedule or stick with 8. They will go to 9 though because it will be more money. This is a model of how the 3/6/6 schedule could look, you alternate every other year playing your 6 rotating teams. So there are only two kinds of conference opponents: the 3 you play every year, and the 12 you play every other year (rotate 6 and 6).
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
It will be the 3/6/6 model almost certainly. The other possibility is 1/7/7. There will be no pods, no divisions. Everything depends on whether they will go to the 9 game in conference schedule or stick with 8. They will go to 9 though because it will be more money. This is a model of how the 3/6/6 schedule could look, you alternate every other year playing your 6 rotating teams. So there are only two kinds of conference opponents: the 3 you play every year, and the 12 you play every other year (rotate 6 and 6).
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That's enlightening. I can see some jockeying for the 3 in the 3/6/6 scenario. But I also see some jockeying for the 6/6. What is most likely to get you to Atlanta? A brutal 6 one year (Hypothetically LSU, AUBURN, OKLAHOMA,TEXAS A&M, FLORIDA, GEORGIA and the next season (SOUTH CAROLINA, OLE MISS, MISS STATE, ARKANSAS, MISSOURI, TEXAS) . Also, wondering how much pull some of these old coaches have in the smoke filled rooms as they are hammering this out. Surely if there was a way to tip the scales, I'd guess Saban (just based on what a pitiful, embarrassing, desperate plea he made for the playoffs) would be leading that pack.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
It will be the 3/6/6 model almost certainly. The other possibility is 1/7/7. There will be no pods, no divisions. Everything depends on whether they will go to the 9 game in conference schedule or stick with 8. They will go to 9 though because it will be more money. This is a model of how the 3/6/6 schedule could look, you alternate every other year playing your 6 rotating teams. So there are only two kinds of conference opponents: the 3 you play every year, and the 12 you play every other year (rotate 6 and 6).
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I wonder if some of those annual non-conference games will change? Those teams would automatically have 10 power 5 opponents. Not a lot of room to add other interesting matchups.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
To answer the question of the thread title, I heard Sankey on the radio today say that they expect to have everything worked out at the end of Spring Meetings.
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Thanks for sharing.. That's what I was looking for. I'm 65, so I'm guessing whatever flavor the VOLS schedule takes on after that meeting and the announcement will be what I'm stuck with until the finish line.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
It will be the 3/6/6 model almost certainly. The other possibility is 1/7/7. There will be no pods, no divisions. Everything depends on whether they will go to the 9 game in conference schedule or stick with 8. They will go to 9 though because it will be more money. This is a model of how the 3/6/6 schedule could look, you alternate every other year playing your 6 rotating teams. So there are only two kinds of conference opponents: the 3 you play every year, and the 12 you play every other year (rotate 6 and 6).
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I’d make one change.
Have Ark and UF swap out OU and LSU.
Otherwise, I think you are spot on.
 
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THEONLYTENISEE said:
So if there’s 9 conference games, where’s the argument that one team has 5 away games and the other has 5 home games.
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Well, that will alternate too, you might have 5 away games one year, but the next time you see that schedule, you will have 5 homes instead. Somebody will always complain about something, but this is more fair, and more fan friendly imo than what we have now.
 
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ptcarter said:
That's enlightening. I can see some jockeying for the 3 in the 3/6/6 scenario. But I also see some jockeying for the 6/6. What is most likely to get you to Atlanta? A brutal 6 one year (Hypothetically LSU, AUBURN, OKLAHOMA,TEXAS A&M, FLORIDA, GEORGIA and the next season (SOUTH CAROLINA, OLE MISS, MISS STATE, ARKANSAS, MISSOURI, TEXAS) . Also, wondering how much pull some of these old coaches have in the smoke filled rooms as they are hammering this out. Surely if there was a way to tip the scales, I'd guess Saban (just based on what a pitiful, embarrassing, desperate plea he made for the playoffs) would be leading that pack.
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Yeah, the balance of the rotators is twice as important as the permanents under this format. Whereas right now we have 7 permanents versus 1 rotator.
 
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vols 30 said:
If there is a 12 team playoff, what is the purpose of a conference championship game? Both of those teams would more than likely be in the playoff anyway
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Seeding for the CFP will be a big deal. A win or a narrow loss could mean the difference between a bye, hosting a CFP at Neyland or traveling to Ann Arbor, Columbus or another tough environment.
 
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THEONLYTENISEE said:
So if there’s 9 conference games, where’s the argument that one team has 5 away games and the other has 5 home games.
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This will mean that almost all SEC teams will schedule two home easy “buy” OOC games per year and one competitive OOC game each year as part of a two game home and home series.
For us, on years that we have 5 home SEC games, we will play that 1 game away. On years that we have only 4 home SEC games, all 3 of our OOC games are at home.
That way, we will play 7 at Neyland and 5 away games every year.
Most SEC Schools will do that same format and some will use that one competitive OOC game against a traditional rival like GaTech, FSU, Clemson, Louisville.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
It will be the 3/6/6 model almost certainly. The other possibility is 1/7/7. There will be no pods, no divisions. Everything depends on whether they will go to the 9 game in conference schedule or stick with 8. They will go to 9 though because it will be more money. This is a model of how the 3/6/6 schedule could look, you alternate every other year playing your 6 rotating teams. So there are only two kinds of conference opponents: the 3 you play every year, and the 12 you play every other year (rotate 6 and 6).
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I'll be happy to dispense with half of our games against Florida if we get to renew the Auburn rivalry on a biennial basis. There's something in this even for the traditionalist.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
It will be the 3/6/6 model almost certainly. The other possibility is 1/7/7. There will be no pods, no divisions. Everything depends on whether they will go to the 9 game in conference schedule or stick with 8. They will go to 9 though because it will be more money. This is a model of how the 3/6/6 schedule could look, you alternate every other year playing your 6 rotating teams. So there are only two kinds of conference opponents: the 3 you play every year, and the 12 you play every other year (rotate 6 and 6).
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I like it ALOT but to fix the end of the season and just COMPLETELY take over College Football, I suggest adding FSU and Clemson. Then we could have 10 SEC Games, 12 game season with 2 "easy" OOC games at week 4/5 and 8/9. Half the conference off and flip the 4-8, 5-9 every year. NO OPEN dates!!!! That's alot of great football!!!!
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
It will be the 3/6/6 model almost certainly. The other possibility is 1/7/7. There will be no pods, no divisions. Everything depends on whether they will go to the 9 game in conference schedule or stick with 8. They will go to 9 though because it will be more money. This is a model of how the 3/6/6 schedule could look, you alternate every other year playing your 6 rotating teams. So there are only two kinds of conference opponents: the 3 you play every year, and the 12 you play every other year (rotate 6 and 6).
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If this is accurate getting to the playoff consistently is gonna be damn near impossible...the schedule will be so hard it wont be fair. The Big 10 will have three times as many SEC teams in the playoff....

Even years: Bama, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, A & M
Odd years: Bama, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Arkansas, ole miss

Bama is almost as bad.
Even: UT, UF, Okla, A&M
Odd: UT, LSU, Texas, Georgia
 
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