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#31
#31
Reports that I saw said more league games will be added. Anywhere from 18-22 in total. However, this season's schedule is already set in stone, so it wouldn't be enacted until '12-13. According to KNS, it's all but a done deal to essentially drop the divisions for the tournament this season while keeping the usual SEC schedule.
 
#32
#32
We must protect the integrity of the SEC Tournament at all costs.

That's what the season is all about.
 
#33
#33
Well, I don't like the new plan. You could seed the tournament differently without changing the divisional setup.
 
#34
#34
Chris4Vols22 said:
Reports that I saw said more league games will be added. Anywhere from 18-22 in total. However, this season's schedule is already set in stone, so it wouldn't be enacted until '12-13. According to KNS, it's all but a done deal to essentially drop the divisions for the tournament this season while keeping the usual SEC schedule.
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It won't go above 18 games.
 
#36
#36
Why 18 games? Seems an abitrary number at best.
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#37
#37
I'm digging 22 games.

I do agree with a previous point that I don't care about half the teams in the West however. Actually most years I don't care about any of the teams in the West.
 
#39
#39
Aavoxx said:
I'm digging 22 games.

I do agree with a previous point that I don't care about half the teams in the West however. Actually most years I don't care about any of the teams in the West.
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Problem there is what do you do with your schedule prior to January. If 22, you would have to start conference play in December and limit the OOC games which I happen to enjoy.
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#42
#42
So it looks like we will lose a home and home against VU, Kentucky or UF.
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#43
#43
tripper said:
So it looks like we will lose a home and home against VU, Kentucky or UF.
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Usually you have 3 permanent opponents in 18 game league schedules. UK, Vandy, Bama seem like likely choices for Tennessee.

It would work like this:

Year 1:
UF, S. Carolina, Ole Miss, LSU (Home and Home)

@ Georgia, vs. Arkansas, @ Miss. St., vs. Auburn

UK, Vandy, Bama (Home and Home)

Year 2:
UF, S. Carolina, Ole Miss, LSU (Home and Home)

vs. Georgia, @ Arkansas, vs. Miss. St., @ Auburn

UK, Vandy, Bama (Home and Home)

Year 3:
@ UF, vs. S. Carolina, @ Ole Miss, vs. LSU

Georgia, Arkansas, Miss. St., Auburn (Home and Home)

UK, Vandy, Bama (Home and Home)

Year 4:
vs. UF, @ S. Carolina, vs. Ole Miss, @ LSU

Georgia, Arkansas, Miss. St., Auburn (Home and Home)

UK, Vandy, Bama (Home and Home)

REPEAT
 
#44
#44
I don't necessarily see Bama as team we'd play twice every year. I think Florida would be just as possible.

I also don't think that's the way it would work anyway. I can't see the SEC assigning every team three other teams they are obligated to play twice every season.
 
#45
#45
TennesseeFan07 said:
I don't think it's fair that Alabama gets eight easy wins and two toss-up games playing in their division while Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, and Vandy are being penalized for playing each other two times. The past few years the Western division has had at least two of the trio of Alabama, Auburn and Arkansas to get easy wins off of, while the East has South Carolina and Georgia. I'm not saying those two teams are extremely tough, they're more of a threat than the West bottom feeders.
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I agree, but that is the way its been for years with the E and W having more favorable schedules. What's worse, having an easier road to more W's, or the negative affect of playing a 200+ RPI SECW bottom feeder twice? I think RPI evens that out, and if we kept the scheduling the same, but seeded based off an RPI based formula, it could work. SECRPI FTW!
 
#46
#46
VolsSportsFan said:
Well, no more bragging about winning the division.
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Winning the division is still an accomplishment this season since the scheduling is the same. After that... who knows? You can still be proud to win the SEC E or W without the title affecting the conference tourney seeding. Hence the difference between winning the regular season title vs tourney title.
 
#47
#47
volwarrior33 said:
Usually you have 3 permanent opponents in 18 game league schedules. UK, Vandy, Bama seem like likely choices for Tennessee.

It would work like this:

Year 1:
UF, S. Carolina, Ole Miss, LSU (Home and Home)

@ Georgia, vs. Arkansas, @ Miss. St., vs. Auburn

UK, Vandy, Bama (Home and Home)

Year 2:
UF, S. Carolina, Ole Miss, LSU (Home and Home)

vs. Georgia, @ Arkansas, vs. Miss. St., @ Auburn

UK, Vandy, Bama (Home and Home)

Year 3:
@ UF, vs. S. Carolina, @ Ole Miss, vs. LSU

Georgia, Arkansas, Miss. St., Auburn (Home and Home)

UK, Vandy, Bama (Home and Home)

Year 4:
vs. UF, @ S. Carolina, vs. Ole Miss, @ LSU

Georgia, Arkansas, Miss. St., Auburn (Home and Home)

UK, Vandy, Bama (Home and Home)

REPEAT
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Great, now work out a schedule for all 12 teams and keep at least 2 of their top rivals in the home&home... The math won't work in your favor. The problem is that everyone in the SECE considers UK a rival. At least, that is just one prospective issue. The math won't add up unfortunately to go about it this way.
 
#48
#48
DaDuRkEr said:
Great, now work out a schedule for all 12 teams and keep at least 2 of their top rivals in the home&home... The math won't work in your favor. The problem is that everyone in the SECE considers UK a rival. At least, that is just one prospective issue. The math won't add up unfortunately to go about it this way.
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Tennessee-UK, Vandy, Bama
Kentucky-Tennessee, Florida, Arkansas
Vandy-Tennessee, S. Carolina, Ole Miss
S. Carolina- Vandy, Georgia, Miss. St.
Georgia-Auburn, Florida, S. Carolina
Florida- Georgia, Kentucky, LSU
Auburn-Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas
Alabama-Auburn, Tennessee, Miss. St.
Arkansas-Kentucky, LSU, Auburn
LSU-Arkansas, Florida, Ole Miss
Miss. St.-Ole Miss, S. Carolina, Alabama
Ole Miss-Miss. St., Vandy, LSU

Easy. Obviously you could tinker with it, but it works out.
 
#49
#49
I protected these rivalries:
Tennessee-Alabama
Auburn-Alabama
Georgia-Auburn
Georgia-S. Carolina
Georgia-Florida
Tennessee-Kentucky
Tennessee-Vandy
Ole Miss-Miss. St.
Arkansas-LSU
Kentucky-Florida

I also used all of the permanent cross-division football opponents, but switched Arkansas-S. Carolina and UK-Miss. St. for an Arky-UK home and home.

What doesn't work about this?

Something almost identical to this was one of the proposals that was made this week in Destin for the 18 game schedule fwiw.
 
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