Missouri to sec west

#76
#76
VolFan68 said:
Maybe I am missing something but if the west gets a&m and mizzou wouldnt 2 teams have to move to the east to keep it fair?
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Could be:

Bama

Auburn

Ole miss

Miss St
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#78
#78
TrueOrange said:
Most than likely because we haven't played it in 20 years
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I don't know how old you are, but even at the time it didn't mean nearly as much. The reaction was "Damn, it's a shame we're not going to play this game anymore," not "OH MY GOD IT'S BLASPHEMY NOT TO PLAY THIS GAME ANYMORE."
 
#79
#79
With 16 teams and 4 divisions, pretty much every important rivalry could be kept. I think that's what we're heading toward anyway.
 
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#81
#81
the ncaa has nothing to do with it. the super conferences will pull out of ncaa and go to playoff system
 
#82
#82
Just have Missou in the East. Who cares if it doesn't make sense? Does TCU in the Big East make sense? No. Hell Does A@M being in the SouthEASTERN conference make sense? No.
 
#84
#84
Vercingetorix said:
Move Tennessee to the west. Move Auburn and some other team (Ole Miss?) to the east. Make Auburn and Alabama permanent opponents. Auburn and Georgia still play every year, since they're in the same division. Same with Tennessee and Alabama.

Florida would have to pick LSU or Tennessee as their permanent opponent. If they went LSU, Tennessee would probably get stuck with Kentucky. Would rather have Georgia.

If you moved Ole Miss, obviously the Egg Bowl would be the permanent opponent.

Does not change the competitive balance of the conference much.

Lose the "east" and "west" monikers if it bothers people.
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The problem with that is, who do you choose to play every year from the East Florida or Georgia?
I'm guessing Florida, so the UT/GA rivalry gets diminished.
 
#85
#85
Yeah forget UGA. I don't like them at all, but I don't feel the need to play them as much as UF and Bama
 
#88
#88
For those who want things to stay the same, this is not your father's Oldsmobile. If the conference was not concerned about the UT-Auburn rivalry in 1992 then why would they care about UT-Bama now? The game is all about money now and history and tradition is just something they try to use for marketing purposes.

Weird uniforms, paying players, and outrageous coaching salaries have changed the game. If I wanted to watch weird uniforms, paid players, and overpaid coaches I would be an NFL fan.

Oh, and by the way, ask Nebraska and Oklahoma fans how much relevance traditional rivalries weight in conferences making money decisions?
 
#89
#89
I think MU is more of a Big 10 fit. Wont cry if they join the SEC.
All we need is another house divided in here.
 
#90
#90
oklavol said:
The problem with that is, who do you choose to play every year from the East Florida or Georgia?
I'm guessing Florida, so the UT/GA rivalry gets diminished.
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Florida-LSU actually has 20 more years of history (I think) than UT-UF, so UF might actually prefer to keep playing them anyway. There's no way to do two divisions and keep everything without imbalancing it all to hell.

I don't honestly think they'll work all that hard to keep UT-Bama. Alabama's biggest rival is Auburn; if you took a vote among UT fans -- especially fans under 40 -- they'd probably say our biggest rival is Florida. Hard to see them blowing the whole system up to keep a game that arguably isn't either team's biggest game when moving Auburn to the east and having them play Alabama every year is a pretty easy fix. Hope I'm wrong.
 
#91
#91
Two things here...

Most likely, two more teams will follow, and the entire TSIO problem would be solved with four divisions and multiple permanent out of division opponents.

and...

Who says you have to keep playing every team in your division every year?

Think outside the box a bit before you get hit by falling sky or the tears of another Tennessee fan.
 
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#92
#92
Expansion could mess things up, so I'm not crazy about the idea. But if it's gonna happen, Mizzou would be a good add.
 
#96
#96
warhammer said:
Two things here...

Most likely, two more teams will follow, and the entire TSIO problem would be solved with four divisions and multiple permanent out of division opponents.

Who says you have to keep playing every team in your division every year?

Think outside the box a bit before you get hit by falling sky or the tears of another Tennessee fan.
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Four four-team divisions is the way to go, assuming that 16-team conferences are indeed inevitable. Curious to see how they'd sort out the conference title game though. Best way would be to just steamroll the NCAA and add two semifinal games.
 
#99
#99
I fail to see how adding team(s) would affect our schedule. Uga and tech play every year and they aren't even in the same conference
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