New SEC Divisions

[vettefool]

I really hate the addition of OU and Texas to the SEC. I really didn't like A&M and Mizzou coming over. I am a traditionalist and want the best interest for success of our football program. This move will just bury us further into mediocry. I am not a big fan of cheering "SEC SEC SEC" because I only cheer for one SEC team. I could care less if the SEC wins the Football Championship every year, unless its the Vols. I just don't see us ever getting our head above water with the additions of these two programs.

Why not just go all the way and blow up the conferences for football and do regional groupings? Things continue to move so fast since The Great Reset, might as well just go all the way and get it done. Tradition is long gone.

Yeah, just give up. Develop a better team and be competitive. Don’t run and hide. In the meantime we could use the$ to pay off old coached and a.d.’s.

 

[1Big_Orange_Fan]

So sick of college sports now

Rename it 99% pro sports

Next thing you know kids won't even go to any classes at all

Yep, there have been many single steps but this looks like the first major leap towards the ruin of CFB. Conference realignments and now paying players is fundamentally changing the game and I fear it will be for the worse.

 

[ButchPlz]

They will not do away with the SEC Championship game

They wouldn't have to. The two teams in it could be picked by record, etc. Like the 10-team conferences do.

There would be argument about it not being a total round robin but that's just too bad.

 

[Elhanan]

Here is my hope for a four team division after some adjustments.

Every team plays every other team in the conference every two years. Each division is relatively well balanced with current and tradition power houses. Each division has at least one school that is also on the rise and one that is a perennial bottom feeder.

 

[MWAVolfan]

East is brutal


New SEC West: Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M

New SEC East: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt

I think it will become four divisions of four teams.

 

[hog88]

Here is my hope for a four team division after some adjustments.

Every team plays every other team in the conference every two years. Each division is relatively well balanced with current and tradition power houses. Each division has at least one school that is also on the rise and one that is a perennial bottom feeder.



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I doubt and hope it doesn't come to this. Just move the Gumps and the Barn to the east and Texas and OK in the west, all done and permanent rivalry games go away.

 

[GetEmVols]

Texas will not be coming to the SEC

Here they come

 

[Rooster1]

East Pod
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Kentucky

Central Pod
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

West Pod
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Arkansas

Not Welcome ‘Round Here Pod
Texas A&M
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma

it will be this ^^ except Ark and aTm flip spots. Ark will be put in same pod as old mates. aTm will get a bone from SEC for allowing UTx in and will be in the LSU pod. Plus that puts two heavyweights in each “pod”, UGA/UF…..Bama/Auburn….LSU/aTm,….UTx/Ok

 

[Doberman]

Here is my hope for a four team division after some adjustments.

Every team plays every other team in the conference every two years. Each division is relatively well balanced with current and tradition power houses. Each division has at least one school that is also on the rise and one that is a perennial bottom feeder.



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Nice for Oklahoma, I guess. Sheesh

 

[Elhanan]

Nice for Oklahoma, I guess. Sheesh

May be best to swap Texas with Arkansas. Keeps that red river mess going on too. But for that matter UGA has an easy road in this model

But with this model ever school plays every other school in the conference every two years. So the strength of schedule fluctuates.

 

[Dougie_D]

4 divisions means you play 3 teams twice. It actually shrinks the SEC market and can devalue SEC.
Nobody wants to see 2 teams play twice in a season unless it’s the championship game

 

[bamawriter]

4 divisions means you play 3 teams twice. It actually shrinks the SEC market and can devalue SEC

I haven't seen that suggested anywhere.

 

[Dougie_D]

I haven't seen that suggested anywhere.

What’s the point of 4 divisions if you don’t play more games within your division.
If SEC expands. It will 8 and 8

 

[bamawriter]

What’s the point of 4 divisions if you don’t play more games within your division.

So that you actually see other conference members more frequently.

 

[Southeastern VFL]

It could be done by location and keep the instate games together. If you look at the lay out of the SEC it will have 4 states with 2 teams and 8 states with 1 team adding up to 16 teams. What could be done is place Alabama/Auburn Tennessee/Vandy OleMiss/Miss. St and Texas/Texas A&M in 4 different division and then the 8 teams left place them in each of the four division by 2. Then to make it even each division would rotate playing each other.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

I still like this...

EAST:

Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

WEST:

Arkansas
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas A&M

Play a 9 game SEC schedule, 7 division opponents, 2 rotating opponents from the other division, and 3 OOC games. This alignment makes the most sense because...

1. Regionally it keeps all of your divisional opponents relatively close to one another for travel purposes.
2. It keeps all of the big rivalry games, both in-state or otherwise contained within each respective division (no rivals only playing every 4 years).
3. Rotating 2 opposite division opponents every year means that players who stay at least 4 years get to face every SEC opponent at least once
4. It doesn't upset the tradition of teams playing OOC rival games (SC vs Clemson, KY vs Louisville, Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State, etc).
5. Tennessee's rivals will finally have to play Alabama every year like we do, which I think is a benefit to us. Plus playing Auburn every year is much more enticing than playing Mizzou.

 

[volbound1700]

I still like this...

EAST:

Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

WEST:

Arkansas
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas A&M

Play a 9 game SEC schedule, 7 division opponents, 2 rotating opponents from the other division, and 3 OOC games. This alignment makes the most sense because...

1. Regionally it keeps all of your divisional opponents relatively close to one another for travel purposes.
2. It keeps all of the big rivalry games, both in-state or otherwise contained within each respective division (no rivals only playing every 4 years).
3. Rotating 2 opposite division opponents every year means that players who stay at least 4 years get to face every SEC opponent at least once
4. It doesn't upset the tradition of teams playing OOC rival games (SC vs Clemson, KY vs Louisville, Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State, etc).
5. Tennessee's rivals will finally have to play Alabama every year like we do, which I think is a benefit to us. Plus playing Auburn every year is much more enticing than playing Mizzou.

I think this is more likely. The pods are too much of a headache.

 

[SMU Vol]

I still like this...

EAST:

Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

WEST:

Arkansas
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas A&M

Play a 9 game SEC schedule, 7 division opponents, 2 rotating opponents from the other division, and 3 OOC games. This alignment makes the most sense because...

1. Regionally it keeps all of your divisional opponents relatively close to one another for travel purposes.
2. It keeps all of the big rivalry games, both in-state or otherwise contained within each respective division (no rivals only playing every 4 years).
3. Rotating 2 opposite division opponents every year means that players who stay at least 4 years get to face every SEC opponent at least once
4. It doesn't upset the tradition of teams playing OOC rival games (SC vs Clemson, KY vs Louisville, Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State, etc).
5. Tennessee's rivals will finally have to play Alabama every year like we do, which I think is a benefit to us. Plus playing Auburn every year is much more enticing than playing Mizzou.

Agreed. It does kill the Bama/LSU rivalry and keep Bama from having an annual game in Texas though, and we know the SEC does whatever Bama wants.

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

SEC is in talks with Ohio State, MI, Fla. State, Clemson for a 20 team super conference.

It's getting ready to get crazy

 

[Boston Vol]

Don’t believe everything you read on Twitter. Plus Clemson and FSU are untouchable for 15 more years.

 

[TheFlash1971]

SEC is in talks with Ohio State, MI, Fla. State, Clemson for a 20 team super conference.

It's getting ready to get crazy

Never happen, no way

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

SEC is in talks with Ohio State, MI, Fla. State, Clemson for a 20 team super conference.

It's getting ready to get crazy

The school has to approach the conference.

You're actually believing tOSU approached the SEC? You've never met anyone from tOSU, have you?

I call BS. Those arrogant SOBs wouldn't approach anyone about leaving their cushy conference.

 

[TheFlash1971]

There is only 2 conferences in football the Bigten and SEC, they are the richest and once your in you don’t leave not unless your stupid.

 

[bamawriter]

SEC is in talks with Ohio State, MI, Fla. State, Clemson for a 20 team super conference.

It's getting ready to get crazy

If the SEC were throwing away all geography to get tOSU and Michigan, they wouldn't be going after Clemson and Florida St at the same time. The 3rd and 4th teams would be Notre Dame and USC.

 

[volfanhill]

SEC is in talks with Ohio State, MI, Fla. State, Clemson for a 20 team super conference.

It's getting ready to get crazy

Are the university reps flying in on prop planes or jets to talk with Sankey?