Sankey says SEC 'leaning' to one division in '25

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Do away with the SECCG. In the playoff era, it only makes it more difficult for your elite teams to make the CFP unscathed. The SECCG will also likely be redundant very soon with expanded playoffs. 9 conference games (4 home, 4 away, 1 neutral site), and the best records win or tie for conference champions. Also makes it more likely that more SEC teams are in the CFP without that potential extra loss.

If the playoffs were 12 teams this year, UGA, UT, ‘Bama, and LSU would be in with their regular season records (granted we all win-out). BUT, by playing the SECCG, LSU would probably fall out with a 3rd loss. That is less money for the conference from the payouts and TV dollars.

TL;DR: To maximize SEC exposure in the CFP, do away with the SECCG.
 
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Gandalf said:
Because the SEC is about to EAT the NCAA - there will be the SEC and then there will be everyone else outside of it looking in like this:
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I'm hearing that English kid in my head now.
 
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LAVol1 said:
I think we're going to want Bama every year after Saban retires (which will probably happen in the next 3-5 years). Who in their right mind would take that job?
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Someone with a huge ego, like say, maybe LANE KIFFIN!
 
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Volstylexx said:
Yes. The Big12 and Pac12 currently use a format of no divisions with the top 2 teams playing in the Championship game.
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Yeah, cause 2 of the three weaker conferences do it... we should too. The SEC is the perennial power conference in college football. Keep the 2 divisions. IMHO
 
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OrangeEtBlanc said:
it only makes it more difficult for your elite teams to make the CFP unscathed.
TL;DR: To maximize SEC exposure in the CFP, do away with the SECCG.
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One thing not mentioned, the SEC Championship game is in effect a home game for UGA. If they do have it, It should be rotated--Atlanta, Nashville, New Orleans, Dallas--geographic diversity. Who, other than UGA fans, wants to go to Atlanta for anything?
 
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10 game SEC schedule with the Vols,LSU,Georgia,Alabama,Florida, Auburn,Texas, A&M and Oklahoma playing every year. Rotate the others Home and Home.

Ole Miss, Miss St, Vandy, Arkansas, South Carolina, Arkansas, Mizzou

It’s the non Conf schedule that I’m mixed about. The small schools need the payday, but those games are not interesting when there is a lack of competitiveness and those players deserve some time in the spotlight too. Add 1 P5 program on schedule to get to 12 regular season games, the SECCG and Playoffs.

Easy sell.
 
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Boston Vol said:
Well you better get used to it. Vandy will certainly be one of Tennessee’s three permanent opponents. I’d be very surprised if Kentucky isn’t one of the other two.
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Yep, there’s no way of getting out of that 😂 I like those games 😝
 
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“Round-Robin” might be better for teams like Tennessee……

I’d rather face alternate teams like Miss St.; Auburn; Arkansas; Texas A&M; - than Alabama; Georgia; Florida; — EVERY year…..

Plus, the players get to visit different venues more often than teams like South Carolina; Missouri; Kentucky & Vanderbilt every TWO years!

I really think that it would be BETTER for the SEC!

Only question - How do you define the BEST teams for an SEC Championship?

Best records? Well, THIS year Alabama would be OUT (2 losses); LSU would be OUT (2 losses); Ole Miss would be OUT (2 losses);

Basically everybody else would be OUT except for a Georgia / Tennessee rematch.

I am FINE with THAT! — But, what happens when you have 3 maybe even 4 teams with ONE loss?

The same chaos BS that we are looking at with the CFP!

They beat them; but them beat they; but “Who’s On First” scored more points….

And then “What’s On Second” won more at the end of the season…..

— Gives me a major head-ache just thinking about it!!!!!!!
 
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This is the same thing they said coming out of the spring meetings in May. I don't know why it's catching people off guard as though it wasn't 6 month old news.
 
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Boston Vol said:
Well you better get used to it. Vandy will certainly be one of Tennessee’s three permanent opponents. I’d be very surprised if Kentucky isn’t one of the other two.
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Nope...will be UF, UGA and Alabama...lol....

UGA and UF will play UK. Mizzou and Vandy every year.
 
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I would think Alabama, Vanderbilt and Kentucky would be Tennessee's 3 permanent opponents. Just a guess though. And I think Alabama's 3 permanent opponents will probably be Tennessee, Auburn and Vanderbilt. But that just a guess.
 
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willinhf said:
Nope...will be UF, UGA and Alabama...lol....

UGA and UF will play UK. Mizzou and Vandy every year.
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Most projections I have seen have had our permanent opponents as Bama, UK and Vandy. Honestly, this is primarily about saving the old rivalries. Who the permanents are is going to matter much less in terms of schedule balance because their are going to be 6 rotating teams instead of one. The more tough teams are your permanents, the fewer will be in your rotating pool and vice versa. Everyone will have a tough schedule. It will be impossible not to.
 
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Mccage said:
I'm all for keeping biggest rivalries but is it an even playing field for everyone.
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Then you got to choose who the rivalries are and it creates a massive headache. Our top two rivals are Florida and Alabama. However, we aren't really either of those schools number 1 (Alabama leans Auburn, but there are a significant number of Bammers who still rate us as their top rival).

After that, we are Vanderbilt's #1 rival and either Kentucky's 1 or 2 (either us or Louisville). However, neither of those schools are in our top 2 in reality. So for schools like us whose natural instate rival is usually an afterthought unless we have a moron like Dooley/Butch running the show, where does that put us? Bama will honor Auburn before us, and the Gators have the World's Largest Outdoor Zima Party ahead of us as well as the FSU game.
 
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Every team should have the same rotation. I see no way to equal the playing field keeping your rivalry games. Do away with the Conference Championship game and play an all sec 12 game schedule. The ultimate goal is to be CFP champions.
 
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Sara Clark said:
What say you?

Sankey said, “We right now are not thinking about maintaining a two-division format for football scheduling in the SEC. It would potentially be one single division with the idea that we want to rotate our teams through our campuses more frequently."

SEC Football Is Reportedly 'Leaning Heavily' Towards Making Significant Change


**Mods, please remove or merge my thread, I did not see another thread toward the bottom of the page. Sorry!
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If they go this route, I care nothing about playing the same rival games we have for years.
 
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LAVol1 said:
I think we're going to want Bama every year after Saban retires (which will probably happen in the next 3-5 years). Who in their right mind would take that job?
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Can't disagree with your post, but there are a lot of egos out there in FB land who would take it thinking they were up to the task, i.e. Lane Kiffin.
 
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