SEC possibly going to a single division

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HuntlandVolinColo said:
So, I expect our 3 annual Rival games to be 3rd Saturday Bama, in-state Vandy and most played rivalry Kentucky. Everyone else will be on the rotation, 6 more conference games for nine total.

Bama should be: Tennessee, Auburn and LSU
Auburn: Georgia, Bama, and Florida
Georgia: Auburn, SCAR, Florida
Florida: Georgia, Auburn, (LSU or SCAR)
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Tennessee has to play Georgia and Florida. Playing Vandy and Kentucky get you nothing.
 
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Boston Vol said:
The current scheduling format is absurd. Playing a road game every 14 years against western division teams not named Alabama is ridiculous. Moving to a nine game conference schedule and having three permanent opponents allows you to pay home and away against every other program every four years
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I hope this is the system they adopt. Ideally we’d have Alabama, Florida, and Vandy every year and then rotate the others. I really like the idea of getting to play everyone in the conference every other year.
 
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Dudleys87 said:
Tennessee has to play Georgia and Florida. Playing Vandy and Kentucky get you nothing.
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Just looking at it from a rivalry standpoint. Vandy is in-state and congressmen get involved if we don't have that one annually. KY is the most played rivalry and we need to go Krogering every year. :cool:

We'll probably play either Florida or Georgia just about every year which should still be enough. But not having to play all three every year will be a bonus.

I can all but guarantee the first two teams on Tennesee's priority list will be Bama and Vandy. After that Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Auburn, Arkansas and Ole Miss would be our next choices in that order for the third team.

Typical year we will play something like Vandy, Bama, Kentucky plus Florida, LSU, Miss St, Texas, Arkansas and SCAR. For a 9 team slate. Plenty of tough matchups in that in that mix.
 
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Boston Vol said:
Not that this is a surprise, but thank god. The pod system made no sense and staying at 2 divisions wasn’t very feasible. Now the only question is whether each team will have one or three permanent opponents.
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If this is the case I want Bammer UGA and Florida. If only one team give me the crimson turds
 
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VFLCodyGBO said:
No conference championship hurts playoff chances in my opinion.
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There would still be a conference championship game in this setup that’s being discussed.

(Or you’re referring to everything going on this year, in which case, apologies for the misunderstanding.)
 
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dcibrando said:
determining who might play for the SEC championship game would be interesting... would the SEC have their own mini-playoff, have questionable teams left out of that, or not have a championship game?
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From everything that’s come down and what everyone else is doing/about to do, they’d have a championship game. There would be tiebreakers in place to determine who’s #1 and who’s #2 in the conference and they would play.
 
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GAVol said:
Now, just add a 9th game and somehow rotate the schedule so everybody plays everybody every 2-3 years to create schedule parity and we've got a plan.
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Yeah. Not having 9 conference games is starting to get ridiculous at this point.
 
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CMcEver said:
Needs to be a 4 division system, idk how else you make even schedules. I would even be for the NFL system where you play the 3 in your division twice, and then 1 from each other division based on last year's record.
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Gross. As was stated earlier in the thread, making schedules would be easy with 3 permanent rivals. This is more like how it was prior to the 1992 expansion.
 
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HuntlandVolinColo said:
So, I expect our 3 annual Rival games to be 3rd Saturday Bama, in-state Vandy and most played rivalry Kentucky. Everyone else will be on the rotation, 6 more conference games for nine total.

Bama should be: Tennessee, Auburn and LSU
Auburn: Georgia, Bama, and Florida
Georgia: Auburn, SCAR, Florida
Florida: Georgia, Auburn, (LSU or SCAR)
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I wouldn’t be surprised (if for some sort of balance), Tennessee only gets Vanderbilt or Kentucky, and not both.
 
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jim pique said:
I think that I read in the article about Sankey saying to do away with divisions.He said that ACC,Pac12 and others have done away with divisions.Wrong!ACC has Coastal and Atlantic,Pac twelve has north and south,Big 10(cannot count)has east and west division.
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The ACC already announced in June that they're moving to a new division less format starting next year.

ACC Announces Football Schedule Model for 2023-26

Also look at the Pac-12 standings. There’s no more North and South.
 
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TrueOrange said:
Yeah. Not having 9 conference games is starting to get ridiculous at this point.
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With three annual rivals and a 12-team rotation.

For an 8-game conference slate, that would mean every 2-3 years would play every team.
For a 9-team conference slate, that would work out to every 2 years you would play the entire conference.

With two annual rivals and a 12-team rotation:

For an 8-game conference slate, that would mean every 2 years would play every team.
For a 9-team conference slate, that would work out to every 1-2 years you would play the entire conference.

Best results are 8 conference games with 2 annual rivals or 9 conference games with 3 rivals.

There are a lot of Rivalries in this league, so I expect the 3 rivals and 9 conference games to prevail.
 
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kxtop said:
I never understood two divisions anyway
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It made more sense when it was only 12 teams and they were trying to make sure everyone played everyone home and away over 4-5 years.

Until a few years ago, the rule on the books was that a conference had to have at least 12 teams split into 2 divisions for their to be a conference championship game.
 
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CMcEver said:
Needs to be a 4 division system, idk how else you make even schedules. I would even be for the NFL system where you play the 3 in your division twice, and then 1 from each other division based on last year's record.
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Naw, I still like my very own three pod solution....(short version)

Add two teams to get to 18
Have 3 6 team pods
Play your 5 and have a two year rotation with 2 teams from both other divisions for 9 games (complete cycle in 6 years)
The 3 pod winners and the highest ranked non winner into semis, then SECC game

As fair as it can get with luck of the draw on cross pod strength.

FL,GA,SC,KY,TN, (ADD #1) EASTERN TIME ZONE
AL,AU,OM,MSU,LSU,VAN CENTRAL TIME ZONE EAST OF MISSISSIPI RIVER
TX,TAM,OK,MIZZ,ARK, (ADD# 2) CENTRAL TIME ZONE WEST OF RIVER.

Pick monetary and TV map compatible that provide pod balance with both additions... I would like a NC team for East and ??? map friendly for the West. Travel friendly as it can get and aligns MOST natural rivalries. We would have to give up Vandy and GA AU would be a hit. Pair up balanced two team pairs from each division for rotation, nobody gets GA and FL or AL and LSU.

As clean as it gets I think.
 
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TrueOrange said:
I wouldn’t be surprised (if for some sort of balance), Tennessee only gets Vanderbilt or Kentucky, and not both.
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I get your point; but in a 9-conference game/3 rivals format, we are playing everybody every 2 years. So it would be like a toggle switch, Florida in odd years, Georgia in even years.

Also, balancing was never considered in 12/14 team conference as Tennessee had the pleasure of playing Alabama, Florida and Georgia every year.

This is also an opportunity for Florida to restore a long-time rivalry broken up by the divisions. Auburn-Florida (84 games played every non-war year until division reshuffle in 2003).

The Tennessee Florida rivalry isn't nearly as old (52 games total) or as played as the Auburn-Florida Rivalry.

Also, we didn't even play Georgia every year until we got SEC Divisions (52 games total).

But we have played Kentucky 118 times and Vandy 115 and times and Alabama 104 times.
 
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Can we get over this love for Alabama at Tennessee, oh we got to play them, you’re not a man if you don’t want play them, it’s a traditional rivalry, it’s the third Saturday. All this is garbage we need to play a schedule that gives us the same opportunity to win as everyone else. Throw all traditional rivals out and rotate. If you’re good, and they are, you’ll see them in the championship game.
 
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HuntlandVolinColo said:
I get your point; but in a 9-conference game/3 rivals format, we are playing everybody every 2 years. So it would be like a toggle switch, Florida in odd years, Georgia in even years.

Also, balancing was never considered in 12/14 team conference as Tennessee had the pleasure of playing Alabama, Florida and Georgia every year.

This is also an opportunity for Florida to restore a long-time rivalry broken up by the divisions. Auburn-Florida (84 games played every non-war year until division reshuffle in 2003).

The Tennessee Florida rivalry isn't nearly as old (52 games total) or as played as the Auburn-Florida Rivalry.

Also, we didn't even play Georgia every year until we got SEC Divisions (52 games total).

But we have played Kentucky 118 times and Vandy 115 and times and Alabama 104 times.
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I simply do not think there is a fair way if you keep cross conference (pod) rivalries. Some expedited rotational method would have to be more fair. If that really causes teams heartburn, allow those to schedule a game that does not count in any way into conference champ calculations.... just takes up one open slot. Can't keep it out of national calculations view, but so be it. Maybe one less directional school on the schedule.
 
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