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re: north-south split
Posted on 9/30/11 at 12:13 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
Posted on 9/30/11 at 12:13 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
quote:Auburn doesn't have a huge rivalry with Tennessee, Bama does. Auburn's biggest rival in the current eastern division, that we would hate to lose, would be UGA. Second behind that would be Florida, from the days of only a 10 team SEC and the few years of 2 permanent cross division games (UGA was one, UF was 2).
The north south split is not a bad idea, but I can already see Aubie complaining about their Tenn rivalry. It is really the two Bama schools with too many rivalry stipulations.
I actually like the OP's division with one small tweak.
Move UGA to the south and either Ole Miss or USCe to the north.
You would then have:
north- missouri, kentucky, vandy, tenn, bama, arkansas, ole miss
south-lsu, miss st, tex am, florida, south carolina, auburn, georgia
You could then do for permanent cross divisional games:
AU/Bama to keep the Iron Bowl
MSU/Ole Miss to keep the Egg Bowl
LSU/Arky to keep the golden boot trophy game going
You also keep 3rd Saturday in October, Deeps South's Oldest Rivalry and the Cocktail Party going because teams would be in the same division. The only thing you would lose is Tennessee vs either Florida or Georgia.
Also, unless the SEC rules change, certain games like the Iron Bowl and Egg bowl would have to be moved back from the traditional last game of the season.
Posted on 9/30/11 at 12:31 pm to PJinAtl
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You could then do for permanent cross divisional games:
The conference is getting too big for these permanent cross divisional games to continue. I think you guys (in particular AU, AL, GA, TN and to an extent FL) need to decide how important these games are. If they are sacrosant, then all of you need to be in the same div and should live with the consequences. SC, KT, and Vandy then could draw lots on who gets to come to the west.
Posted on 9/30/11 at 5:58 pm to PJinAtl
I knew about Bama's, but for some reason, I thought Aubie had a long streak with Tenn too. My mistake. More to my point though, an Alabama rivalry (AU/UGA) would prevent the OP's proposal from working.
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