Greg Sankey Says SEC Looking At Getting Rid Of Divisions In The Conference

They will probably go to 9 conference games with 3 permanent opponents and rotate 6 of the 12 other opponents every 2 years. That way you play everyone at least twice every 4 years. Much better balance than we have today. As far as LSU, our permanent opponents would have to be Ole Miss and Texas AM plus either Arkansas, Alabama, or MSU. Alabama would have to have Auburn, Tennessee, plus one more team, maybe LSU.

You have to eliminate the conference game. It eliminates an SEC team from being in the final 4 more times than not.

This is just to satisfy the 3-4 teams at the top. This will make most of the games in the back end of the season irrelevent and reduce interest. The bottom 12 teams will be out of contention by end of October...

Let's see - instead of eliminating divisions let's form a new conference called SEC Lite with A&M, Missouri, Vandy, Florida State, Tulane, South Carolina. Sell Texas & Oak to the Big 10 or anyone else willing to take them.

Let's see - instead of eliminating divisions let's form a new conference called SEC Lite with A&M, Missouri, Vandy, Florida State, Tulane, South Carolina. Sell Texas & Oak to the Big 10 or anyone else willing to take them.

First thought: How does it benefit Alabama

ESPN hates LSU

Skanky "Now that LSU has Brian Kelly it looks like they will win the west every year. No sense in even having divisions"

I would like our 4 every-year match-ups to be: Bama, Florida, Auburn & A&M.

Texas, Ok, A&M and Missouri can go to the PAC 12. They don’t add anything to football anyway.

Oh sorry we’re gonna take that playoff spot from Tennessee, losers.

Gay. Gregg Sankey is a greedy freaking yank who could care less about the actual game.

Ask yourself: How does this help Bama?

They did not like LSU instead of Tenn

Saban retires.... now LSU you don't have to play Bama every year

Twelve teams worked pretty well for the SEC. Fourteen has stretched it with scheduling and teams can go for six years or more without playing each other. Expanding to sixteen teams was done purely out of greed and provides no competitive benefit for the members. I'm just about to the point I'd like to see a return to ten teams. The newest six members could start their own conference.

why? Is this to avoid an division championship game ahead of a conference championship game?

I hate that were going to lose the Florida game annually.

With a 12 team playoff, Sankey is just trying to delay the inevitable of 4 SEC teams in the Final 4. He better move quick.

I do like the pods, but I think that if the playoff is expanding, there needs to be one less SEC conference game per season.