north-south split

Nope

This is the kind of radical thinking that needs to happen.

Not saying it should be this.

Mizzou should go to east IMO

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This is the kind of radical thinking that needs to happen.

Not saying it should be this.

Mizzou should go to east IMO

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At least the North South divisions in the OP make geographical sense. Mizzou to the east would be like the PAC-12 putting Washington state in the south. Sure it may be a quick solution, but it looks really stupid.

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north- missouri, kentucky, vandy, tenn, bama, georgia, arkansas

south-lsu, miss st, tex am, florida, south carolina, auburn, ole miss



SEC South will be extremely tough assuming Mullen stays at MSU and TAMU builds on the TX talent they will steal from the longhorns. The only shitty team in the division will be Ole Miss.

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That's tough.. yet not a bad setup.

Auburn would not want to give up our longest rival in UGA. That and the Bama UT rivalry is big.

Missouri wants the west.

Anything you do makes scheduling a mess.

I think there should be 9 conference games...and on the years you get 5 home games your able to be creative with scheduling tough oc games.... When you only have 4 home sec games, you could schedule the home end of your oc games.

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Ummm..not bad but..S. Carolina should be in North and Bama in South.

Then you really keep everything intact.

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Only if you keep cross divisional rivalries.

Also, divisions are more unbalanced that way.

Try labeling SCers "Northern" of any kind and see what kind of reaction you get.

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SEC South will be extremely tough assuming Mullen stays at MSU and TAMU builds on the TX talent they will steal from the longhorns. The only shitty team in the division will be Ole Miss.

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You can't worry about current situations; you have to look at traditional powers. Things even out, programs rise and fall. Moreover, isn't the West extremely tough right now?

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. Maybe, they could make a 6 and 6 East/ West or North South division and then let the 2 Alabama crybabies play whoever they want.

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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.

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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).

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.