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Pod System Scheduling
Posted on 9/18/11 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 9/18/11 at 10:52 pm
For purposes of discussion only, lets assume A&M, WVU, Mizzou and VTech are the teams the SEC adds. I expect/hope to see a pod system that is used for all sports for scheduling purposes. For football (at least football, maybe other sports as well), I would like to see 1 permanent rival from each of the 3 other pods. Then you play your pod plus 1 other pod each year. That would give you a total of 9 games per season. Here is my shot at this assuming the 4 new teams are A&M, Mizzou, WVU and VTech.
Pod 1: A&M, LSU, Arkansas, and Mizzou
Pod 2: Bama, Auburn, Ole Miss and MSU
Pod 3: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky
Pod 4: UT, Vandy, VTech, and WVU
Permanent Rivals for each:
A&M: Vtech, Georgia, and Auburn
LSU: Alabama, Florida, and UT
Arkansas: South Carolina, Ole Miss, Vandy
Mizzou: WVU, Kentucky, and MSU
Bama: UT, Florida, LSU
Auburn: VT, Georgia, A&M
Ole Miss: Vandy, South Carolina, Arkansas
Miss State: WVU, Kentucky, Mizzou
Florida: UT, Bama, LSU
Georgia: VT, Auburn, A&M
South Carolina: WVU, Ole Miss, Arkansas
Kentucky: Vandy, MSU, Mizzou
UT: Florida, Bama, LSU
Vandy: Kentucky, Ole Miss, Arkansas
VTech: Georgia, Auburn, A&M
WVU: South Carolina, MSU and Mizzou
Obviously, some teams get screwed in terms of the schedule difficulty (Florida, Tennessee, LSU, and Bama). My way of dealing with that would be that for purposes of deciding who goes to the SEC championship games, the non-divisional rivalry games only count in the case of a tiebreaker. Each year 2 pods would play to form a division and this would rotate.
So lets say year 1 had Pod 1 and 3 matched up to create a division. LSU's schedule would be:
A&M
Arkansas
Mizzou
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Kentucky
Alabama (does not count towards division record)
Tennessee (does not count towards division record)
SEC Championship game selection criteria:
1. Division Record
2. Head to Head record (first tie breaker)
3. In event of 3 way tie, it goes to overall conference record (this is where the Bama and Tennesee games would come into play for LSU in the above scenario).
Pod 1: A&M, LSU, Arkansas, and Mizzou
Pod 2: Bama, Auburn, Ole Miss and MSU
Pod 3: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky
Pod 4: UT, Vandy, VTech, and WVU
Permanent Rivals for each:
A&M: Vtech, Georgia, and Auburn
LSU: Alabama, Florida, and UT
Arkansas: South Carolina, Ole Miss, Vandy
Mizzou: WVU, Kentucky, and MSU
Bama: UT, Florida, LSU
Auburn: VT, Georgia, A&M
Ole Miss: Vandy, South Carolina, Arkansas
Miss State: WVU, Kentucky, Mizzou
Florida: UT, Bama, LSU
Georgia: VT, Auburn, A&M
South Carolina: WVU, Ole Miss, Arkansas
Kentucky: Vandy, MSU, Mizzou
UT: Florida, Bama, LSU
Vandy: Kentucky, Ole Miss, Arkansas
VTech: Georgia, Auburn, A&M
WVU: South Carolina, MSU and Mizzou
Obviously, some teams get screwed in terms of the schedule difficulty (Florida, Tennessee, LSU, and Bama). My way of dealing with that would be that for purposes of deciding who goes to the SEC championship games, the non-divisional rivalry games only count in the case of a tiebreaker. Each year 2 pods would play to form a division and this would rotate.
So lets say year 1 had Pod 1 and 3 matched up to create a division. LSU's schedule would be:
A&M
Arkansas
Mizzou
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Kentucky
Alabama (does not count towards division record)
Tennessee (does not count towards division record)
SEC Championship game selection criteria:
1. Division Record
2. Head to Head record (first tie breaker)
3. In event of 3 way tie, it goes to overall conference record (this is where the Bama and Tennesee games would come into play for LSU in the above scenario).
Posted on 9/18/11 at 10:53 pm to OilAg
This board needs to learn a lot about it!
Posted on 9/18/11 at 10:53 pm to OilAg
quote:
VTech are the teams the SEC adds.
Posted on 9/18/11 at 10:57 pm to OilAg
Everything is fine, except LSU has to play Ole Miss every year.
Posted on 9/18/11 at 10:59 pm to TulaneUVA
i dont like pods for 14 but for 16 its the only way. your way sucks though.
need to have
east: northeast, southeast
West: northwest, southwest
play your pod
2 from each other pod for 9 game conference schedule.
need to have
east: northeast, southeast
West: northwest, southwest
play your pod
2 from each other pod for 9 game conference schedule.
Posted on 9/18/11 at 11:00 pm to BayouBengals03
Feel free to replace VTech with any number of other options if you don't think they are likely. As for LSU/Ole Miss, would it make sense for Pod 1 to instead be A&M, LSU, Arkansas and Ole Miss? Then Ole Miss would lose its games with Bama/Auburn. Would it make sense to switch the cross pod rival for LSU from Bama to Ole Miss?
Posted on 9/18/11 at 11:02 pm to OilAg
quote:
Pod 1: A&M, LSU, Arkansas, and Mizzou
Pod 2: Bama, Auburn, Ole Miss and MSU
Pod 3: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky
Pod 4: UT, Vandy, VTech, and WVU
Permanent Rivals for each:
A&M: Vtech, Georgia, and Auburn
LSU: Alabama, Florida, and UT
Arkansas: South Carolina, Ole Miss, Vandy
Mizzou: WVU, Kentucky, and MSU
LSU's gotta play Ole Miss
I made this thread a couple weeks back, I plan on editing it when the 16 gets finalized:
LINK
quote:
SW Division: LSU, aTm, Ole Miss, Alabama
SE Division: Auburn, UGA, UF, FSU
NE Division: USC, Vanderbilt, UK, VT/WV
NW Division: Arkansas, MSU, UT, Mizzou
Each team has two cross division rivals, as follows:
quote:
LSU - UF, Arkansas
ATM - Mizzou, FSU
Ole Miss - MSU, UGA
Alabama - Alabama, UT
Auburn - Alabama, Vanderbilt
UGA - Ole Miss, USC
UF - LSU, UK
FSU - VT/WV, ATM
USC - UGA, MSU
Vanderbilt - UT, Auburn
UK - UF, Arkansas
WV/VT - FSU, Mizzou
Arkansas - LSU, UK
MSU - Ole Miss, USC
UT - Alabama, Vanderbilt
Mizzou - ATM, VT/WV
So each team would play (3) division games, (2) cross division rivals, and (3) games from each other division, which would create the 8 team scenario.
This post was edited on 9/18/11 at 11:04 pm
Posted on 9/18/11 at 11:07 pm to baytiger
I will be very surprised if A&M does not play Arkansas and LSU both annually. Your system above would not make sense as A&M and Arkansas would not play annually.
Posted on 9/18/11 at 11:08 pm to baytiger
i did the same a couple weeks ago based on A&M, WVA, VT and Missouri being added.... the schools could be divided like this....
The Colonies
UGA
USC
VT
UF* (Spanish)
Appalachia
UT
UK
WVA
Vandy
Indian Territory
Alabama
Auburn
Ole Miss
Miss State
Bought from Napoleon/Stole from Santa Anna
LSU
UArk
A&M
Missouri
The Colonies
UGA
USC
VT
UF* (Spanish)
Appalachia
UT
UK
WVA
Vandy
Indian Territory
Alabama
Auburn
Ole Miss
Miss State
Bought from Napoleon/Stole from Santa Anna
LSU
UArk
A&M
Missouri
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