re: Scheduling is old news but Chris Low nailed it

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What would everyone think of that? Agree/Disagree?

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Disagree for the most part. You could have one or both teams in the SECCG that have worse overall records than other teams. This hurts the league from a national championship perspective.

In reality the problem of the permanent opponent wasn't exposed until the league went to 2 cross-division games vs. 3. The schedule was somewhat protected when it was 3 because the likelihood that all 3 were down was low.

If the league wants to stay at 8 conference games, the solution is simple. Do away with permanent opponents. If the rivalry is that important, play those games as out-of-conference during the years that game isn't on the conference schedule.

As far as this year's schedule is concerned, I certainly hope it's ridiculed non-stop on the networks. Pryor, Carlin, Hedberg and Murphy combined couldn't come up with a joke as big as this one.