re: Chris Low says SEC going to pods in 2025

Its going to be OU, Texas, Arkansas and Mizzou in a pod. Everyone from the Texas and OU camp have said that.

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3. LSU , OM, State& Ark

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I can’t imagine we get a pod that easy. We’d compete for championships more often, that’s for sure.

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Permanent SEC opponents are retarded. I prefer to see different schools more often.

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With the 3-6 format being suggested you have 3 permanent opp. each year you play every single SEC school every two years…

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The suggestions I’ve heard around pods have been something like:

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What don't yall understand?

The SEC already decided they were not doing pods and 3-6 is not the same as pods

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I think a lot of people feel this way. The SEC wants to have their cake and eat it too.

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You are going to see the teams from the east twice as much as before

But will play Auburn and State or Florida every other year instead of every year

Agree about Missouri. How much better would it be to have Florida State instead of them? Clemson?

Whatever gets LSU playing different teams more frequently. Bored with Florida.

Nick has always wanted a 9 game schedule as long as
he gets to play Vandy and Missouri as 2 of the 9.

I am only ok with this 3-6-3 model if the 3 non-conference games are controlled as well. 1 game must be against a power 5 conference team. You're not playing 3 cupcakes. It's irritating and no one wants to watch that.
I'm ok with playing 2 cupcakes, sort of. 1 as a basically a preseason game, and 1 more as sort of a bye mid to late season.


What i would rather see is a 10 game SEC schedule, 1 preseason cupcake, 1 power 5 school, two bye weeks.

I don't know how this 3 game permanent thing will work.
I think every team pretty much has two major rivals, some 3, some 1, but most have 2 that are a must. Someone is going to get screwed with it, and it won't be Alabama.

Texas wants Oklahoma and I'd bet they would rather renew their old southwest rivalry with Arkansas over A&M, and A&M doesn't want to play them either. Same with Oklahoma playing Texas/Arkansas.
A&M wants LSU
LSU wants A&M and Ole Piss
Bama wants Auburn and Tenn
Auburn wants Bama and UGA
UGA wants Auburn and UF
UF wants UGA and Tenn
Tenn wants Bama and UF
Ole Piss wants MSU and LSU
Arkansas would probably rather Texas/OU than LSU
No one gives a shite what MSU, Mizzou, Vandy, Kentucky or SC want.

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I think a lot of people feel this way. The SEC wants to have their cake and eat it too. They want the mega conference and 9 games and all the money that comes with it but they also want to hold on to their rivalries as well. The rivalries create a significant disadvantage for some teams while giving other teams an easier road.

There's just no way to have a fair and balanced conference with three rivalry games. The SEC is determined to force this LSU vs A&M rivalry so LSU could have bama, Florida, and A&M every year.

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I highly doubt that will be what LSU ends up with, but, if you look at the bigger picture, if you get 3 tough permanent opponents, that means that your rotating opponents will be easier--if LSU ended up with Bama, A&M, and Florida as their 3, the 6 would include a lot of Vandy, Missouri, and South Carolina. With the 3/6 set up, if they rotate the six every year (meaning you don't play the same six back to back years), you're going to see the entire league over a 2 year stretch. There's really no place to hide, and having 3 tough permanent opponents, as compared to 2 tough and one easy, doesn't really make much difference.