re: Rabalais Nails it on SEC Scheduling

all they have to do is keep it the way it is and make Mizz and Arky Permanent cross-div opponents, since they will be natural rivals. Arky will still play ATM since they are in the same div. And no one cares if ATM plays Mizz.....no one cares, not even the two teams.


Then take Arky's current cross-div opponent, USCe and pair them w ATM since USCe vs Arky wasn't even that good of a rivalry anyway

LSU vs UF
Bama vs UT
Arky vs Mizz
USCe vs ATM
Ole Miss vs Vandy
MSU vs Kentucky
Aub vs UGA


There you go. Rivalries preserved, no more movement. In fact, this is the way it will be since SEC put Mizz in the East. This is just a ONE YEAR stop gap. The AD's will finally get to sit down together in Destin to figure this out when they have time away from the whirlwind.

Rabalais is going around his elbow to get to his a-hole.

Why don't we just eliminate divisions? With an 8 game schedule you could have 2 permanent opponents to appease Bama (Auburn and Tennessee). The other 6 conference games are rotated on a home and home schedule.

The top two teams at the end of the year play in the SEC championship game. Would have been LSU and Bama this year.

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It seems like many here just rather get to the outcome of a national championship and not enjoy some hard fought games.

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Hard schedule is fine, but I want my conference schedule to be, on average, just as hard as the other teams in my division. Or, if that isn't the case, I don't want my schedule harder because of Bama and Tenn interests.

again.....simplicity is key, and the best option.



sec w and their cross div opponent.
LSU vs UF
Bama vs UT
Arky vs Mizz
USCe vs ATM
Ole Miss vs Vandy
MSU vs Kentucky
Aub vs UGA


rivalries are preserved here and no movements are needed.

Go to a nine game schedule. It's the easiest compromise. We'll all live without being able to play one other patsie out of conference.

I'm okay with permanent rivals. Auburn got hosed being placed in the west, with all of its tradition rivals save Bama in the east. Part of the reason the Big 12 fell apart is that traditional rivalries were not respected (OU v. Nebraska). It removed some of the connection with the other division.

And I like playing Florida every year. We ain't scared of nothing.

i would move bama and auburn to east and bring kentucky to the west. (rabalais said vandy)

seems even to me in the long run.

Agree.. Go to a 9 game schedule with 2 permanent cross-overs. Move Auburn to the East.

LSU permanents: Florida and Auburn
Alabama permanents: Tennessee and Auburn
etc...

ObiWan...

Not reading an entire post is no way to visit a message board, son.

I said, keep it the way it is and simply make ATM play South Carolina and Mizz will play Arky.


Then we get to play UF every year....like the fricking post says. Don't just pick one sentence and use that as the only context.

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Go to a nine game schedule. It's the easiest compromise.

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absolutely. and i still think this will happen. i continue to say that the SC president didn't just pull that information out of nowhere. he had it nailed down all the way to how they would get out of the existing OOC games and the continuation of the Clemson rivalry.

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ObiWan...

Not reading an entire post is no way to visit a message board, son.

I said, keep it the way it is and simply make ATM play South Carolina and Mizz will play Arky.


Then we get to play UF every year....like the fricking post says. Don't just pick one sentence and use that as the only

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Boy...I read the whole post. The keeping it the way it is is what I disagree with. What part of that didn't you understand? You said A&M and Mizzou wouldn't care if they played or not...well, to have a true conference they NEED to play occasionally...it doesn't have anything to do with what they WANT. That's the whole problem here...it's what Bama and Tenn WANT and not what the conference needs.