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re: The SEC is moving to a 9 game schedule, starting Fall 2026
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:21 pm to The Hurricane
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:21 pm to The Hurricane
I'm betting:
Texas, Ark, OK, Mizz
LSU, A&M, Ole Miss, Miss State
A&M came to the SEC to get away from Texas.
Texas, Ark, OK, Mizz
LSU, A&M, Ole Miss, Miss State
A&M came to the SEC to get away from Texas.
This post was edited on 8/21/25 at 5:22 pm
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Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:23 pm to EmperorGout
quote:
If we get saddled with A&M it’s just embarrassing
I really don’t get LSU fans denial here.
Total meetings
LSU vs UF-71
LSU vs TAMU 63
LSU vs Auburn 58
LSU and TAMU have similar backgrounds-military ag and mechanical schools
Similar alumni footprints recruiting grounds etc etc
This post was edited on 8/21/25 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:25 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
Don’t shoot the messenger. I’m just regurgitating what was said when this was first brought up several years ago. The theory was the powers that be broke the conference into two halves, based on historical data from the last 20 years or some fixed period of time. Broken down as follows:
Upper tier in no particular order
LSU
Bama
Auburn
Fla
Texas
A&M
UGA
OU
Lower
Miss
Miss St
Ark
Ten
SC
Van
Uk
Mizzou
Upper tier had to play two other upper tier teams and one lower. Opposite scenario for the lower tier.
Thus LSU’s predicted opponents were:
Bama, A&M, Ole Miss
Bama’s were predicted as Aub, LSU and Ten, which just happened to coincide with Ten getting good again. Saban didn’t like it.
Upper tier in no particular order
LSU
Bama
Auburn
Fla
Texas
A&M
UGA
OU
Lower
Miss
Miss St
Ark
Ten
SC
Van
Uk
Mizzou
Upper tier had to play two other upper tier teams and one lower. Opposite scenario for the lower tier.
Thus LSU’s predicted opponents were:
Bama, A&M, Ole Miss
Bama’s were predicted as Aub, LSU and Ten, which just happened to coincide with Ten getting good again. Saban didn’t like it.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:53 pm to Adam Banks
We have quite literally never played a historically important game against A&M, in no small part due to the Aggies being comic relief for college football as a concept.
And I do appreciate the UF/AU comparisons because LSU will abandon these two great series so that we can be stuck with these absolute losers forever
And I do appreciate the UF/AU comparisons because LSU will abandon these two great series so that we can be stuck with these absolute losers forever
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:54 pm to Nitrogen
I’d want Auburn, Florida and Ole Miss
I’d want Bama/Georgia/Texas/Oklahoma in the SEC Championship every other year
I’d want Bama/Georgia/Texas/Oklahoma in the SEC Championship every other year
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:56 pm to LSBoosie
Now DAVA only has to find 3 crappy OOC teams to schedule.
1.) SWAC/HBCU school. (Band)
2.) Jacksonville State (Band)
3.) Southern Miss (Band)
4.) Tuck Fulane or Southwest Louisiana Junior College at Lafayette. In-State Little Brother practice game to beat the shite out of and shut their Jealous Little Brother fans up. (Tuck Fulane needs to be on the schedule in any case)...............
1.) SWAC/HBCU school. (Band)
2.) Jacksonville State (Band)
3.) Southern Miss (Band)
4.) Tuck Fulane or Southwest Louisiana Junior College at Lafayette. In-State Little Brother practice game to beat the shite out of and shut their Jealous Little Brother fans up. (Tuck Fulane needs to be on the schedule in any case)...............
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:00 pm to Nitrogen
Ratings would suggest keeping Bama, correct?
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:05 pm to Nitrogen
Yay-HEY! Just don't give us Texas and The Aggies every year
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:06 pm to NorthTxLSU
quote:
You can say goodbye to big non conference games now
Those openers worked well for LSU the past 5yrs
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:09 pm to Nitrogen
I had advocated for this when we expanded in 2012.
I thought the permanent opponents and the fact you could be in college 4 years and not play a team from the other division seemed unbalanced.
Especially if your permanent opponent was fricking Vanderbilt.
I thought the permanent opponents and the fact you could be in college 4 years and not play a team from the other division seemed unbalanced.
Especially if your permanent opponent was fricking Vanderbilt.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:11 pm to Dragula
quote:scheduling a major nonconference game is literally a requirement of the new 9 game SEC schedule.
You can say goodbye to big non conference games now
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:21 pm to Zephyrius
quote:
Texas, Ark, OK, Mizz LSU, A&M, Ole Miss, Miss State
They aren’t doing pods, just three permanent opponents
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:24 pm to Alt26
Its going to be Bama. That has been a marquee match up in the SEC for so long, its a huge revenue generating event the media can't pass up.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:26 pm to Handsome Pete
The requirement is to schedule a P4 opponent i.e. Pitt/SMU/Wake/Duke/Indiana
Not a "Big" OOC game i.e. FSU/Clemson/Michigan/Ohio St, etc., which was his point
Not a "Big" OOC game i.e. FSU/Clemson/Michigan/Ohio St, etc., which was his point
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:27 pm to EmperorGout
quote:
We have quite literally never played a historically important game against A&M,
I mean lsu vs tamu literally changed college OT rules.
LSU prevented tamu from a BCS title game appearance in 2012
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:30 pm to HappyTigerDay
quote:
Ole Miss
Mississippi St
A&M
I hope not.
I would rather
Alabama
Ole Miss
Florida
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:34 pm to ctiger69
We already have 3 perm opponents in the current set up. I don’t see why those 3 teams would change since they were chosen previously under the same scenario.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:44 pm to LoneStarTiger
Arkansas, Ole Miss, Alabama.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:46 pm to ctiger69
I think Florida will keep Georgia, Tennessee and SC or Kentucky.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:52 pm to flyingtexastiger
quote:
The requirement is to schedule a P4 opponent i.e. Pitt/SMU/Wake/Duke/Indiana
Not a "Big" OOC game i.e. FSU/Clemson/Michigan/Ohio St, etc., which was his point
SEC isn't gonna let teams get away with scheduling scrubs. They want that TV money. And the big paydays for schools from opening the season with a high profile game are not going to go away.
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