re: Will LSU-Bama stay as a yearly game when UT and OU join?

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Florida will get UGA and TENN likely along with UK I think.

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UK would make sense. I guessed South Carolina as Florida's third opponent, but I think UK is a better option for balance.

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I hope so too. Would be a shame to not have two legendary coaches like Kelly and saban meeting annually

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We won’t get many more

4&8, Ole Miss, and Florida

I think it’s a safe bet that Bama will keep Tennessee and Auburn as permanent opponents. I doubt very seriously that Bama will want to keep a program at the level of LSU as their third permanent opponent.

I think it’s easy to forget that whatever happens, you’ll be playing non-permanent opponents every other year now (or twice in four years anyhow, depending how they set it up).

It’s not going to be like it is now where we play UGA and then don’t see them again in the regular season for what feels like 20 years. To me, that offsets a lot of the concern about permanent opponents.

I read somewhere back when Texas and OK were first announced that they are considering 4 team geographic pods. You play the 3 teams in your pod every year, 1 repeat opponent from the other 3 pods every year, and the remaining 2 games cycle out every year, where 1 pod plays everyone on another pod on a rotating basis like the NFL does with games against other divisions for an 8 game conference schedule.

The most logical pod structure would be:

1. Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri
2. LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Miss St.
3. Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia'
4. South carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Vandy.

In the story I read, the makeup of the pods was very much in flux, so it could break in any direction. However, in this setup, LSU could get Bama as their annual opponent from pod 3, which would mean LSU would no longer play Florida every year.

No, i don't have a link...I read this a year ago. And, this doesn't work if they go to 9 conference games, unless everyone gets a random opponent for the 9th game.

The short answer...yes, LSU could still play Bama every year after TX and OK are added, but not necessarily.

LSU and Alabama will always play. When both teams are good it’s must see TV and the networks make lots of money.

LSU - Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Alabama - 1 loss
Ole Miss - Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, LSU - 1 loss
Auburn - Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi State - 2 losses
Mississippi State - Ole Miss, Kentucky, Auburn - 2 losses
Arkansas - Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri - 1.5 losses
Texas - Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri - 1 loss
Texas A&M - Texas, Arkansas, LSU - 2 losses
Alabama - Auburn, Tennessee, LSU - 1.5 losses
Oklahoma - Texas, Missouri, Arkansas - 1 loss
Vanderbilt - Tennessee, Ole Miss, Kentucky - 3 losses
Tennessee - Vanderbilt, Florida, Alabama - 1.5 losses
Florida - Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina - 1.5 losses
South Carolina - Florida, Kentucky, Georgia
Georgia - Auburn, Florida, South Carolina - 1.5 losses
Kentucky - South Carolina, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt - 1 losses
Missouri - Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas - 2 losses

I added losses based on historical matchups. LSU does well with this setup.

Bama, Tennessee, Auburn Vandy.

LSU, Ole Miss, Miss state, Texas A&M

Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas,

Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina