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    Quote Originally Posted by Coursesuper View Post
    Pod A

    Fla
    Ga
    SC
    Vandy

    Pod B

    Auburn
    Bammer
    Tenn
    UK

    Pod C

    LSU
    MSU
    UNM
    Mizzu

    Pod D (SWC Pod)

    A&M
    Ark
    Tx
    OU

    1 permanent team and the rest will rotate in a yearly rotation ensuring that all teams play home and away in the league as much as possible with a 9 game schedule.
    OU was never in the SWC. They and Mizzou were Big 8.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quaoarsking View Post
    4 pods
    A&M, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
    Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma
    Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Vanderbilt
    Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina
    All 4 pods as balanced as they can be competitively and geographically tight

    Play 10 game conference schedule: the 3 in your pod, plus 2 of the 4 in each other pod, plus 1 more game to preserve rivalries:

    Texas - Texas A&M
    Auburn - Georgia
    Ole Miss - Vanderbilt
    Mississippi State - Kentucky
    LSU - Arkansas
    South Carolina - Missouri
    Alabama - Tennessee
    Florida - Oklahoma (not really a rivalry but good game)

    If your permanent rivalry gets drawn as a rotating opponent (it will half the time), play another team of similar level. You could probably set it up so that everybody has 2 permanent rivals, and you draw whichever 1 isn't on your rotating schedule, but it would take careful setting up of the schedules. That would allow games like Alabama-LSU and maybe A&M-Oklahoma to become annual events.
    Switch UK and Tennessee and I agree

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    Quote Originally Posted by parabrave View Post
    OU was never in the SWC. They and Mizzou were Big 8.
    They were but for a very short period of time (OU not Missouri)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead View Post
    I am sure it 100% depends on when OU and TX are coming this way. I assume they will be cleared to fully join the competition in conference next year, because it is worth too much money to not get it going.

    I still like the idea that there are 4 pods. ABCD
    Matchups include each pod plays 2 other pods, plus half of another one and it rotates every two years.

    First 4 Years
    A Plays B and C and Half of D
    B Plays A and D and half of C
    C Plays D and A and Half of B
    D Plays C and B and half of A

    Every 4 years, everyone would play everyone, home and away. Each Pod is set on playing 2 other pods every year. The other pod they play 2 teams cycles every two years.
    The pods could be organized to maintain rivalries, I suppose.

    Pod A - TX, OU, aTm, and Ark
    Pod B - Ole Miss, LSU, MSU, MO
    Pod C - Bama, Auburn, TN, Vandy
    Pod D - UF, UsCe, Kentucky, GA

    That is by strict geographical location. It is time to revamp the SEC into new traditions and to lock down the members to 16 permenantly.
    9 game SEC season.
    3 Non-Conference on 3 set weekends. Fix the Bye's to coincide on 2 weekends in the middle of the year to eliminate that advantage.

    Here is the schedule as I see it. Fixed every year, so the overall schedule should be pretty damn easy to make out.

    Week 1 - Non-conference for half, with half conference games (NC1) (sec 1)
    Week 2 - Non-Conference for half, with half conference games (NC1) (sec 1)
    Week 3 - Conference Games (sec 2)
    Week 4 - Conference Games (sec 3)
    Week 5 - Conference Games (sec 4)
    Week 6 Bye Week for half Non Conference games for Half (NC2)
    Week 7 Bye Week for half Non conference games for half (NC2)
    Week 8 - Conference Games (sec 5)
    Week 9 - Conference Games (sec 6)
    Week 10 - Conference Games (sec 7)
    Week 11 - Non-Conference for half, with half conference games (NC3) (sec 8)
    Week 12 - Non-Conference for half, with half conference games (NC3) (8)
    Week 13 - Week 10 - Conference Games (9)

    Week 14 - SEC Championship Game - Best Record, TB1 Head to head, TB2 Common Opponent, TB3 CFP Ranking

    So are you saying A pod wouldn't play the teams in its own pod? Also, if a team plays all the teams in 2 pods and half in another, that's 10 games. This is based on your example of:
    A Plays B and C and Half of D

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    Quote Originally Posted by chef dixon View Post
    The pod idea sucks. Go to a 9 game league schedule, keep 2-3 permanent opponents and then rotate everyone else. Keep scheduling one P5 out of conference game. Scrap the conference championship game and go to an 8 or 16 team playoff.
    Agree. No divisions, 3 permanent + 6 of the other 12 is the best system. But I think it's the least likely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coursesuper View Post
    Way to much $$$$ in the championship games for them to go away.
    If all conferences agree to scrap the championship games in exchange for a larger playoff, there's probably more money to be had.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quaoarsking View Post
    If all conferences agree to scrap the championship games in exchange for a larger playoff, there's probably more money to be had.
    I've never understood the resistance to a I-AA or DII style playoff. DII teams play 10 regular season games, FCS play 11 games. Playoffs are broken into 4 regions of 7 teams - 28 teams total. #1 seed in each region gets a first round bye. 5 potential playoff games. We should drop 1 fluff game and go with the 28 team playoff. Conference Champs get auto-spot and then the rest are at-large selected by committee that also seeds teams. Screw the bowl games and make a real champ.
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    Quote Originally Posted by donald igwebuike View Post
    are gonna wind up?
    Why not just 2 divisions with 8 teams each?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RocketDawg View Post
    Why not just 2 divisions with 8 teams each?
    Texas in the West, Oklahoma in the East.

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    Quote Originally Posted by parabrave View Post
    OU was never in the SWC. They and Mizzou were Big 8.
    Close enough for government work.

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    I believe a deal was made with A&M and they get to choose whether they are in the pod w/ Texas or not. I will be hard, IMO, for UT, OU, and A&M to be in the same pod.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coursesuper View Post
    Close enough for government work.
    If you count 1920.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    Texas in the West, Oklahoma in the East.
    If they do that, it will be Alabama and Auburn to the East, and Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma to the West.

    This will better balance the divisions and make no need for permanent opponents.

    However, I still would rather 3 permanent, 6 rotating than 7/1 or 7/2 because I want to play everyone more often

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quaoarsking View Post
    If they do that, it will be Alabama and Auburn to the East, and Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma to the West.

    This will better balance the divisions and make no need for permanent opponents.

    However, I still would rather 3 permanent, 6 rotating than 7/1 or 7/2 because I want to play everyone more often
    I like that, the set up now sux, The scheduling is broken and this is one way to fix it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PikeDawg15 View Post
    Pod A
    Miss St
    Ole Miss
    Arkansas
    LSU

    Pod B
    Alabama
    Auburn
    Tennessee
    Vanderbilt

    Pod C
    Oklahoma
    Texas
    Texas A&M
    Missouri

    Pod D
    Georgia
    Florida
    Kentucky
    South Carolina


    Cross Pod Permanent Opponents
    Miss St - Kentucky
    Ole Miss- Vanderbilt
    Arkansas - Texas
    LSU- Florida
    Auburn- Georgia

    The rest i have no clue

    But I really think those pods are as balanced as you can get and as best as you can do it
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    Romans 5:8

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    Just do it by athletic budgets

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