TX & OU Coming Into the SEC Is Going to Destroy Some SEC East Programs

[Todd4State]

It will be interesting to see what they do but we won't know until 2024- maybe 2023 at the earliest. They're going to let the rotation expire first for some reason which ends in 2025.

Looking at our OOC opponents it looks like we're getting ready to potentially play nine SEC games. We only have three lined up per year after 2025.

[parabrave]

State, ole miss, Kentucky and Mizzou would be nice.

More like. TX ARKY TAM OU. LSU MSU BAMA UT, OM Mizz KY Vandy. AUBB UGA USC FL

[Quaoarsking]

Prediction:

4 pods, fairly balanced competitively and geographically sensible:
1 - Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri
2 - Texas A&M, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
3 - Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
4 - Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

Then you have 1 permanent opponent beyond the pods:
Texas - Texas A&M
LSU - Arkansas
Auburn - Georgia
Tennessee - Florida

Mississippi State - Kentucky
Ole Miss - Vanderbilt
Missouri - South Carolina

Alabama - Oklahoma (that one is for the ratings)

[TrapGame]

Prediction:

4 pods, fairly balanced competitively and geographically sensible:
1 - Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri
2 - Texas A&M, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
3 - Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
4 - Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

Then you have 1 permanent opponent beyond the pods:
Texas - Texas A&M
LSU - Arkansas
Auburn - Georgia
Tennessee - Florida

Mississippi State - Kentucky
Ole Miss - Vanderbilt
Missouri - South Carolina

Alabama - Oklahoma (that one is for the ratings)

I like it. Email it to HQ.

[MoreCowbell]

Prediction:

4 pods, fairly balanced competitively and geographically sensible:
1 - Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri
2 - Texas A&M, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
3 - Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
4 - Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

Then you have 1 permanent opponent beyond the pods:
Texas - Texas A&M
LSU - Arkansas
Auburn - Georgia
Tennessee - Florida

Mississippi State - Kentucky
Ole Miss - Vanderbilt
Missouri - South Carolina

Alabama - Oklahoma (that one is for the ratings)

This is the best one I have seen and makes the most sense

[Dawgbite]

I like it. Email it to HQ.

Just send it to LT, he's in charge of important decisions like this!

[ShotgunDawg]

Have to feel that the Egg and UM Vs LSU will remain, therefore LSU, UM, MSU will be in the same pod. So the question is who is the 4th school, likely will be A&M or Mizzu.

Mizzou. A&M will go with TX & OU I'd imagine

[ShotgunDawg]

If they do pods, to me 3 of them are obvious:

Texas
OU
A&M
Arkansas

MSU
OM
Auburn
Bama

UGA
Florida
Tennessee
Vandy

The problem is, that leaves you with LSU but then SC, UK, and Missouri...which is far too weak a group and also just doesn't make sense. So they'll try to even out the 'blue bloods' and do something like:

OU-Texas
Auburn-Bama
UGA-UF
LSU-A&M

A&M isn't a blue blood but they're resource rich and make sense as a pairing with LSU. To even then out, I'd finish like this:

OU
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri

Auburn
Bama
OM
MSU

UGA
UF
SC
UK

LSU
A&M
Tennessee
Vandy

Then I'd have one permanent opponent from each other pod, which allows you to preserve UGA-Auburn, Bama-UT, Texas-A&M, OM-LSU, etc.

It wouldn't be great for us but nothing will be.

Tennessee & Bama have to be in the same POD

It'll be 3 permanent opponents, not PODs

[ShotgunDawg]

Prediction:

4 pods, fairly balanced competitively and geographically sensible:
1 - Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri
2 - Texas A&M, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
3 - Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
4 - Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

Then you have 1 permanent opponent beyond the pods:
Texas - Texas A&M
LSU - Arkansas
Auburn - Georgia
Tennessee - Florida

Mississippi State - Kentucky
Ole Miss - Vanderbilt
Missouri - South Carolina

Alabama - Oklahoma (that one is for the ratings)

I'm fairly sure TX & A&M will play each other every year

[ShotgunDawg]

This is the best one I have seen and makes the most sense

It doesn't make sense because Texas & A&M will play every year.

Additionally, Bama wants to play TN & AUB every year & AUB wants to play Bama & UGA every year & TX wants to play A&M & OU every year.

Thus, there must be 3 permanent opponents. Anything that is created must fit that criteria.

Texas - A&M, OU, ARK

Texas A&M - Texas, ARK, LSU

Arkansas - TX, OU, Mizzou

Ole Miss - MSU, LSU, Vandy

LSU - A&M, ARK, Florida

Florida - LSU, TN, UGA

UGA - SC, FL, AUB

TN - Bama, KY, Vandy

Vandy - OM, TN, KY

KY - TN, Vandy, MSU

MSU - OM, KY, AUB?

AUB - Bama, MSU, UGA

Mizzou - Ark, ?, ?

Etc

[Quaoarsking]

I'm fairly sure TX & A&M will play each other every year

Me too. That's why I listed them as permanent opponents.

[parabrave]

Me too. That's why I listed them as permanent opponents.

Or TX TAM Arky LSU in a pod. You have the old SWC and LSU always played AM

[ShotgunDawg]

Or TX TAM Arky LSU in a pod. You have the old SWC and LSU always played AM

Texas & the SEC aren't giving up the Red River Rivalry every year. That's a ratings magnet

OU will play Texas, Mizzou, & Arkansas every year

Arkansas will play Texas Mizzou & Arkansas

Texas will play OU, Arkansas, & A&M

A&M will play Texas, LSU, & someone else

[OLJWales]

OK & UT's arrival can't get here any faster for Leach. Old girlfriend grudge effin and shit.

[Quaoarsking]

Texas & the SEC aren't giving up the Red River Rivalry every year. That's a ratings magnet

OU will play Texas, Mizzou, & Arkansas every year

Arkansas will play Texas Mizzou & Arkansas

Texas will play OU, Arkansas, & A&M

A&M will play Texas, LSU, & someone else

I like the 10-game format (2020 was awesome in this one particular aspect):

Play the 3 teams in your pod every year
Play half of the teams in each other pod every year, for a total of 6 games
Play your permanent opponent every year, or if you had it scheduled already, then just create a matchup that makes sense.

Put all the standings on a single table, since the schedules should generally be even, and play every team at least twice, over every 4-year period. How to structure the SEC Championship Game (and even whether to have it at all) will depend on how many teams make the College Football Playoff.

[TUSK]

With apologies to Smootness (I hijacked your permanent POD opponent idea)...

PODs (with permanent opponents):

West:
Texas-LSU VDY FLA
Okie-OM AU UGA
A&M-MO UK TENN
Arkie-MSU UA SC
SouthWest:
LSU-TEXAS UA FLA
MSU-ARK UK TENN
OM-OKIE VDY UGA
MO-A&M AU SC
SouthEast:
UA-ARK LSU TENN
AU-OKIE OM UGA
UK-A&M MSU FLA
VDY-TEXAS MO SC
East:
UGA-OKIE OM AU
FLA-TEXAS LSU UK
TENN-A&M MSU UA
SC-ARK MO VDY

That's 3 intra-POD, 3 permanent inter-POD, then 2-3 rotational... that leaves 3-4 OOC...

If it's a lil whack, forgive me.... I just taste tested a batch...