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    SEC to Announce Permanent Opponents

    On Tuesday.

    Anyone have any predictions?

    Mine are Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Auburn.

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    Ole Miss, Kentucky, and TAMU

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    We will not get any ?permanent? opponents. Because we?ve gotten permanent opponents before and they haven?t been permanent. These opponents will be permanent until they are not, which actually makes them temporary.

    Ole Miss, Kentucky, and LSU

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    We getting Mississippi/Kentucky/A&M
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    Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
    On Tuesday.

    Anyone have any predictions?

    Mine are Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Auburn.
    Agree. Us and Auburn is a pretty good match for us and some good history there too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    We getting Mississippi/Kentucky/A&M
    TAMU should get TX OU and either Ark or Mizzou

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    I would prefer Auburn to aTm because if aTm gets the right coaching they could erupt into a giant where Auburn will always play back fiddle to Bama

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    Quote Originally Posted by R2Dawg View Post
    TAMU should get TX OU and either Ark or Mizzou
    A&M is supposed to get Texas/LSU/US
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    Quote Originally Posted by PGHBulldogBG View Post
    I would prefer Auburn to aTm because if aTm gets the right coaching they could erupt into a giant where Auburn will always play back fiddle to Bama
    Auburn is bottom half of the SEC the last 10 years total. We will 100% not get them
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    A&M is supposed to get Texas/LSU/US
    This is correct, or it's at least what Jimbo Fisher announced a couple of years ago. It's possible that it's changed, but I bet it doesn't.

    Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Texas A&M for us. If they change it, it would probably be to swap out Arkansas for Kentucky or Auburn for A&M.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    Auburn is bottom half of the SEC the last 10 years total. We will 100% not get them
    This is my question. With Ole Miss having a lot of success the past few years, does that make them our top 8 opponent giving how they are supposed to make the schedules have some parity?

    I'm just not sure how they are going about it as far as how far they are looking at teams.

    Ole Miss having success could actually help us out with the schedule ironically.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
    This is my question. With Ole Miss having a lot of success the past few years, does that make them our top 8 opponent giving how they are supposed to make the schedules have some parity?

    I'm just not sure how they are going about it as far as how far they are looking at teams.

    Ole Miss having success could actually help us out with the schedule ironically.
    I doubt it because there are 9 teams with traditionally stronger college football backgrounds than Ole Miss. I think they are picking the 8 teams based on overall historic success. The question moreso is which team out of the original Big 6 and aTm, Texas and OU gets bumped to the bottom 8

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    Quote Originally Posted by somebodyshotmypaw View Post
    We will not get any ?permanent? opponents. Because we?ve gotten permanent opponents before and they haven?t been permanent. These opponents will be permanent until they are not, which actually makes them temporary.

    Ole Miss, Kentucky, and LSU
    They will review every 4 years.... so semi-permanent.
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    I've done this exercise a few times. Basic tenets I follow:
    - top 8 vs. bottom 8 split. you get 2 of your group and one of the other. (i'll denote as diff)
    - pick everyone's #1 first
    - add in named #2 games (3rd Saturday in October, Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, etc.)
    - TV Ratings

    With that

    Group 1: Bama, Texsa, Georgia, OU, Aggy, Florida, LSU, Auburn
    Group 2: Tenn, OM, State, SCar, UK, Mizz, Vandy, Arky

    Bama - Aub, Tenn (diff), LSU
    Texsa - OU, Aggy, Arky (diff)
    Georgia - Florida, SCar (diff), Auburn
    OU - Texsa, Mizz (diff), Aggy
    Aggy - Texsa, Vandy (diff), OU
    Florida - Georgia, UK (diff), LSU
    LSU - OM (diff), Bama, Florida
    Auburn - Bama, Georgia, State (diff)
    Tenn - Bama (diff), UK, Vandy
    OM - State, LSU (diff), Arky
    State - OM, Auburn (diff), UK
    SCar - Georgia (diff), Mizz, Vandy
    UK - Tenn, State, Florida (diff)
    Mizz - OU (diff), Arky, SCar
    Vandy - Tenn, SCar, Aggy (diff)
    Arky - Texsa (diff), Mizz, OM


    I do see them actually flipping to protect OU-LSU and make it Aggy-UF. But I hate that and went with what I want them to do instead.

    Also can see us/Aggy and Vandy/Auburn swap.
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    It's going to be OM, Kentucky, A&M for us.

    I can already tell you OM will be b******* and complaining when Vandy isn't one of their 3 permanent opponents. So that will be fun to watch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
    It's going to be OM, Kentucky, A&M for us.

    I can already tell you OM will be b******* and complaining when Vandy isn't one of their 3 permanent opponents. So that will be fun to watch.
    I could see us getting Bama due to proximity and to help Bama out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoopsDawg View Post
    I could see us getting Bama due to proximity and to help Bama out.
    Bama already will have Auburn and LSU. They won't give them another old guard West team. My guess is that it will Tennessee.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
    Bama already will have Auburn and LSU. They won't give them another old guard West team. My guess is that it will Tennessee.
    Yeah it will be Tenn. They been playing that 3rd Sat in Oct game for 75 years
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tater View Post
    I've done this exercise a few times. Basic tenets I follow:
    - top 8 vs. bottom 8 split. you get 2 of your group and one of the other. (i'll denote as diff)
    - pick everyone's #1 first
    - add in named #2 games (3rd Saturday in October, Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, etc.)
    - TV Ratings

    With that

    Group 1: Bama, Texsa, Georgia, OU, Aggy, Florida, LSU, Auburn
    Group 2: Tenn, OM, State, SCar, UK, Mizz, Vandy, Arky

    Bama - Aub, Tenn (diff), LSU
    Texsa - OU, Aggy, Arky (diff)
    Georgia - Florida, SCar (diff), Auburn
    OU - Texsa, Mizz (diff), Aggy
    Aggy - Texsa, Vandy (diff), OU
    Florida - Georgia, UK (diff), LSU
    LSU - OM (diff), Bama, Florida
    Auburn - Bama, Georgia, State (diff)
    Tenn - Bama (diff), UK, Vandy
    OM - State, LSU (diff), Arky
    State - OM, Auburn (diff), UK
    SCar - Georgia (diff), Mizz, Vandy
    UK - Tenn, State, Florida (diff)
    Mizz - OU (diff), Arky, SCar
    Vandy - Tenn, SCar, Aggy (diff)
    Arky - Texsa (diff), Mizz, OM


    I do see them actually flipping to protect OU-LSU and make it Aggy-UF. But I hate that and went with what I want them to do instead.

    Also can see us/Aggy and Vandy/Auburn swap.
    With top 8 and bottom 8, that is calculated based on the last 10 years' results, correct?

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    Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
    With top 8 and bottom 8, that is calculated based on the last 10 years' results, correct?
    Lol it's what ever the SEC wants it to mean.

    And they need to make sure the following games happen within that parameter:
    Bama - Auburn, Bama - Tenn, Auburn - Georgia, Tenn-Vandy, Tenn-UK, Georgia-Florida, SCar
    Auburn-Georgia is the only game on there that isn't someone's first pic.
    That means Auburn has to be in a group with Bama/Georgia. Georgia has to be in the same group as 2 of Florida/Auburn/SCar. Tenn has to be in the opposite group of Bama. Tenn has to be in the same group as UK and Vandy.

    That means the only grouping split that works:
    1 - Bama, Auburn, Georgia, UF or SCar
    2 - Tenn, Vandy, UK, UF or SCar

    Fill in the gaps around there. Florida in 1 and SCar in 2 makes more sense.
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