BigOrangeMojo
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After reviewing the schedule yesterday, it was obvious that the SEC used the "Balanced SOS" approach to pick winners (LSU, UGA) and losers (UT, Arky, Mizzou). Granted, it is impossible to pick a 100% fair schedule for everyone but the schools that were the squeaky wheel (UGA) in these discussions got the grease.
Here is the biggest flaw with the schedule:
1. It bases the SOS on your two originally scheduled cross-divisional games. That is unfair. Let's take UT and UGA. In 2016 - 2018, Georgia's rotational cross-divisional foes were Ole Miss, MSU, and LSU while ours were AM, Auburn, and LSU. In 2020, UGA was going to have to pay the piper for those easier years and go to Bama while we were going to get Arky. Under any scenario, UGA was going to have the tougher schedule since they've benefited from an easier schedule in prior years so the SEC's logic is to give UGA an easier schedule.
While the SEC spent weeks figuring this out, I spent five mins coming up with a fairer approach. It essentially disregards the existing SOS and allows the Top 4 teams in each division (UGA, UF, UT, UK - Bama, LSU, Auburn, AM) one game against the Top 4 in the other division and 1 game against the bottom 3 in the other division. Here is how the 2 additional games would have looked in my scenario:
UGA - AM, MSU
UF - Auburn, Arky
UT - LSU, Ole Miss
UK - Bama, Arky
USC - Bama, MSU
Mizzou - AM, Ole Miss
Vandy - LSU, Auburn
Bama - UK, USC
LSU - UT, Vandy
Auburn - UF, Vandy
AM - UGA, Mizzou
Ole Miss - UT, Mizzou
MSU - UGA, USC
Arky - UF, UK
Thoughts?
Here is the biggest flaw with the schedule:
1. It bases the SOS on your two originally scheduled cross-divisional games. That is unfair. Let's take UT and UGA. In 2016 - 2018, Georgia's rotational cross-divisional foes were Ole Miss, MSU, and LSU while ours were AM, Auburn, and LSU. In 2020, UGA was going to have to pay the piper for those easier years and go to Bama while we were going to get Arky. Under any scenario, UGA was going to have the tougher schedule since they've benefited from an easier schedule in prior years so the SEC's logic is to give UGA an easier schedule.
While the SEC spent weeks figuring this out, I spent five mins coming up with a fairer approach. It essentially disregards the existing SOS and allows the Top 4 teams in each division (UGA, UF, UT, UK - Bama, LSU, Auburn, AM) one game against the Top 4 in the other division and 1 game against the bottom 3 in the other division. Here is how the 2 additional games would have looked in my scenario:
UGA - AM, MSU
UF - Auburn, Arky
UT - LSU, Ole Miss
UK - Bama, Arky
USC - Bama, MSU
Mizzou - AM, Ole Miss
Vandy - LSU, Auburn
Bama - UK, USC
LSU - UT, Vandy
Auburn - UF, Vandy
AM - UGA, Mizzou
Ole Miss - UT, Mizzou
MSU - UGA, USC
Arky - UF, UK
Thoughts?