Athletic article from today (5/17/22) on SEC scheduling

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GregAmsler said:
No, but I think that makes more sense for Auburn. Georgia and Florida weren't rivals until the 1992 expansion and formation of divisions made them rivals. Going into that season, Tennessee had played Georgia Tech and North Carolina more than Georgia or Florida. Auburn, on the other hand, has played both far more times and had a rivalry with both pre-SEC expansion.

Tennessee has played Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and Alabama more than any other school. The Tennessee-Kentucky series is among the top 5 or 10 most played games in history.
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Exactly. And everybody is going to play everyone else frequently under this format. We will see every team in the conference twice every four years. Everyone is going to have a hard schedule.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
Interesting article today in The Athletic by Aaron Suttles and Seth Emerson. It said the SEC AD's are set to vote on the post-Texas/OU scheduling format at the spring meetings in 2 weeks. It said the format with the most momentum was no divisions, no pods, 3 permanent opponents. Priority of permanent opponents will be given to history/geography. No system they have looked at is perfect but this one checks the most boxes. You'd play your 3 permanent opponents every year, and switch the other 12 off 6 and 6 every other year, that way kids who played 4 years would visit every stadium (except for the neutral site rivalries but that's the schools involved's choice). Here's the article's explanation of how the permanent opponents could work:

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As an old UT fan, color me pleased if this is how it plays out.
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I figured that the 3 they wills give us. Not awful.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
Your hatred for UGA is truly unparalleled my friend.
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Heh. "Hate" is a strong word. A lot of it is trolling, as I kinda enjoy getting most uga folks spun up. There are a few good ones (@BAMA-DAWG for example) but most are annoying.

But yes, for some reason that fanbase and program just irritate me. Regardless if we win or lose against them, I just never have any respect for them. Much different than Bama, Florida, etc. I can't stand them either, but I have a healthy respect for both.
 
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VolInNW said:
Heh. "Hate" is a strong word. A lot of it is trolling, as I kinda enjoy getting most uga folks spun up. There are a few good ones (@BAMA-DAWG for example) but most are annoying.

But yes, for some reason that fanbase and program just irritate me. Regardless if we win or lose against them, I just never have any respect for them. Much different than Bama, Florida, etc. I can't stand them either, but I have a healthy respect for both.
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I know what you mean about "hate". I have found that pretty much for all fanbases the people that either went to school at the place OR are long term fans (who are thick and thin types) are not that bad. It's the people who pick teams that are good and then move on when someone else becomes good who are the biggest pricks. UGA currently has ALOT of those types. Generally, I hate/dislike UGA but I hate/dislike Florida more, and I hate Bama worse than either.
 
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Why I like about this proposal is that it really puts UK/Stoops on the spot… have heard from Wildcat fans for some time they were “better than the Vols (despite the game results)… question the proposal infers is whether these pansies think they are better than us… IMO they will never be. Like several posts before, all teams will have a difficult in-conference schedule this year…. Just curious how Wildcat fans react when Bama, Gators, Bulldogs, Gamecocks, Tigers/etc. call out our Vols for having a favorable draw with Kentucky. IMO, both teams now (Stoops has done a good job with UK) are pretty good…. do believe our Vols are on rise and scheduling does help in pursuit of conference/national titles (looking at you Georgia!). GBO!
 
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Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas and Texas A&M can all reminisce about their Southwestern Conference days at future league meetings.
 
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DawgInterloper said:
I still can't figure out why nobody likes a 10 game rotating SEC schedule with no permanent rivals. Every team plays every other team two years out of three, which should be enough to keep any rivalry alive.

NIL, pay for play and revenue sharing is about to split up P5 and G5 anyway because talent will be siphoned to upper level teams even more than it already is. Might as well bite the bullet and start eliminating the cupcake games now. Let the professionals play against other professionals.
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Coaches like their FCS and Group of 5 conference member games.
 
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VolInNW said:
Gosh. I am so very surprised to see an uga fan in here with passive aggressive digs. We currently play Florida, Alabama, and your trash program every year. So give me a break about our perhaps being OK with a slightly easier draw.
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Sorry, didn't mean to sound passive aggressive. I'm just pointing out that the problem with this system is reaching agreement between 16 teams. As for what happened since expansion, I agree that UT has had the toughest schedule in the east, especially since Saban was hired at Alabama. But I'm not sure past schedules will gain you, or anyone else, any goodwill when teams start haggling over the future.

My point (and the reason I asked if Involuntary would be happy to switch) is that, under 3-6-6 or pods, some team(s) will have to be okay with a harder road to championships, and its not an insignificant difference over time. It seems quite possible some team will say, "You want this format, then you play that schedule." If you can't get all 16 teams to sign off, I don't see how the SEC can force that to happen (unless they spend a lot of money to kick teams out). If it's not unanimous, I'd guess we'll go to a 9 or 10 game rotating schedule.
 
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DawgInterloper said:
I still can't figure out why nobody likes a 10 game rotating SEC schedule with no permanent rivals. Every team plays every other team two years out of three, which should be enough to keep any rivalry alive.

NIL, pay for play and revenue sharing is about to split up P5 and G5 anyway because talent will be siphoned to upper level teams even more than it already is. Might as well bite the bullet and start eliminating the cupcake games now. Let the professionals play against other professionals.
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Yep. I think the 2020 season was the best format we've had since before the league split into divisions. 10 games, all SEC opponents. No cupcakes. The season started the last week of September. Every single game had intrigue, because they were all conference games. More is not necessarily better if it means paying FCS opponents to travel to your place for an a$$ whippin'.
 
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