BigOrangeTrain
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I, RESPECTFULLY, disagree.Our permanent should be Bama, Vandy and UF. At least if my selfish wants could be met. Instead it’s apparently gonna be SC.
I’d be happy if our guys never had to step foot on that ****** field ever again.
Trade FL and MSU between Auburn and LSU. That schedule is way to hard on Barn and way to easy on LSU.This is pretty good. I would make minor tweaks in bold:
Ark: uTa, Mizzou, OK
Aub: AL, FL, GA
AL: Aub, UT, MSU
FL: Aub, GA, SCAR
GA: Aub, FL, SCAR
LSU: aTm, Ole Miss, MSU
KY: UT, Vandy, Mizzou
Mizzou: KY, OK, Ark
MSU: Ole Miss, LSU, AL
Ole Miss: MSU, LSU, aTm
OK: uTa, Ark, Mizzou
SCAR: FL, GA, Vandy
UT: AL, KY, Vandy
uTa: Ark, OK, aTm,
aTm: uTa, LSU, Ole Miss
Vandy: UT, KY, SCAR
This is pretty good. I would make minor tweaks in bold:
Ark: uTa, Mizzou, OK
Aub: AL, FL, GA
AL: Aub, UT, MSU
FL: Aub, GA, SCAR
GA: Aub, FL, SCAR
LSU: aTm, Ole Miss, MSU
KY: UT, Vandy, Mizzou
Mizzou: KY, OK, Ark
MSU: Ole Miss, LSU, AL
Ole Miss: MSU, LSU, aTm
OK: uTa, Ark, Mizzou
SCAR: FL, GA, Vandy
UT: AL, KY, Vandy
uTa: Ark, OK, aTm,
aTm: uTa, LSU, Ole Miss
Vandy: UT, KY, SCAR
Most of these work perfectly, but the disparity between the toughest (Auburn) vs. the lightest (KY) needs adjusting.
We've been batting this question back and forth for a few months, in this thread and others: would having easier permanent rivals help?
Let's try math out. See if it can help us figure this out.
At the extreme, one team might have three cellar dweller permanent rivals (think Vandy, Ky, Miss St), while another team had the best teams in conference (like maybe Bama, UGa, and the Vols) as their permanent matches.
And let's just triage the competition: there are 5 easy teams in conference, 5 middling teams, 5 tough teams, and the Test Case. For the sake of argument, we'll call an easy team a W every time, a middling team 0.5 of a win, and a tough team an L.
(1) If the Test Case plays 3 cupcake permanent rivals, the other 12 teams (5 tough, 5 middle, 2 easy) will rotate: that's 2.5 tough, 2.5 middle, and 4 easy each year. So expected record is: 2.5L + 2.5(0.5)W + 2.5(0.5)L + 4W = 5.25 wins and 3.75 losses.
(2) If the Test Case plays 3 tough rivals every year, with the other 12 teams (2 tough, 5 middle, 5 easy) rotating: that's a total of 4 tough, 2.5 middling, and 2.5 easy = 4L + 1.25W + 1.25L + 2.5W = 3.75 wins and 5.25 losses each year.
Rounding off, it's 5 wins and 4 losses with the easiest of schedules, or 4 wins and 5 losses with the toughest of schedules.
That's not much real difference.
Let's just whup all dey azzes, and it won't matter too much.
Go Vols!