I know that SEC football scheduling is complicated and we have a certain order to the rotation of who we play from the SEC West Div. but, TAMU has been a conference member since 2012 and they still haven't appeared on the UK schedule. Don't think they are on for '17 either. How does that work?
Just curious, when do we finally play TAMU?
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adding 2 schools to the SEC would actually help scheduling, they either go nine games if keeping an East/West split, or, if bylaws allow, setting up a four-pod system with 4 teams each. if, say for instance, VT and NCSU joined, for sake of experiment, you'd have:
SEC North: UK, UT, Vandy, VT
SEC East: Florida, UGa, NCSU, SC
SEC South: Bama, Aub, Ole Miss, MSU
SEC West: Arky, LSU, Mizzou, TAMU
play all 3 of your pod opponents every year, all 4 of one of the other 3 pods per year, and one team from each of the other 2 pods. so yeah 9 games, and guaranteed to go no more than 3 years without seeing any league school.
only question with this would be if NCAA would allow pods and further, if they'd allow a semifinal and final two week conference championship system involving all four pod winners or if it'd still have to be just a final game with the top two pod winners per computer rankings etc
SEC North: UK, UT, Vandy, VT
SEC East: Florida, UGa, NCSU, SC
SEC South: Bama, Aub, Ole Miss, MSU
SEC West: Arky, LSU, Mizzou, TAMU
play all 3 of your pod opponents every year, all 4 of one of the other 3 pods per year, and one team from each of the other 2 pods. so yeah 9 games, and guaranteed to go no more than 3 years without seeing any league school.
only question with this would be if NCAA would allow pods and further, if they'd allow a semifinal and final two week conference championship system involving all four pod winners or if it'd still have to be just a final game with the top two pod winners per computer rankings etc
So we should drop MSt, the perennial worst team in the west, just so we could schedule top 25 conference opponents?
That may be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of regarding SEC football. I know we aren't a powerhouse but, a return game 7 years later??? Come on SEC, you can do better!
The most reasonable solution would be to do away with the permanent cross division foe and just rotate in 2 different teams every year. That way at least you would play every team within a four year period, and play at every school in a much shorter window than once every 14 years
But of course its simplicity is the reason it would never be approved because the conference would never allow certain cross division rivalry games to no longer be annual events.
Alabama-Tennessee
Georgia-Auburn
But of course its simplicity is the reason it would never be approved because the conference would never allow certain cross division rivalry games to no longer be annual events.
Alabama-Tennessee
Georgia-Auburn
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The ACC has done the same thing with like Louisville and VA. Tech. They come to Louisville in 2020 and as of 2024 there is no return game set to VA.tech.