New 6-1-1 Football scheduling format...

[TUSK.sixpack]

http://cfn.scout.com/2/1191833.html
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</div><div>what would you cats think about abolishing divisions, the SECCG and going to a 3-5 format...</div><div>
</div><div>This is my first stab at it, based on geography and traditional rivalries:</div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="305" style="border-collapse:
collapse;width:227pt"><colgroup><col width="58" span="2" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:2048;
width:43pt"><col width="63" span="3" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:2247;
width:47pt"></col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr height="19" style="height:14.4pt"><td height="19" width="58" style="height:14.4pt;width:43pt">TEAM</td><td width="58" style="width:43pt"></td><td colspan="3" class="xl67" width="189" style="width:141pt">PERM. OPPONENTS</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt">A&M</td><td class="xl65" style="border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">LSU</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Arkie</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Mizzo</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">Arkie</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Mizzo</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">A&M</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">LSU</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">Auburn</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">UGA</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Bama</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Florida</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">Bama</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">UT</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Auburn</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">MSU</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">Florida</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">SC</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">UGA</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Auburn</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">KY</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Vandy</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">SC</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">UT</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">LSU</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">A&M</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">MSU</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Arkie</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">Miss.</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">MSU</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Mizzo</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Vandy</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">Mizzo</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Arkie</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Miss.</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">A&M</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">MSU</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Miss.</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">LSU</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Bama</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">SC</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Florida</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">KY</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">UGA</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">UGA</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Auburn</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Florida</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">SC</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">UT</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Bama</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Vandy</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">KY</td></tr><tr height="21" style="height:15.6pt"><td height="21" class="xl65" style="height:15.6pt;border-top:none">Vandy</td><td class="xl65" style="border-top:none;border-left:none"></td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">KY</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">UT</td><td class="xl66" style="border-top:none;border-left:none">Miss.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="247" style="border-collapse:
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[Maroon Eagle]

nm

 

[missouridawg]

And this isn't a terrible idea... we'd be more likely to pick up a few more wins by playing more opponents from the current east.

 

[RobbieRandolph]

I'm a big picture guy understand the Egg bowl isn't the end all be all, but the last thing I want is our bitter rival, OM, getting to play Vandy, Mizzou and MSU while MSU plays OM, LSU and Bama every year.

17 that.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

with a mini playoff. Fourth team is a wildcard. It would work better in non-football sports.

 

[patdog]

The NCAA requires the league to split into divisions and play round robin within the divisions to have a championship game. No way the SEC is going to give that revenue up.

 

[patdog]

The NCAA will never allow a 2-round playoff for a conference title.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

which is where we are apparently heading. That means you'll only get one team from the other division, or we have to move to 9 conference games. Neither of which are appealing to me. I don't see us standing at 14 teams. And hey, it works for the NFL and MLB and the NBA.

I'd be happy to entertain better ideas, but I don't like two 8 team divisions.

 

[patdog]

Some guy on the SEC staff noticed the rule and realized that if the SEC added 2 teams they could have a championship game. So the SEC added Arkansas and South Carolina.

 

[dawgs.sixpack]

when we get to 16 i could see 4 4-team pods. might still be split roughly between east/west or could go to a semi-final set up.

you play each team in your pod every year (3 games), each pod plays another pod kinda like how the NFL divisions rotate (4 games), then 2 steadily rotating opponents (2) for a total of 9 games. each rotation occurs every 2 years (home and home).

it would look something like:

west: lsu, arky, a&m, mizzou
south: msu, om, bama, aub
east: fla, uga, usce, vandy
north: tenn, ky, 2 acc teams to be named later

obviously depending on the 2 new teams things could change.

 

[TUSK.sixpack]

ya know, the bcsncg could be kinda like a "tune-up" game for the seccg.