I think this is pretty good, but I can't see how Florida/TN isn't one of the permanents.
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Florida is at best 4th on Tenn's list and Tenn is not their #1.
Half of Bama, all of UK, and all of Vandy would say Tenn is their #1. Tenn would say Bama is their #1.
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We get Bama, LSU, and Ole Miss.
We get Bama, LSU, and Ole Miss.
ESPN would veto that sh*t. The whole point of SEC expansion was to bring in more marquee games to bring in more eyeballs for TV broadcasts. LSU-State and Bama-State ain't it.
Eh, I think you're giving them too much credit. All they did was find a way to keep 8 teams and bring in Texas and Oklahoma. We know that because they did a pretty bad job of it. Should have went to 9 in the beginning.
I also don't think for a second they wanted to go to 9 games when that schedule was finalized. They were trying hard to stay at 8.
They'll still get every matchup twice every four years. It's not like we're going back to the old system.
You just don’t get it. Twice every 4 years is NOT acceptable for those games. They will be played every year. All 3 of them.
| Texas | Texas A&M | Oklahoma | Missouri |
| Texas A&M | Texas | LSU | Oklahoma |
| Oklahoma | Arkansas | Texas | Texas A&M |
| Missouri | Arkansas | Auburn | Texas |
| Arkansas | Missouri | Oklahoma | LSU |
| LSU | Texas A&M | Ole Miss | Arkansas |
| Ole Miss | Mississippi State | LSU | Vanderbilt |
| Mississippi State | Ole Miss | Kentucky | Alabama |
| Kentucky | Florida | Mississippi State | South Carolina |
| Vanderbilt | Tennessee | South Carolina | Ole Miss |
| Tennessee | Vanderbilt | Alabama | Florida |
| Alabama | Auburn | Tennessee | Mississippi State |
| Auburn | Alabama | Georgia | Missouri |
| Georgia | South Carolina | Auburn | Florida |
| South Carolina | Georgia | Vanderbilt | Kentucky |
| Florida | Kentucky | Georgia | Tennessee |
That's my best guess. Texas A&M gets the biggest screwjob, but they are used to it.
not sure if it has been mentioned in the thread or not, but it was said yday that they determine by a 10 year average of winning %....there will be a top 8 and a bottom 8....bottom 8 get 2 from the bottom and 1 from the top and vice versa for the top 8.
we will most likely get Ole Miss, Ky, and our top be either Bama, aTm, or LSU.
we will most likely get Ole Miss, Ky, and our top be either Bama, aTm, or LSU.
That would be brutal. I don't think we will get LSU. I think Ole Miss and Bama are likely.
That's a good point. One of my iterations had that matchup, but other moving pieces made me move away from it.
Yeah, I was not aware of that when I made my picks, but I've heard that several places. However, I've heard that it is based on budget, not wins.
With our luck, our permanent 3 will be Bama, UGA and somehow, Ohio State
There’s as much or more tie to Arkansas then to any of the other realistic candidates other then Mississippi. And they were never in the Big 12, so no ties to Okie or Mizzou.
What do all 16 SEC fanbases have in common, judging by message boards and social media?
They all 16 think the SEC office hates them and is going to screw them over in selecting the permanent opponents.
They all 16 think the SEC office hates them and is going to screw them over in selecting the permanent opponents.
I don't think it matters. They'll be plenty of good games. Plus Alabama and LSU (and the like) will likely lobby NOT to play each other, behind closed doors.
This is just not true. Arkansas has played Texas A&M 80 times. They have played Texas 77 times. They have played Ole Miss 71 times. They have played LSU 70 times and have a trophy. Geographically Mizzou and Oklahoma are closer to Arkansas than anyone else.
We have played Arkansas 35 times, half as many as any of those schools.
We make no sense for them.
I was mistaken in which teams had been in the old Big 8, Southwest Big 12, and when. It doesn't change the fact that there are at least five schools and maybe more with much stronger ties to Arkansas.
Agree.
I think (1) rivalries, (2) geography, and (3) balancing out the traditional powers and non-powers, will be the determining factors, not TV matchups. TV got what they wanted when they got 9 games. The good games are going to naturally happen regardless, I mean it's the friggin' SEC.
Then I suspect it’s ole miss, KY (for some reason the SEC has decided this is a rivalry) and bama. That takes care of the geography and gives bama one of the lower tier schools to balance out the other two
Arkansas will continue to play Texas & Mississippi. They won’t play Mizzou or Okie. They won’t play A&M because that would be 2 top tier teams for them. They have more ties to us than to Mizzou or Okie.
Bamas lower tier school wasTennessee. But if Tennessee has moved up to top tier, guess who moves down? Auburn. So Bsma had 2 top & 1 bottom tier team either way.
Alabama-LSU has been the highest rated rivalry game over the last 10(?) years in all of college football. I am very confident that the networks insisted that be a permanent annual game as part of the TV package.
Money is the reason the SEC expanded to 16 in the first place.
Bottom line for us is we really only have 1 rival. Anything else is just filling out a schedule.
Auburn can't really move down unless they give up playing Alabama or Georgia every year.
It could be Oklahoma and Tennessee swapping, but it really all fits together best with Tennessee in the lower tier. We can re-examine the tiers once Florida State and North Carolina join.
If they filled it out with my personal hate rankings it would be OM, Auburn and Tennessee/Bama. More than likely OM, Kentucky and Bama/TAMU.
I agree. I don’t think they’re reexamining anything. Tennessee will stay 2nd tier because that’s what they were when this was done 2 years ago. The SEC knows this is only for 4-8 years before they expand again, like you say.
Many people (including me) predict Arkansas will be one of our permanent opponents, but I've heard from people at Ole Miss that Arkansas will be one of their three. Seems unlikely that two of Arkansas' three permanent opponents will be from Mississippi.
You mean to say that you are not terrified of Auburn and their nine national championships?**
If we get any combination of three out of Northern Miss, UK, aTm, Arkansas, or Auburn, we should throw a Second Line Parade. With the exception of adding Vandy, that is as good as we can possibly expect.
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I predict Arkansas gets Ole Miss, Missouri, and Texas. Ole Miss gets LSU, Arkansas, and us. And we get Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Texas A&M.
But we'll see. I could be wrong.
You could be right. UMiss 100% sure. A&M 75% sure. I think #3 is 75% Ark or 25% UK.
This will never happen. Bama is about to show its power in the SEC.