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Compromise for an 8 game schedule: a 3-5-5 format
Posted on 6/1/23 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 6/1/23 at 4:55 pm
So, under this scheduling plan, teams would play their alternate teams five times every 12 years while still preserving three rivalries. It seems like the most optimal approach, especially if the SEC intends to stick with an 8-game schedule. Thoughts?
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Posted on 6/1/23 at 4:55 pm to NewZou
I haven't been following too closely. Is this an option? I thought they were locked into 1-7.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 4:59 pm to Farmer1906
It hasn’t really been discussed but I don’t know why, I think it’d be better tradition wise to do a 3-5-5. Yeah you wouldn’t play all the SEC teams every other year, but you’d still play them more often than we do now while maintaining traditional rivalries, which should be the priority.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:29 pm to NewZou
Thats 13 games. It’s a 16 team conference in 2024. How does that work?
ETA: I mean different 13 teams.
ETA: I mean different 13 teams.
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:34 pm to NewZou
I’d rather see a 2-6
But a 3-5 also works for me
But a 3-5 also works for me
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:36 pm to dcbl
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I’d rather see a 2-6
I don’t see how that works either.
2-6 you play 14 different teams over 4 years, assuming home-home series before rotating. You leave 1 team out.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:38 pm to mckibaj
quote:dont care
I don’t see how that works either. 2-6 you play 14 different teams over 4 years, assuming home-home series before rotating. You leave 1 team out.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:38 pm to NewZou
Tell me who the three for everybody is first
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:41 pm to dcbl
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dont care
I’m with you on preserving rivalries and a healthy rotation. I just don’t see how it’s done with only 8 games.
It will most likely be 1-7. Which is a very healthy rotation. To persevere rivalries, games like DSOR should be scheduled as an Non Conference game every other year.
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:44 pm to mckibaj
It takes a little longer
I don’t care if it takes 10 or 12 years to see the Land Thieves or T Sips, whom we’ve never played in the regular season anyway
It doesn’t bother me that we haven’t been to College Starion singe Aggie joined
Give me Auburn and Florida every year
and whoever else…
I don’t care if it takes 10 or 12 years to see the Land Thieves or T Sips, whom we’ve never played in the regular season anyway
It doesn’t bother me that we haven’t been to College Starion singe Aggie joined
Give me Auburn and Florida every year
and whoever else…
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:44 pm to StopRobot
That’s up to the school and AD’s, all I can do is guess. SI sports thinks it’ll be something like this
Missouri: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Vanderbilt
Arkansas: Missouri, Texas, Ole Miss
Texas A&M: LSU, Texas Mississippi State
Texas: Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Arkansas
Oklahoma: Texas, Missouri, Florida
LSU: Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Alabama
Ole Miss: Mississippi State, LSU, Arkansas
Mississippi State: Ole Miss, Kentucky, Texas A&M
Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, LSU
Auburn: Alabama, Georgia, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt: Tennessee, Auburn, Missouri
Tennessee: Vanderbilt, Alabama, South Carolina
Kentucky: Mississippi State, South Carolina, Georgia
Georgia: Auburn, Florida, Kentucky
Florida: Georgia, South Carolina, Oklahoma
South Carolina: Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky
If there are any games you think that could be switched that all teams would approve of let me know.
Missouri: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Vanderbilt
Arkansas: Missouri, Texas, Ole Miss
Texas A&M: LSU, Texas Mississippi State
Texas: Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Arkansas
Oklahoma: Texas, Missouri, Florida
LSU: Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Alabama
Ole Miss: Mississippi State, LSU, Arkansas
Mississippi State: Ole Miss, Kentucky, Texas A&M
Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, LSU
Auburn: Alabama, Georgia, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt: Tennessee, Auburn, Missouri
Tennessee: Vanderbilt, Alabama, South Carolina
Kentucky: Mississippi State, South Carolina, Georgia
Georgia: Auburn, Florida, Kentucky
Florida: Georgia, South Carolina, Oklahoma
South Carolina: Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky
If there are any games you think that could be switched that all teams would approve of let me know.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:58 pm to mckibaj
So instead of playing all the other teams 10 times in 20 years, it’d be reduced to playing them 8.33 times in 20 years.
Total number of games against Team A = 5 games per year x 20 years = 100 games
Number of teams excluding Team A and its 3 permanent rivals = 12 teams
Again, each team plays Team A an equal number of times, so we divide the total number of games against Team A by the number of remaining teams:
100 games / 12 teams = 8.33 games
8 teams play Team A 8 times in 20 years
4 teams play Team A 9 times in 20 years
Total number of games against Team A = 5 games per year x 20 years = 100 games
Number of teams excluding Team A and its 3 permanent rivals = 12 teams
Again, each team plays Team A an equal number of times, so we divide the total number of games against Team A by the number of remaining teams:
100 games / 12 teams = 8.33 games
8 teams play Team A 8 times in 20 years
4 teams play Team A 9 times in 20 years
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:59 pm to NewZou
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Ole Miss: Mississippi State, LSU, Vandy
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:14 pm to NewZou
I’d rather see a 4-4 format, but yes. At a minimum get away from this insane “play every team in a 2 year span” that’s destroying rivalries for the sake of some weird and pointless symmetry.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:20 pm to mckibaj
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I don’t see how that works either.
Why should the Iron Bowl and the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry stop being annual games on Auburn’s schedule every year just so you can play Oklahoma and Mizzou every other year? The idea to cram in the entire conference slate in a two year span is so dumb especially when it ruins so many annual rivalries. It’s never been necessary before. When the SEC was 12 teams, it took 3 years to play the entire conference. What in the world was wrong with that?
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:23 pm to TeLeFaWx
1-7 is the way to go if we go 8 game
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:27 pm to UKWildcats
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1-7 is the way to go if we go 8 game
It’s really not. Why shouldn’t tu play OU and A&M every year? Just so Kentucky can play Auburn and Ole Miss every other year? Pass.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:30 pm to NewZou
This will only be for 2 years
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:33 pm to NewZou
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SI sports thinks it’ll be something like this
Kentucky: Mississippi State, South Carolina, Georgia
South Carolina: Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky
This would be next level dumb.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:34 pm to NewZou
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Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, LSU
I like the UT arrangement with OU, Ags & Hogs. But this schedule is why Bama told the rest of the SEC they were going to adopt the 1-7 format and seem to have gotten their way
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