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With UTx and OU joining the SEC, what does the conference schedule now look like?
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The lower tier teams are the ones doing the whining with good reason. They can't sustain their program brands without bowl eligibility on consistent basis. In a 9 game conference schedule these teams might not be able to get 3 conference wins consistently. Even Auburn and Arkansas seem to be bottom division every 4-5 years. And by shear math, someone will likely not be bowl eligible every year.
Vandy's rivalry game with Tennessee is worthless from a media standpoint so it should be sacrificed and replaced with USCe, UK, or Mizzou to help them get closer to bowl eligibility. 2 team fighting for bowl eligibility has more media value than a rivalry of one opponent dead after week 6.
The 9 game (6-3, 7-2, 8-1) can work but it would be better if the rotating teams were slotted according to winning %. OM v Vandy has always been a good game early in the season thst would make a good permanent matchup for both.
Besides, if you think you will eventually be at 20 teams adding UVA, UNC, Clemson, and FSU you will have to sacrifice the schedule even further. With this, I like a 7-2 now Auburn at home, UT away setup. If the conference expands, drop an 8-1 setup and sacrifice a permanent matchup.
Vandy's rivalry game with Tennessee is worthless from a media standpoint so it should be sacrificed and replaced with USCe, UK, or Mizzou to help them get closer to bowl eligibility. 2 team fighting for bowl eligibility has more media value than a rivalry of one opponent dead after week 6.
The 9 game (6-3, 7-2, 8-1) can work but it would be better if the rotating teams were slotted according to winning %. OM v Vandy has always been a good game early in the season thst would make a good permanent matchup for both.
Besides, if you think you will eventually be at 20 teams adding UVA, UNC, Clemson, and FSU you will have to sacrifice the schedule even further. With this, I like a 7-2 now Auburn at home, UT away setup. If the conference expands, drop an 8-1 setup and sacrifice a permanent matchup.
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The only problem with a 7-2 format is that every 4 years Alabama would end up playing an opponent 4 times if they keep a home and away format. Year 1 and 2 play 7 rotating opponents home and away and in year 3 and 4 it would be 6 new rotating opponents home and away with 1 opponent from years 1 and 2 remaining on the schedule. With a 6-3 format it is easier to set up the schedule, but the 3 permanent matchups is the problem.
It is going to be an 8 game conference schedule for 2024. Each school will be required to play at least one power five team.
www.cbssports.com
SEC to play eight conference games but eliminate divisions for 2024 season once Texas, Oklahoma join
The SEC will reevaluate its college football scheduling format for the 2025 season and beyond at a later date
www.cbssports.com
We play at Wisconsin in 2024.It is going to be an 8 game conference schedule for 2024. Each school will be required to play at least one power five team.
SEC to play eight conference games but eliminate divisions for 2024 season once Texas, Oklahoma join
The SEC will reevaluate its college football scheduling format for the 2025 season and beyond at a later date
Or we could end up playing South Carolina and Vanderbilt. You just never know.
not really talking about just the SEC schedule. Wisky might be a playoff team. South Florida could end up being a handful. Then you have whatever SEC schedule we get saddled with.
Oh yeah that's a good point. Wisconsin in Madison ain't no joke. We are supposed to play Florida state and Wisconsin also in 2025. That is nuts.
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the holdup on 9 games is
I'm not discounting the family for the simple fact they have The Right Reverend Hugh Freeze AKA the Portal Pimp running the show now.
Bama has apparently come out against the 9-team schedule based entirely on the fixed opponents floated earlier this year (LSU, Auburn, Tennessee). Saban has long wanted nine or even 10 conference games, but not at the unfair expense of Alabama football.
Give us Mississippi State instead of LSU and l’m fine with it. The barn deserves a breather for their third game to mitigate us and UGA.
Aggie here chiming in FWIW. Saw early in the tread some writers were guessing in a 3-6-6 (or even 3-all rotate) format our perm rivals would be LSU, OU and the sips. Would hate that, since two of the three are Big 12. But OU was never a rival to us, so writer doesn't seem really clued in. What makes more sense is LSU, Arkansas, and the sips. Arkansas for that matter hasn't really been a heated rivalry, though we've had several crazy games the last 10-15 years, so it at least makes sense. If you ask me, I'd just be happy keeping LSU on Thanksgiving weekend, sips some other date, and a legacy SEC team as our third. Dream scenario would of course be Bama, but I get that doesn't line up with the three historic links Bama would be matched up with. So would also be happy with MSU as some are guessing. My nightmare would be if it's Missouri, OU and the sips (Big 12 redux... for reflux...).
