Texas & Oklahoma will join the SEC in 2024 [Update at Post #49]

I’m sure the schedule makers will take care of Bam and Dawg poop

 

Yep. You are right, DistantGator.
As often happens I had dates mixed up. I remember both games.
We had to spend night in Tupelo out there and the game was at 11AM CST. Had to leave early to get parked and experience the Grove. Great trip, almost. Ole Miss fans were great before and after the game. At my age even then, sharing Jack Daniels with the Reb fans a little hard to take that early in the day. Got better after the first one.
Only downer was losing. We played really bad. Rumor was Rex was calling plays ignoring the coaches calls (Zaunbrecher OC?) causing confusion; four interceptions type of confusion.
We got back to Tupelo that afternoon, packed our bags and left a day early.

 

The Grove is a unique experience that all fans should take in if they have the chance. Glad you did. Ive seen a couple of games in Oxford, never stayed in tupelo tho.

 

Well, so be it then, I guess.

 

Yeah, I was reading something about one massive SEC division. No East or West. What about playoff's? Seems like regression to me. I always hope that someone knows a lot more than me and is gonna make good choices. We'll see...

Go Gators.

 

One big massive division, top 2 go to the title game, with expanded playoffs and everyone getting in nobody is going to want semi finals for conference title games, the title games themselves will be lucky to survive.

 

Dang, I was only thinking about Payton..

 

Dang, I was only thinking about Payton..

 

Yep, it's going to be really interesting to see how TX handles not being the chosen one in a conference with bigger sacred cows than they are.

 

No reason to have a title game as there’s no way to determine who the top two teams are.the schedules won’t even be similar.

 

And we will see how much power Texas really has.

 

There's no real difference between pods and 3-6.

 

Unless pod winners payed each other in sec championship which isn’t going to happen. Pods are useless otherwise.

 

16 teams makes for a cumbersome conference in my book. I don’t like the idea of pods. I’m in favor of keeping 2 divisions based loosely on geographical locations. Also think a nine game conference schedule (at least), will have to be adopted.
If I had my “druthers” I’d like to see Auburn back on our schedule every year. I think the logical thing to do is put OU and Texas in the West and move Auburn to the East but that would mean Alabama would have to give up Tennessee as a yearly opponent and I doubt that will happen.
Actually moving Missouri to the West and Auburn and Alabama to the East would make sense to me.

 

4-team pods with one permanent:

Eastern Division
UF, UGa, Aub, Ala
UT, USC, Vandy, UK

Western Division
OU, UTX, A&M, Mizzou
LSU, Miss, MSU, Arky

Perms:
UF - LSU
Ala - UT
UTX - Ark
Aub - USC
Mizzou - UK
MSU - Vandy
OU - Ole Miss
A&M - UGA

I like a semifinal and then SECCG.
That's my suggestion.

 

They'll survive until they are not a massive cash cow like the SEC game is now. One big massive division will relegate it to not much more than an exhibition game some years though.

 

Don't like this for UF. How about switching UF and Tenn. Make our permanent UGAG to keep the cocktail party.

 

Why? Pods don’t have winners. It’s just words.

 

You can build in SEC semis into the schedule with flexible scheduling

For example last week of season you don’t know who you are playing yet. But 2 pods host and 2 pods are away. So you know whether you are home and away.

Then you pair up based upon records. With the winners of the pods being in the “semis”

So no additional games