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RE: Dan Wolken says SEC should do away with divisions
(12-07-2017 10:46 AM)YNot Wrote: (12-05-2017 07:57 AM)Gamecock Wrote: (12-04-2017 05:16 PM)10thMountain Wrote: Long been a proponent of this idea
I would do it like this:
9 game schedule
- 4 permanent rival games
- 5 rotating home and home with everyone else
- Best two records meet in Atlanta
So for example, A&M might have Arkansas, Missouri, LSU and Ole Miss as permanent every year rivals
The big advantage is that every student and player who completes a 4 year term at their school gets to see/play every opponent in their conference at their stadium and can go to an away game at every opponent venue in their conference. You never go longer than 2 years without playing someone
That way you have full conference cohesion even at 14 members
I did some playing around with the numbers and I think we would really have to go to a nine game schedule with this model. With 3+5 it is impossible to rotate home and away every time.
Take SC for example:
2018 - @UF, UGA, @Vandy
Auburn, @Bama, Missouri, @Ole Miss, Miss St
2019- UF, @UGA, Vandy
@Arky, TAMU, @UK, LSU, @UT
Looks fine right? However when you get to 2020
2020 - @UF, UGA, @Vandy
@Auburn, Bama, @Missouri, Ole Miss, @Miss St
You see the problem, it quickly becomes 3 home/5 road or vice verse.
The only solution is to either go 4 permanent 4 rotating, which doesn’t let you play everyone in two years and creates a weird rotation, or you have to go unbalanced and go to an uneven home/away every year
The 8-game solution works, just stagger the schedule so that you ensure 4 home games each year. To do this, simply switch one of the 2020 road games for one of the 2021 home games.
For instance,
2018 - @UF, UGA, @Vandy
Auburn, @Bama, Missouri, @Ole Miss, Miss St
2019- UF, @UGA, Vandy
@Arky, TAMU, @UK, LSU, @UT
2020 - @UF, UGA, @Vandy
@Auburn, Bama, @Missouri, Ole Miss, Arky
2021 - UF, @UGA, Vandy
@Miss St, @TAMU, UK, @LSU, UT
Play Arky in '19 and '20 and Miss St. in '18 and '21. You still play everyone in the conference at least twice in four years.
Pretty simple.
I hadn't thought of that. That works perfectly.
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