Why didn't the SEC and ACC adopt this format rather than going to a format where you played a lot of teams one time every six years?

The abolition of divisions has mooted this issue, but this is what the ACC and SEC should have done for the last decade.


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SEC is already planning a 9 game conference schedule with 3-6/6 format once OU/texas join.

(09-07-2022 08:52 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  SEC is already planning a 9 game conference schedule with 3-6/6 format once OU/texas join.

I know that.

I'm asking why the SEC didn't adopt this roommate switch format in 2012. That would have been preferable to barely playing a lot of teams for the last decade.

(09-07-2022 08:48 PM)Poster Wrote:  Why didn't the SEC and ACC adopt this format rather than going to a format where you played a lot of teams one time every six years?

The abolition of divisions has mooted this issue, but this is what the ACC and SEC should have done for the last decade.


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Sound like pods. Or a variation thereof.
KISS.

Georgia didn't care that they rarely got Arkansas, Texas A&M or Mississippi St. They wouldn't care if they never played Missouri.

Ole Miss was once a rival, but lost out when they went to 5-1-2 from 5-2-1. Alabama and LSU were never rivals but were nice to play more than 2 in 12 years.

The SEC just didn't have the same connection to everyone else the way the Big 10 does. The only problem for the SEC is that rivalries didn't follow neat E/W lines. For example, Georgia regularly played Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Florida, Auburn and Ole Miss, but didn't play Alabama or Tennessee often. Georgia only played Tennessee 8 times between 1937 and 1992 when divisions were established. By contrast, Georgia played Clemson every year from 1962-1987, dropping the regular series just before the SEC expanded, playing them 32 times during the period they played Tennessee only 8.

(09-07-2022 09:05 PM)bullet Wrote:  Georgia didn't care that they rarely got Arkansas, Texas A&M or Mississippi St. They wouldn't care if they never played Missouri.

Ole Miss was once a rival, but lost out when they went to 5-1-2 from 5-2-1. Alabama and LSU were never rivals but were nice to play more than 2 in 12 years.

The SEC just didn't have the same connection to everyone else the way the Big 10 does. The only problem for the SEC is that rivalries didn't follow neat E/W lines. For example, Georgia regularly played Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Florida, Auburn and Ole Miss, but didn't play Alabama or Tennessee often. Georgia only played Tennessee 8 times between 1937 and 1992 when divisions were established. By contrast, Georgia played Clemson every year from 1962-1987, dropping the regular series just before the SEC expanded, playing them 32 times during the period they played Tennessee only 8.

Exactly. Just set up the pre-1992 rivals again with a few new ones like Bama-LSU sprinkled in.

Because of that NCAA rule regarding a conference championship game and requiring divisions or a round robin.

(09-07-2022 09:05 PM)bullet Wrote:  Georgia didn't care that they rarely got Arkansas, Texas A&M or Mississippi St. They wouldn't care if they never played Missouri.

Ole Miss was once a rival, but lost out when they went to 5-1-2 from 5-2-1. Alabama and LSU were never rivals but were nice to play more than 2 in 12 years.

The SEC just didn't have the same connection to everyone else the way the Big 10 does. The only problem for the SEC is that rivalries didn't follow neat E/W lines. For example, Georgia regularly played Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Florida, Auburn and Ole Miss, but didn't play Alabama or Tennessee often. Georgia only played Tennessee 8 times between 1937 and 1992 when divisions were established. By contrast, Georgia played Clemson every year from 1962-1987, dropping the regular series just before the SEC expanded, playing them 32 times during the period they played Tennessee only 8.

I still don’t understand how SEC scheduling worked prior to going to 12. Alabama only played Kentucky like 8 times between 1947 and 2003. How on earth did they crown the conference champion if the teams weren’t playing each other every year?

(09-08-2022 07:31 PM)Sicembear11 Wrote:  

(09-07-2022 09:05 PM)bullet Wrote:  Georgia didn't care that they rarely got Arkansas, Texas A&M or Mississippi St. They wouldn't care if they never played Missouri.

Ole Miss was once a rival, but lost out when they went to 5-1-2 from 5-2-1. Alabama and LSU were never rivals but were nice to play more than 2 in 12 years.

The SEC just didn't have the same connection to everyone else the way the Big 10 does. The only problem for the SEC is that rivalries didn't follow neat E/W lines. For example, Georgia regularly played Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Florida, Auburn and Ole Miss, but didn't play Alabama or Tennessee often. Georgia only played Tennessee 8 times between 1937 and 1992 when divisions were established. By contrast, Georgia played Clemson every year from 1962-1987, dropping the regular series just before the SEC expanded, playing them 32 times during the period they played Tennessee only 8.

I still don’t understand how SEC scheduling worked prior to going to 12. Alabama only played Kentucky like 8 times between 1947 and 2003. How on earth did they crown the conference champion if the teams weren’t playing each other every year?

Whoever one the most conference games was the champion. It took nearly 4 decades before they played the same number of conference games. As late as 1972 some played 8, some played 7, some played 6. I don't think it was until 1979 that they all played just six.

(09-08-2022 06:53 PM)RUScarlets Wrote:  Because of that NCAA rule regarding a conference championship game and requiring divisions or a round robin.

The “roommate switch” would have accomplished that, with new divisions each year. I suppose it didn’t happen for the same reason pods would not have happened in the 16-team SEC.