(06-07-2018 11:43 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  

(06-07-2018 05:34 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(05-26-2018 01:40 AM)murrdcu Wrote:  

(05-25-2018 08:23 AM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(05-25-2018 03:11 AM)murrdcu Wrote:  Ok. Board at work and came up with a decent pod setup for a 16 team SEC with OU and OSU

Pods
1. OU, OSU, Mizz, Ark
2. A&M, LSU, Ole, MSU
3. Ala, Aub, Tenn, Vandy
4. UF, UGa, SC, UK

Permanent rivals:
Auburn-Georgia
Tennessee-Florida
Alabama-LSU
Arkansas-A&M

8 game SEC schedule: play everyone every three years

You are a night owl's night owl. I tip my hat to you.

This does work very well, but I think adding that 9th game at 16 adds so many advantages with regard to frequency of play. You can also ensure that the pods can be used as rotating divisions and you'd never have to play a conference semi-final.

I know a 9th game guarantees an additional loss for some, but if we get paid adequately for it then I think all the positives outweigh the negatives.

Yes, new job has me rotating between day and night shifts so expect some 4 am posts lol.

9th game will only make sense if the SEC office sees it as an improvement to the conference or as a NCAA requirement. Four schools in the east have yearly instate rivalry games, not to mention they wouldn’t mind scheduling some other exciting opponents without making their schedule too difficult to compete for titles.

I like the arrangement. So we should be working to bring the pair of Oklahoma schools on board in 2023-4. So here's the big question. What happens at that point if Texas wants in? If they are Johnny come lately and try to screw up the Oklahoma pair I say we move to 3 divisions of 6 and add Texas, but I'm not sure we need to cooperate on Texas Tech at that point. Maybe Kansas or West Virginia becomes #18. Thoughts?

If we get Texas, then OK can play OK State OOC. If Big 12 candidates are the only options, Texas Tech may be an overall better option than OSU. If OSU is needed anyway then Tech may offer more than West VA/Iowa State/Kansas/Kansas State/TCU anyway. Beard did wonders with Tech basketball last year. I still like Kansas' academics but Texas Tech is at least a Tier 1/Highest Research University.

If the ACC is open for poaching (and yes I know the way the SEC operates is that the schools apply, the SEC doesn't "invite" but that's just semantics), then none of the remaining Big 12 teams make it.

Or maybe a G5 like USF shows it's worth.

The only way I see Texas coming with Oklahoma would be if OSU had another P5 offer. I'm not sure that would happen.

As for the ACC I guess we'll know how stable they are by 2022. When the ACCN starts to payout full payments (when the startup costs are recouped) then they will know more where they stand moving forward. If the money is close enough they'll be fine. If it's not then there are few schools which may start looking around.