EDIT: oops, missed this on the Football board

SB Nation had an interesting thought exercise on how the SEC could eliminate the divisional format while still maintaining most all of the significant yearly rivalries. I think it's unlikely that the conference would make a change like this any time soon, but I think it would be nice to be able to play everyone in the conference at least every other year. I don't feel strongly enough about most of the SEC West that I feel the need to play them every year.

So what do you think, would you be for this, and if so what three games would you want every year. Here's what the article proposed by the way:

I would trade Bama, Auburn, MSU, USC, Ole Miss every year for Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Vandy and Florida every other.

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Good Idea, but this is how I tweak it: First, we go to 9 conference games. Everyone gets 5 permanent rivals they play every season (ensuring all major SEC rivalries are protected) and rotate through 4 others every 2 seasons after home and away with the first group. As a student, you would get to see every team in the league home and away at least once during a 4 year career

For us: Arky, LSU, Ole Miss, Bama, Missouri (yeah I know, but we'd most likely be forced to have them being a fellow newb and nobody else really wants them)

Why do you need to tweak it for that? What do you gain.

All main rivalries are maintained with 3 permanent rivals.

And playing those three and rotating the other 5 every 2 years achieves the same effect of playing everyone home and away every 4 years.

5 permanent rivals is called a division. Although not all the same. But it's too much. 3 is good.

We don't really have any history with ole miss or bama and hardly any more with Mizzou.

Would like to see 9 conference games, playing three teams in the other division, rotating every two years, like used to happen in the BDF. But not eliminate divisions, no.

Seriously idk why but f playing mizz anytime ever

And what criteria do you use to determine who plays in the CCG?

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And what criteria do you use to determine who plays in the CCG?

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I think in this scenario it would be the two best records. With head to head being the first tiebreaker.

But this isn't happening. The SEC + the Big-10 killed a proposal that would allow this last year.

The SEC has the best thing going in CF. Why mess with perfection?