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E_Roc
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Honestly, I thought - and still think - 14 is too many. We play one non-Auburn team from the west every year. Other than having a representative from each division meet in the conference championship game, the divisions are minimally linked as it is. I suppose this pod idea could address the issue - make the "divisions" smaller to allow more room in the schedule for more inter-division/pod games.
But I do think that adding another conference game to the schedule will incentivize every team to make their remaining games all cupcakes. This would ensure that the only games worth mentioning that any SEC team plays would be against other SEC teams. Every year. That one game a year for (at least some) SEC teams to go up against a tantalizing non-conference opponent would be gone. Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but I think this is the exact opposite direction that the sport should be taken.
I know I'm skipping into fantasy land here, but I'd like to see a 12-team limit placed on every conference, which would ensure the kind of robust inter-divisional scheduling we used to have in the SEC (5:3 ratio of division : non-division). Additionally, P5 teams should be forbidden from scheduling FCS opponents, and must schedule at least one non-conference P5 opponent every year. I know, I know. It will never happen, for this reason and that and the one over there. I know this expansion business is 100% about money, which means it's all but guaranteed to happen once the details get ironed out. And I'm not even saying I wouldn't enjoy a 9-game SEC schedule in and of itself, with the addition of a couple more bluebloods. I just have a very different vision for where the sport should be heading and wanted to get it off my chest.
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87dawg
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I like reading articles. This is what I do in the mornings. I don't like podcasts. We seem to be getting more and more on here. The "Cover 4" used to be a written article. Why does a written article transition to a podcast in the middle of the written article?
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DawgTattoo
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Not only that, it would be very difficult, if not dang near impossible, for any team in the SEC to go undefeated. Our only chance of making the playoffs would be if the NCAA goes to a 12 team playoff format.
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David1
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If those 2 join the sec, no matter how the divisions would be shuffled or if pods were created, it will be a lot more difficult to win the division/pod and the sec.
