Did we not play UGA in Athens

[MaroonNation]

the last time we lost? 2011 maybe?

 

[BigMotherTucker]

Yup... I left at halftime of that **** show.

 

[Dubs.sixpack]

Correct. We went home and home with them in '10 and '11. East vs West schedules don't go home and home anymore. If they did we would have played at South Carolina instead of this game.

 

[MaroonNation]

So how was this Georgia’s home game again? Regardless of how many years ago we last played them if it was in Athens last time then it should have been Starkville tonight.

 

[dickiedawg]

Rotational cross division games are at the site of the east team in odd years.

 

[MaroonNation]

Well who agreed to that stupid ****?

 

[Shamoan]

Sec overlords can't have a completely level paying field. Home, away, away is ********

 

[FlotownDawg]

SEC schedules changed when A&M and Missouri joined the conference. The way they do it now is completely stupid. One permanent cross divisional opponent and one random one that you play at home in even years and on the road in odd years. The only reason this ridiculous schedule system exists is to protect the Alabama-Tennessee and Auburn-Georgia rivalries.

 

[dickiedawg]

It's not really random, though. It's locked in on a 12 year rotation.

 

[Go Budaw]

SEC schedules changed when A&M and Missouri joined the conference. The way they do it now is completely stupid. One permanent cross divisional opponent and one random one that you play at home in even years and on the road in odd years. The only reason this ridiculous schedule system exists is to protect the Alabama-Tennessee and Auburn-Georgia rivalries.

Yet another reason why it would make sense to go to 9 conference games instead of this ridiculous scheduling plus forcing everyone to play one Power 5 non conference game.

 

[Todd4State]

Larry Templeton came up with this rotation. That pretty much explains everything you need to know about it.

 

[Hail State]

Is that true?

SEC schedules changed when A&M and Missouri joined the conference. The way they do it now is completely stupid. One permanent cross divisional opponent and one random one that you play at home in even years and on the road in odd years. The only reason this ridiculous schedule system exists is to protect the Alabama-Tennessee and Auburn-Georgia rivalries.

to really protect two ******** rivalries?

 

[Todd4State]

Yet another reason why it would make sense to go to 9 conference games instead of this ridiculous scheduling plus forcing everyone to play one Power 5 non conference game.

Ironically I bet Alabama doesn't want to do that because then they would have to either stop playing in kickoff classics or drop a random WAC team off of their schedule. After they made fun of our "easy" schedule.

I'm Ok with the idea of an eight game SEC schedule with three permanent opponents and then rotate the other five. Do away with the divisions and then have the top two teams in the SEC Championship Game. Keeps the rivalries together and improves the quality of the championship game. Can keep or do away with mandatory power five opponent- this wouldn't affect that either.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Well who agreed to that stupid ****?

We'll get the return game in 2022:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football#Future_opponents

It's a 12-year rotation (2014-2025) and we play each non-Kentucky team once at home and once away over 12 years. It takes a while to get the return game, but it'll come around eventually. Just like Vanderbilt (2014) and South Carolina (2016) came to Starkville and have to wait awhile for us to return the trip to them.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Yet another reason why it would make sense to go to 9 conference games instead of this ridiculous scheduling plus forcing everyone to play one Power 5 non conference game.

Even better would be to abolish divisions altogether and have 3 permanent opponents and rotate 5 of the other 10. Schedules could be more balanced, and you'd be guaranteed to play everyone in the conference at least once every 2 years, and every 4-year player would play every SEC team home and away.

If/when the SEC goes to 16 teams, go to 9 conference games and 3 perm/6 rotating.

It's already legal in the NCAA to have a conference championship game with no divisions (the Big 12 is doing it this year and the Sun Belt next year), so it would just be the top 2 teams going to that.

 

[Go Budaw]

Even better would be to abolish divisions altogether and have 3 permanent opponents and rotate 5 of the other 10. Schedules could be more balanced, and you'd be guaranteed to play everyone in the conference at least once every 2 years, and every 4-year player would play every SEC team home and away.

If/when the SEC goes to 16 teams, go to 9 conference games and 3 perm/6 rotating.

It's already legal in the NCAA to have a conference championship game with no divisions (the Big 12 is doing it this year and the Sun Belt next year), so it would just be the top 2 teams going to that.

I don't like that because then you bring in the possibility of a two or three way (or more) tie for one of the CG spots when the tied teams don't even play each other. You'd have to go to some convoluted tie breaker that would be even more complicated than it is now with the divisions. That will lead to all sorts of controversy, especially with playoff spots on the line.

I like the idea of keeping the divisions and adding a 9th SEC game to where it still feels like we are in the same conference with the East teams. Teams can still play another Power 5 team if they choose and have room for two cream puffs. Nobody needs 3 "gimme" games anyways. 2 cream puffs plus an open date is enough to give any contending team a good balanced schedule. It will also allow for more TV revenue as well with the SEC Network renegotiations due to having more competitive games.

 

[tatedog]

You can solve the unfairness of the divisional balance and schedule balance by only counting divisional games in the standings and having a 4 team playoff at the end of the season to determine the champion. 2W plays at 1E and 2E plays at 1W with winners meeting in Atlanta for a playoff spot and conference title. Done. Lose one of the non conference games that nobody wants anyway to get the extra playoff week in.

 

[MaroonNation]

SEC schedules changed when A&M and Missouri joined the conference. The way they do it now is completely stupid. One permanent cross divisional opponent and one random one that you play at home in even years and on the road in odd years. The only reason this ridiculous schedule system exists is to protect the Alabama-Tennessee and Auburn-Georgia rivalries.

That’s the best it has been explained. Thank you. I always knew we had Kentucky as our permanent and then rotated everyone else but it was always home and home. This ******** sucks. Everything about tonight sucked though. Thank God I was only out food and beer as I watched on TV. I would be borderline homocidal today if I dropped $1000+ to witness this prison rape in person.