UGA Fan

You're correct in that.

That's why if your rivals aren't in your pod, you set it up where they're your rival from the other pods. AND, those games MUST BE PLAYED each year. There's no way the SEC can just put 4 teams together & say "tough" to anything that isn't in those 4. Like articles are saying, that's putting Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, & Vandy in a pod & allowing DSOR to occur whenever. So, with my suggestion, each team would have 6 games they would play annually. If a pod format can't be made from that generosity, I don't know what to say.

If you can't put rivalry teams in pods, then EVERYBODY MUST have a perm rival in each pod. That way you'll always keep those games: Ex. A1 Year 1 - A2, A3, A4, B1 (pod B rival), B2, B3, B4, C1 (pod C rival), D1 (pod D rival) Year 2 - A2, A3, A4, C1 (pod C rival), C2, C3, C4, B1 (pod B rival), D1 (pod D rival) Year 3 - A2, A3, A4, D1 (pod D rival), D2, D3, D4, B1 (pod B rival), C1 (pod C rival) Everybody has 9 games & rivalries will be kept each year.

SEC (East) – Tennessee / Vanderbilt/ Kentucky / South Carolina SEC (South) – Alabama / Auburn / Florida / Georgia That's a better geographic breakdown.

Top 2 & Bottom 2 according to what measurement?

Pair up the pods & the winner of each duo is the SECCG contestant. AB vrs. CD AC vrs. BD AD vrs. BC

NO WAY would the SEC end it's most historied rivalry in the DSOR. The 2 schools have played 125 times (most of all current SEC members). I agree with pods, but if you can't put teams together in pods, you HAVE to require certain games to be played EACH year. Those whose games must always be played annually: Georgia - Florida Georgia - Auburn Alabama - Auburn Alabama - MSU Alabama - Tennnessee Tennessee - Vanderbilt Miss. - MSU Florida - LSU Alabama - LSU (I know I'm missing some.)

I 100% agree with you on this. Had it NOT happened, Aub. would NOT be playing UGA & Alabama either BOTH home or BOTH away in the same season. Therefore, DSOR would NOT have to be changed from Nov..

Whatcha think about the predicament you're putting UGA in: 7 REQUIRED home games annually 5H SEC 4A SEC @ GT Host Team 11 Host Team 12 4H SEC 5A SEC GT Host Team 11 Host Team 12 Therefore, UGA will NEVER be able to schedule an H/H until the scheduling changes again.

It's always amusing how those who DON'T have c-d rivals blame those of us WHO DO about the scheduling.

& please tell us HOW you're going to rank teams with NO common opponents.

WHY would you want to play an SEC opponent & that game NOT count in the standings?

Look @ my posts down below about 4 SEC schools with in-state rivalries & UGA requiring 7 H games yearly to see why 9 games won't work.

As the article points out, I know UGA REQUIRES 7 H games a year. Let's put that into "picture" form for you: 5H SEC 4A SEC @ GT Hosting Team 11 Hosting Team 12 or 4H SEC 5A SEC GT Hosting Team 11 Hosting Team 12 Therefore, UGA would NEVER be able to do an H/H with any team.

YOU GOT IT!!! Look at it like this: UGA-GT UF-FSU UK-UL USC-CU That's the 11th game for those 4 teams. The only slot available would be a G5 team?

Which are you going to end - The Iron Bowl or Third Sat. In October? Alabama CAN'T play BOTH TN & Aub. each year, hince why they haven't moved. Also, the SEC will NOT split same-state schools into different divisions nor groups. Therefore: TN/Vandy, Al./Aub., & Miss./MSU are will always be duos. I agree it makes no sense for Mizz. to be in the East, but a screwy division map is more welcome than ending a historical fb rivalry.

Going to 9 games hurts UGA in that the years with 5A games, we'ld have to host GT AS WELL AS the 2 teams we can schedule just to have 7H games. The years with 5H games would have us @ GT, & again needing to hose 2 teams to make 7H games. For those saying go without divisions - then please tell me how you're going to rank every team due to their lack of common opponents. Say 3 teams end up 6-2, but 2 of those teams played each other while the 3rd didn't. What's the solution? BTW, the NCAA REQUIRES conferences with 10+ teams to have divisions. Or those saying playing TSIO or DSOR as non-conf. games. WHY? it's a conf. opponent, so it counts as a conf. game! Lastly, the whole "move Aub. east" dialogue. Let me propose something to you: Aub. goes east. This now makes DSOR not a c-d game. What do you do then.....put TN in the west to make TSIO not a c-d game. But what do you have still have - MIZZ IN THE EAST! So congrats - you've ALMOST solved removing perm c-d games (forgetting a little event called The Iron Bowl?), but haven't corrected this. FYI, Aub. fans - if playing UF is that important to you, how about you playing them as non-conf.?

By all means, let's change DSOR historic NOVEMBER DATE just to "spice up" the SEC E's standings. *SMH*

Let's give a better UGA perspective on how we got hosed WORSE in this SEC change. 2012 H - Fl. A - Aub. H - GT 2013 (start of cycle) A - FL A - Aub. A - GT 2020 H - FL H - Aub. H - GT As you can see, the flipping of DSOR's rotation ALSO put us with 2 games either HOME or AWAY (Aub. & GT) to end the year. This ALSO puts us with our 3 BIGGEST games of each season on the road in odd years. So, before you complain, see how it impacted us!

So far, there are few (if any) comments FOR his plan.

That idea is far from working in that it requires many tiebreakers to sort out who should be above whom due to lack of common opponents.

What happens, in your case, the bottom teams get removed...do they take the same division spot as the team they replaced?

*ROTFLMAO*

3 things: 1 - SEC WILL NOT put teams from the same state in 2 different divisions. Therefore, you can't separate Alabama/Auburn, Tn./Vandy, nor Miss./MSU. 2 - Your schedule format has eliminated the 4 SEC/ACC same state matchups: UGA/GT, USX/Clemson, Ky./Louisville, Florida/GT. 3 - Each conference never plays 7 of the teams in the other division. Since, in your example, UGA/Auburn & Tn./Vandy are staying.

Can we go back to the RED red color in our uniforms? Lately it's been a dull "tomato red" type of look. I like the DEEP red from back in the 80's/90's. This is the red I love to see. http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0815/rn_georgiaunis_ms_18.jpg

1 - "Gator Chomp"....what are we - PacMan wannabe's? 20 - don't those exist in BASKETBALL? Not on the list, but should be: SHOW THE BANDS DURING HALFTIME! (& I don't mean no 30 secs. clip before cutting away to God knows how many other game recaps). We have all game to watch the athletes, cheerleaders, & fans. How about the group(s) that always get omitted from these games unless you're actually at the game?

I agree with everybody else.....WHAT is this supposed to be & how can you get HYPED on a slow, spaced out, "singer" who is just talking the words?!?!?