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My 3 permanent opponents for each team would based on competitive balance. Bama: AU, TN, MS State ARK: LSU, TX, OM AU: Bama, GA, Vandy FL: GA, TN, KY GA: AU, FL, SC UK: FL, MS State, SC LSU: ARK, OM, A&M OM: MS State, LSU, ARK MS State: OM, Bama, KY MZ: OU, SC, Vandy OU: TX, MZ, A&M SC: GA, KY, MZ TN: Vandy, FL, Bama TX: A&M, OU, ARK A&M: TX, LSU, OU Vandy: TN, AU, MZ

Considering how the championship game turned out you could've fooled me. TCU would lose at least 4 or 5 games a year if they were in the SEC.

For rivalry week I wouldn’t be surprised if ESPN wants TX/A&M, OU/MZ, and LSU/ARK for that weekend.

For rivalry week I wouldn't be surprised if ESPN wants TX/A&M, OU/MZ, and LSU/ARK for that weekend.

I felt that Bama, Ole Miss, and Arkansas made the most sense. I doubt LSU/A&M will stay together. I think the SEC/ESPN will want TX/A&M, OU/MZ on Thanksgiving weekend like old times. Which means by default LSU/Arkansas will go back to being on that weekend. I don't see why competitive balance should matter when we're going to a 12-team playoff anyway. You can go 9-3 and probably still get in regardless of who your permanent opponents are. I rather see quality matchups compared to competitive balance.

11-1 seems fair to be honest.

Yeah, it's possible but I think TN fans rather keep the Florida game over Kentucky.

Yeah, it's possible I was thinking about rivalry week and how it's possible that they'll want TX/A&M back on that weekend. Plus, there's a good chance MZ/OU could be matched up that weekend also. Which by default would leave LSU/Arkansas like old times for Thanksgiving weekend like old times.

Bama: Auburn, TN, and LSU Arkansas: LSU, A&M, and TX Auburn: Bama, GA, and probably MS State Florida: GA, SC, and TN GA: Auburn, FL, and KY KY: GA, MS State, and SC LSU: Bama, Ole Miss, and Arkansas Ole Miss: MS State, LSU, and Vandy MS State: Ole Miss, Auburn, and Kentucky MZ: Vandy, Oklahoma, and SC OU: TX, MZ, and A&M SC: FL, MZ, and KY TN: Vandy, Bama, and FL TX: Arkansas, A&M, and OU A&M: TX, OU, and Arkansas Vandy: TN, Ole Miss, and KY

In a perfect world I wish every power conference would just play a 12-game conference only schedule similar to 2020, The SEC can do a 6-6 format. That way you can keep most of your current rivalries and add some new ones to. That would be fun to watch.

I doubt LSU and A&M will remain permanent opponents when TX comes to the conference. I think LSU will get Bama, Ole Miss, and go back to playing Arkansas on Thanksgiving weekend like old times. OU/MZ will probably play on that weekend, and TX/A&M will go back to playing on that weekend to.

Both fan bases were really cocky saying OU and Texas will come to the SEC and dominate from day 1. I can easily see both teams going 7-5 or 8-4 their 1st few years. Sure, they'll get better home games, but they'll find out traveling in the SEC is way different than the Big 12, especially having back-to-back road games.

I wouldn't be surprised if Kiffin is considering Auburn at this point, deep down he probably knows he's already hit his ceiling at Ole Miss. If he ends up going there, I'm interested to see what that contract would look like, I don't know if I would give him a 10-year deal worth $100 million he doesn't stay at too many places that long, plus if he leaves for Auburn that would be his 5th head coaching job in college football in the last 12 to 13 years or so. I think Auburn probably just gives him a 4-year deal or something to play it safe. Kiffin vs Saban in the Iron Bowl would be fun to watch though.

If they go 6-6 or 7-5 this year, which will be worse than last year, if you're an Aggie fan at some point you have to start wondering if Fisher is the right coach to help deliver Ya'll at least an SEC title. Just from the outside looking in, it doesn't look like he is.

That's why I'm glad the SEC is finally changing their scheduling format to this 3-6 model, where certain teams will get to see each other, every other year going forward. We'll see more Georgia vs A&M games in the future once TX/OU join the conference.

I wouldn't be surprised if OU/TX end up joining the SEC next year. Especially since the Big 12 will be adding 4 more schools, plus the SEC is not going to want to wait until 2024 like the Big 10 is for USC and UCLA.

If A&M keep playing like they did against APP State, I wouldn't be surprised if they lose another 4 or 5 games. If that happens fans will have to start wondering if he's the right coach to help them win the SEC.

Losing to a group of five school is worse than losing to another power 5 program. Regardless of who it is. Plus, Ya'll have a 5th year head coach. And a better roster in place. Good luck the rest of the way.

I wouldn't be surprised

If they play like that going forward, I could see them losing about 4 or 5 more games, if they finish 6-6 or 7-5 people are going to start wondering if Fisher can win the SEC.

If A&M keeps playing the way they did against APP State, they'll probably lose 4 or 5 more games. And if they finish 6-6 or 7-5 Aggie fans will have the right to start questioning if Fisher can help them win the SEC someday.

Texas fans and their players better get used to seeing a lot of horns down when they come to the SEC. Suck it up and deal with it.

The way fans of other conferences always whined about SEC bias, all that crying will only grow more when the SEC gets 4 or even 5 teams in the playoffs most years, people will start complaining about that. Can't please everyone, I guess.

Yeah, but let's be honest most of these games are also based on tv ratings, and Bama/LSU checks that box every year.

Alabama – Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas Arkansas – Missouri, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M Auburn – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt Florida – Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina Georgia – Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee Kentucky – Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee LSU – Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Texas A&M Ole Miss – Arkansas, LSU, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt Mississippi State – Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss Missouri – Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt Oklahoma – Arkansas, Ole Miss, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M South Carolina – Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt Tennessee – Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vanderbilt Texas – Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas A&M Texas A&M – Arkansas, LSU, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas Vanderbilt – Auburn, Ole Miss, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee A few rivalries may have to be sacrificed on an annual basis to make the puzzle pieces fit. In my suggested format, I dropped matchups such as Florida-Tennessee, Arkansas-LSU and Kentucky-Vanderbilt for the sake of the overall assembly. Each of those teams would enjoy other quality rivalries, and the games left on the cutting room floor would occur in alternate years.

On USA Today website Blake Toppmeyer said why not go to a 10 game SEC schedule because he mentioned Greg Sankey joked about bypassing a 9-game conference schedule and moving to a 10-game conference schedule. He had each SEC team having 5 permanent rivals and play 5 rotational games every year. Each SEC team would play everyone every two years. I wouldn't mind if they ever chose to go that route.

If they go 8-4 again this year people will start wondering is Fisher, the right coach to win the SEC.

I think they'll still probably go 8-4 and Aggie fans will start wondering is he the right coach to help them win the SEC.

He definitely can't afford to go 8-4 again. If that happens people will start chirping about him and wondering, is he the right coach to help them win an SEC Title.

If they stick with divisions Bama/Auburn moves to the East, Mizzou, Oklahoma, and Texas to the West. I wonder do they get rid of permanent cross division games, fans will still have to wait at least every 4 years to play certain cross division teams. Fans not going to want to wait every 4 year to watch Bama/Oklahoma. I saw a graphic of the pod system, Pod A: FL,GA,KY, and SC. Pod B:Bama, Auburn, Tennessee, and Vandy. Pod C: LSU, Ole Miss, Miss State, and Texas A&M. Pod D: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and Mizzou. Fans would get to see their favorite teams play certain opponents every two years, you might play certain teams from other pods two years in a row. I wouldn't mind that.