Competitive balance? Here's a model that works for the 2020 SEC schedule
Now the real fun begins.
In retrospect, settling on a 10-game conference-only schedule was the easy part.
Deciding which 2 crossover opponents to add to every SEC team’s schedule very well could decide which team, if any, represents the league in the College Football Playoff.
Good luck with that, and turn off Twitter. Your mentions will be unmentionable.
Seriously. That’s what is at stake as the SEC now attempts to piece together the final parts of the 2020 football puzzle.
Sports Illustrated recently floated the proposal that teams simply add the 2020 and 2021 crossover rotational opponents to the 2020 opponents.
The backlash was predictable and fast. SEC speed, keyboard style, if you will.
The reason that model wouldn’t have worked is its randomness didn’t consider competitive balance. It actually would have endangered the SEC’s Playoff chances.
Alabama, the team around which the SEC rotates, would have added Florida (2021 opponent) to a schedule that already includes LSU, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Auburn. In other words, under that model, the Tide very likely would have had to beat 4 top-10 teams — and likely one of them twice — just to reach the College Football Playoff.
Pac-12 and Big 12 teams might see 4 top-10 teams over the span of 4 years.
Florida’s 2020 schedule would have been even more harsh: The Gators would have added Alabama (2021) and Texas A&M (2022) to a slate that already includes Georgia and LSU.
Meanwhile, Georgia would have added Arkansas (2021) and Mississippi State (2022).
The imbalances were so severe that plan never would have been adopted.
So the league’s challenge now is to strike a competitive balance.
Let’s start with this: Nobody is going to be happy. There is no perfect model. Short of allowing everybody to play Vanderbilt and Arkansas, fans are going to overreact about how the schedule-makers hosed their team and blessed their rival’s.
It just means more will be trending, loud and clear, about 20 minutes after the schedule is released.
So this model might not be perfect, but it strives to achieve competitive balance without any regard to past or future crossover schedules. As we have learned, 2020 is its own unique, historic, failed fake punt attempt on 4th down. This schedule acknowledges that while also trying to preserve the opportunity for somebody to escape unscathed.
The first 2 opponents listed are ones already on the schedule. The next 2 are the teams added to achieve competitive balance.
That balance was achieved based on last year’s standings, starting with the SEC East. The number in parenthesis reflects where that team finished in 2019. The total is the sum of those spots. The lower the total, in theory, the more difficult the schedule.
Again, if you add the values of each schedule — lower the number, in theory, the more difficult the schedule — you’ll see a range from 12 to 19. Those are the outliers. Most are between 13 and 18. Texas A&M has the easiest schedule (19 points), but the Aggies started the slate with South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
Any tweak you make to one schedule impacts the others.
Alabama and LSU fans would like this model. Auburn fans would scream about a Tide bias.
Which might be the only normal thing in this most abnormal of years.
Scheduling/competitive imbalances? Who cares?!
“Florida’s 2020 schedule would have been even more harsh: The Gators would have added Alabama (2021) and Texas A&M (2022) to a slate that already includes Georgia and LSU”.
These teams are on Auburn’s schedule every year. Why is it unfair for UF to play this slate ONCE? I mean, we played this slate AND UF last year. Just schedule the next 2 years worth of rotating SEC teams and call it a day.
100%
I’m LeghumperU and I approve this message BeachBuzzard!
I’ve said it repeatedly, no way in hail will Sankey stick it to his good buddy Strickland, goat roping Kirby with 6 bye teams on the other hand, no problem
I think the reason that wouldn’t be fair is because UF is playing the best teams in the West and trying to win an East title. Auburn has those games every year but so does every team in the West (except the UGA one). If only your division wins and losses counted towards winning the division, then I’d agree with you.
Auburn played the best in East last year while trying to win the West. Should Auburn’s schedule never have been made last year? Was it unfair?
Yes and yes. The schedule was not fair for Auburn at all. Had they beaten LSU, they would have lost a West division title without losing to a single team in the West. The scheduling hasn’t been fair in the past. With this turmoil, I see no reason to make it worse.
Also, the article is saying it would not be fair in comparison to the games added to the other East teams’ schedules. Like if Bama got Vandy and Mizz added, but Auburn got UF & Uga, you’d probably say that was unfair.
I would not say that is unfair at all.
It sucks to be Auburn these days.
I don’t really care. It appears we’re not playing UGA 2 years in a row, so anything else they come up with and it will be easier than last season. Bring it on Gators, UT, Kentucky, or Mizzou.
FL, TN, and KY would all be good games. All 3 including A&M bringing back experience.
@beachbum…………..Did I or did I not say. That crybaby Dan Mullen and godfather Nick Saban would find a way out of the schedule????
EVEN MORE HARSH FOR FLORIDA? Playing all of 2 decent teams all season!!! What about UGA? We play Alabama, Florida, auburn and would have played UVA as well as Tennessee and the rest!!!
But they don’t want to endanger Florida backing into an SEC EAST CHAMPIONSHIP!!!! They are worried about making Florida play the same schedule that UGA must play!!! WHAT A BUNCH OF CRYBABY COWARDS FLORIDA IS!!!!
As to your point. WHAT YOU SAID WAS EXTREMELY VALID!!!! And if their going to rank Alabama as the top SEC school. Which their not!!!! But why not make them play a tougher schedule????
LSU DID LAST YEAR!!!
Alabama only played 2 decent teams the whole season and LOST BOTH GAMES!!! LSU AND AUBURN!!! But I knew with Dan Mullen and Nick Saban both crying together. I knew that would never stand!!!!
PS. Look for UGA and Auburn to get piled on top of as usual!!! And why not just add vandy and Arkansas to everyone? Those teams aren’t going to win anyway!!!
King Negan
That’s brutal for MSU and USCjr. Helps Uf though which I guess is the ultimate goal here?
why yes, yes it is…
Lol as if they need it. They never travel to play out of conference games.
There is no perfect Balance. Teams change from year to year so just move the conference schedule forward and let it go…
Deepest condolences on your loss
Everyday you post something that just confirms what a piece of sh!t you must be…
For someone not talking to me, you talk a lot
Sometimes you just need to be reminded you’re garbage. I mean you’re the Trash that talked disparagingly about my dead mother.
I wouldn’t p!ss on you if you were on fire…
You two have serious issues. I think you should arrange a cage match and put it on YouTube
He is not someone I care to me.. I don’t need trash like him in my life.
Let’s hold up on the he’s trash thing. Yes, he posts trash. But this is a virtual conversation in which you have no clue what he’s like in real life. Unless of course you know him. While his comments would make you assume he’s trash, you have no proof.
Sorry but making comments about my dead mother makes him trash to me… I don’t care what you think of him…
Bless your heart, BT. I knew deep Down you and me bonde, because you’re still talking to me even though you said you wouldn’t on numerous occasions… I definitely wouldn’t have anything to say to someone I didn’t like. It’s obvious you feel the same. I appreciate you not peeing on me if I were on fire. I’ve been trained in the art of drop and roll so you’d be wasting your pee anyhoot. Thanks for the non offer though.
I didn’t know he did that @BamaTime, and if that’s true, then yeah hate on him all you want
I’m all about trolling bamatime but I would NEVER cross a line like that. Leghumper you have serious issues. I always thought you were off because of your commenting style, but you are disgusting.
Coming from someone who said…and I quote…
“I made just over $63000 last year, my wife made just under $46000. My heritage is middle class and doing better than you. I’m pretty sure your new heritage is trailer parks and meth. I like this game lets keep playing.”
Not to forget that wonderful post of yours explaining how those evil white mfer watered down the black population by raping the black slave women…
2 words for you…
Bite me…
@BamaTime………I know you don’t care for me. But I didn’t know your mother passed away. I want you to know I truly am sorry to hear that.
I don’t hate you. I don’t even know you. I just play the game on here. We go back and forth on football. But I want you to know. That’s all it is with me. I’m very very sorry to hear of your loss. I know how I would feel. I just wanted to let you know that. There has been too much death and I for one am sick of it!!! I hate death with a passion. Just nothing any of us can do about it.
But know that I am sincere about this. I wanted you to know. That I am truly sorry. I didn’t see you posting much. And I asked if you were alive in jest. I had no knowledge of anyone really dying.
PS. Very sorry now for having used those words. But I kinda meant it like ” are you awake? ” That kind of thing. Anyway, I’m truly sorry.
King Negan
Agreed bammer
“Alabama, the team around which the SEC rotates, would have added Florida (2021 opponent) to a schedule that already includes LSU, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Auburn. In other words, under that model, the Tide very likely would have had to beat 4 top-10 teams”
This is only concerning if you’re afraid of losing to any of those teams. Otherwise you would want to play a tougher schedule so there’s no question you get in the playoff.
Bring on LSU, Tennessee, A & M & Auburn. It will work out nicely for the Tide.
AFan, that’s who you get every year…did you mean to add UF or Georgia to your list?
I believe he is trying to point out that Bama plays those teams every year which you acknowledged..
Huh? UGA and Fla, and LSU would be the only top 10 teams they’d play. They already play LSU, Auburn and TN every year. As much as I love my vols, we’re not a top 10 team, not even close lol. Adding FL would pretty much just be replacing the SoCal game.
Remember this is The year for TAMU…
The only “fair” thing to do is either stick to the original plan of taking the next 2 years of opponents or have a lottery and pick opponents at random. Taking preseason power rankings and trying to make everything “even” is completely biased and will only cause more controversy. We have no idea how good Ole Miss, MSU, mizzou or Arky will be.
I’m not sure that was the original plan. I haven’t seen anything official from the conference that has said so. I don’t think they’ve really had a plan.
OK. Originally reported plan. Is that better? The point still stands.
Did I hurt your feelings with the reply?
You think to highly of yourself if you think you have any effect at all on my “feelings”.
Then why get an attitude? It sure appears there was an effect on your feelings…
An attitude? Seriously man you need to tone down your feeling of self worth
Why should I tone done my feeling of self worth? You may want to look up the meaning of self worth…
Also what does my “self worth” have to do with your reply being snarky?
Lol I’m snarky?? Dude you are delusional
So your reply wasn’t meant to be snarky? If so then I will admit I’m wrong but reading it, it appears that way.
It was snarky. Also: it was not “reported.” The idea was floated by SI, meaning they just brought it up. You got rather defensive for someone who was blatantly wrong. And BT didnt even say you were wrong, he just mentioned not seeing that as the plan.
The idea of adding the next two cross divisional games has been talked about for weeks now. I’ve read multiple stories about it. If that doesn’t count as being “reported” than fine. Instead of going on and on about the wording just reply to the comment if you have something to add or contribute. How am I “blatantly wrong”. My comment was an opinion. I didn’t state it as a fact.
Yeah BT it seems like you’re the one with the attitude. I have also heard and read multiple articles relating to the plan that UGADAWG78 mentioned as well. It seems like the most logical plan right now and allows for somewhat of continuity on future schedules.
I didn’t have an attitude at all. My post wasn’t about him being right or wrong. My post was a knock on the SEC seeming as though they have no plan.
That was followed up by a snarky comment by him at best…
Also I didn’t say there wasn’t articles on it. I said the SEC hasn’t announced anything official about that being the plan. Go on over to the TAMU article where their AD is talking about not having a plan…
I see where you’re coming from. The SEC, having not made official plans/schedules is definitely worrisome. I mean, the ACC has obviously been working on a conference only schedule for a while because the day they announced they were moving to conference only plus 1 they posted the opponents they’d play at least. You think the SEC would’ve had a similar plan but I guess not.
Exactly and that was my point… The SEC just doesn’t seem to be handling this very well… It was not a shot at the poster at all.
C’mon guys, let’s stick to football. This is (usually) the only site I can find where SEC fans can have decent discussions without getting personal. Let’s try to keep it this way, please?
To keep upcoming scheduling on balance then the fair thing to do is simply move up the next 2 on the rotation, that way the rotation continues just at an accelerated pace. Flipping a coin won’t be the answer.
That’s right. Either this is a conference or it’s the Lowborn Network Show. If it’s a conference the everybody has to prove it every year. If you don’t like that then do what you should be doing every year anyway…. pick division champions considering only division games. And that’s the only thing that makes sense, in fact, what we are doing now is “dumb”, no it’s ultra-dumb. It might work for your team or against your team, but it will never lead to having the best team from each division by design.
I cringe every time I hear “fair” in just about any context. Agree we should just roll up the next 2 but that would be too simple, gotta add some complexity.
I did hear the interesting idea of having a televised lottery draw for your 2 extras on the SEC Network. Now that could be some fun and would guess the rating would be pretty good as well.
Your’re exactly right, they been talking about this for weeks. Not sure what they think they could do to make it more fair, everyone knows you can’t go by preseason poles.
Who is they?
People on the PF Show, both fans and media,the Athletic,Clay Travis, 680 The Fan, 990 The Animal here in Knoxville. If you haven’t been hearing this, you live under a rock.
That’s great but nothing from the conference which is what I said…
Have to agree here.
I’m pretty sure we can make a good guess about how good those teams will be. Don’t act like they are going to be better than they traditionally are.
You know I actually thought about a lottery myself. But still I think even the lottery should be made to where teams pick from 2 separate lotteries. One with the strongest teams. The other weaker teams. That way you only add possible 1 strong team.
UGA has terrible luck!!! We would probably draw LSU AND WHOEVER THE NEXT STRONGEST TEAM WAS THATS NOT ALREADY ON THE SCHEDULE!!!
PS. Think about that. We already have ALL THE STRONGEST TEAMS EXCEPT LSU. And Florida fans were whining about possibly adding Alabama!!! Give me A&M personally I’m not afraid of them!!!
King Negan
The stories written yesterday implied that the scheduling of 2021 and 2022 non-permanent cross-division opponents was a done deal. That now appears to not be the case.
Something tells me that Florida won’t be playing Alabama during the revised regular season because the league office won’t want Alabama to have to face Georgia AND Florida during the regular season.
LMAO… So it’s to help Bama?
National Coddling Alabama Association is alive and well
Nobody cries like DawghumperU…
Except you…you cry…all the time
You’re actually crying right now…
There is numerous posts in your post history of you doing nothing but crying…
Ok Mr. Herman
It was never a done deal. It was never even reported as being discussed by the league. It was a hypothetical from a journalist.
@NashvilleGator……..Don’t act like you wanted Alabama!!! Come on, Dan Mullen was burning up the phones complaining!!!
King Negan
There’s really not a deliberately fair way to do this. Someone will get an easier schedule, but I don’t really think that matters too much.
Just, as it has been stated, add the rotating teams and go about the day.
I don’t think the conference office has made a single good decision as it relates to the virus. I can’t imagine they will do any better with this new scheduling.
What schedule format would you have supported?
Not sure about SMC but I like the ACC format with the plus one..
I’m with BT I wish there was a +1 OOC opponent on our schedule
First off, start earlier. Our season ends two weeks prior to the start of the playoffs. That’s not a lot of reaction time for anyone. What are we doing for the month of September? Just hanging out waiting for a miracle or calamity? Goofy. And yes, I definitely would have preferred a plus one model.
I agree.
At least Sankey finally made one, albeit one that could have easily been made weeks ago. He doesn’t look prudent anymore, just slow.
I agree. I would take the earlier start. Flexibility during the season with added byes might even make more strategic sense. September is not the month that this virus decides to get out of town.
This 10-Game SEC season is going to really alter the seasons of a lot of teams. No cupcake games in early-season to get the kinks ironed out. That self-confidence that those games built into all the SEC teams is no more. The SEC-Teams that are not considered top-tier are going to crash & crash early(as those cupcake games got ’em off to a 2/0 start). Plus we have not even seen the schedule yet ? Add in a game or 2 that may be cancelled…It’s gonna be unusual to say the least.
Agreed. I can already see the unsatisfied fans calling for asterisks on everything from this season.
Just add the two games and be done with it. No one is going to be completely happy and will complain. I would recommend scheduling the teams from the other division the schools have not played in a while (years). It’s criminal and incompetent UT has only played the Aggies once since they joined the conference (joined in 2012).
Not so much incompetent, just how the schedule works. If you have one rotating divisional game, then there are 5 teams that you rotate. You are not guaranteed to face them twice until its been 10 years (2022).
Wouldn’t the SEC want to consider scheduling based on geography? Isn’t the whole point of scheduling conference only for safety reasons? If so, add Auburn to Florida’s schedule (Auburn is actually the closest school to Florida). Texas A&M would add Mizzou and so on.
But, but….but that makes sense…..but……
It’s hilarious the gators supposed to be so good but crying about a schedule because they get Alabama and A&M bring it on us Dawgs don’t give a d**n who we play bring it on.Just goes to show you they don’t think they are good as their mouths are pretending to be.Nothings fair about any schedules in college football conferences not equal stop crying let’s play ball
How about the idea I posted below where each team would play the previous two rotational teams from the other division?
Nobody’s crying. I would actually look forward to the better games. This is going to be an asterisk season no matter how they handle it.
Don’t see anyone crying slick
“Bring it on”? Good lord.
“Fairness” tends to work, and be objectively demonstrable, in cases of extremes. Short of that it can be a difficult notion to achieve when transitioning from vague ideals to reality.
Making a “fair” schedule for all programs is going to likely be impossible. And trying to customize an approach is only going to appease a few. I think it’s better to use a straightforward, simple method to add games, like adding the next two cross-over opponents for each team.
It’s an impossible task honestly. What are they going to use to determine which teams are better? Last year or projections? Teams change to much from year to year in CFB…
Exactly. This is not a area where objective criteria can be constructed to determine what’s fair and then proceed to make everyone’s “fairness” equal to the rest.
That’s why it’s gotta be next two teams up. Everybody always says it takes too long to get through the SEC rotation,well duh,it’s a no brainer. Otherwise it’s gotta be a lottery and risk playing teams you played the last two years.
Just move up the next two rotational opponents. I know Florida won’t like it, but as the old saying goes, “To be the best, you have to beat the best”. Stop crying about playing the best teams from the West. West teams have to do that every year.
Another option would be to schedule the two previous rotating opponents so that the schedule for the next two years doesn’t get thrown off. Since these games won’t be played in front of big crowds, why not have UF go to Auburn and have Miss. State come to Gainesville? Those games would be in the opposite stadiums that they were last played. Then when the rotation comes back in a few years, the games would be played in the proper stadiums with hopefully full crowds.
And have us play LSU at home and TAMU on the road? I’m good, thank you.
Why? Nervous to play those teams
That’s as good as idea as any… That would stop from screwing up the rotation going forward but I don’t think that is a really big deal. It’s just going to allow teams to play more teams from the other division sooner.. Not a bad thing IMO.
My main concern with screwing up the rotation is being able to play in front of a home crowd. Bama at UF would be awesome to watch this year, but it would be more awesome to hopefully be able to attend next year.
In the end, there really is no right way to do this so hopefully the SEC comes up with something that is considered fair for all teams.
That is true… Actually being able to attend the game would be better and something you may lose if they move it up. Good point.
But they don’t want to screw up the rotation. That’s the problem with playing the previous rotational opponents, it’s too much of those teams and not enough of the other teams. The ideal way to do it would be to move up the next two, that way the rotation is enhanced.
Or at least move up rotational games from the near future. Try to make it fair, but stick close to the rotation.
At least this year…we won’t hear “you haven’t played anybody”. Strength of schedule this year for SEC teams speaks for itself.
As a booster who attends all home games, I already conceded to this years home slate to being sub par with the exception of LSU coming to Gainesville.
I was looking forward to next year with Bama, UT, and FSU playing at home.
With this year being hit or miss regarding what the attendance rules will be, I would not want to put the home slate games in jeopardy unless we play @Bama and aTm in Gainesville so the future Home/Away schedules are not impacted.
I will say that I wish going forward we would schedule at least 9 SEC games as I really miss playing AU every year as they were our second longest rival team and I would love to bring them back into the schedule.
If rolling the schedules up is going to impact future schedules, I would rather see a random draw to determine the opponents for this one-off scheduling year.
You really screwed over USC with that one.
Guess they’re trying to get rid of Coach Boom? lol
With South Carolina playing only SEC teams…gosh…they’ll be lucky to win let’s say three(3) games…Vandy, Mizzou and maybe one(1) more. Bye bye Coach Boom.
Oh yeah, your the one with friends in South Carolina. Glad to see you finally chose a school to be a fan of.
Well he used to have an Airforce Logo..
I’m good with a random draw or just adding the next 2 cross-divisions, doesn’t really matter to me. It’s gonna be just fun to (hopefully) have football. The only reason I would be sad about doing the next 2 cross-division games this year is that it would mean next year when I can go back in to the stadium, I won’t be watching Bama v UF in the Swamp like was originally scheduled.
Exactly! And not in a “need home-field advantage” kind of way, but in a “I would have loved to see it in person” way. Seriously that game should be a great one. All the people saying “stop crying” arent even listening. I dont care who we play, I care who I get to see us play.
What’s funny is, the UGA fans are the ones saying the Gator fans are crying, but it will be just a matter of time before they start crying that Bama will now have a bye-week before playing UGA. LOL
Some where already crying when they thought Bama was going to get to play a game and they weren’t..
BamaTime…I never had an Air Force logo…you are 100% mistaken. Initially I had no logo and added the Alabama logo. Be sure of your facts prior to posting.
I agree the SEC should just add each team’s next two non-division opponents. If you try to get cute with the scheduling, it will just complicate things, and some school is going to be left pissed off no matter what. For UK, I’m fine with adding LSU and Ole Miss.
Yeah, I agree. It just speaks to the fact every conference is unbalanced, even the SEC. I mean if it were truly competitive from top to bottom then it wouldn’t matter.
Thats who we would be adding at TN. Adding Auburn in place of LSU to me is a harder game. Yes, i think Auburn will beat LSU this year.
Life’s not fair, so I don’t think we should even attempt to try and make that happen. Now I love the idea of a live lottery. The SEC Network needs some new live content, so why not just do a live lottery. Let’s get the ping pong balls going.
Excellent idea. I’m in.
Winner, winner!
Chicken Dinner!
Great idea
Ding Ding Ding
Since everyone wants to call us Bingo Champs, I’m all for it.
Wouldn’t the practical thing to do here is to schedule the closest teams to each other?
Almost every SEC West team’s closest East team is either Georgia or Vandy. So you’d have most of the SEC West lobbying for Vandy.
But in this case it wouldn’t matter who is lobbying for what teams. It would be determined by calculated travel distance. Even if Vandy is the closest to your team, if Vandy has their scheduled filled by closer teams, then the next closest (who has schedule to fill) is who your team gets.
Problem is everyone borders TN cept Mizzou and A&M, and SC is only a few hundred miles away. We’d be calculating down to the mile.
No system would be perfect but in no way should you rank the teams on last year’s standings. These are completely different teams.
Agreed. As a TN fan, playing Auburn this year feels like a tougher game than LSU or OU. Both LSU and OU have lots way more than Auburn. Auburn came the closest to beating LSU last year.
Thinking about it more, the best idea would be to schedule whichever two extra teams and then make the SEC Championship spots based on division record only.
“then make the SEC Championship spots based on division record only.” that’s always made good sense, the general fly in the ointment is tie breakers which leads back to the extra division record coming into play. So we are right back where we started.
I guess that would only come into play in a 3 way tie because if it were a two way tie, head to head would be the obvious tie breaker.
The problem with that scenario is creating a situation where a team could win their division with too many losses and jeopardize the conference’s ability to get in the playoff.
It amounts to teams complaining that they play as many good teams as TN does every year. Replacing LSU with Auburn isn’t much of a change for TN. Nixing OU and adding an LSU or Auburn is a harder schedule.
Rumors have been flying (for days already) for example that Mizzou’s +2 is Aggie and Aubie, which suit’s fine since we already have Arky and SipSt.
Now the question is a roadmap to 6 wins, this would assume the 6 win standard is still somewhat in play though it’s likely out the window since the overall reduced schedule already means a significant reduction in games played/possible wins. Also assuming that roughly by New Years, hotels are largely back in full business since no bowl is going to sponsor a game if they can’t expect a reasonable business from fan travelers.
I would think 5 wins is likely the standard for this season as a benchmark for bowls, e.g. the likely easiest wins for MU, would be something like SipSt, Arky, Vandy, SC, and UK/Tenn. With some likely bowl match like Iowa St, Iowa, VaTech, OkiSt or WVA. When you look at it from high up it’s almost like the more things change the more they stay the same.
“Now the real fun begins.”
I hope the SEC announces the +2 tomorrow, JUST TO SPOIL all the nonsense that’s going to be spewing forth from the like of you.
I’m thinking this is going to work out about as well as everything the conference has done lately. Trying to wing it for competitive balance won’t work. They just need to determine a finite method/formula and get this done.
Personally I would like to take the previous and the next West teams we’d play gimme bama and auburn
Trying to abstain from internet stuff right now, but I decided to take a look today seeing as it is friday and HH has begun. Please correct if I’m wrong, but this schedule thing has come about because of the virus, right? If so, how does any of this curtail the spread, if that is the purpose?
If I’m off base, ignore me and move on.
Nah dude, you’re totally right. This does nothing to stop the spread.
It’s like they’ve never even heard the term “herd immunity” or seen the projection from early this year when the spread of the virus will subside. Almost no new infections will be occurring by then but hey, WHATS THAT GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING>… lol LMFAO
Are you suggesting we’ll be at herd immunity by the time football season starts?
Herd immunity is a pipe dream. There are 4.4m documented cases in the US. Assuming that there is 10x that including undocumented and you have 44m. There are roughly 330m people in the country and you need to reach about 80% for herd immunity,or 264m. Our current documented infection rate is 66k per day, so assume total of 660k cases per day total. 264m divided by 660k equals 400 days minimum.
Agreed about it being a pipe dream
The hospital’s are already overwhelmed and we’re nowhere near reaching herd immunity.
We’ve tested at least 60 million US citizens. We’ve found 5 million cases roughly. There is a chance 2 million of us are now immune. Not everyone felt sick. Not everyone who felt sick got tested. The 156 thousand who have died include all those who were already sick with other illnesses so that statistic is important but needs the proper consideration given. Here’s your “herd immunity”, statistically nearly everybody is going to get exposed football or not. Everything you do is a risk. For some people that means stay home all the time, for others that means go to full stadiums and shopping malls and restaurants. I have a car, I don’t want anyone taking it away from me because I might get it stuck in the ditch. We already have acceptable policy for those who drive dangerously. No football player has ever, is, or ever will be forced to play the game. What is wrong with our new anti-brains this year. Bring in some communists to tell us what we can do every second of every day.
“The 156 thousand who have died include all those who were already sick with other illnesses”
All 156K? Wowe, didn’t realize you have time to review every single death.
“Uncle Rob
Herd immunity is a pipe dream.”
except that it is an actual reality that is the reason why EVERY OTHER virus is eventually overcome, NOT because of vaccinations(that’s the myth).
The fact is many or most will ALREADY be exposed by this time and the people who fall into the extreme risk category are the ones who need to be quarantined. SO parents and coaches who are 60+ and in poor health need to be held back, NOT the kids and fans who are not in the high risk category.
Thanks for confirming that. So if Ive got this straight they’re thinking if we eliminate all small school games that bring less fans and substitute for more SEC games that bring more fans, we can slow the spread. Genius!
Sweden is just about at herd immunity. Also, the CDC criteria for categorizing a covid19 death has come under extreme scrutiny and has been found to be erroneously classifying deaths as covid19 and for many months. Chances are you know no one under 60 personally thats died from Covid19. Unless they were in a car accident, alcohol poisoning, and many other deaths caused by other things other than actual Covid19. The CDC has never categorized this way until Covi19. Right now as the CDC definition of a positive case stands, if your 24 and die in any manner and if you have trace immunities and antibodies of Covid19 you are listed as a Covid19 death.
1. Switzerland has a population of almost 9 million people. That is 2.7% the population of USA. The state of Georgia alone has more than Switzerland.
2. ” if your 24 and die in any manner and if you have trace immunities and antibodies of Covid19 you are listed as a Covid19 death” This has been a talking point for a while now. It’s not true.
I think you did a really good job coming up with this list, but maybe the SEC is thinking money first and balance second. What games will bring the top national tv ratings? With no fans in the stands, the popularity of the games will be the prime objective if the SEC doesn’t use the next two up or the two farthest away.
Put all the team names in a hat. In reverse alphabetical order, draw ten names. If the Vanderbilt picked Texas A&M, then Texas A&M picks nine, otherwise they pick ten. Once your schedule is full, your name gets removed from the hat. Fairest way to do it. University does not count as part of name.
I hope there even is a season. Were getting worked up about football so they don’t want to say it’s over yet but by September I bet thet pull some B.S.
How abbout a 13 GAME ROUND ROBIN. nO championship game
Good idea!
great idea
Just hoping that we still can have some sort of season.Heck we should play them all and let the chips fall where they may.
I’m sure there are problems with this, but how about…
10 games, no divisions, top 4 go to a two round playoff
Might need to start a week earlier than planned
Will Georgia, Alabama and Auburn get to take their home-cooking referees on the road with them for these new games?
Don’t need them against your team.
Not LSU?
I was told there would be no math.
? You make no sense! No games being played? That would make sense!
I have a made for TV idea. Bring all the ADs together for a lottery to have a picking order, then allow the teams to choose their opponents. Using reverse snake, so the team picking first for the first game, picks last for the second game. Obviously half the teams choosing for first game, then sides switch. That way we have something to get excited to watch before the season and every team that gets picked early has some bulletin board material to motivate them.
Tennessee still gets hosed. Replacing a would be added LSU with Auburn amounts to no change. Auburn lost last year to LSU by a razor thin margin and to UGA by a score. TN would stills plays three to five teams plus Auburn. Alabama,UGA,UF and Auburn. TN having Bama every year should be factored in.Stunned you think UF or Bama’s schedule would be worse,especially when those ,”ARE” top five caliber teams. And say what you want but OU would not be a top 4 team in the SEC. Not with they lost and no D.