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  1. 31 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    a proper baseline for pairing discussions would include a thorough calculationof drive times from every campus to every other campus

    i also choose to rank the football 'strength' of each school based on that school's rank in all time wins, compared only to current FBS teams

    thus, i present you with:

    the Official Drive-sydney-carton-Crazy SEC pairing model

    TM 2025 The Legion of Dynamic Discord, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

     

    round 1: take out the immovable objects

    Texas/0u

    bama/barn

    klan/klan aggy

    florida/georgia

    that leaves:

    aggy

    kentucky

    lsu

    missouri

    pig

    south carolina

    tennessee

    vandy

    use geography for the other 4 pairings to match the immovable objects:

    aggy/lsu

    kentucky/south carolina (because reasons)

    missouri/pig

    tennessee/vandy

     

    round 2: continue with geography - it doesn't have to be absolute on time/distance - but it must be regional

    this round the top half of the conference (listed based on all-time wins) picks who they 'want' from teams 9-16 in all-time wins

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_win–loss_records

     

    all time wins 1-8

    3 alabama

    5 Texas

    6 0u

    9 georgia

    11 tennessee

    12 lsu

    14 barn

    16 aggy

     

    all-time wins 9-16

    20 florida

    25 pig

    33 missouri

    40 klan

    51 kentucky

    54 south carolina

    63 vandy

    76 klan aggy

     

    top 8 choose in order:

    bama takes klan

    Texas takes pig (we should choose lsu but there is no way the league will let us have 3 pairings in the all-time top 8 with both 0u and lsu, so pig is the next 'makes most sense' choice)

    0u takes missouri

    georgia takes (or is made to take) south carolina (because reasons)

    tennessee takes kentucky

    lsu takes florida

    barn takes vandy and they should thank the football gods for it

    aggy gets klan aggy and they should thank the football gods for it

     

    round 3 is a clusterfuck combination of league decisions, best geo, and reasons

     

    5 Texas (paired w/ 6 0u & 25 pig), has to take 16 aggy by consolation and parasitic viral inhabitation, like breast larvae

    20 florida (already paired w/ 9 georgia & 12 lsu) gets 54 south carolina (best geo, competitive balance, logical geo

    25 pig (already paired w/ 33 missouri & 5 texas) gets 6 0u (best geo, and fixes competitive balance, tough 3rd pairing too bad so sad)

    33 missouri (already paired w/ 25 pig & 6 0u) gets 51 kentucky (tied for next best geo w/ vandy, so has to be kentucky on competitive balance)

     

    so to recap the following 8 are set (lower composite = more difficult)

    5 Texas 6/16/25 (composite: 47)

    6 0u 5/25/33 (composite: 63)

    16 aggy 5/12/76 (composite: 93)

    20 florida 9/12/54 (composite: 75)

    25 pig 5/6/33 (composite: 44)

    33 missouri 6/25/51 (composite: 82)

    51 kentucky 11/33/54 (composite: 98)

    54 south carolina 9/20/51 (composite: 80)

    note that the median composite for the 8 that are sorted is 73

     

    to this point 44 of 48 pairings make sense within the context of this model

    the last 4 pairings .... are likely contentious, but it's easy to see the outside/in method is needed

    last 8 teams remaining to assign their 3rd pairing & remaining geos ordered by distance:

     

    3 alabama paired w/ 14 & 40 (54), geos: 76, 63, 9, 11, 12

    9 georgia paired w/ 20 & 54 (64), geos: 11, 3, 63, 76

    11 tennessee paired w/ 51 & 63 (104), going to have a very strong 3rd pairing, geos: 9, 3, 14, 76, 40, 12

    12 lsu paired w/ 16 & 20 (36), geos: 76, 40, 3, 14, 63, 9, 11

    14 barn paired w/ 3 & 63 (66), geos: 9, 76, 11, 63, 63, 40, 12

    40 klan paired w/ 3 & 76 (79), geos: 63, 14, 12, 9, 11 

    63 vandy paired w/ 11 & 14 (25), needs a weaker 3rd pairing, geos: calcs probably not needed

    76 klan aggy paired w/ 16 & 40 (36), geos: calcs probably not needed

     

    so composites at this stage are 54, 64, 104, 36, 66, 79, 25 and 36

    sorted ascending we get 25, 36, 36, 54, 64, 66, 79 and 104

    recall the composite average for the sorted 8 is 73

    outside/in method of addressing the last pairings would thus go in this order:

    104, 25, 36, 36, 54, 64, 79 and 66

     

    11 tennessee 104:

    it's pretty clear that tennessee is going to have to play 3 bama or 9 georgia (for a final composite of 107 or 113)

     

    63 vandy 25:

    they are going to have to play 40 klan or 76 klan aggy (for a final composite of 103 or 139)

     

    12 lsu 36 and 76 klan aggy 36:

    let's see if one has to be taken to solve for geo or composite

     

    3 bama 54:

    last 4?

     

    9 georgia 64:

    last 4?

     

    40 klan 79:

    last 4?

     

    14 barn 66:

    last 4?

     

    so let's channel snakey....

    11 tennessee pairs with 9 georgia (best geo that's required for competitive balance + tv wants it)

    12 lsu pairs with 40 klan (2nd best geo, + tv wants it)

     

    we are down to 

    3 bama

    14 barn

    63 vandy

    76 klan aggy

     

    bama and barn already paired

    vandy already paired with barn

    klan aggy only one not paired with other 3

    by default, these last 2 pairings are unavoidable:

    3 bama pairs 63 vandy

    14 barn pairs 76 klan aggy

     

    SO this model produces the following:

    5 Texas 6/16/25 (47)

    6 0u 5/25/33 (63)

    16 aggy 5/12/76 (93)

    20 florida 9/12/54 (75)

    25 pig 5/6/33 (44)

    33 missouri 6/25/51 (82)

    51 kentucky 11/33/54 (98)

    54 south carolina 9/20/51 (80)

    3 alabama 14/40/63 (117)

    9 georgia 11/20/54 (88)

    11 tennessee 9/51/63 (123)

    12 lsu 16/20/40 (76)

    14 barn 3/63/76 (142)

    40 klan 3/12/76 (91)

    63 vandy 3/11/14 (28)

    76 klan aggy 14/16/40 (70)

     

    sorted by (composite SoS), lower = harder, with pairings

    63 Vanderbilt 3/11/14 (28):  Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn

    25 Arkansas 5/6/33 (44): Texas, 0u, Missouri

    5 Texas 6/16/25 (48): 0u, aggy, pig

    6 0u 5/25/33 (63): Texas, pig, Missouri

    76 Mississippi State 14/16/40 (70): Auburn, aggy, MIssissippi

    20 Florida 9/12/54 (75): Georgia, LSU, South Carolina

    12 LSU 16/20/40 (76): aggy, Florida, Mississippi

    54 South Carolina 9/20/51 (80): Georgia, Florida, Kentucky

    33 Missouri 6/25/51 (82): 0u, pig, Kentuckee

    average = 82.375, 9 above, 7 below

    9 Georgia 11/20/54 (88):  Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina

    40 Mississippi 3/12/76 (91): Alabama, LSU, Mississippi State

    16 aggy 5/12/76 (93): Texas, LSU, Mississippi State

    51 Kentucky 11/33/54 (98): Tennessee, Missouri, South Carolina

    3 Alabama 14/40/63 (117): Auburn, Mississippi, Vanderbilt

    11 Tennessee 9/51/63 (123): Georgia, Kentucky, Vanderbilt

    14 Auburn 3/63/76 (142): Alabama, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State

     

    conclusions

    georgia, aggy, bama and tennessee can just shut the fuck up about anything for the next 10 years

    sorry vandy someone is going to end up as the punching bag in the first iteration and you're the private school - anchor down!

    dear pig: welcome to the pleasuredome

    to our friends from across the river: you'll figure out the new landscape and do justice to your history (snicker snicker)

    dear corndog: wanna go halves on bribing the b1g to take aggy so we can fuck on the reg?

     

    the one thing this model did not produce that will be bitched about is barn-georgia; vandy / south carolina, or tennessee / klan aggy would have to agree to a switch; i don't see tennessee agreeing to this as georgia is their only marquee game in this model; i suppose vandy and south carolina could agree to this, maybe?  but it puts barn's feels ahead of rational geography; georgia and south carolina make sense; on the flip side columbia to nashville is only 7 hours; in this case vandy still has tenneessee and south carolina still has florida, so if it must be so.....

     

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  2. 35 minutes ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

    I remember feeling pretty confident going into that USC game. We had some great playmakers and they made some great plays...

    yet there we were, a few minutes left with USC at our 35 or so and we needed to stop the repeat Nat'l Champs on 4th and 1. Fourth and fuckin' one! WTF.

    The Horns manned up, made some critical plays in that final drive and pulled it out. Greatest game ever! and the underdog Horns won it with the world watching!

    Tell it again

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  3. 2 hours ago, mdmost said:

    I'd imagine this will be a consideration for Texas, OU, Florida, and Georgia. The SEC doesn't want those to go home and home. 

    The SEC has no control over those going home and home. And the four schools involved will push hard, if necessary, to be sure their perm games are 1-1-1.

    But, I don't think it will be necessary.

     

    1 hour ago, Helobious said:

    I think the simplest thing and what they’re going to do is pretend 2025 is year 1 of the rotation, 2026 is year 2. So everyone plays the same teams in 2026 as they did the prior 2 years. That gives the conference 2 years to come up with a new slate for everyone in 2027. 

    Why? That is just dumb.

  4. 3 hours ago, utee94 said:

    12 teams was already too many, but at least 16 will eliminate the stupid byes.

    This is where I am. I always wanted eight max. I can live with 16. Anything more is absolutely moronic.

    Fuck anyone advocating for 32 or 40.

     

    2 hours ago, Frank Drebin said:

    It makes more regular season games important, not fewer.  In the past if you lost a game or two, season was over.  Now many, many games late in year that were otherwise meaningless have relevance.

    The point about the regular season being important is NOT about the number of games at the end of the season that matter to teams seeking playoff bids. That misses the point.

    College football was always historically great because you had so little room for error. One loss? MAYBE you still have a shot. Tow losses? Forget it. You're out of the running.

    THAT is what is meant by the regular season matters.

    Now we are in a world where three losses and you still have a shot at a national championship. That would have been unthinkable in the 80's or 90's.

  5. 2 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

    He said Neto’s going to get a couple of penalties after the whistle this year. That’s just how he’s wired

    Robert Killebrew 2.0?

     

    1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    It’s a smart investment. The routine helps so much in your mental preparation 

    No doubt. But, it's something the majority of programs would never consider due to budgetary considerations. This is truly one of those "We are the Joneses things."

  6. 2 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    Long excerpt about Arch's recruitment from an upcoming book about QBs: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/46022536/ruthless-recruitment-arch-manning

    This part caught my eye. Fuck Nick Saban.  

    NOBODY KNEW WHERE Arch Manning wanted to go to school. Some in the family preferred Georgia, where head coach Kirby Smart would coach him hard. Others, Alabama. The problem for Alabama was that Nick Saban -- whom the Crimson Tide assistants affectionally called "Daddy" -- was getting up there in years, and nobody knew how long he'd be there. Texas kept lingering. Competition was so fierce that everything was fair game. It was public record that Steve Sarkisian had battled alcoholism, a disease that nearly cost him his career. Sark had rebuilt his life and work in recovery. But during one Zoom call with Arch, Golding was discussing Alabama's schematics and culture, and then he went there.

    "I love Sark," Golding said. "He's my best friend." He paused. "I hope he can stay sober."

    After the Zoom ended, Stewart called Golding. "Pete, that's f---ed up!"

    Golding knew. He had no choice.

    "Daddy's on me."

    Who is Stewart?

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  7. 12 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    @closetojumping it’s all over the It board that Michigan is going to cancel on us and maybe OSU. Conjecture not reporting, but not the dumb dumbs. You think they are wrong. You are probably right but I can see the other side of it too. 

    If they truly were considering backing out, I think the CFP announcement this week makes it way less likely.

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  8. So I'm guessing our timeline from here looks something like this:

    Next couple of weeks - Announcement of 3 perm rivals for each school

    Late Septemberish - Announcement of '26 opponents and locations

    October - Announcement of '26 schedule

    Next summer - Announcement of '27 schedule

  9. 41 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    Taking that and canceling the FCS payday games of $1-$4M annually will make each program some pretty good money. Radio people are acting like they read that ESPN will be escalating once initial assumptions are validated. 

    But WILL they cancel the FCS games?

    I can see some pussies have their OOC slate be Purdue/Maryland/Northwestern and then two FCS cupcakes.

  10. 6 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

    The SEC should balance the schedule per your recommendation, but would Sankey's team fuck aggy like that?

    I also want it to happen

    It would, ultimately, be fair since we got screwed and played at aggy coming in after playing our last game against them there.

    But, I'm sure the aggros wouldn't see it that way.

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  11. I am desperately hoping that the conference balances out our rival games and makes them 1 home, 1 road and 1 neutral each year. This would mean that EITHER aggy or Arkansas will be coming back to DKR in '26.

    Please, God, let it be aggy. I want to see their heads explode!

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  12. 28 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

    Well... this is basically the same as the Pods from a few years back, but we don't seem to have a lot of mention of that dreaded word.

    Incorrect. It's not pods at all.

     

  13. 4 hours ago, PTINS said:

    I don't disagree with any of your post.

    I only included aggy as 1 of the 4 that left the B12, blaming Texas for everything as they slithered out the door.

    I lived in Colorado for 3 years, when they were good. Too bad Rick Neuheisel fucked that up. He had a monster going. 

    I bought some new Python Boots before I moved up there in the 90's. I knew what they thought about Texan's, and I didn't want to disappoint them.

    I was talking to a colleague one day, and he said something like, "You damn Texan's are all alike! Texas this, and Texas that! Why are you guys like that? Do they teach you that shit?"

    "As a matter of fact, they do. Texas History in 7th Grade.

    "Oh..." he replied, somewhat. surprised. "I have to be honest ... I'm jealous. Every person I've ever met from Texas is like that. I just wish I was from a place like that, where everybody had that much pride.

    *Texans

    *Texans

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  14. 2 hours ago, 'stache said:

    They can do it all they want in the stands, and can even do it twice on the field without penalty. I knew they threw tortillas for whatever reason, cool everyone has unique traditions, but didn't know they did it regularly onto the field during a game. I don't get the "whoa is us" narrative going on from Hocutt and the fans. Why should there be an exception for throwing tortillas on the field as opposed to bottles or green dildoes?  

    *woe

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