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  1. You can't name 3 of Florida's rivals?
  2. Kentucky has some work to do with the next 3 seasons still sitting at 4 OOC games.
  3. That's a tough one. I grew up with the Tennessee rivalry becoming a thing, so of the three, probably that one. But there are a lot of ancient Gators who still cling to the hope of Auburn becoming a thing again. But it's slipping because it was sacrificed to the scheduling gods now going on 20 years ago. Tebow era Gators just don't have the same feel for Auburn as we've only played 4 times since then and playing them every other year is already a big gain for the rivalry. It's funny that of the three, LSU is the balance of an older rivalry that is still current and has been competitive but it's not the end of the world if that goes to every other year.
  4. From a balance perspective, I agree. Unless Auburn specifically requested it.
  5. Last year was stupid. We screwed around for 60 minutes and still won by 3 TDs. I've never seen a team give up so completely.
  6. It's really hard to create 4 balanced pods AND protect rivalries What made the original SEC divisional format worked was that they put 3 of the "big 6" in each division. It wasn't perfect but from a resource perspective, you would expect competitive balance over time. Tier 1 - Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee Tier 2 - Arkansas, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Kentucky Tier 3 - Miss St, Vandy Adding A&M and Mizzou tilted the balance to the West because A&M has Tier 1 resources while Mizzou was Tier 2. The alternate plan would have been to move Auburn to the East and keep Mizzou to the West, but it would be unbalanced as well. Now with Texas and Oklahoma, you have two more Tier 1 resource programs. West Pod - Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M (3 tier 1, 1 tier 2) River Pod - LSU, Mississippi St., Missouri, Ole Miss (1 tier 1, 2 tier 2, 1 tier 3) Central Pod - Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Vanderbilt (3 tier 1, 1 tier 3) East Pod - Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina (2 tier 1, 2 tier 2)
  7. Once the NCAA did away with the divisional requirement, pods no longer made sense.
  8. Yup. Especially because it wouldn't be done in a vacuum. Florida-Tennessee draws. Oklahoma-A&M would draw. I could kind of understand some old ways of thinking of forcing it to get East and West integrating faster. The 14 team divisional schedule was a nightmare, but that's not an issue anymore and stupid matchups like South Carolina - A&M don't need to be forced. This is the fastest rotation the SEC has had since the '92 expansion: '92 - 5 division, 2 permanent, 1 rotating for the remaining 5 teams (10 year rotation) '03 - 5 division, 1 permanent, 2 rotating for the remaining 6 teams (6 year rotation) '13 - 6 division, 1 permanent, 1 rotating for the remaining 6 teams (12 year rotation) '26 - 3 rivals, 6 rotating for the remaining 12 teams (4 year rotation)
  9. The only way UF-OU makes any sort of sense is if... After UGA, all of Florida's top half rival preferences are taken (Auburn, LSU, Tennessee). Some non-rival permanent games were agreed to so ESPN would pay more.
  10. Miami has one guy that has been spending funny money like crazy for a few years and that could disappear at any moment. The athletic department itself is not healthy.
  11. Miami's athletic department is trash. They field 15.5 sports. Right now, football and hoops are being propped up by a grifter under federal investigation for fraud who has been trying to use them to grift more taxpayer dollars in South Florida and could vanish at any moment. And their "fans" are trash. I saw as many Miami Heat jerseys at the game last year as Hurricanes jerseys.
  12. Miami probably. But yeah, they’d be going for 11 P4 games a year if they didn’t Also the ACC hasn’t figured out how to do a 9 game schedule with 17 teams. Unless they count games against ND in the standings…. We have only played Miami on years where there is an extra bye week baked in to the calendar. We don't have any future games scheduled with them after this year. We are not dropping FSU.
  13. Those paired with not wearing socks paired with a Saturday afternoon in Gainesville... swamp fever.
  14. Happy playing a 9 game schedule. We have a couple of good OOC matchups coming up but half of them have already cancelled on us because of realignment. Getting to play everyone in the conference twice every 4 years is much preferred over maybe playing a cool P4 OOC game. Just annoyed that everyone keeps pairing us up with Oklahoma. We're already playing each other 2 out of ever 4 years, we don't need to "create" marquee brand matchups as a rivalry game.
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    Florida Gators

    I love love love Texas style brisket. If there were one of those "you could only eat one thing the rest of your life" situations it would either be brisket or well seasoned fried chicken. I've got one of Aaron Franklin's books and I make his rub recipes for all of my smoking, though I admit I have only tackled brisket once myself. I usually take the easy way out with pork butt.
  17. I love that Finebaum seems to hold a grudge against FSU. Though it's probably because he knows it will get the best reaction and nothing else. https://www.theclemsoninsider.com/2025/07/29/finebaum-says-clemson-better-option-for-sec/ Finebaum says Clemson Better Option for SEC By: Gavin Oliver July 29, 2025 Conference realignment rumors have ramped back up, specifically with the reports that North Carolina is leading a group of schools looking to leave the ACC, and the Tar Heels are eyeing a move to the SEC. If that happened, a drafting partner would figure to follow UNC to the SEC. So, which school might that be? ESPN/SEC personality Paul Finebaum was asked that question on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning, with schools such as Clemson and Florida State rumored as potential options for SEC expansion. Finebaum explained why he thinks Clemson is a better choice for the SEC than FSU. “I feel far more strongly saying that it is not Florida State than anyone else,” Finebaum said. “Just go back two years ago. We all watched that circus going on down there. Not only that, we saw the program implode last year, which doesn’t help you in any way. Which brings me to the school that I think gets the most conversation about, and that is Clemson. “I might have said sometime back that I didn’t think Clemson was really in a good position. I think they’re probably in a better position now, only because in this world that we live in, it is about buzz, it is about sizzle, and it is about matchups. And you put Clemson against anyone on the upper level of the SEC, and it’s a far better game than it would be if you put Florida State against them. … I think Clemson has gained a little bit of traction, and just in the parlor game. That’s all we’re talking about here.” As Finebaum alluded to, he said back in May 2024 – when asked about Clemson’s level of appeal, should conference realignment occur again – that he didn’t think Clemson was as attractive of an option for other conferences as the Tigers were several years ago. “I think they’re already less attractive,” Finebaum said last year. “Clemson, if you go back to 2016, 2017, 2018 — they were at the epicenter. We all joked about how boring it is that Alabama and Clemson play each other every year. Nobody’s saying that anymore. They weren’t that big of a name until then. Clemson has always been a good football school, but it’s never been a main attraction like an Alabama or Georgia or Texas or Michigan or Ohio State. Now they’ve fallen off of that.” Finebaum also said last year that FSU had “pulled ahead” of Clemson as the more attractive school in the potential next wave of conference realignment. Obviously, Finebaum has changed his tune now. As for how South Carolina would feel about their rival joining the SEC, Finebaum weighed in on that as well. “The question for every one of these schools within a state that has SEC schools is, what is the position? … Would South Carolina try to stand in Clemson’s way, and if they did, would they be able to stop them?” Finebaum said. “So those are the questions, and I think after that, there are any number of possibilities. But none which would have as much gravitas as Clemson would.”
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    Florida Gators

    LSU fans are really big on smoking Gator before our game. I guess it can make for a fun spread if people are willing to try it. For some reason the SEC frowns upon us smoking various breeds of cats and dogs when we play half of the conference that apparently utilized a kindergarten popularity contest to pick their mascot.
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    Florida Gators

    Gator is a lot like chicken. It can be like chewing gum if it's from a shitty source even if it's prepared properly. When I get it, I usually just go for fried gator bites because most places go with a spicier batter. I have never tried cooking any myself. I'll stick to smoking beef, pork, and chicken. -- As far as this season, I've got nothin. Just along for the ride. Can't let myself spend time worrying about injuries or anything like that. It's gonna happen anyway.
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