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1 minute ago, mdmost said:

We don't really know yet what the 6 random matchups will be but it makes sense if it is flipping around in some fashion the teams every school hasn't played the last 2 years, especially to get Texas and OU to play all the teams we haven't yet as SEC teams.

For us our 2026 schedule might be:

OU in Dallas (we're the away team I believe)

@aggy

Arkansas

Auburn

@Tennessee

South Carolina

Ole Miss

@LSU

Mizzou

I'm not sure balancing the 6 random teams everyone faces won't take effect until 2028. To me, the balance criteria is so you don't get 3 traditional SEC powers as rivals. LSU, Bama, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and OU would be in that category.

 

I have a feeling OU won't be anywhere close to an SEC power.

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Just now, Deej said:

I have a feeling OU won't be anywhere close to an SEC power.

No but they were in the Big 12 and are a blueblood. They are still fairly marquee compared to others in the SEC. 

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Posted
13 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

If you have weaker permanent rivals, all it means is that you get a steady rotation of stronger teams on the rest of the schedule. You can't hide in this conference any longer.

When we beat Ohio State in 2006,  I reminded some buckeyes before the game that we had to play Bama and that our 2006 Homecoming opponent was LSU….who won it all the year before and the year after.   The buckeyes had been crowing about having defeated mighty Michigan in a close game - (although Michigan wound up losing in the Rose Bowl).

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Posted
2 minutes ago, mdmost said:

No but they were in the Big 12 and are a blueblood. They are still fairly marquee compared to others in the SEC. 

And once upon a time, so was Pig. May the dirt burglars replicate Pig’s SEC football success.

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Posted

Now that we’re going to have 5 home conference games one year, and four the next, I hope they set it up so that the years we are home team in Dallas coincide with our five conference home game years.  If they don’t, we’re going to have five conference games in DKR one year and three the next instead of four every year.

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1 minute ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

Now that we’re going to have 5 home conference games one year, and four the next, I hope they set it up so that the years we are home team in Dallas coincide with our five conference home game years.  If they don’t, we’re going to have five conference games in DKR one year and three the next instead of four every year.

Need to just make sure our home nonconference against a P5 is in the year we play four conference home games.  We can play away when we have 5 home noncon games.

Posted
5 minutes ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

Now that we’re going to have 5 home conference games one year, and four the next, I hope they set it up so that the years we are home team in Dallas coincide with our five conference home game years.  If they don’t, we’re going to have five conference games in DKR one year and three the next instead of four every year.

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. 

Posted

If they're saying we'll play all SEC teams in a two year span, and assuming (maybe wrongly) that they'll try to schedule teams we didn't play the first two years, I'm imagining a schedule that looks something like this.

2026: Arkansas, OU, A&M, Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Missouri, Tennessee.

2027: Arkansas, OU, A&M, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Kentucky.

 

Posted
27 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

When we beat Ohio State in 2006,  I reminded some buckeyes before the game that we had to play Bama and that our 2006 Homecoming opponent was LSU….who won it all the year before and the year after.   The buckeyes had been crowing about having defeated mighty Michigan in a close game - (although Michigan wound up losing in the Rose Bowl).

I'm ... not sure LSU won the title in 2005, my man.

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Posted (edited)

I think they'll flip home and home with each team in 2 year segments. So we wouldn't play Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, and Mississippi State again until 2028. Someone is going to skip us as we haven't played 7 SEC teams yet (Bama, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mizzou, and Auburn) but we've recently played Alabama and LSU. Of those we owe LSU a trip to Baton Rouge. I'm not sure they would want to skip Texas and Bama playing again until 2028 but who knows. That might be where balance comes into play for both sides. 

Edited by mdmost
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Posted
10 minutes ago, fellside said:

If they're saying we'll play all SEC teams in a two year span, and assuming (maybe wrongly) that they'll try to schedule teams we didn't play the first two years, I'm imagining a schedule that looks something like this.

2026: Arkansas, OU, A&M, Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Missouri, Tennessee.

2027: Arkansas, OU, A&M, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Kentucky.

 

Kentucky twice in 2027?

Posted
11 minutes ago, fellside said:

If they're saying we'll play all SEC teams in a two year span, and assuming (maybe wrongly) that they'll try to schedule teams we didn't play the first two years, I'm imagining a schedule that looks something like this.

2026: Arkansas, OU, A&M, Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Missouri, Tennessee.

2027: Arkansas, OU, A&M, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Kentucky.

 

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. 

Posted
Just now, 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. 

Of course you would think that. 

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Posted
3 minutes 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. 

This really makes no sense.

 

Posted
35 minutes ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

Now that we’re going to have 5 home conference games one year, and four the next, I hope they set it up so that the years we are home team in Dallas coincide with our five conference home game years.  If they don’t, we’re going to have five conference games in DKR one year and three the next instead of four every year.

It will be 4-4-1 every yesr for us, ou, uf, and uga.  Even this hayseed league will figure that out.

Posted
1 hour ago, mdmost said:

Do people not get angry when their playoff bound NFL team loses to a conference teammate, possibly costing them home field advantage? Do those game mean less?

Yes

Posted
53 minutes ago, fellside said:

If they're saying we'll play all SEC teams in a two year span, and assuming (maybe wrongly) that they'll try to schedule teams we didn't play the first two years, I'm imagining a schedule that looks something like this.

2026: Arkansas, OU, A&M, Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Missouri, Tennessee.

2027: Arkansas, OU, A&M, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Kentucky.

 

I am thinking we don’t see Bama until 27 since we happened to play them right before we joined the SEC. It is an easy way to say Texas played all the SEC teams as quickly as possible. 

Posted (edited)
7 hours ago, tokamak said:

Our three rivals are obvious and I don't give a single fuck about anyone else's three rivals.

Of all the teams, Texas is far and away the easiest for all involved.

Also easy call is who will complain the most no matter what.

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Posted
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.

Posted
2 hours ago, mdmost said:

We don't really know yet what the 6 random matchups will be but it makes sense if it is flipping around in some fashion the teams every school hasn't played the last 2 years, especially to get Texas and OU to play all the teams we haven't yet as SEC teams.

For us our 2026 schedule might be:

OU in Dallas (we're the away team I believe)

@aggy

Arkansas

Auburn

@Tennessee

South Carolina

Ole Miss

@LSU

Mizzou

I'm not sure balancing the 6 random teams everyone faces won't take effect until 2028. To me, the balance criteria is so you don't get 3 traditional SEC powers as rivals. LSU, Bama, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and OU would be in that category. Next tier is upstarts/decent teams like Ole Miss, Auburn, aggy, you could move Florida to this tier I guess. The final is the lower end of the SEC: Kentucky, South Carolina, Arkansas, Mizzou, Miss State, Vandy. It makes sense to give each team one of each. 

Again, this is all spitballing. We'll find out more later. 

 

There's no way we get 5 home games. With OU always at a neutral site, we will always have four true home games and four true away games. Same thing for Florida-Georgia. Anything else would be a scheduling clusterfuck.

Posted
2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

And once upon a time, so was Pig. May the dirt burglars replicate Pig’s SEC football success.

Largely agree, but Arkansas, despite some historical success was never a blue blood in anyone's book.

Posted
1 minute ago, MaxHorn said:

There's no way we get 5 home games. With OU always at a neutral site, we will always have four true home games and four true away games. Same thing for Florida-Georgia. Anything else would be a scheduling clusterfuck.

This isn’t the Big 12. Adults run this conference, it will be done properly. 

Posted
2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

This isn’t the Big 12. Adults run this conference, it will be done properly. 

So you don't think Orlando Community College, Panhandle Aggie and University of Tennessee Chattanooga are gonna be invited to join?

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