2023 SEC Football Discussion Thread

Would be interesting to see the 3 permanents for every team. I'm glad I don't have to do the juggling on that to make the numbers work

 

seems likely, doubt we care who the 3rd team is so long as its Florida and Auburn. And hopefully they move the auburn game back to November.

 

Also USC is the only other team you could even squint and call it a rivalry

 

What about Vols

 

Vandy
Kentucky
Bama

 

not really close. Played SCar about 75 times, about Tenn about 50 times.

Kentucky and Vandy are our most common traditional SEC opponents after Auburn and Florida iirc.

 

The permanent teams in a 3+6 format should have a history and geography component to it. Florida having something like UGA, SCAR, and Oklahoma would suck for both OU and UF since those are difficult trips to make for both schools/fan bases. This proposal seems solid.

 

We didn't play them that often before going to divisions. Think only like 20 times pre '92

 

So no one wants OU/UT as their permanent

 

Whenever the 3 + 6 is officially announced, some of the greatest melts the internet has ever seen will be bestowed upon us.

 

That was just a joke.

 

A&M and Arkansas would naturally for Texas along with Oklahoma

 

IDK what is wrong with this but common sense apparently says it is stupid

 

Boo is very stupid in recruiting threads, but correct here.

 

good lord at that Auburn slate

 

My line of thinking is the SEC won’t try to saddle any team with 3 “elite” schools. Similar to us getting Miss State instead of LSU, I think UF would likely get UK as their 3rd permanent. Lot of history there.

 

They should really make a gameshow out of the permanent selection process. Each AD picks 3, any mismatches decided by Paul Finebaum

 

I think they're likely to try to maintain one traditionally cross-conference game though.

 

Tennessee's should be Bama, Vandy, and Kentucky. Rotating between Florida and Georgia every other year would be fun.

 

Way to jump on the grenade for getting those programs back on track.

 

I too want our permanent rivalry with hated Vanderbilt restored

 

Pretty standard for us

 

Think about the "inventory!"

 

like this except want TX-Arky to be a permanent

 

You'll take Mississippi State and like it.

 

I think it'll suck if we don't retain Georgia. That's the closest thing we have to an actual rival in this conference. Keeping Tennessee would be nice too, but w/e

 

lol we're going to get Alabama, Georgia, and Alabama a second time.

 

Auburn will somehow weasel out of Georgia being a permanent matchup - just like they did getting back-to-back home games in 12 and 13 and moving the game to September/early October.

 

You bet, pal

 

Yep we got the aggies and mizzou into the conference just to work ourselves into back to back home games.

 

Oh fuck off our schedule is murder every year. Your schedule is soft as fuck compared to what we play annually. No Auburn fan likes having to play Bama and UGA on the road every other year. It was better for us when they were opposite of each other.

 

What about 1 permanent opponent you play twice and 1 you only play once?

 

BTC is all powerful

 

Ideally they can fix this and also move the game back to November

We'll just all forget about 2018-2023 football seasons as not counting

 

Don't disagree. Annoying how our rank and file fans complain about it so much It hasn't stopped us from winning a Natty every decade since the 80s and multiple SECCG appearances each decade.

Take care of ourselves and stop stepping on self planted landmines and we'll be fine.

 

Well you aren’t wrong

 

wow look at Arky trying to avoid playing their big bro

 

Slight miss

 

I wouldnt either when you lose to them 9 times out of 10 attempts

Better to stay with Mizzou

 

Feel like any trio for Oklahoma that doesn't include Missouri and vice versa won't happen. They were in the same conference for decades and have played 96 times.

 

The former Auburn beat writer would give them Vandy.