Alabama has played UT-Chattanooga 3 times since 2008

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Georgia, just twice in that same span. These 14 team conferences are great!

 

[Innermind]

14, 15, or even 16 team conferences would be fine......

..... as long as we get rid of divisions.

In a division-less system each team in the conference can choose to play one or two annually protected conference opponents, and rotate the others. This way, a team would be able to play everybody within the conference at least every other year.

The two best teams at the end of the regular season then play each other in the CCG. For the perennial top teams in the conference, simply reserve Thanksgiving week for a high profile out-of-conference match-up in order to avoid having the top conference teams play each other two consecutive weeks.... Florida & Florida State already do this, as sometimes does Notre Dame & USC, and Georgia vs Georgia Tech..... let's also have Texas vs Texas A&M every Thanksgiving week, as well as Nebraska vs Oklahoma, and Pitt vs West Virginia, South Carolina vs Clemson, etc.

 

[Deep Creek]

Georgia, just twice in that same span. These 14 team conferences are great!

Well, Bama doesn't play Georgia this year either so they will have played them twice in 9 years.

Why the hell even be in a conference with a team if you don't play them any more frequently than that?

 

[Deep Creek]

For the perennial top teams in the conference, simply reserve Thanksgiving week for a high profile out-of-conference match-up in order to avoid having the top conference teams play each other two consecutive weeks.

Good idea. Us hard core CFB fans would love it.

I know several of them that have a natural rival that isn't in their conference do just that. Clem-USCe, Florida-FSU, Louisville-Kentucky, Georgia-Ga Tech, etc.

But, do you think others teams would be willing to risk such a thing?

 

[TheRobotDevil]

14, 15, or even 16 team conferences would be fine......

..... as long as we get rid of divisions.

In a division-less system each team in the conference can choose to play one or two annually protected conference opponents, and rotate the others. This way, a team would be able to play everybody within the conference at least every other year.

The two best teams at the end of the regular season then play each other in the CCG. For the perennial top teams in the conference, simply reserve Thanksgiving week for a high profile out-of-conference match-up in order to avoid having the top conference teams play each other two consecutive weeks.... Florida & Florida State already do this, as sometimes does Notre Dame & USC, and Georgia vs Georgia Tech..... let's also have Texas vs Texas A&M every Thanksgiving week, as well as Nebraska vs Oklahoma, and Pitt vs West Virginia, South Carolina vs Clemson, etc.

It can be done with a 9 game conference schedule. If the SEC wants to drop the November FCS games. SC does it and maintains their rivalry games.Including Notre Dame and UCLA back to back every other year.

 

[Bamabino]

 

[4down20]

We've played Georgia 3 times since 2008.

 

[Bamabino]

 

[Deep Creek]

We've played Georgia 3 times since 2008.

True if you count CCGs. Still not a lot for 9 years.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

We've played Georgia 3 times since 2008.

Not in the regular schedule, that was happenstance. Even so, it illustrates a massive problem. Georgia is as much a part of Alabama's conference as UT-Chattanooga is.

 

[Bamabino]

Not in the regular schedule, that was happenstance. Even so, it illustrates a massive problem. Georgia is as much a part of Alabama's conference as UT-Chattanooga is.

Massive problem?

 

[Across The Field]

This would be like OSU only playing Wisconsin twice in 10 years. That would piss me the fuck off.

 

[4down20]

Not in the regular schedule, that was happenstance. Even so, it illustrates a massive problem. Georgia is as much a part of Alabama's conference as UT-Chattanooga is.

It's not a massive problem to me. And since we have made the playoffs every year it's been going on, it doesn't seem to be a massive problem for anyone else either.

If it is for you, then what does it say about Michigan when you can't manage to produce a tougher schedule than Alabama with this "massive problem"?

 

[outofyourmind]

Gee
Oklahoma has played Nebraska and Missouri 3 times since 2008.
Have played Texas aTm 5 times since 2008.

Weird

 

[Brasky]

Keep it going! We'll call it the Super Racist Ass-Backwards Poverty Stricken Shithole Bowl!!!

 

[Lance Armstrong]

It's not a massive problem to me. And since we have made the playoffs every year it's been going on, it doesn't seem to be a massive problem for anyone else either.

If it is for you, then what does it say about Michigan when you can't manage to produce a tougher schedule than Alabama with this "massive problem"?

So avoiding UGA helps ya'll get into the playoffs?

 

[ericd7633]

This would be like OSU only playing Wisconsin twice in 10 years. That would piss me the fuck off.

Since MD and Rutgers joined OSU was only scheduled against Wisconsin twice in 7 years. I haven't found anything on the 2021 schedule, but if it goes according to the pattern you won't play them that year either.

 

[4down20]

So avoiding UGA helps ya'll get into the playoffs?

Our SoS is overall improved.

We traded an East game rotation for the best team in Texas every year. So in addition to "avoiding" UGA, we also avoid Vandy, Kentucky, South Carolina, etc.

 

[Across The Field]

Since MD and Rutgers joined OSU was only scheduled against Wisconsin twice in 7 years. I haven't found anything on the 2021 schedule, but if it goes according to the pattern you won't play them that year either.

Yeah I'm not happy with that either. We got to see a fantastic game last year but that should be one of those every year crossover games. Thankfully we at least get them again in 2019, and I'm hoping we see them in the B1G CCG before then again.

 

[ericd7633]

Yeah I'm not happy with that either. We got to see a fantastic game last year but that should be one of those every year crossover games. Thankfully we at least get them again in 2019, and I'm hoping we see them in the B1G CCG before then again.

If you played them every year, that would mean you would only play the other 6 schools in that division twice every 10 years or something like that. 14 team conferences really, really suck.