Yes, I realize this makes no geographical sense whatsoever. If we wanted to base this on the current strength of each program, here’s what my random formula spit out: By day’s end, that became much more legitimate. Hey, before Wednesday, few things felt more random than the notion that Oklahoma and Texas were interested in joining the SEC. The SEC could justify these divisions by saying it simply wanted to side with geography so that it wouldn’t further sway the balance of power to the West. The East having Alabama, Florida and Georgia seems like it would have a case to be the best division in America, though that’s probably going to be the case for whatever division Alabama is in. If we’re doing the geographical solution wherein we don’t have Oklahoma in the East (or Mizzou), this is what that would like:ĭare I say, that actually doesn’t look that imbalanced? It’s more balanced than the current structure of the league, which typically has about 4 contenders in the West and 2 in the East. Meanwhile, Texas would go to a division where it would have an even steeper climb to try and get “back.” But it would also stand to benefit off the SEC’s TV revenue stream, and if the thinking is that Playoff expansion is going to force teams to load up their nonconference schedules anyways, why not just build that in with conference play?Īnyways, back to realignment! The geographical solution Florida and Georgia would have someone that could break up the pseudo-division title game in Jacksonville. You could keep those cross-division rivals and not worry about the potential blowback you’d receive for taking an annual game like LSU-Florida or Alabama-Tennessee off the schedule.Īs far as the balance of power, it would probably give the East a bit more of a respectability, too. Texas A&M AD Ross Bjork on news that Texas and OU could be coming to the SEC: “We want to be the only SEC team from the state of Texas.” I just thought of the reaction of A&M fans if they found out that Texas was not only joining the SEC, but it was joining the division. While Dan Mullen isn’t crazy about the permanent crossover matchups, you could drop Texas in the West and Oklahoma in the East and give them the annual crossover matchup against each other. Would you dare split up Oklahoma and Texas? You could. And by “dig into that,” I suppose we can look beyond the idea of getting rid of divisions for a potential 16-team SEC because I can see that too many people would complain about conspiracy theories if the scheduling gods didn’t go their way. If that wild message board fantasy became a reality at some point, what would that even look like?
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