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We assign three rivals for each SEC football team to create a nine-game conference schedule
We assign three rivals for each SEC football team to create a nine-game conference schedule
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48 minutes
Released:
Feb 16, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
When Oklahoma and Texas join the SEC in 2024, a few rivalries will be restored, but a handful of others will reduce to being played once every two years.
The SEC has not approved a scheduling model for its expanded alignment, but there’s momentum to move to a nine-game conference schedule. One popular model discussed is a 3-6 schedule model, in which team would be assigned three rivals to play annually.
On today’s episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and Christina Long play matchmaker and debate the three rivals for each team.
Some choices are obvious: The Iron Bowl, Egg Bowl, Red River aren’t going anywhere. But making the puzzle pieces fit gets tricky and leads to the sacrifice of some second- or third-tier rivalries, as well as a few odd pairings. How does a Florida-Oklahoma rivalry sound?
Long takes exception to a few of Toppmeyer’s rivalry alignments. In particular, why is he angling to chop Kentucky-Tennessee and Arkansas-LSU?
Stay connected on Twitter with Blake (@btoppmeyer) and John (@JohnAdamsKNS) and stay up to date on SEC football news by subscribing to KnoxNews: knoxnews.com/subscribe.
The SEC has not approved a scheduling model for its expanded alignment, but there’s momentum to move to a nine-game conference schedule. One popular model discussed is a 3-6 schedule model, in which team would be assigned three rivals to play annually.
On today’s episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and Christina Long play matchmaker and debate the three rivals for each team.
Some choices are obvious: The Iron Bowl, Egg Bowl, Red River aren’t going anywhere. But making the puzzle pieces fit gets tricky and leads to the sacrifice of some second- or third-tier rivalries, as well as a few odd pairings. How does a Florida-Oklahoma rivalry sound?
Long takes exception to a few of Toppmeyer’s rivalry alignments. In particular, why is he angling to chop Kentucky-Tennessee and Arkansas-LSU?
Stay connected on Twitter with Blake (@btoppmeyer) and John (@JohnAdamsKNS) and stay up to date on SEC football news by subscribing to KnoxNews: knoxnews.com/subscribe.
Released:
Feb 16, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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