SEC Nearing Completion of 13-Team 2012 Football Schedule
by Year2 on Oct 24, 2011 12:23 PM EDT
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According to Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity, the SEC is in the process of finalizing its 2012 conference schedule with 13 teams.
McGarity provided few details, so we don't know what model it will take. Based on previous comments by Larry Templeton, the former Mississippi State AD leading the SEC's transition committee, a system where Texas A&M plays four teams from each division is the most likely configuration. A MAC-style 13-team schedule can also work and is the only viable alternative. Neither alternative is that palatable, but there really is no good way to make a 13-team football conference schedule.
The best news from McGarity is that he doesn't expect the designated cross-division rivalries to be disrupted. There is no guarantee, however, that the other previously scheduled series will continue as planned, but that's a cost of doing business when you add another team to the conference.
The final bit of news is that McGarity said the conference hasn't taken a look at potential 14-team schedules at all. That is interesting given the expectation that Missouri will leave the Big 12 and join the SEC soon. Though interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas has said Mizzou wouldn't be able to leave his conference in time to join the SEC for next season, MU chancellor Brady Deaton has contradicted that in saying his school could in fact make a change for the '12 season.
McGarity said that the new model would be revealed "sooner than later", but you have to think that Missouri news could delay or even cancel the public revelation of what they came up with.
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You put down 13-game and 14 game schedules but I think you're meaning to say 13-team and 14-team schedules.
I’m assuming that aTm would be in the western division. I’m also assuming that the people designing this thing are just assuming that the Aggies will not win the west because there would be a lot of controversy if they ended up with the same record as one of the two teams in the west that they didn’t play.
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by IsayPetrinoYouSayPaterno on Oct 24, 2011 3:02 PM EDT reply actions
Yes, thank you
And no matter how they decide to do it, there will have to be a tiebreaker capable of picking between teams that did not play each other.
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Smart money says that we never see the 13 team version...
…because by the end of this week, the point will be moot. As for 14 teams, 7 to a division and eight conference games with protected rivals – that’ll be interesting.
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Aggie here. Holding out hope the SEC slows down before adding Mizzou just for the sake of evening things out.
I want VT. Perfect choice for the SEC, except for the small fact they have it too good in the ACC. I wonder if they’d be on top of the SEC east right now.
I realize Slive is protecting the SEC by waiting for teams to come to him.. but Man i wish he’d be more proactive here.
I'd like VT also.
And I really thought that that was the direction they would pursue when all the craziness started. Apparently, VT either isn’t interested or they have too much baggage that makes the move impossible. They may also be waiting to see what new ACC contracts are going to look like before they start talking long term.
I think Missouri is a good addition though and if we are ever going to go to 16 then I think Mizzou is an ideal candidate for one of those spots. Might as well get them now while the gettin’ is good….
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