How would you like up B1G/SEC Challenge - post-realignment.

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Lets pretend the realignment has happened. Lets say it begins in 2022 and the B1G and SEC agree to a challenge with each other.

Who would play who?

 
They each hold a conference playoff to crown a champ that plays the other conference champ for the Natty.

Nobody cares about Illinois vs Missouri.
 
I would say

Ohio State vs Alabama
Wisconsin vs Georgia
Michigan vs LSU
Penn State vs Auburn
USC vs Oklahoma
Iowa vs Ole Miss
Minnesota vs Arkansas
Michigan State vs Mississippi State
Nebraska vs Tennessee
Purdue vs Florida
Maryland vs South Carolina
UCLA vs Texas
Rutgers vs Texas A&M
Northwestern vs Vanderbilt
Indiana vs Kentucky
Illinois vs Missouri
 
Bama-OSU is the only interesting matchup listed
 
I would say

Ohio State vs Alabama
Wisconsin vs Georgia
Michigan vs LSU
Penn State vs Auburn
USC vs Oklahoma
Iowa vs Ole Miss
Minnesota vs Arkansas
Michigan State vs Mississippi State
Nebraska vs Tennessee
Purdue vs Florida
Maryland vs South Carolina
UCLA vs Texas
Rutgers vs Texas A&M
Northwestern vs Vanderbilt
Indiana vs Kentucky
Illinois vs Missouri

Good but I think it will need to rotate regularly because teams will change up.

I like how you revived Indiana-Kentucky and Illinois-Missouri :).
 
Good but I think it will need to rotate regularly because teams will change up.

I like how you revived Indiana-Kentucky and Illinois-Missouri :).
I originally had Michigan State vs Kentucky as a matchup with basketball schools but figured MSU vs MSU would still be good and Indiana has a good basketball tradition.
 
Pre season games right?
 
Winners

Georgia
Alabama
Oklahoma
Iowa
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Tennessee
aTm
PSU
Coin Flip
LSU
Missouri
USC
Auburn
Florida
Coin Flip
 
I would say

Ohio State vs Alabama
Wisconsin vs Georgia
Michigan vs LSU
Penn State vs Auburn
USC vs Oklahoma
Iowa vs Ole Miss
Minnesota vs Arkansas
Michigan State vs Mississippi State
Nebraska vs Tennessee
Purdue vs Florida
Maryland vs South Carolina
UCLA vs Texas
Rutgers vs Texas A&M
Northwestern vs Vanderbilt
Indiana vs Kentucky
Illinois vs Missouri
na only fair way is by record/conference finish
why should 4-8 USC play 11-2 Oklahoma? 2-10 Indiana vs 10-3 Kentucky?

i say
Michigan vs Georgia
Ohio st vs Alabama
Michigan State vs Oklahoma
Iowa vs Ole Miss
Minn vs Kentucky
Wisconsin vs Arkansas
Purdue vs Miss state
UCLA vs Texas A&M
Penn State vs Tennessee
Maryland vs Missouri
Illinois vs South Carolina
Rutgers vs Auburn
USC vs LSU
Nebraska vs Florida
Northwestern vs Texas
Indiana vs Vandy

pick every other so you play 8 in Big Ten and 8 in SEC
 
na only fair way is by record/conference finish
why should 4-8 USC play 11-2 Oklahoma? 2-10 Indiana vs 10-3 Kentucky?

i say
Michigan vs Georgia
Ohio st vs Alabama
Michigan State vs Oklahoma
Iowa vs Ole Miss
Minn vs Kentucky
Wisconsin vs Arkansas
Purdue vs Miss state
UCLA vs Texas A&M
Penn State vs Tennessee
Maryland vs Missouri
Illinois vs South Carolina
Rutgers vs Auburn
USC vs LSU
Nebraska vs Florida
Northwestern vs Texas
Indiana vs Vandy

pick every other so you play 8 in Big Ten and 8 in SEC
seeing this list makes me happy that my Horns chose the SEC over BiG
 
Using FPI projections to sort:

Alabama vs. Ohio State
UGA vs. Michigan
Texas vs. Michigan State
OU vs. PSU
LSU vs. Wisconsin
Auburn vs. Nebraska
Texas A&M vs. USC
Ole Miss vs. Iowa
Kentucky vs. Maryland
Mississippi State vs. UCLA
Tennessee vs. Minnesota
Arkansas vs. Purdue
Florida vs. IU
South Carolina vs. Illinois
Missouri vs. Northwestern
Vandy vs. Rutgers
 
Lets pretend the realignment has happened. Lets say it begins in 2022 and the B1G and SEC agree to a challenge with each other.

Who would play who?
Conference standings from the previous year.
Then go down the list of games and alternate between BIG / SEC home games
 
I was coming in here to redicule this whole thing and the more I thought about it, the more I went ... shit, that would generate some eyeballs, that's for sure. If we really want to do something like this here is what has to happen:

1. You have to do home and away ... no way we are going to play UM @ UM and not get a return game.
2. You need to do a rivalry type of analysis. Having LSU v. Rutgers makes no sense, I don't care what last year's record was. LSU is almost always going to be a top 6 SEC team.
3. As bad as Texas is right now, they are going to be an eyeball draw and fans will travel for that game. Same with UF, same with USC.
4. 4 games each week, weeks 1-4.
5. The top 10 matchups would be Four Million Club games, some as many as 12+ million. Al would be over a million.

Alabama vs. Ohio State - the two big Dawgs in each conference for the past decade.
UGA vs. Michigan
OU vs. Michigan State
LSU vs. PSU
Texas vs. Wisconsin
UF
vs. Nebraska
Texas A&M vs. USC
Arkansas vs. Iowa
Kentucky
vs. Maryland
Ole Miss vs. UCLA - the pretty uniform game - prep school v. prep school
Tennessee vs. Minnesota
Mississippi State
vs. Purdue
Auburn vs. IU
South Carolina
vs. Illinois
Missouri vs. Rutgers
Vandy vs. Northwestern - brainiac bowl matchup

SEC 10-6
 
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I originally had Michigan State vs Kentucky as a matchup with basketball schools but figured MSU vs MSU would still be good and Indiana has a good basketball tradition.

Although they were more of Basketball rivals, UK and Indiana had a long running football series going on when I first started watching the sport.
 
I was coming in here to redicule this whole thing and the more I thought about it, the more I went ... shit, that would generate some eyeballs, that's for sure. If we really want to do something like this here is what has to happen:

1. You have to do home and away ... no way we are going to play UM @ UM and not get a return game.
2. You need to do a rivalry type of analysis. Having LSU v. Rutgers makes no sense, I don't care what last year's record was. LSU is almost always going to be a top 6 SEC team.
3. As bad as Texas is right now, they are going to be an eyeball draw and fans will travel for that game. Same with UF, same with USC.
4. 4 games each week, weeks 1-4.
5. The top 10 matchups would be Four Million Club games, some as many as 12+ million. Al would be over a million.

Alabama vs. Ohio State - the two big Dawgs in each conference for the past decade.
UGA vs. Michigan
OU vs. Michigan State
LSU vs. PSU
Texas vs. Wisconsin
UF
vs. Nebraska
Texas A&M vs. USC
Arkansas vs. Iowa
Kentucky
vs. Maryland
Ole Miss vs. UCLA - the pretty uniform game - prep school v. prep school
Tennessee vs. Minnesota
Mississippi State
vs. Purdue
Auburn vs. IU
South Carolina
vs. Illinois
Missouri vs. Rutgers
Vandy vs. Northwestern - brainiac bowl matchup

SEC 10-6
Youre Wrong John C Mcginley GIF
 
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