SBC 2023 cross division football games

[CajunVic]

Dude is a troll. Knows nothing about sports. But he is very good at making himself look stupid on RP.

Now why you want to call yourself a "dude" in your own post . . . everybody is watching . . .

[KajunKrazy]

I don't care about the process, just the results. Where there is a will, there is a path to better scheduling.

There is always a better way. What the sunbelt doesn’t have that the SEC had when they made their split is the long time history and already developed rivalries. Heck as someone trying to win a conference championship give me Ga St every year before Marshall, App St, or JMU. I could care less about how attractive it is to the casual fan. I want the best chance to get into the championship game at Cajun field. That should be very attractive to the casual fan.

I am not an LSU fan at all but if I were I would have much preferred Vanderbilt or Kentucky over the years rather than Florida.

[cajun_lannister]

There is always a better way. What the sunbelt doesn’t have that the SEC had when they made their split is the long time history and already developed rivalries. Heck as someone trying to win a conference championship give me Ga St every year before Marshall, App St, or JMU. I could care less about how attractive it is to the casual fan. I want the best chance to get into the championship game at Cajun field. That should be very attractive to the casual fan.

I am not an LSU fan at all but if I were I would have much preferred Vanderbilt or Kentucky over the years rather than Florida.

New playoff format will require a better SOS. App / Marshall/ JMU is much more likely to boost that than GAST.

[KajunKrazy]

New playoff format will require a better SOS. App / Marshall/ JMU is much more likely to boost that than GAST.

Getting to the championship game and beating one of them in the ship will take care of that and you have a very good chance that one of the 3 will be your rotating opponent.

[Policarp]

New playoff format will require a better SOS. App / Marshall/ JMU is much more likely to boost that than GAST.

You indirectly answered your own whine......simply beat one of these in the championship game.

[ZoomZoom]

Meanwhile in MBB, USM, the SBC's highest rated team has a NET rating is 65. Only downhill from there.

[CajunT]

There is always a better way. What the sunbelt doesn’t have that the SEC had when they made their split is the long time history and already developed rivalries. Heck as someone trying to win a conference championship give me Ga St every year before Marshall, App St, or JMU. I could care less about how attractive it is to the casual fan. I want the best chance to get into the championship game at Cajun field. That should be very attractive to the casual fan.

I am not an LSU fan at all but if I were I would have much preferred Vanderbilt or Kentucky over the years rather than Florida.

That is a valid point in mentioning the age of the conference. But they can certainly put something on the table for discussion. It's highly unlikely you will get all to approve it, but trying to build a consensus is the first step.

[cajun_lannister]

You indirectly answered your own whine......simply beat one of these in the championship game.

playing those teams once can overcome the MWC / AAC champ ? We have never seen it in the sbc

[Policarp]

The team to beat this year in the East WASN'T Marshall App or JMU. It was Covid U. Both the GSUs will return a lot of players and could easily contend in Fall 2023. ODU does as well.

It's the East that has the crossover schedule strength problem. 6 of 7 in east have a reasonable shot to win division. West only has 4 at the most. Until this season it was 1. UL was a near division lock the previous 3 years.

Our schedule strength issue isn't who we play in the east......it's having three 8-9 loss teams in the West.

[CajunT]

The team to beat this year in the East WASN'T Marshall App or JMU. It was Covid U. Both the GSUs will return a lot of players and could easily contend in Fall 2023. ODU does as well.

It's the East that has the crossover schedule strength problem. 6 of 7 in east have a reasonable shot to win division. West only has 4 at the most. Until this season it was 1. UL was a near division lock the previous 3 years.

Our schedule strength issue isn't who we play in the east......it's having three 8-9 loss teams in the West.

We don't control who we play in the West, but it certainly would help boast home attendance at least marginally playing a wanted rival game.

They may better, but I'm no more interested in a SBC pushed rivalry with either program as I am with ULM. I'd much rather have a crossover game with App. State or Marshall. JMO