What do yall think about this pod proposal ?

[jeff2001]

 

[viennacocks]

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I think pod a should be usc, vandy, Kentucky and mizzu.

 

[uscwatson21]

I like that much better than being in an 8 team division with Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee

 

[Judson1]

Sounds good. But can we please make it to your Pod record decides who wins the Pod? And that only in a tiebreaker scenario would your conference record come into play. Just because you lost to Bama and beat the rest of your Pod shouldn’t mean you aren’t the champs of your pod.
I can see it now… Welcome to South Carolina 2026 SEC Pod A champs!

 

[Dizzy01]

I think pod a should be usc, vandy, Kentucky and mizzu.

I’d go with Tenn over Mizzou. They seem to be a consistent problem anymore.

 

[Judson1]

So it would take 2 games to decide the overall champ? Along with a 12 team playoff for potentially all 4 of them?

 

[Bad seed]

 

[Carolina4]

I’d rather see A&M and Texas in the same pod, but having A&M does at least balance that pod out because without them LSU would win it 9 times out of 10. These are balanced and it’s going to be what the conference ends up looking like. They have to go to pods. Even the current schedule setup is ridiculous and needs to be changed.

I know we had a flood that took away a home game against LSU but we won’t play them at home for something like 25-30 years because of the current setup. That’s just stupid. Every school in the SEC should have a home game against every member in the conference every 5 years, minimum.

I don’t like the direction of College Football…but this pods thing and seeing more SEC opponents than just rotating a few will be much better. I just hope we don’t keep Texas A&M as some kind of permanent opponent. I’d like to have Tennessee or Ole Miss on the schedule annually instead. Actually I’d prefer Vandy!!

 

[king ward]

I say select pods each year by pulling school names out of a hat. That would be some real fun stuff there.

 

[bucketdad]

I say select pods each year by pulling school names out of a hat. That would be some real fun stuff there.

Pod lottery. I like it

 

[PaleoCock]

Seems pretty balanced. Would love to exchange UK for Vandy or Tenn. but we've had some success with these teams previously.

 

[Legendary Cock]

I say select pods each year by pulling school names out of a hat. That would be some real fun stuff there.

I wouldn't trust that. I'd prefer having a set-in-stone rotation with teams from the other pods. Otherwise, Bama and Georgia and the like will just happen to keep getting sweetheart schedules.

 

[king ward]

Pod lottery. I like it

Every year, right after the season just ended.

 

[bucketdad]

Every year, right after the season just ended.

They could make a big production of it. I'd even plan a viewing party around it. It would be great... second saturday in December, one week after the SEC Championship.

 

[gamecockjosh]

I really don’t like a four team pod set-up. It really only benefits the best of the best. We could have a top 15 team and finish 3rd in our pod....which only hurts recruiting for teams like ours that are trying to get better.

 

[Garnet chicken]

The only way to get a true rotation of all teams is the 4 pod. Play your 3 plus rotate the others year to year.

 

[caughtlookin]

I really don’t like a four team pod set-up. It really only benefits the best of the best. We could have a top 15 team and finish 3rd in our pod....which only hurts recruiting for teams like ours that are trying to get better.

We could have a top 15 team and finish 5th in our division.