How the SEC could look if Texas and Oklahoma join

Here is how the new super conference could look if Texas and Oklahoma were to join.

Four Pods

Four pods of four teams. This would likely split the teams by geography, in a way, and would consist of a nine-game conference schedule. Teams would play other teams in their pod every year and add two games against each different pod. This would equate to teams hosting one another every four years.

In the current suggested pod form, Texas A&M is not in the same pod as Texas and Oklahoma, which would be an embarrassment. If A&M somehow managed to avoid playing the Longhorns — even with them in the same conference — there is an issue.

Here is what was proposed on SEC Network:

The two best teams — regardless of pod — would make it to the SEC championship game. This would just create problems the league does not need. For one, the argument can be made that each pod would eliminate current rivalries in the conference. Seeing a rivalry game played every four years rather than every year would not make logistical or traditional sense.

I’m also not a fan of how the pods are proposed in that picture, as it seems pods A, B, and D lack the most competition. The bottom feeders of the SEC like Vanderbilt would probably not look forward to a yearly throttling by Alabama. The current format isn’t broke, so why fix it?

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