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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
They will likely be used in football, too, to support the rivalries and cross-division games.
With a 16-team, 9-game conference schedule for two 8 team divisions, teams would play 7 games against their division opponents, one against a cross-division rival, and one rotating. This is not feasible.
With a 16-team, 9-game schedule for 4, 4-team pods, teams would play 3 every year against pod-mates, two against selected rivals, and four that would rotate over time.
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The SEC needs to consult me if they go to sixteen because I have developed the perfect structure.
You have four pods with four teams in each. Each team is assigned a primary rival in another pod and a secondary rival from a third pod.
Each year, you play every team in your pod. That's three games. You then play every team in one of the other pods in a three year rotation. That's seven games. Finally, you play your rival. That's eight games.
However, every three years, you would be playing the pod containing your primary rival, so you need another game. That is when you would play your secondary rival.
This gives you eight conference games per year with four teams you play every year (your pod and rival), one team you play two out of every three years (your secondary rival), and ten teams that you play every three years.