Did you ready the entire article? What he is saying (entire article) does make sense to me. See one of the quotes below "Miles said LSU — by virtue of a 7-1 SEC record and a win over
Miles is being rhetorical, amigo. Sure he knows how the system works, he's lobbying for a change with this rhetorical question. Later on the article says: He makes a good point. If we are going to have Division champions, why not make it best division record to go to the SECCG for the Conference championship. If we are going to use overall conference records, then just make the regular season best record the champion, like in the old days.
if we counted just div losses, wouldn't be a 3 way tie with us, arky, and auburn with the war beagles going to atl?
Miles has a valid argument. I've always said the SEC needs to scrap the one permanent opponent and two team rotation system. The SEC is trying to keep a couple of rivalry games alive, at the expense of the other schools. Scrap the system and go to a 3 team rotation. Of course, I'd be in favor of keeping the current system if Vandy was our permanent opponent instead of Florida.
I like that concept. We play teams in the east, but, like in the... ::shudder:: ... NFL, the division losses count before the conference losses. A method like this would go a long way to helping deal with the parity of the SEC.
yeah, back when there were two locks from the east we played UK every year too. can we trade? i'm pretty sure the rule was made just for AU-UGA and Bama-Tenn.
I see his point too, but I disagree with him. You want the two best teams playing for the SEC Conference Championship. That translates into the two teams with the best win-loss records. Any other method of calculation would just serve to bring a lot of controversy and dissent into the mix. You want to rely on objective criteria in the process. Win-loss records are about as objective as you can get. Once you start using subjective criteria, you will create a situation where no one is happy because then it starts becoming a matter of subjective opinion as to who deserves to be in SECCG.
