Will we ever see an 8-game SWAC schedule?


I think the SEC team format

West teams in this example, plays all their division teams (6) games and they play (1) East team "every" year Home and Away and (1) East team rotates on the schedule over 2 years.


Using LSU as an example.

Their East team that they play every year is UF, They rotate with the other East teams, I think UGA is on the schedule for them this year, they haven't played them since 2008 in Tiger stadium and then 2013 was in UGA, so it's every 5 years or so looks like they rotate and play one another.
 



Fiyah said:
Because it's not a fair and balance scheduling of teams from the opposite division. There are no true opposite division rivalry's that must be played for every team in the conference. This 7 game format they got now is a farce.



That 12 game season is next year and schools will have to find 5 ooc games to play. You see that some can't do it now and are playing conference schools as ooc games, just wait till next year and you'll see more doing it. They'll be playing 8 games anyway, might as well make it right and change the conference format to it now and get it over with.
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SU vs JSU vs Alcorn vs Gram should be played every year. Those are true rivalries.
 
JayRob said:
southern's athletic department would go bankrupt if it took JSU off it's schedule. You know they ain't gone do that.
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I know you're hating/trolling but why do you think this breh

Yall are an enhancement breh. Think of it like a cherry being added, if the cherry isn't added on top, the dessert still is good regardless. That's how it comes down with yall being an opponent for us here.

Then again, the games haven't even been competitive here when we played yall here, pretty much over by halftime, if we didn't hate yall like we do, folks would look forward to seeing Alcorn come here over yall. At least we'll get a good game and they would make us play. Lol

Breh it aint that deep if yall are on our home schedule, the fans still will show up to home games Lol.
 
7 game would be an ideal

4 west teams opponents

3 east team opponents (2 East teams being on the schedule every year, home and away) with one East team rotating each year on and off.

7 conference games - 4 non-conference games.

We gotta stop babying these A.Ds.
 
Journalist said:
I think the four schools can live without two games in 10 years.
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SU wouldn't have a problem.

With a 7 game format, you can start re-emerging old bitter rivalries.

In our case, FAMU (home and away) Tenn St., Hampton, other teams NC A&T that we don't play.

We can also get away from playing TCU and these other 7 on 7 games.
 
I like the 7 game format. I think if done correctly, the conference could setup the conference schedules for the next 20 years. And since the SU/GSU/JSU/Alcorn issue continues to come up, who cares if they schedule each other when it's not a conference game.

Look at our schedules now. All non-conference games are games which could bring that school more money. Classics, P5 blowouts, guaranteed $$ money games. All of which brings the school money. So, if jsu decides to play either grambling or SU on an non-conf year, it's due to making a profit.

Are we still crabs in a barrel?
 
Bighead said:
I think the SEC team format

West teams in this example, plays all their division teams (6) games and they play (1) East team "every" year Home and Away and (1) East team rotates on the schedule over 2 years.


Using LSU as an example.

Their East team that they play every year is UF, They rotate with the other East teams, I think UGA is on the schedule for them this year, they haven't played them since 2008 in Tiger stadium and then 2013 was in UGA, so it's every 5 years or so looks like they rotate and play one another.
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SEC has 14 members.
 
Journalist said:
@Fiyah and I have been two of the biggest proponents of an 8-game conference schedule, with one team from the opposing division rotating off annually.

An 8-game schedule seems to be the happy medium between the current 7-game schedule and the BS that was a 9-game schedule. In most years, an 8-game slate will give schools three nonconference dates to fill (and four those seasons FCS teams are allowed to have a 12-game season).

For example ...
Southern would drop AAMU in 2021, drop Alabama State in 2022, drop Jackson State in 2023, drop Alcorn in 2024 and drop Valley in 2025

AAMU would drop Southern in 2021, Grambling in 2022, Texas Southern in 2023, Prairie View in 2024 and UAPB in 2025

If we're going to keep the SCG, an 8-game schedule would allow for some intrigue in years the East and West champions didn't play in the regular season. The possibility of a fresh matchup, in theory, would help boost attendance for that game.

Also, in theory, an 8-game schedule would give schools at least three home games, taking into account neutral site games.

Sooooo ... what would make it work? Why would it fail?
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SU can't drop JSU or Vice Versa. That game is set in stone and bound by blood. JSU should play GSU and SU every year period
 
Fiyah said:
That 12 game season is next year and schools will have to find 5 ooc games to play. You see that some can't do it now and are playing conference schools as ooc games, just wait till next year and you'll see more doing it. They'll be playing 8 games anyway, might as well make it right and change the conference format to it now and get it over with.
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just because teams play conference members as OOC games does not mean they cant find other games. Some teams just like to play each other and a 8 game format wouldnt stop that. They would just play all 9 teams.
 
GramblingMan2009 said:
This schedule is off, it would give Grambling only 2 home games on odd number years
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That's when you have to use your OOC games and schedule 2 of those as home games. But the conference games can be scheduled to have you play 3 home conference games with 2 east and 1 west on campus games each year. You would have 2 east road games, 1 west road game, 2 east home games, 1 west home games and 2 neutral site games (the neutral site games would be shown as 1 home & 1 away to balance it out)

SUjagTILLiDIE said:
SU vs JSU vs Alcorn vs Gram should be played every year. Those are true rivalries.
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What part of fair and balance don't you understand. That's the big problem with this 7 game schedule now.

Bighead said:
7 game would be an ideal

4 west teams opponents

3 east team opponents (2 East teams being on the schedule every year, home and away) with one East team rotating each year on and off.

7 conference games - 4 non-conference games.

We gotta stop babying these A.Ds.
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It's not about babying the AD's, it's about making a fair and balance schedule. Right now it's no where close to that..
 



Journalist said:
The 7-game format gives our schools four OOC dates to fill, which has been problematic for some in the past.
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Which is exactly why we need to play 9 games. JSU did okay for ourselves this year with North Alabama, TNState, and FAMU. Im not a fan of the USM game but our schedule wouldnt be any harder or easier by dripping North Alabama and FAMU for Grambling and TxSo. We going all the way around the scheduling world for nothing.
 
@Fiyah whats wrong with the 7 game schedule again?

Most major conference have rotational schedules. Hell, I support the ACC and GaTech will play Louisville for the first time since they joined the conference THIS Year and the next time they play is God knows when. Hughes got fired at JSU because his losses to GSU counted when GSUs wins over AAMU didnt. So it may not be fair but unless you want to play ALL 9 games, it will never be fair. You just have to play your schedule.
 
In other words, the 7 game format got us Bell! lol But you all think you have reason to complain. The 7 game format has never hurt ANYONE but JSU. The rest of ya'll been too sorry for it matter most years.
 
Fiyah said:
But 7 do? That's crazy...
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Unless you are going to play all 9, yes. Why go thru all of that up and down round robin schedule for ONE freakin team? Just play everybody and call it a day. 8 games out of 9 is not worth it. 7 makes perfect sense for a 10 team conference. Having 8 out of 9 teams play each other is the equivalent of have a 4th place winner when you only had 5 people in the race. You may as well give the 5th place dude a trophy too! LOL
 
2kool said:
AAMU too. We haven't even been in the SWAC long enough to run up folks blood pressha!
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JSU thinks AAMU is so smalltime and the fact that you all used to go to BHAM thru the back door used to be really irritating when we were beating ya'll azz ON the field.
 
Tigerpride said:
Most major conference have rotational schedules. Hell, I support the ACC and GaTech will play Louisville for the first time since they joined the conference
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The ACC plays 8 conference games and they have 14 members.
 
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