Not pods, but there's perms and the rest rotating, give me OU aggy and piggy as our perms and I'll be happy. But, it makes more sense based on revenue, having Mizzou play us and OU and aggy or maybe Arky? Having Missouri playing in the Eastern division, didn't do Missouri any favors developing any sort of regional rivalries, outside of Arkansas. About the only ones they can pair Mizzou with and generate revenue from is OU, and then either us, aggy, or Arkansas. It makes the most sense, money wise to put UT/OU/Aggy/Mizzou all playing each other as permanent games, and doing the same with the two Mississippi schools, LSU and Arkansas.i
Which the makes it easier to group the other permanent games being.
Bama, Auburn, Tenn, And Vandy,
Georgia, Florida, So Car, and Kentucky
It preserves the core of the SECs biggest rivalries, while giving LSU a bonus for losing the yearly Alabama game. But it isn't like they will only see Alabama a couple of times a decade +, they will still play them regularly.
Keeping it simple by having permanent rivals grouped together like this, makes it easier to set the schedule to have at least two big time games every weekend.
So, the only one bringing up pods is you...