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re: Slive says 8 vs. 9 decision to be made BEFORE spring meetings in Destin
Posted on 4/21/14 at 3:00 pm to GumBro Jackson
Posted on 4/21/14 at 3:00 pm to GumBro Jackson
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12 games total: 9 conference (4 home, 4 away, 1 neutral), 1 "real" OOC (home or away depending on yer), 2 FBS cupcakes (presumably both home games), 0 FCS.
It doesn't matter. All teams in each division will have the same number of home games each year, so it doesn't matter. It isn't like Alabama will have an unfair advantage over LSU.
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Posted on 4/21/14 at 3:01 pm to TeLeFaWx
Didn't Saban propose the 9 conference game format last year and got shot down by every SEC coach in the conference? I thought they voted for this last year and the vote was 13-1? 
Posted on 4/21/14 at 3:07 pm to TeLeFaWx
the 9th game is still a bad idea for a bunch of reasons:
1) it is unequal giving 50% of the conference an advantage
2) it is suboptimal when an alternative like the roommate switch accomplishes the rotation more rapidly and more equitably
3) it punishes middle and lower tier SEC teams by making them less likely to make a bowl game (there are automatically an extra 7 losses for the conference with an extra 7 conference games).
4) teams which don't make bowls don't get to practice for the period of time between the end of the season and the bowls - this hurts their development for following years and their recruiting
5) money. an increase of only 7 conference games will not make networks pay out a lot more money per year for the television rights but it will mean every major program regularly loses a home game or a neutral site game they could have made additional bank playing.
6) it makes teams even less likely to play interesting (BCS) teams out of conference. 30 years ago a typical SEC schedule was 5-6 conference games and 3 BCS teams OOC. In going to 8 conference games back in 1992 we saw teams drop down to 1-2 BCS teams OOC. With 9 conference games the new norm will be 0-1 BCS teams OOC. This is terrible for college football.
1) it is unequal giving 50% of the conference an advantage
2) it is suboptimal when an alternative like the roommate switch accomplishes the rotation more rapidly and more equitably
3) it punishes middle and lower tier SEC teams by making them less likely to make a bowl game (there are automatically an extra 7 losses for the conference with an extra 7 conference games).
4) teams which don't make bowls don't get to practice for the period of time between the end of the season and the bowls - this hurts their development for following years and their recruiting
5) money. an increase of only 7 conference games will not make networks pay out a lot more money per year for the television rights but it will mean every major program regularly loses a home game or a neutral site game they could have made additional bank playing.
6) it makes teams even less likely to play interesting (BCS) teams out of conference. 30 years ago a typical SEC schedule was 5-6 conference games and 3 BCS teams OOC. In going to 8 conference games back in 1992 we saw teams drop down to 1-2 BCS teams OOC. With 9 conference games the new norm will be 0-1 BCS teams OOC. This is terrible for college football.
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