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If two SEC West teams remain in the final 4 after the regular season...
Posted on 11/6/14 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 11/6/14 at 3:42 pm
Is there any advantage of the West winner going to the SECCG - seems you would have more to lose than gain? Is there anything the SEC can do to address this?
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 3:47 pm to tigbit
Depends on how much value the commitee places on conference champions. Obviously it would be an advantage going into the playoffs without having played in a conference title game.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 3:47 pm to tigbit
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Is there anything the SEC can do to address this?
Of course not.
And this year there isn't much to lose because nobody from the East is going to win the SECCG. Conference championships are going to carry a lot of weight with the committee once they're crowned, so I'd definitely want to be playing and winning the SECCG. It'd be uncomfortable to watch teams right behind you winning conference titles while you sat it home because that's a wild card we won't know how the committee will play until the final standings are released.
This post was edited on 11/6/14 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 11/6/14 at 3:48 pm to tigbit
SEC fans should pull for Utah and Kansas St. this weekend, and Miami (hosting Jameis) next weekend.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 3:51 pm to tigbit
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Is there any advantage of the West winner going to the SECCG - seems you would have more to lose than gain? Is there anything the SEC can do to address this?
I've already said it, the conference championships are meaningless and the championship games are liabilities now. It will remain this way as long as they don't give auto-bids to conference champions.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 3:53 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
Everybody said conference championship games were a liability when the SEC started it in 1992. They weren't. When the BCS came along everybody said conference championship games would be a liability. There weren't. I doubt the playoff will be any different. The Big XII just needs to add one so all P5 conferences will have one.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 4:01 pm to bigpapamac
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I doubt the playoff will be any different.
So you're saying giving the conference runner up a bye, won't make a difference?
That's odd.
With that line of reasoning, having byes in playoffs have no effect - positive or negative. Is that your position?
Posted on 11/6/14 at 4:04 pm to bigpapamac
You could also end up with a scenario where the same 2 SEC teams meet in the SECCG and then again in the Playoffs. Suppose the team that won the SECCG loses to them in the rematch in the playoffs? Who is really the SEC Champion? This is messed up.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 4:07 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
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So you're saying giving the conference runner up a bye, won't make a difference?
I'm saying in the BCS era conference title games were beneficial to teams way more than they hurt. And conference runners-up aren't going to factor into the playoff conversation very much. I'd bet good money you won't see two teams from the same conference in the playoff more than once every 5-6 years.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 4:11 pm to bigpapamac
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you won't see two teams from the same conference in the playoff more than once every 5-6 years.
But when we do, it won't make any difference that the runner up gets a bye while the champion doesn't?
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