re: Fire Greg Sankey

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I was just coming to say the same thing. SEC and Big10 had all the leverage and blew it.

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This format is only guaranteed through 2025. In 2026 it will expand to at least 14 teams and will likely feature the B1G and SEC getting 4 AQ spots, the Big 12 and ACC getting 2 AQ spots, and 2 at large spots. The B1G and SEC champions will get the top 2 seeds and a bye.

Joel Klatt discussed this on The Next Round recently and implied his sources are telling him (I'm putting some words in his mouth to fill in the gaps) basically only the B1G and SEC will have championship games. They will have 1 v 2 with the winner getting the bye and the loser getting a first round home playoff game. Thee ACC and Big 12 will have their 1 host 4 and 2 host 3 in a play in game the same weekend with the winners of those games getting a playoff spot. The B1G and SEC will also have two play in games for their final two playoff automatic bids. The losers of any conference play in games will be eligible for one of the two at large spots along with any highly ranked Group 5 school (and ND assuming they stay independent).

If that format existed this year you would have had this yesterday:

1 Texas vs 2 Georgia in Atlanta winner gets a bye loser gets a guaranteed home game.

6 South Carolina at 3 Tennessee
5 Ole Miss at 4 Alabama
Winner gets an AQ spot losers of both games eligible for an at large bid.

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Yep. Dumbasses don't realize that OM and South Carolina got hosed by this stupid format too.

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Honestly they have been screwing us as a conference for some years now.

Left out UGA last season.
Left us out the season before.

You know which conference never gets screwed?

The B1G.

They always strategically place their teams