re: Will Alabama continue to fight against the 9 game schedule?

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Isn't the SEC going to expand again?

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I doubt it.

It is all about the money. Eventually ESPN will give more money per team to get more frequent matchups between bigger name teams.

But there is only one team not in the Big 10 or SEC that ESPN would increase payouts to the SEC for. That would be Notre Dame.

FSU and Clemson have good football programs. But they aren't blue bloods like Texas, OU and Notre Dame are. They don't bring enough money to get SEC teams more money, so the SEC won't expand.

If something changes and ESPN offers more money if the SEC adds particular teams, we'll do it. But I don't see that happening unless ND joins.

The only change I see that could cause the SEC to benefit from expansion is if they no longer have a contract with ESPN and form their own network like the Big 10. In that scenario, they may need content to fill air time, in which case expansion might have value. But I don't think that ESPN is going to pay more for more teams that don't carry fan interest even when the team isn't that good. And like I said, the only team who does that is Notre Dame. Nobody cares abut FSU or Clemson when they're 8-4.