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Bama AD wants to get rid of SEC championship game
Posted on 4/2/26 at 11:31 am
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Posted on 4/2/26 at 11:33 am to TxAgveteran
He’s right.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 11:42 am to TxAgveteran
They should end it. It does not benefit the teams in the current playoff format. But it generates too much money for them to scrap it.
The NFL integrates the AFC and NFC championship games into the playoffs. They don’t have separate conference championship games and then the playoffs.
Both Georgia and Alabama have suffered injuries in the SEC championship that may have cost them national championships in the playoffs.
The NFL integrates the AFC and NFC championship games into the playoffs. They don’t have separate conference championship games and then the playoffs.
Both Georgia and Alabama have suffered injuries in the SEC championship that may have cost them national championships in the playoffs.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 11:43 am to TxAgveteran
Hear, hear
Posted on 4/2/26 at 11:46 am to SoFla Tideroller
it's time to end it
UGA lost their starting QB
it could potentially hurt your seeding and/or take you out of the playoffs with a potential loss
adding the 9th sec game also impacts it as teams will likely have more losses heading into that game
UGA lost their starting QB
it could potentially hurt your seeding and/or take you out of the playoffs with a potential loss
adding the 9th sec game also impacts it as teams will likely have more losses heading into that game
Posted on 4/2/26 at 11:46 am to captdalton
Adding the 9th game would help with the money loss, if they cancel it.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 11:47 am to TxAgveteran
Posted on 4/2/26 at 11:55 am to TxAgveteran
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Bama AD wants to get rid of SEC championship gameb
Most of the ADs, fans and players are saying the same thing.
It's the university presidents, Skankey, and Disney/ABC/ESPN that are not going to allow that to happen any time soon.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 11:55 am to TxAgveteran
Losing it didn't hurt Alabama last year and winning it didn't really help Georgia.
There's no point to it anymore unfortunately.
It used to be one of the most important games of the year but quickly became irrelevant.
A victim of the mega playoff
There's no point to it anymore unfortunately.
It used to be one of the most important games of the year but quickly became irrelevant.
A victim of the mega playoff
Posted on 4/2/26 at 12:13 pm to TxAgveteran
Agree with him.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 12:14 pm to TxAgveteran
It’s really Alabama and Georgia’s fault for the SECCG still being around all these years.
Every single time they play in the dome it’s peak cinema and the TV ratings show it. The only 2 that were pretty much duds were 2021 and 2025. And even then, 2021 wasn’t bad up until the 2nd half and the first meet up in Athens of 2025 was the BEST game of the year in college football.
It’s like how USC vs. Notre Dame was in the early 2000s. There’s a whole generation of kids that’s gonna grow up and all they’re gonna know is Alabama and Georgia aura.
Every single time they play in the dome it’s peak cinema and the TV ratings show it. The only 2 that were pretty much duds were 2021 and 2025. And even then, 2021 wasn’t bad up until the 2nd half and the first meet up in Athens of 2025 was the BEST game of the year in college football.
It’s like how USC vs. Notre Dame was in the early 2000s. There’s a whole generation of kids that’s gonna grow up and all they’re gonna know is Alabama and Georgia aura.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 12:19 pm to Vulcan Materials
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first meet up in Athens of 2025 was the BEST game of the year in college football.
really though? sounds like a stretch but obviously the pregame hype was insane
Posted on 4/2/26 at 12:25 pm to TailbackU
Everyone that is not Steve Wonder seen this coming over a year ago..
Posted on 4/2/26 at 12:40 pm to TxAgveteran
Maybe replace the conference championship weekend of games with playoff play-in games? Maybe they have to wait until the playoff inevitably expands before they can do that
At least this way we do not have to worry about the teams at the top of the conference hurting their standing
At least this way we do not have to worry about the teams at the top of the conference hurting their standing
This post was edited on 4/2/26 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 4/2/26 at 1:11 pm to TxAgveteran
So using this logic why even have conferences?
Nope, that's a winner take all mentality. Winning your particular conference is for the kids on that team two decades from now. It's bragging rights amongst extended family. And as back arse-ward smart as the NIL.
Nope, that's a winner take all mentality. Winning your particular conference is for the kids on that team two decades from now. It's bragging rights amongst extended family. And as back arse-ward smart as the NIL.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 1:19 pm to awestruck
You can have a conference champion without a conference championship game
and to answer your question, $$$$, in particular TV revenue.
The championship games became a creation for modern TV revenue and exposure. The SEC has existed far longer without a conference championship game and If conferences can find a we to keep that revenue stream on that weekend without a championship game, they will
and to answer your question, $$$$, in particular TV revenue.
The championship games became a creation for modern TV revenue and exposure. The SEC has existed far longer without a conference championship game and If conferences can find a we to keep that revenue stream on that weekend without a championship game, they will
Posted on 4/2/26 at 1:32 pm to TxAgveteran
Agree..it only hurts the SEC now..but it makes a ton of money, so they will not cancel it.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 1:41 pm to TxAgveteran
they voluntarily declined all future SEC Championship games when they hired Kalen DeBose
Posted on 4/2/26 at 1:44 pm to awestruck
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So using this logic why even have conferences?
Nope, that's a winner take all mentality. Winning your particular conference is for the kids on that team two decades from now. It's bragging rights amongst extended family. And as back arse-ward smart as the NIL.
Eh.
Without divisions you're going to end up in a scenario where multiple teams have a valid claim to playing in the championship game not able to get in.
Last year four teams finished 7-1 (Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Georgia, Alabama).
Texas A&M was left out despite not playing any of the other 3.
Ole Miss was left out despite only playing Georgia.
We should just go back to the era of co-champions, honestly, as the convoluted way of determining who gets to go to the title game is just wonky.
Texas A&M could easily have not played any of the above 3, but if their schedule had Vandy instead of Arkansas and Tennessee instead of Florida, they're likely in over Georgia.
Getting in because of a quirk of scheduling instead of beating everyone in your division already demeans the whole thing.
Posted on 4/2/26 at 1:44 pm to Jack Daniel
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they voluntarily declined all future SEC Championship games when they hired Kalen DeBose
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