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re: Should SEC implement P5 OOC rule?
Posted on 12/9/15 at 11:55 pm to Mister Tee
Posted on 12/9/15 at 11:55 pm to Mister Tee
Nobody but the SEC agrees that your schedule is "tough enough". You have gotten away with playing less conference foes, and this has historically resulted in generally an extra win for you all.
If you schedule a tough (or even an average)opponent to make up for the one-less conference game, that does at least put you on an equal footing with other conferences.
You don't schedule at least one reasonable OOC game? Then you are essentially in Baylor territory. They at least can argue that they play one extra conference game, and thus the B12 has 5 more guaranteed losses than the SEC has.
But I think all the power five conferences are going to go this route.
If you schedule a tough (or even an average)opponent to make up for the one-less conference game, that does at least put you on an equal footing with other conferences.
You don't schedule at least one reasonable OOC game? Then you are essentially in Baylor territory. They at least can argue that they play one extra conference game, and thus the B12 has 5 more guaranteed losses than the SEC has.
But I think all the power five conferences are going to go this route.
This post was edited on 12/10/15 at 12:00 am
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Posted on 12/10/15 at 12:06 am to oman
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Nobody but the SEC agrees that your schedule is "tough enough". You have gotten away with playing less conference foes, and this has historically resulted in generally an extra win for you all.
Correct, it's been a cop out for years. I think it will change though
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Many of the Power Five conference coaches in college football told ESPN that they favor a schedule consisting of only Power Five opponents.
Of the 65 Power Five coaches from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and Notre Dame, 46 percent (30 coaches) favored playing exclusively Power Five opponents while 35 percent (23 coaches) were opposed. About 18.5 percent (12 coaches) were undecided.
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Alabama coach Nick Saban said "fans want" Power Five teams playing exclusively Power Five opponents.
"We need to be more concerned about the people who support the programs and the university and come and see the games," Saban said. "Those are the most important. But we never think about that."
Coaches from the Pac-12, whose schools already play nine league games, were the biggest proponents of a Power Five-exclusive schedule: seven in favor, one against and four undecided.
The Pac-12 coaches, such as Stanford's David Shaw, prefer the Power Five-only schedule model because they want each conference to play the same type of schedule. The Pac-12 is the only league that plays nine conference games and has a league title game.
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