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9 Conference Games

Posted on 2/10/23 at 10:46 am
Posted by nrz
Member since Aug 2018
270 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 10:46 am
How can people say we need 9 conference games to be fair when other conferences like the p12 and b12 are adding g5(SDU, SMU) teams for their 8th and 9th game.
Posted by SneezyBeltranIsHere
Member since Jul 2021
2434 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 10:46 am to
Just do what we tell you to do.
Posted by geauxnavybeatbama
Member since Jul 2013
25134 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 10:47 am to
because your 2023 schedule looks like a p12 and b12 schedule
Posted by SpurandBlue
Member since Jan 2023
410 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 10:47 am to
Take a lap pledge.
Posted by Imber
Member since Sep 2017
12998 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 10:49 am to
quote:

Just do what we tell you to do.


Ya'll aren't even in the conference yet and your Napoleon complex is already getting old.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
23855 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 10:50 am to
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because your 2023 schedule looks like a p12 and b12 schedule


Don't you mean Sunbelt?
Posted by BoomerFNSooner
Choctaw
Member since Jul 2021
197 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 10:52 am to
$$$$$$$
ESPN wants another SEC vs SEC matchup. With the expanded playoff 9 is the answer.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54617 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 10:56 am to
ACC and SEC have long standing cross conference rivals

8 conference games is good

B12 / B1G / PAC have no long standing cross conference rivals

9 conference games is good

(heck, other 3 have pamper soft conferences they could go to 10)
Posted by GreyReb
Member since Jun 2010
3896 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 10:58 am to
Shitty OOC games are pointless. Only need 1 a year, 2 max.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54617 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 11:02 am to
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Don't you mean Sunbelt?


SunBelt probably tougher conference than B1G or PAC
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
68289 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 11:02 am to
Everyone should be rooting for 9 conference games, more good games to watch is better. Too many cupcake games in the current 4 OOC game format that SEC teams have abused for far too long. Too many schools scheduling 2 or even 3 rent-a-wins which just sucks as a fan. Get that down to 1 or 2.

The B12 is adding basically the best mid-majors really out there for the most part and there's a big difference in playing them vs. Wofford or UTEP.

Also I'd rather play a Vandy than Cinci, BYU, UCF or Houston.
This post was edited on 2/10/23 at 11:03 am
Posted by wadewilson
Member since Sep 2009
36505 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 11:03 am to
Posted by ukraine_rebel
North Mississippi
Member since Oct 2012
2170 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 11:49 am to
I used to be opposed, but after 2020 and getting to play 10 conference games in a year, it made for a much more fun season, every game worth its salt.
Posted by mpwilging
Punta Gorda Isles, Florida
Member since Jan 2011
6930 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 12:03 pm to
Because the SEC will have close to half of the teams in the playoffs.

Plus, we won't have to watch (not that we ever did) Bama vs. SE Tennessee or LSU vs. NW Missouri State.

Fewer BS games will mean better weekends in the SEC...
Posted by nrz
Member since Aug 2018
270 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 12:05 pm to
I get it, but the other conferences getting an autobid while we handycap ourselves with harder competition. They should just remove the Autobids and Byes only for conference winners
Posted by SoonerMagic1
Bartlesville, OK
Member since Mar 2022
125 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 12:11 pm to
Nine game SEC schedule, please.

Quit being a wimp. Grow some balls.
Posted by TouchdownTony
Central Alabama
Member since Apr 2016
9656 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 12:22 pm to
Hearing Sankey talk this morning on JOX 9 games is all but a done deal.
Also, no divisions is a good as a done deal. The top two will meet in the seccg. He used the example of last year it would have been UT and UGA in Atlanta. I like the idea of the top two. It wasn’t good with one division with an undefeated champ and the other with four losses that actually finished 5th in the conference playing in Atlanta.
Posted by nrz
Member since Aug 2018
270 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 12:26 pm to
ironic as OU benefited from a soft 9 game conference schedule
Posted by PassingThrough
Member since Sep 2021
2622 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 12:29 pm to
I approve of this which is why I am also fine if the traditional heavy hitters aren’t playing all the others every year, just their traditional rivals-means hopefully fewer repeat games for the conference championship.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
64468 posts
Posted on 2/10/23 at 12:30 pm to
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B12 / B1G / PAC have no long standing cross conference rivals

Starting in 2024, there will be:

USC - Notre Dame
USC - Stanford (not sure what's going to happen to this game with USC's move)
BYU - Utah
BYU - Utah St
Colorado - Colorado St
Iowa - Iowa St
Cincinnati - Louisville
Cincinnati - Miami (OH)
Oklahoma - Oklahoma St
UCLA - Cal

There also used to be others but those yearly matchups ended due to conference realignment/expansion

Notre Dame - Michigan
Notre Dame - Michigan St
Notre Dame - Purdue
Penn St - Pitt
Maryland - UVA
Nebraska - OU
Nebraska - Kansas
Kansas - Missouri
etc.

quote:

ACC and SEC have long standing cross conference rivals

There are only 3 teams who do, and that's comparable to what those other conferences have had as well

quote:

9 conference games is good

If we are going to have a conference with 16 teams, it wouldn't make sense to only play 8 conference games a year. Might as well not have that many teams if you barely play each other (I was against expansion in 2012 and am against it now too fwiw)
This post was edited on 2/10/23 at 12:31 pm
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