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re: For those wanting to do away with conf. champ. games
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:21 am to Old Sarge
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:21 am to Old Sarge
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Going off of conference standing and using tiebreakers is the way to recognize a conference champion
Not everyone plays the same strength of schedule within the conference.
Remember, every team plays three locked-in rivals.
Are you Aggies short a few million brain cells?
The 9 game conference schedule is IDIOTIC.
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Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:21 am to Chip82
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But the 9 game schedule still sucks because you will even further eliminate teams that are playoff worthy while shitty teams with 10-2 records get the slots.
Heres the truth...the 9 game reg season is bittersweet. Its great for the fans to get more awesome reg season games...but it also sucks for those fans that their team is much less likely to make playoff and/or advance in playoff due to the increased physical grind of another competitive game.
The other conferences need to either 1) step up their scheduling bigtime OR 2) agree to basically spot SEC teams a loss due to the disparity in schedule difficulty
What is unacceptable is the SEC going to 9 conference games but keeping the status quo of teams with less losses always get benefit of doubt
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:28 am to scottydoesntknow
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status quo of teams with less losses always get benefit of doubt
Have you listened to the ESPN pundits this week?
Alabama at this point is not guaranteed a slot if they lose the SEC CG.
It will get even more sketchy when there is no SEC CG involved.
We will be totally at the mercy of ESPN hype.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:28 am to Tigertittie
that's a terrible idea. So every year one of of the top 2 SEC teams is eliminated in the 1st round, while one of Duke and Virginia gets to move on.. no way...any of the top 6 sec teams would wipe the floor with either ACC team.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:30 am to TheTideMustRoll
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if we go back to the way it was done prior to the introduction of the championship game, Alabama, Ole Miss, A&M, and UGA would all split the championship. Which do you prefer?
So we could hang another banner? I'm all for that...
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:37 am to MemphisGuy
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So we could hang another banner? I'm all for that...
That would be an Aggie wet dream fulfilled.
This post was edited on 12/3/25 at 9:38 am
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:37 am to Chip82
Where did you see me say that I liked the nine game schedule
It looks like you’re the idiot
But because the morons that run this conference let in Texas and Oklahoma without getting any additional money, they are being forced to make us all schedule nine games to compete in the television market
Sankey should be fired
It looks like you’re the idiot
But because the morons that run this conference let in Texas and Oklahoma without getting any additional money, they are being forced to make us all schedule nine games to compete in the television market
Sankey should be fired
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:42 am to Old Sarge
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Going off of conference standing and using tiebreakers is the way to recognize a conference champion
I responded to your quote.
If the schedules are not equal, the tie-breakers won't be equal as well.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:43 am to Chip82
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The 9 game conference schedule is IDIOTIC.
Until we get schedules sos to be similar a 9 game sec schedule is ridiculous when other teams, that's are in the playoffs, play horrible schedules and get rewarded for it. It was stupid to agree to it. I don't mind easy cupcake games. It's nice to have a game you ain't got to stress about.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:44 am to Chip82
But the schedules have never been equal
Never
And what have we done?
We’ve gone off of conference record and division standings to determine who goes to Atlanta
You must be new to the SEC if you think that everyone that’s got to go to Atlanta has been the best team in their division
Again, opponents have never been equal
Never
And what have we done?
We’ve gone off of conference record and division standings to determine who goes to Atlanta
You must be new to the SEC if you think that everyone that’s got to go to Atlanta has been the best team in their division
Again, opponents have never been equal
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:45 am to Chip82
FSU is not in the SEC, so UA and UGA have the same Conference record and UA already beat UGA!
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:46 am to MemphisGuy
To be honest, from a pure performance standpoint, Ole Miss has the best team in the SEC this season.
It was the biased tie-breaker setup that kept OM out of the conference championship game.
It was the biased tie-breaker setup that kept OM out of the conference championship game.
This post was edited on 12/3/25 at 9:49 am
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:48 am to JB RTR
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FSU is not in the SEC, so UA and UGA have the same Conference record and UA already beat UGA!
Your hypothetical was simply countered by my hypothetical.
Neither currently reflects the reality at hand.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:49 am to TheTideMustRoll
Tiebreak down to two teams, then head to head. If no h2h, then co-champs.
I don't want to see a 4 way split.
I don't want to see a 4 way split.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 9:56 am to Chip82
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To be honest, from a pure performance standpoint, Ole Miss has the best team in the SEC this season.
It was the biased tie-breaker setup that kept OM out of the conference championship game.
Untrue. Alabama, Ole Miss, UGA, and A&M all finished 7-1 in the SEC. Of those four teams, Alabama's conference schedule was the hardest when measured by opponents' winning percentage. That's why Alabama is the #1 seed in the SECCG. I don't know how you get any more unbiased than that.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 10:07 am to Chip82
There is nothing hypothetical about my retort, because The SEC Conference Championship game is based on W-L within the SEC. UA already beat UGA and UGA already beat UM (Ole Miss), so UA is the #1 seed in the SEC.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 10:14 am to TheTideMustRoll
I think Ole Miss is the only one that wants to get rid of it. You know because they can't seem to ever make it..
Posted on 12/3/25 at 10:21 am to Nasty_Canasta
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Split the championship because the real prize is in the playoff nowadays
Agreed.
The tiebreakers are fine for getting a pecking order where it’s needed, but once you get to things like how well your opponents did (which you have no control over) it’s just not useful.
In a year where all the teams have one loss, you can always say “Don’t lose a game”. With 16 teams though, there is a very real possibility of multiple teams being undefeated. I don’t want that tie broken by comparing how well other teams did.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 10:23 am to JB RTR
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The SEC Conference Championship game
The SEC slots are based on tie-breakers.
I.E. Alabama
Above Georgia, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M based on conference opponent win percentage (0.5).
I.E Georgia
Above Ole Miss and Texas A&M based on conference opponent win percentage (0.4688).
Head to head match ups have nothing to do with the current tie-breaker arrangement.
Georgia is currently guaranteed a slot in the playoffs.
Alabama is currently not guaranteed a slot in the playoffs.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 10:25 am to TheTideMustRoll
Just award the winner of the SEC Conference Championship Game the Natty...it would be more appropriate than this current CFP bullshite...
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