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Hope the ACC survives.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:54 pm
I want the ACC to remain viable and become a stronger top-to-bottom conference for a lot of reasons. One reason is keeping regionality.
One of the biggest reasons I want the ACC to survive is rivalry weekend. To me, rivalry weekend is even better than March Madness. If the SEC ever gets to this setup, rivalry weekend should be a four-day event with every marquee game in its own time slot. SEC owning rivalry weekend is a four day TV goldmine.
Wednesday
7:00 PM - LSU vs. Arkansas
Thursday
Noon - Oklahoma vs. OSU needs to happen/Mizz/KU is probably a good regional-interest game.
3:00 PM - Texas A&M vs. Texas
7:00 PM - Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State
Friday
Noon - Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt
3:00 PM - Kentucky vs. Louisville
7:00 PM - Alabama vs. Auburn
Saturday
Noon - Georgia vs. Georgia Tech
3:00 PM - Clemson vs. South Carolina
7:00 PM - Florida State vs. Florida
The only concern with Wednesday and Thursday games is that the SEC eliminated the late-season cupcake games. Recovering from a tough Saturday conference game and turning around that quickly is difficult, so bye-week placement would become very important. On the flip side, playing earlier in the week gives those teams extra recovery time before the SEC Championship Game.
As for expansion, adding Clemson and maybe Florida State would obviously be good for the SEC. But I also don’t want to see schools like Louisville and Georgia Tech get left behind and have no landing spot in either the SEC or Big Ten… even if I don’t necessarily want them in the conference either. The SEC already has a few schools that don’t feel like perfect fits.
Honestly, I wish we could get back to seven or eight conferences with 8-10 teams each, but that’s impossible now. Old big 8, SWC, ACC and Big East (w Penn State, ND and Miami) could flourish with regionality.
One of the biggest reasons I want the ACC to survive is rivalry weekend. To me, rivalry weekend is even better than March Madness. If the SEC ever gets to this setup, rivalry weekend should be a four-day event with every marquee game in its own time slot. SEC owning rivalry weekend is a four day TV goldmine.
Wednesday
7:00 PM - LSU vs. Arkansas
Thursday
Noon - Oklahoma vs. OSU needs to happen/Mizz/KU is probably a good regional-interest game.
3:00 PM - Texas A&M vs. Texas
7:00 PM - Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State
Friday
Noon - Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt
3:00 PM - Kentucky vs. Louisville
7:00 PM - Alabama vs. Auburn
Saturday
Noon - Georgia vs. Georgia Tech
3:00 PM - Clemson vs. South Carolina
7:00 PM - Florida State vs. Florida
The only concern with Wednesday and Thursday games is that the SEC eliminated the late-season cupcake games. Recovering from a tough Saturday conference game and turning around that quickly is difficult, so bye-week placement would become very important. On the flip side, playing earlier in the week gives those teams extra recovery time before the SEC Championship Game.
As for expansion, adding Clemson and maybe Florida State would obviously be good for the SEC. But I also don’t want to see schools like Louisville and Georgia Tech get left behind and have no landing spot in either the SEC or Big Ten… even if I don’t necessarily want them in the conference either. The SEC already has a few schools that don’t feel like perfect fits.
Honestly, I wish we could get back to seven or eight conferences with 8-10 teams each, but that’s impossible now. Old big 8, SWC, ACC and Big East (w Penn State, ND and Miami) could flourish with regionality.
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:58 pm to dstone12
Old way with more conferences was definitely better. I liked the bowl games that were conference exclusive. Sadly, that will never return. Expanded playoffs imo isn't good for the game. I don't make those decisions however, so ya gotta roll with what you have.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 9:08 pm to kajunman
Yeah, the cat’s out of the bag and it ain’t going back in
Posted on 6/27/26 at 10:20 pm to dstone12
Why put UGA @ noon?
Posted on 6/27/26 at 10:24 pm to kajunman
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Old way with more conferences was definitely better.
Unfortunately you had more griping about what team/conference was better & no p/o to answer that on the field.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 10:27 pm to southernboisb
I miss that old griping about which conference was better.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 10:35 pm to dstone12
The BCS era conference layouts would work better in this NIL/Playoff era
The old Big 12 and PAC could both be viable conferences these days
Now all of the power is slowly concentrating into 2 leagues.. which is tragic IMO
Hell, even a TCU/BYU/Utah/Boise State version of the Mountain West could be still be a decent conference with the occasional playoff team(s)
The old Big 12 and PAC could both be viable conferences these days
Now all of the power is slowly concentrating into 2 leagues.. which is tragic IMO
Hell, even a TCU/BYU/Utah/Boise State version of the Mountain West could be still be a decent conference with the occasional playoff team(s)
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 10:57 pm to kajunman
I with you. I hope they survive to keep the Big 12 from poaching some leftovers and then getting cocky and thinking they are equal to SEC or Big 10.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 10:59 pm to southernboisb
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Why put UGA @ noon?
I just threw a list together.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 10:59 pm to dstone12
I like the playoffs, but the conferences are too damn big.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 5:10 am to dstone12
lol @ Opee
Posted on 6/28/26 at 6:10 am to bigDgator
quote:As do I.
I miss that old griping about which conference was better.
I think college football was at it's best when you had multiple teams that could claim they were the best after the season was over. The goal of the SEC teams was to win the Sugar Bowl, plain and simple.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 9:24 am to southernboisb
I don't think it mattered which conference was better as long as the best 2 teams were playing. I like the old way but the BCS was likely the best version of college football.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 9:25 am to dstone12
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3:00 PM - Texas A&M vs. Texas
7:00 PM - Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State
If your scenario ever happened, those two games would definitely be flip flopped.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 9:25 am to Scoob
quote:THIS!!!!
I think college football was at it's best when you had multiple teams that could claim they were the best after the season was over. The goal of the SEC teams was to win the Sugar Bowl, plain and simple.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 9:26 am to morriscat2
Agree 100%.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 10:12 am to kajunman
Rivalry weekend is going to die soon and the rivalry games won’t be played as often but when they do they’ll mean more in the expanded playoffs. A lot of teams will already have clinched a playoff spot by rivalry week so players in that team will rest while players on the team not in the playoffs will be looking at the portal. Look at the UGA/GT game last year. Sure, the fans were typical fans but the game was a dud as UGA played liked they didn’t care and GT’s offensive coach and others were already out the door to their next job.
The best thing to do is move those games to week 1 to start the season with a bang since by late November it’s all about playoff time.
As for the ACC, it’s going to die. The leadership has been 3rd rate for a few decades now due to the old mentality of protecting the old golden goose, UNC and Duke hoops. All the viable teams will have landing spots in either the SEC or BIG no matter what many of you fans think.
The best thing to do is move those games to week 1 to start the season with a bang since by late November it’s all about playoff time.
As for the ACC, it’s going to die. The leadership has been 3rd rate for a few decades now due to the old mentality of protecting the old golden goose, UNC and Duke hoops. All the viable teams will have landing spots in either the SEC or BIG no matter what many of you fans think.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 10:19 am to dstone12
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Wednesday
7:00 PM - LSU vs. Arkansas
That game will be a snore-fest one.
This post was edited on 6/28/26 at 10:20 am
Posted on 6/28/26 at 11:48 am to dstone12
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Wednesday
7:00 PM - LSU vs. Arkansas
What the frick is this?
Posted on 6/28/26 at 12:26 pm to RunningJacket
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The best thing to do is move those games to week 1 to start the season with a bang since by late November it’s all about playoff time.
This is a great idea. It would make opening weekend even better.
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