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Hottest Take of the Year!!! SEC Football Championship Related

Posted on 5/27/25 at 5:42 pm
Posted by JayAg
Member since Jun 2021
14550 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 5:42 pm
1st place in the SEC sits out the conference championship game, takes playoff auto-bid and bye. 2nd and 3rd place SEC teams play in Atlanta, winner goes to the first round of the playoffs. SEC gets 2 teams in every year. Possible 3rd depending on the record (if 3rd place won and got to 10 wins, and 2nd place already had 10 wins maybe).

I know this will trolled bc A&M hasn’t been to Atlanta, but do we need to start thinking this way and tweaking things we can control that will get the most SEC teams into the playoffs?
Posted by AggieArchitect2004
Member since Oct 2023
2088 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 5:56 pm to
This doesn’t make sense.

The first place team gets screwed out of a conference championship to preserve their seeding for the playoffs? Having 2nd and 3rd place competing in a conference championship seems pretty weird.

Feels too broken from the get go.
Posted by BeerSlayer
Member since Jul 2021
212 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 5:57 pm to
Just take the playoff to 16 teams and have the SEC and B10 demand 4 auto bids each with the possibility to get more in the other 8 remaining spots.
Posted by BigBro
Member since Jul 2021
17774 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:05 pm to
quote:

1st place in the SEC sits out the conference championship game, takes playoff auto-bid and bye. 2nd and 3rd place SEC teams play in Atlanta, winner goes to the first round of the playoffs. SEC gets 2 teams in every year. Possible 3rd depending on the record (if 3rd place won and got to 10 wins, and 2nd place already had 10 wins maybe).

I know this will trolled bc A&M hasn’t been to Atlanta, but do we need to start thinking this way and tweaking things we can control that will get the most SEC teams into the playoffs?


I like it and I will backdate it one year.

Texas 2024 SEC Champs!
Posted by BigBro
Member since Jul 2021
17774 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:12 pm to
On a serious note, I have explored a similar idea

SEC Championship
1 vs 2 - winner gets playoff bye

3rd Place
3 vs 5/6 (would prefer no rematches)

4th Place
4 vs 6/5 (would prefer no rematches)

This give us 4 spots pretty much every year.

1st - Winner with bye
2nd - Loser of SEC CG
3rd - Winner of 3rd place Game
4th - Winner of 4th place Game

3 games all day long - killer ratings, and games that actually mean something
This post was edited on 5/27/25 at 6:14 pm
Posted by Auburn80
Backwater, TN
Member since Nov 2017
8962 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:15 pm to
Not sure why we need a championship game anymore since we did away with divisions. Just do the regular season results. Season goes too long already into the NFL playoffs. It’s better when it ends in early January.
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
14154 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:15 pm to
Doesn't work that way, only a loser on the scale of Aggie would consider such.
Posted by JayAg
Member since Jun 2021
14550 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:20 pm to
We should honestly go back to divisions. 4 divisions that is. 1st and 4th play, 2nd and 3rd play to go to Atlanta. Wait. The division champs should play, not by record.
This post was edited on 5/27/25 at 6:21 pm
Posted by RandySavage
Member since May 2012
33586 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:26 pm to
SEC is already gettin 3teams in every year anyway. Youre trying to solve a problem that doesnt exist.
Posted by JayAg
Member since Jun 2021
14550 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:28 pm to
I really do think there is a scenario where 1st place losses the SEC championship and gets left out.
Posted by IvIerlot
Knoxville, TN
Member since Oct 2022
712 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:28 pm to
None of it matters if the refs wont call holding on Alabama.
Posted by SaltyMcKracker
Member since Sep 2011
2915 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:30 pm to
quote:

Not sure why we need a championship game anymore since we did away with divisions


$$$

SEC ain't giving that up
Posted by FootballFrenzy
Chief of the Grammar Police
Member since Oct 2023
6311 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:30 pm to
Why don’t we just make a 9-game schedule and eliminate the CCG except in the event of a tie?
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