re: SEC 10 Game Schedule - GREAT or detriment for lower teams?

I would love to see an expanded playoff but bowl games are a fixture imo. Lot of tradition with bowl games and a,lot of fun for the teams.

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Going forward, next year we won't have 10 SEC games so it's not going to matter ultimately. Although, I do think this year will be a great test run to maybe try to add more SEC games in the future.

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Agreed I believe we will be back on the 8 game schedule. And I can see the argument for a 9 game schedule. However, I can see some push back from member schools that rely on the 4 OOC games to have a chance at a bowl.

To got to a permanent 10 game schedule the 6 win requirement for bowls would need to be revisited for us to do it again

If not 10, go to 9, and atleast 2 P5 noncon. This year has been fun.

I'd obviously prefer to stick with with 8 conf games and 4 OOC games. that is the only way we can get to a bowl game given the recruiting disadvantage you have. Perhaps if all teams could get the extra practices that come with a bowl game, it wouldn't be as bad. Every bowl game does help us in recruiting so it would be good to get that opportunity every once in a while. the money issue is a bit different since part of the bowl proceeds are distributed to all the schools; the big kicker is that donations from Vandy fans goes way up due to a bowl game so there is some financial costs to us. I'd also like to take this opportunity to say that Vandy and Bama have the 2 best bowl attendance records for bowl games. We don't go often, but when we do, we buy a least half the stadium and we spend $$.

I do think that the SEC is more concerned with the top football schools than the entire league. But then again, so are the networks and the NCAA.

I'll add that I think it could hurt the SEC's chances to get more than 1 school in the championship series since the SEC would just be beating itself up if we went to 10 or more conference games.