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The SEC is in a tough place when it comes to scheduling.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:25 am
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:25 am
The league can schedule its top teams to play each other for TV ratings, but this will also knock some of them out of the CFP. Alternatively, it can schedule the top teams against the lower-ranked teams and have a better chance of getting its best teams into the playoffs.
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Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:28 am to BuckI
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knock some of them out of the CFP
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:32 am to BuckI
I vote for Option C.
Play good games. TV ratings kick B1G's arse. The cream rises to the top and those teams will make the playoffs, and they will be battle tested, which will help us hoist 4x the number of trophies as our lower level partners..
Next media deal comes and we all get paid FU money.
Play good games. TV ratings kick B1G's arse. The cream rises to the top and those teams will make the playoffs, and they will be battle tested, which will help us hoist 4x the number of trophies as our lower level partners..
Next media deal comes and we all get paid FU money.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:34 am to BuckI
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The SEC is in a tough place when it comes to scheduling.
The conference makes measurably much more money winning championships year in and out. In numerous different ways and metrics.
Saban at Bama is a great example.
The "Flutie Effect" is when athletic accomplishments increase exposure and, eventually, enrollment.
Since Nick Saban arrived in 2007, Alabama's enrollment increased from 25,000 students to 40,000 students. That's a 60% jump compared to a 10% national average.
Success comes with literally every good metric. This obsession with ratings that you’re constantly ranting about is so misplaced it’s incredibly bizarre.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:35 am to BigBro
Not from Disney. 
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:36 am to BuckI
16 teams and no divisions will lead to scheduling dictating outcomes.
If the committee doesn't reward SOS properly then the SEC is fricked in the playoff era.
Can't wait for ND vs BYU.
If the committee doesn't reward SOS properly then the SEC is fricked in the playoff era.
Can't wait for ND vs BYU.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:39 am to Mohican
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If the committee doesn't reward SOS properly then the SEC is fricked in the playoff era.
Not necessarily. We can just take our ball and play a SEC playoff at the end of the year instead. Perhaps the B1G does the same.
Perhaps the winners could meet in the Dick's Sporting Goods AFLAC Bowl.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:43 am to Mohican
quote:This. I doubt the committee will. 1-2 deserving teams are getting knocked out.
If the committee doesn't reward SOS properly then the SEC is fricked in the playoff era.
quote:It will happen.
Can't wait for ND vs BYU.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:44 am to Mohican
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If the committee doesn't reward SOS properly then the SEC is fricked in the playoff era. Can't wait for ND vs BYU.
It’s about money. The committee is going to put the teams in who will make them big time money. Simple as that.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:51 am to BigBro
quote:I believe this will be soon.
Not necessarily. We can just take our ball and play a SEC playoff at the end of the year instead. Perhaps the B1G does the same.
Perhaps the winners could meet in the Dick's Sporting Goods AFLAC Bowl.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 10:57 am to BuckI
How is the B1G any different, as your post seems to imply?
Posted on 10/30/24 at 11:02 am to FireDanMullen
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Since Nick Saban arrived in 2007, Alabama's enrollment increased from 25,000 students to 40,000 students.
Enrollment rarely is controlled by demand for major colleges.
UGA, Bama, UF, Tennessee... they all get way more applications than they can accept. What usually sets the number they do is what the school infrastructure can handle, not the number of people who want to attend.
I do think if things like a great football program drive interest, it will increase the quality of the students who get accepted. But the number is capped by other factors.
UGA had a huge increase in demand with the implementation of the HOPE scholarship 30 years ago. The actual attendance numbers moved up slowly and steadily as the school's infrastructure was built up. But it was a very fast increase in the academic quality of students as when you are taking 8,000 students from 100,000 instead of 50,000, the ones that make it will be stronger.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 11:14 am to BuckI
meh, just keep the divisions, put okla in the west, texas in the east, and add a game.
This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 11:14 am
Posted on 10/30/24 at 11:15 am to DawginSC
It's frustrating looking at the schedules that Clemson, Miami, Indiana have played so far
Teams like Bama and LSU would likely have the exact same record
Teams like Bama and LSU would likely have the exact same record
Posted on 10/30/24 at 11:16 am to BuckI
You wear jerseys, don’t you?…
Posted on 10/30/24 at 11:20 am to BuckI
The toughest challenge is all the MBP (must be played) games people want each year.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 11:22 am to TheTideMustRoll
I don’t think the B1G has as many MBP (must be played) games as the SEC wants annually.
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