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Why do we even have conferences moving forward?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 10:19 am
Posted on 11/13/26 at 10:19 am
With no championships, it really is just a scheduling agreement or pact.
What's the point of the conference anymore?
Just get rid of them and let us play more patsies to ensure we get into the playoffs instead of beating up on each other. Like playing 5 teams from the traditional SEC and 5 teams from the traditional ACC. That's a shoe-in to the playoffs for 10 of the current SEC teams at least.
What are we doing?
What's the point of the conference anymore?
Just get rid of them and let us play more patsies to ensure we get into the playoffs instead of beating up on each other. Like playing 5 teams from the traditional SEC and 5 teams from the traditional ACC. That's a shoe-in to the playoffs for 10 of the current SEC teams at least.
What are we doing?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 10:40 am to ForeverGator
you still have the other sports that have conference tournaments and the like
eventually football will necessitate that a super conference will emerge and that way tv networks and streaming can bid on rights for one entity instead of multiple conferences they deal with
Once the contract with ESPN ends from this recent deal it will probably happen at that point and then FOX CBS etc get involved also
I'm sure most SEC teams will continue to schedule each other and it will become more regionalized for everyone, the way it should be
eventually football will necessitate that a super conference will emerge and that way tv networks and streaming can bid on rights for one entity instead of multiple conferences they deal with
Once the contract with ESPN ends from this recent deal it will probably happen at that point and then FOX CBS etc get involved also
I'm sure most SEC teams will continue to schedule each other and it will become more regionalized for everyone, the way it should be
Posted on 11/13/26 at 12:26 pm to ForeverGator
All conferences played a hundred years before conference championship games were even thought of and we crowned a champion every single year. We will go back to what we did for a hundred years which worked fine and crown the regular season champ. Yes, football existed before you were born.
This post was edited on 11/13/26 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 11/13/26 at 12:35 pm to TouchdownTony
So you can negotiate from a collective power base instead of as a lone institution. The SEC and B1G are even teaming up with each other to steer things in the direction the schools vote for.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 12:40 pm to ForeverGator
Metal sharpens metal. Right now getting through a full SEC schedule is a murderer's row of opponents, forcing each program to re-invest continually if they want to be relevant and contend. Change this arrangement to a looser scheduling alliance and I suspect the catalyst becomes something less.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 1:00 pm to ForeverGator
I would think a set of teams would be more attractive than teams trying to navigate an unsettled schedule. I would think independent contracts with independent teams would be a nightmare to negotiate with media contract and schedules. It's the old "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Independent media rights deals would be almost impossible, and if you think it's bad now, that would be disastrous.
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What's the point of the conference anymore?
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What's the point of the conference anymore?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 1:15 pm to ForeverGator
So ACC and Big 12 teams don't make the expanded 24 team playoff with 8-4 records like the SEC and Big 10 teams.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 1:28 pm to ForeverGator
There really is no point in it anymore.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 2:27 pm to ForeverGator
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With no championships, it really is just a scheduling agreement or pact.
Wild guess, but you were born after 1992?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 3:05 pm to TailbackU
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There really is no point in it anymore
How bout TV revenue? Scheduling? Other sports?
SEC FB was played close to 60 years w/out a conference championship game.I think it'll survive w/out one.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 3:17 pm to Rex Feral
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Wild guess, but you were born after 1992?
No. I was alive when conferences did not have championships. I’m aware of the tradition, but with where things stand today, I don’t see much of the point.
I get they are a collective and have some bargaining with TV contracts because of it, but that’s pretty much it. Notre Dame does just fine without conferences and just uses the ACC for filling some of their schedule.
I donno. Just sad in the direction of everything.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 3:20 pm to ForeverGator
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With no championships, it really is just a scheduling agreement or pact.
What's the point of the conference anymore?
Just get rid of them and let us play more patsies to ensure we get into the playoffs instead of beating up on each other. Like playing 5 teams from the traditional SEC and 5 teams from the traditional ACC. That's a shoe-in to the playoffs for 10 of the current SEC teams at least.
What are we doing?
SEC Championships started before the game itself.
Alabama would have won it last year. Georgia looks to be most likely to win it this year.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 3:23 pm to TouchdownTony
There will be years multiple teams will claim the conference title. Just like in 89 and many other years.
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