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Illinois head coach Bret Bielema was in Chicago this week and spoke about potential CFP expansion.

Bielema said he was in favor of an expanded 16-team playoff, but that the SEC needs to play nine conference games, like the Big Ten, for it to happen.



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6R1219 days
Just send Bielema a dozen donuts and he'll be quiet for a while.
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TouchdownTony19 days
Of course he does. When your conference games include Rutgers, Purdue, Maryland, Northwestern, Indiana, Mich St, Iowa, Minnesota, you don't mind playing nine. The CFP proved last year that total wins is all that matters. The SEC would be STUPID to go to 9 games. I heard a big ACC homer talking on the radio the other day that wins are wins and conferences are all equal. The co host said, you don't really believe that do you? He said, yes I do. The only downside to staying at 8 is we are gonna lose some great traditional games. UT-Florida, UGA-UT, Bama -LSU, Ms St.-Bama, Auburn- LSU are all history as every year games going forward.
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TigerScorpion22 days
Why would any SEC coach want to go to 9? Every team but Texas and Missouri has a top 30 SOS.
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southernboisb22 days
"I was told that [the SEC coaches] voted unanimously to stay at eight"

UNANIMOUSLY?
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YMCA22 days
I wonder what his opinion would be if he was still coaching at Arkansas
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Bedtiger22 days
Play mores SEC games simply to ensure more SEC cannibalism to give the weaker conference better comparison resume. Join a strong conference like the SEC then you get to vote!
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caliegeaux22 days
That was the only quote from the interview, which still took 4hrs to conduct, between the buffet refills.
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GaryGator23 days
He needs to mix in a salad between all the pies and Baconators
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TouchdownTony19 days
LOL. You should have seen him before Wendy's killed the Superbar.
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blue_morrison23 days
Fat Bret lol
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Lynxrufus201223 days
Didn’t Bert win a pie eating contest? Stick to that, Bert.
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BigJim23 days
"The last time Illinois won a national championship in any sport was in 2003 when the men's tennis team won the NCAA title. In men's basketball, their last claimed national championship was in 1915, but this was before the NCAA Tournament era."
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