brutality is the new reality

#51
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UTFranklinVol said:
MAN, looking at that 4 year conference schedule I'm sweating already 😅

I've said it before and I'll keep saying it. when the league expanded to 16 and now expanded to a 9 game conference schedule, there will no longer be such a thing as a "relatively easy" schedule. you're most likely going to play 5 or 6 or maybe 7 ranked teams every year and that's assuming your OOC power 4 game is against a crappy unranked team. every other year having up to 5 true road SEC games on top of that and you can expect the "new ceiling" for any team to be 10-2

couple this with a conference championship game and an expanded playoff structure and even the most elite football team will just be praying to make it through to the end.

this is the new reality.
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College Football is now a tournament sport. Just like no one goes undefeated in college basketball or the NFL.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
MAN, looking at that 4 year conference schedule I'm sweating already 😅

I've said it before and I'll keep saying it. when the league expanded to 16 and now expanded to a 9 game conference schedule, there will no longer be such a thing as a "relatively easy" schedule. you're most likely going to play 5 or 6 or maybe 7 ranked teams every year and that's assuming your OOC power 4 game is against a crappy unranked team. every other year having up to 5 true road SEC games on top of that and you can expect the "new ceiling" for any team to be 10-2

couple this with a conference championship game and an expanded playoff structure and even the most elite football team will just be praying to make it through to the end.

this is the new reality.
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The $800 per ticket wine and cheese fans better start practicing how to yell at those home games.
 
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ALLVOL 4LIFE said:
The media is always going to favor the B1G! There is truly no comparison to the SEC. Besides Ohio State and occasionally Michigan, the B1G will never be as strong as the upper tier of the SEC. Penn State would not even be upper tier in the SEC. In fact, I would say mid tier teams in the SEC would win against Penn State the majority of the time. Since Franklin has been there, they are 2-4 vs the SEC and those wins are against a down Auburn and one of those years it was a close game.

In final, my point is that there is NO comparison to ANY conference vs the SEC top to bottom. If a comparison really wants to be made, let’s do like basketball and have an SEC vs B1G weekend, except let’s rank the teams top to bottom in each league based on previous season (with tie breakers to determine rank) and then play 1vs1, 2vs2, and so on. Let the cards fall where they may. Then this SEC vs B1G can be put to rest.
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Never in a million years would Penn State agree to play a Georgia or Alabama, or UT for that matter. For them, it's three FCS type teams and that "brutal" Big 10 slate, go 11-1 or 10-2, and be a top 10 team due to their bullschiit "preseason" ranking.

Think about it - they've played 3 FCS teams, are ranked #2, and then have a bye week before Oregon has to come across the country to play them. Win that and they're pretty much guaranteed the playoff and the season is not even half over.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
don't disagree about the quality of opponents, but the likelihood of blowing up your season just went up compared to the old model.

those games against Samford and Wofford are good reset games where you can get quality playing time for your backups and less chance of risking injury in a blowout.

at least we still get 2 of them.
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Woe is me. I hope you're a woman.
 
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It’s good for the sport. I am tired of the abundance of bad games early in the season.

My only concern is that the B10 playing a nine game schedule is not the same thing as an SEC schedule of nine games. Two thirds of that conference are cupcakes. A team like Penn State can play a nine game schedule and still only play 2-3 good teams a year. I hope the playoff committee does take SOS in consideration
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
MAN, looking at that 4 year conference schedule I'm sweating already 😅

I've said it before and I'll keep saying it. when the league expanded to 16 and now expanded to a 9 game conference schedule, there will no longer be such a thing as a "relatively easy" schedule. you're most likely going to play 5 or 6 or maybe 7 ranked teams every year and that's assuming your OOC power 4 game is against a crappy unranked team. every other year having up to 5 true road SEC games on top of that and you can expect the "new ceiling" for any team to be 10-2

couple this with a conference championship game and an expanded playoff structure and even the most elite football team will just be praying to make it through to the end.

this is the new reality.
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I agree. Depth, depth and more quality depth will be be needed. Always has been, to perform at a championship level, maybe moreso now.
 
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Okie said:
I don't get all the complaining about hard schedules from fans all across the league. Great players want to play great players, not beat up on guys who should be playing D2 ball. Do you want to see Muhammad Ali take on Joe Frazier or Tex Cobb? Sure, playing East Middle Delaware State gets you a win, but a season of them gets you ready to be blasted out of the playoffs when you face a real team.

"But it will make our playoff bracket harder!!!" So what? Go kick their a$$es up and down the field. Unless you are afraid you aren't really good enough. If you don't like it, move over the Pac12. Hear they are looking for teams.
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To be the best, you have to beat the best. Suck it up and play the game. If you are not interested in being the best , drop out of the SEC and play an all instate schedule. A lot of people seem to have gone really soft.
 
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For all the crying about how tough these schedules are about to become and how beat up teams are going to be, just answer me one question. How does the NFL manage to do it with 45 man rosters and playing a 17 game regular season schedule? And they are playing professionals week after week, where we will have rosters of 105 scholarship players, playing a 12 game regular season schedule? The league will adapt and I bet the game will be a lot more fun.
 
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howie87 said:
So what? I've personally watched enough games of UT vs ETSU or Alabama vs Chattanooga. If this means there is more quantity and quality competitive football against more closely matched teams, I don't see how this is a bad thing.

The only crowd standing outside yelling at the clouds over this is the group who thinks going 15-0 means something while beating up on teams like Samford and Wofford.
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Tell that to the Big 10. Oregon and Penn State will only play 3 ranked teams all year. Go 1-2 in your "tough" games and your probably hosting a playoff game.
 
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That’s going to suck when Notre Dame plays a bunch of cupcakes and gets in the playoff with a 10-2 record over a SEC team that plays 7 or 8 ranked teams. They really need to force them into a conference
 
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volfan411 said:
Agreed with these schedules every team is now an injury or two away from ruining your whole season. I think this schedule is great for the fans but it will take its toll on a roster.
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Injuries are going to determine the outcome for many teams. There is no way you play 9 games against this level of opposition and not get banged up. Preseason predictions will mean less. It may not be so much who you are in September, as it is who you are in November.
 
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It seems that the CFP will stay at 12 teams at least through 2026. The pathetic Big 10 wants (needs) auto bids, but so far Sankey is holding strong with the 5+11 setup that anyone with any sense supports. I wonder how much it will take ($$$$$) before he caves.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
it's all fun and games until you look up and there's 7 or 8 nationally ranked opponents on your schedule 😂

meanwhile tOSU gets to play PSU, Michigan and that's f@cking all!

I'm all for the ultra tough schedule as long as the dumbass playoff committee HIGHLY weighs strength of schedule. Because from now on a 3 loss SEC team could be better than anything the B10 has!
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And that team, with that schedule, embarrassed us when the time came.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
To be the best, you have to beat the best. Suck it up and play the game. If you are not interested in being the best , drop out of the SEC and play an all instate schedule. A lot of people seem to have gone really soft.
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To be the best, play the best meme sounds good for message board fodder and hype videos/speeches but in practice if playing for and winning the Natty is considered the best and the goal then you have to get there to play. Who ever coming out of the SEC odds of being more beat up are higher than the B1G, which gives them another advantage.

Nothing wrong with playing tough opponents and it does make for better games but the other conferences need to have that same standard.
Sitting at home during the CFP saying well we played a tough schedule doesn't mean as much as saying we're National Champions.

What really needs to happen is mixing more of the other main conferences into the schedule or if they're wanting to do a 16 team playoff just take the top 3 teams from each of the 4 big conferences(SEC,B1G,B12,ACC) that's 12 teams and then 4 at large teams from other conferences and fill out the CFP bracket that way.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
For all the crying about how tough these schedules are about to become and how beat up teams are going to be, just answer me one question. How does the NFL manage to do it with 45 man rosters and playing a 17 game regular season schedule? And they are playing professionals week after week, where we will have rosters of 105 scholarship players, playing a 12 game regular season schedule? The league will adapt and I bet the game will be a lot more fun.
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Because the NFL is supposed to be the best of the best and all teams are supposed to be equal and playing equal talent.
College Football isn't that way
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
hopefully they weigh strength of schedule VERY heavily for the playoff selection/rankings.

The B10 having 18 teams and a LOT of crappy ones means you can skate through and mostly avoid playing OSU or PSU in a given year.

9 games in the B10 is not the same as 9 games in the SEC.
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When ALL of those other conferences were carping about our 8 game schedule I thought we should have asked when we go to 9 when do they go to 10 to even it out. Our TOP is TYPICALLY much deeper and therefore tougher.
 
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