One permanent/seven/seven is picking up stream, which is incredibly frustrating. The CFP will expand eventually, and there's no way that eight conference games is worth more than nine.
The SEC needs to man up and get rid of (or strongly limit) cupcake games. The only positives I see from scheduling random G5 and FCS teams are extra wins (hopefully) to make your record look better and easier access to games for families/cash-conscious members of the fanbase since these games are inherently less interesting thus much cheaper to attend. The power conferences can markedly bolster their profits by playing more meaningful games and essentially bully the NCAA into augmenting bowl eligibility if sending a team to the damn Gasparilla Bowl is really that important.
If you absolutely must play a cupcake, make it UTC or UTM rotating on a yearly basis since it's keeping the money in the family so to speak; major schools do not need to be funding minor schools via buy games.
