Pros and Cons of a 9 conference schedule

[VOLINVONORE]

Would be more entertaining if they gave the top 2 teams an automatic bid and have #3 vs #6 and #4 vs #5 for the other two automatic bids.

Too many games, especially for teams who have a shorter bench.

 

[VolPack22]

Too many games, especially for teams who have a shorter bench.

It’s the same amount of games that are being played right now if they end up playing for their conference championship lol. You just expand the Championship Game into Championship Weekend and multiple teams are playing a game instead of just 2. Not sure where you are getting too many games from?

 

[VolCalls]

Selfishly, as a fan and a season ticket holder, I want 9 conference games so I get an extra game to get excited about every year. The cupcake opponents do nothing for me,

 

[cgrish]

( SEC games means 8 more SEC losses distributed throughout the SEC...likely to cost the SEC one less team in the CFP...if guarantee 4 teams in it still only helps the Big 10....

I would be in favor of 9 games if we are guaranteed 4 teams in the playoff

 

[cgrish]

The 9 game schedule and cross over Big Ten game are tied to the 4 automatic playoff bids.

But not like a vandy against Ohio State, or Mich.

 

[onevol74]

Then you will complain when we don’t make playoffs.

If you want to compete you have to play big boy football. Beating UTM, Akron, and directional Louisiana gives this program no respect.

 

[onevol74]

I think you have to go to more conference games if you want to kill of the championship game for a play in game option.

are we comfortable not having an SEC champ, or relying on some really dumb tie breakers coming into play, up to and including letting Birmingham choose?

The SEC championship game has been insignificant to our program for decades.

 

[Bigorangefaninga]

Stop posting. You’re devaluing UT-C degrees.

My degree has done me well. If you went to UTC I’d ask if you were born dumb or did you fall and hit your head? There is no reason to play 9 conference games unless we are forced too! I also don’t care about other fans and them not getting as good of games. In the end I want this team to compete for playoffs and NC and that is harder when you go to 9 conference games. It’s hard for me to understand how dumb some of our fans are, especially with having no common sense.

 

[Bigorangefaninga]

The SEC championship game has been insignificant to our program for decades.

So sure let’s add another potential loss to our schedule to make it even harder! So if you do go to the SEC and to get a high seed, you are going to have to play 10 conference games and hope to win them all. Thats just sound logic lol

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

My degree has done me well. If you went to UTC I’d ask if you were born dumb or did you fall and hit your head? There is no reason to play 9 conference games unless we are forced too! I also don’t care about other fans and them not getting as good of games. In the end I want this team to compete for playoffs and NC and that is harder when you go to 9 conference games. It’s hard for me to understand how dumb some of our fans are, especially with having no common sense.

I said that they should play 10 conference games, not 9.

I’m not in favor of scheduling multiple games versus mediocre teams to try backing into the playoffs just by avoiding decent competition.. Every team in the conference has the same challenge. Teams that lose 3 or 4 or more conference games don’t deserve playoff spots.

As to the question in your 2nd sentence, which one applies to you?

 

[RDU VOL#14]

I think you go 9 games. 3 permanent opponents, rotate the other 6, have an annual SEC/B1G challenge and then have 2 games to schedule how you want. If you want ETSU or Kent St I have no problem with that. I think if you do that you have to do the 4 auto bids for the SEC and Big 10 and 2 for the ACC and Big 12. Every single Power 4 league should play the same amount of conference games.

 

[volfan102455]

If you are the best in the conference and want a playoff berth - you should have to prove it by being the best in the SEC.

If that takes 9 games + a championship game between the top 2 - so be it.

But I am one of those that truly believes you should have to win (or at least play for) one championship to play in the next level of championship. The CFP championship really should not be about giving team number 3 and 4 in a conference a chance to redeem themselves.

I do realize that will sometimes leave Tennessee out.

 

[volfan102455]

I think you go 9 games. 3 permanent opponents, rotate the other 6, have an annual SEC/B1G challenge and then have 2 games to schedule how you want. If you want ETSU or Kent St I have no problem with that. I think if you do that you have to do the 4 auto bids for the SEC and Big 10 and 2 for the ACC and Big 12. Every single Power 4 league should play the same amount of conference games.

All of the conferences should play the same number of conference games, and all should get the same number of auto bids. And rather than playing the cupcakes - there should be more cross conference games throughout the year.

If you have 8 conference games, then each team has to play one team from the other major conferences and then can play one from the P5 conference or an independent. You can't have that with 9 games because Notre Dame would have no one to play. And if you do this, there would be enough information to really say conference A is better than conference B.

 

[hog88]

The SEC championship game has been insignificant to our program for decades.

The playoffs and doing away with the divisions has made the CCG completely irrelevant. Another poster had this idea, since the SEC isn't about to give up the money the CCG brings in change it to a play-in game. The SECs 4th and 5th place teams play for the conference's 4th playoff spot. I really like that idea.

 

[B81]

If you believe in ESPN’s fpi strength of schedule accuracy, there is only one big 10 team in the top 15 hardest schedules. That is Wisconsin, who plays Bama on their non conference.

The rest of the top 15 are all sec schools with only 8 conference opponents vs the big 10 with 9.

If you want to tell me that espn is full if crap, that is plausible, but it is the only metric we currently have.

Going to 9 sec conference games would instantly make every sec schedule harder than any big 10 schedule, so until the committee starts to understand that you are not what your record says you are, we should stay at 8.

 

[volfan102455]

If you believe in ESPN’s fpi strength of schedule accuracy, there is only one big 10 team in the top 15 hardest schedules. That is Wisconsin, who plays Bama on their non conference.

The rest of the top 15 are all sec schools with only 8 conference opponents vs the big 10 with 9.

If you want to tell me that espn is full if crap, that is plausible, but it is the only metric we currently have.

Going to 9 sec conference games would instantly make every sec schedule harder than any big 10 schedule, so until the committee starts to understand that you are not what your record says you are, we should stay at 8.

So if the 12 hardest schedules are for SEC teams - then I'm assuming you would argue those 12 should be playing in the championship?

Those who are selected should have to WIN games! Don't care who you play - to be the best you should be able to beat the best.

Disagree completely with a biased committee determining "who" they think are the best. Just say 2 from the SEC, B1G, ACC and Big 12, then the other four are for the P5 and independents. Will there be some mis-matches - yes - but at least it moves the "whining" around the selections.

 

[B81]

So if the 12 hardest schedules are for SEC teams - then I'm assuming you would argue those 12 should be playing in the championship?

Those who are selected should have to WIN games! Don't care who you play - to be the best you should be able to beat the best.

Disagree completely with a biased committee determining "who" they think are the best. Just say 2 from the SEC, B1G, ACC and Big 12, then the other four are for the P5 and independents. Will there be some mis-matches - yes - but at least it moves the "whining" around the selections.

No, i do not think that just having a hard schedule means you are a good team.

I do however believe that a team with a top 10 hardest schedule that goes 9-3 is better than a team with an easy schedule (say 50th overall) that goes 10-2.

The committee gave no credence to that notion last year.

Really we are only talking about the last few spots in the playoffs. The top 4-8 teams are pretty obvious. I like your Idea about top 2 from each conference, but you cant tell me that the 3rd place teams in the acc is better than the 3rd best team in the SEC or BIG10. So, if we went to that format I would want UT to join the big 12 and get in every year.

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

Should be 9. Cupcake/Lame OOC games are lame and I want to play Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Texas, etc more often.