SEC-Big Ten scheduling alliance

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

And taking another loss also does not impress the CFP committee. The risk is that the B1G wins most of the round robin games and then the championship series is packed with those teams and 1, maybe 2 SEC teams. Yes, the reverse could happen. But there are some games that should be part of a championship run verses regular season.

If we need more good games, then add new games against other SEC schools - heck just have all 12 be against other SEC opponents.

And let the B1G schedule all 12 in their league.

So you're afraid of the B1G?

I'm not. Certainly Ohio State and Oregon are going to be problems every year. Maybe USC, Michigan, Penn State, Washington luck up with exceptional teams now and then. Overall, we face consistently better competition in the SEC.

The other conferences cannot compete with the SEC and B1G. Within a few years of regular competition between the two big conferences, the others won't be able to renew their TV deals for much money and that's more money for the SEC and B1G.

This is the way. Strangle the little guys out of the TV market like the NFL does with any upstart pro football league. Nobody wants to second rate football so play the only other first rate conference and take all the TV money.

 

[volfan102455]

So you're afraid of the B1G?

Not really - just don't see the reason to schedule more games against top opponents from other conferences when teams are not even playing all the top teams in the conference they are in.

And I don't believe it is good for the game to attempt to push the other conferences out of the equation. It is greed for money and power! That is all it is.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Not really - just don't see the reason to schedule more games against top opponents from other conferences when teams are not even playing all the top teams in the conference they are in.

And I don't believe it is good for the game to attempt to push the other conferences out of the equation. It is greed for money and power! That is all it is.

That's exactly what it is. Money and power are what fuels the game now. You can either recognize that and get ahead of the others or hang on to whatever it is you think the game "should be about."

The quicker the SEC and B1G separate, the quicker we can move to control what the future of college football looks like.

It's business. It's not backyard, we're all friends here, 1950s raccoon coat and pendant college football.

The SEC and B1G can control the future but we need to separate ourselves to do it.

 

[WillisWG]

They don't want to play in the South in early September and we don't to be playing there in late November

 

[jackaro]

What purpose would this serve other than to ensure teams in these conferences have many losses?

The conferences are already so large that they can barely play half the teams in the conferences.

Watching quality football games during the regular season. If you cannot see the purpose in that then I question why you watch college football at all.