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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on CFP Selection Committee, 9-game schedule
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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on CFP Selection Committee, 9-game schedule
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I'll be happy to see a 9-game SEC regular schedule. It should make who gets to play in the SEC Championship game a bit easier to decide and gives fans more and better games. We shouldn't be playing 2-3 lower level teams like Marshall and Ball State every season. Season ticket holders should be happy as well for an overall better slate of home games.
As far as the CFP goes beyond 2025, it sounds like auto-bids for each conference will be the way forward, especially since the SEC and B1G have the final say in how the new contract selection process will end up. At least that's the direction they have been leaning most recently.
The problem is the conference scheduling model is not well balanced across schedules. Georgia’s schedule last year was brutal compared to other playoff teams and even other top SEC teams. They could perhaps go back to divisions balanced with perennial playoff contenders in each. That would get it closer to parity and help to ensure the top teams have a chance to play their way into the playoffs.
The SEC played it right. ESPN you want extra SEC games? Pony up. No? Okay we'll stick to 8 conference games. Eventually the broadcast "adjustment" ($$$) will be made and the extra games will be added. Money is king in all sports.
With the extra money the SEC won't care that SEC teams will go into the playoffs beat up and with a competitive disadvantage. Just think of the '24 UGA injury situation. But now add in another SEC game that teams need to win in place of a cupcake team that dinged up players could skip for extra healing/rest.
The SEC may wait until the playoff field is officially expanded to 16 teams AND the SEC is GUARANTEED 4 slots (min.). In the 1st year of the expanded playoff field we all learned that the number of losses a team has is very important to the playoff selection committee.
@UGADad20…understand your concerns about the additional conference game, but the B1G already plays (9) conference games. The SEC and B1G need to be aligned if they are going to each get (4) auto-bids. Ohio State was beat up as well (their re-built O-line was in worse shape than ours) and still managed to win the National Championship by destroying all their opponents in the playoffs. Injuries are part of the game, and every team will get banged up during the season.
I'll bet a dollar to a dime that Georgia's 9 game schedule will include Alabama, Ole Miss, and Texas as on a permanent opponent. Is that what we REALLY want to see. Would love to see SEC scheduling gurus reshuffle the deck and get UGA out of the Alabama, Texas, Ole Miss gantlet. Let's replace Alabama with Arkansas, Ole Miss with Vandy, and Texas with TXAM. lol
Just get rid of the Committee, it's subjective and adds no value. Put more emphasis on SOS.
I guess. Still not sure that the B10 is as strong as the SEC top to bottom. But money will rule so you know the 9th conf game is coming.
As I recall 9 conf games allows 3 permanent opponents vs 1 (?) with an ongoing 8 game conference schedule. That PRESUMES no further conference expansion(?). How likely is that? UGA's permanent opponents would be FU, AU and ?
Football is a physical game. Injuries are inevitable. But it seems we are headed to a place where the team that best avoids injury to key (offensive?) players wins it all. It would've been nice to see CBeck play vs ND. The result may have been different. Then you take your chances in the next game. TX had OSU on the ropes until the **** sack, fumble, scoop and score.
OT: has anybody been watching college basketball this year? CBB starting to look like football. Ref's letting teams play. Inside the paint looks like a school yard brawl. The quality and size of the current athlete's has risen above the ability of referee's to manage/control the game.
@UGADad20….yes, I agree, the B1G is probably not as strong top-to-bottom as the SEC. But, like it or not, they had more teams in the playoffs and OSU won it decisively. SEC schedules will change, and after 2025 I guarantee ours will be easier going forward for at least a season or two.
Luck is a BIG part of any competitive sport when it comes to injuries, but if all teams have the same chance of getting the injury bug then it's certainly no advantage for one team over another. Kirby has always been known to practice players harder than most teams. Maybe he needs to back off that a bit if he wants those guys to last through the season as the starters. We've still got to have capable backups even if that task for Kirby is getting harder.
I said it a long time ago - the team that is able to combine the best coaching with the transfer portal, recruiting, all the while avoiding the injury bug as much as possible is going to be the team that wins the Natty. You've got to have a RIGHT combination of all of the above AT THE RIGHT TIME to make it through the regular season and playoffs. Ohio State got the injury bug early on their O-line but somehow managed to put together one heckuva replacement group to make the run. Their star players stayed mostly healthy, and they had the RIGHT QB and the right pieces to win it all…decisively. They had the right group of players playing at their highest levels at the right time of the season. And honestly, they may have another fantastic group this season (although definitely not as good as this past year). I think the Dawgs might have great season if the O-line, QB, and RB room's talent all performs and executes to their best ability. If any of those pieces fail to deliver then we'll have a hard time making a legitimate run in the playoffs. At this point, I'm really not too concerned about our WRs or defense. I'm expecting great things from these players. The question marks are in the other areas I mentioned.
Sounds like the SEC won't be expanding the conference any time soon. But, the playoffs will probably be going to 14-16 teams starting in 2026.
part of the equation with scheduling is the unlimited “NIL” money going to recruits. The teams with big money boosters can pay a kid millions to come to their school before he’s even practiced. Even with a 20 million cap, if they don’t address NIL by making it prohibited to interfere in the recruiting process, there will be larger competitive imbalances. Parity is what the sport needs in the playoff era. The overall quality of teams will decline under this model.