the greatest conference has once again failed to put a team in the final game. hype train lost it's steam i guess for the last two years. they do not play a better brand of football.
ICYMI: No SEC teams in title game again
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The SEC was always overrated. It would have been nice for ASU to have beaten Texas.
Overall the postseason (bowl games included) has played out nicely. It would have been ridiculous for the media to run with Alabama and South Carolina needing to be in the playoffs all offseason.
Hopefully 10 and 11 win ACC and Big 12 teams will have a little more credibility at the end of next season.
Overall the postseason (bowl games included) has played out nicely. It would have been ridiculous for the media to run with Alabama and South Carolina needing to be in the playoffs all offseason.
Hopefully 10 and 11 win ACC and Big 12 teams will have a little more credibility at the end of next season.
Once again it shows that an aggressive expansion plan within the SEC may ultimately fail to deliver its intended plan of eliminating other conferences in NC. The large media in the Northeast and the Westcoast will not yield to ESPN's efforts to advance that initiative.
The $EC was a bit down this year, but they have been spectacular up until this year. Overrated? Perhaps. Alabama’s brilliance under Satan (oops, Saban) covered up some weakest bits of the league in the public consciousness. There was no real dominant team this year, just several very good ones.
yup, will be 16 team playoff next year to make sure alabama gets in
Honestly, it should be either 8 or 16. The teams that played in the first round had a warmup that the bye teams didn’t.
if it happens again next year they'll make it 16. simplest solution is to have relegation and a 96 team div 1 structure. 16 divisions x 6 teams. those 6 play round robin so 10 games in division. then one game with rival. no rankings nor committee ever needed.
instead of computer or committee rankings to seed, make it like the KY Derby post draw, put all 16 teams names in a hat and draw on live tv and it will bring better ratings than the bowl games themselves.
you play each team twice home and home to prove your the best. only issue is deciding tie breakers but that should be easy.
if you want to add another game for money, instead make top 2 division teams play for title and chance to go to 16 team tourney.
this completely eliminates all polls, committees, computers and any subjective reasoning to put a team in the playoffs. it's all settled on the field.
to make it even more fun and exciting, you could potentially move teams around every couple of years thus removing any biases likei vandy being stuck with ga every year or something liek that. so no sec ro big 10 or acc, maybe every two years two teams switch in and out. so every team over time could play ever other team in the country in a home and home. all tv revenue split 96 ways. bargain all as one, not as conferences. so it gets exciting to go to new places to play.
then for even more bonus fun, you take the bottom 16 teams and again using a live tv blind draw to make even more money, you match those worst 16 and the winners stay in div 1, and the 8 losers drop down to lower level. and likewise in the lower levels, top 8 teams get to move up. that would be so much fun.
And SEC fans will still be b***in if two ACC teams are included, and that ND should join a conference.
The SEC was down or should I say Georgia and Alabama for a variety of reasons. One of the biggest is their QB play was blah. Bech and Milroe were just OK. The other reason is NIL tied with portal have thinned them out. It has also allowed other teams in the conference with resources to really try to compete. All the rosters in SEC have talent now the gap is much smaller. Players are transferring inside the conference.
I really think a SEC team runs the gauntlet with zero or 1 loss will win the title. I don’t think that will be norm anymore the norm is 2 -3 loss teams. Every team has enough talent to knock someone off. They are right every week it will be like that. That still doesn’t mean they are good great team because of the conference. I do believe their best teams are legit. Georgia was still legit. Texas was legit.
It is all relative same applies in ACC. The talent on each team is comparable. The best teams will still be legit especially if they end the season undefeated or 1 loss. They earned a spot in the playoff.
I really think a SEC team runs the gauntlet with zero or 1 loss will win the title. I don’t think that will be norm anymore the norm is 2 -3 loss teams. Every team has enough talent to knock someone off. They are right every week it will be like that. That still doesn’t mean they are good great team because of the conference. I do believe their best teams are legit. Georgia was still legit. Texas was legit.
It is all relative same applies in ACC. The talent on each team is comparable. The best teams will still be legit especially if they end the season undefeated or 1 loss. They earned a spot in the playoff.
Here’s an interesting fact from this new 12 team playoff: Ohio State and Notre Dame have either had home field advantage (versus Tennessee and Indiana in round 1), or in rounds 2 and 3 they beat teams that had to play in conference championship games (versus Georgia, Penn State, Oregon and Texas).
So certainly, Ohio State and Notre Dame had played the same number of games as their 2nd and 3rd round opponents, but there’s no comparison between the easy home blowouts ND and OSU had in round 1, and the ultra competitive games of the SEC and Big Ten championship games.
So certainly, Ohio State and Notre Dame had played the same number of games as their 2nd and 3rd round opponents, but there’s no comparison between the easy home blowouts ND and OSU had in round 1, and the ultra competitive games of the SEC and Big Ten championship games.
The SEC has quality of team depth the other leagues don't have. The full schedule is tough even if it's not as front-ended as it's been in the past.
But, I think the portal and NIL might be preventing them from stockpiling player depth and that holds them back a little on developing but it also pushes talent to spread.
But, I think the portal and NIL might be preventing them from stockpiling player depth and that holds them back a little on developing but it also pushes talent to spread.
ND, OSU and Michigan may have the most NIL to spend from what i've read lately. seems to be working for them. i think big 10 schools can now easily say you can go to the sec if you like for the competition and depth, but if you want to play for a title, come here instead. if an sec doesn;t win it next year again, i think you'll start to see it's fall and players move away to into easier title paths. maybe not, but ocne they fail 3x in a row, it's a good recruiting ploy.
