Big Ten, SEC to talk possible scheduling partnership

[Whips-n-Chains]

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What are you questioning exactly?

 

[Spade]

Big Ten - AFC

SEC - NFC

Rest of NCAAF - USFL & XFL

I wonder what the ACC, and in particular, FSU, Miami, Georgia Tech, and Clemson, thinks about this.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

I wonder what the ACC, and in particular, FSU, Miami, Georgia Tech, and Clemson, thinks about this.

ACC been on it's last legs for 5 years now...hence that awful deal they all signed. They have zero leverage

FSU has been doing everything they can to leave the ACC
Georgia Tech doesn't care too much, they pride themselves on academics, they'll roll w/ the punches
UMiami and Clem will want to jump ship with FSU

All those schools would be attractive to join at some point, but they'd have zero leverage and probably have to take lesser of a share of the media deal(s) like Oregon and Washington had to do (I think they take a lesser share for x amount of years?)

 

[Regular_P]

Exactly what's going to happen.

They'll grab up the few remaining schools that can be title contenders (ND, Clem, FSU (lol), UMiami, etc.) and start it off.

They might as well break up the traditional conferences if they merge into two mega conferences and have divisions like the NFL. It's stupid having 18 teams in a conference with one "winner" since they obviously can't play every team in one season.

 

[The_Sheff]

Sources: Big Ten, SEC eye schedule partnership



I think this is going to be similar to basketball where you have the ACC/B10 challenge every year.



With a 12 team playoff, you can afford to play better teams earlier in the season to increase the profile of your school.



What I think will happen is you will either have home/home matchups or you can have these games in neutral stadiums based on how you finish in your conference last year.



So for example you would have



Alabama VS Michigan (both teams on their conference last year)

Georgia Vs Ohio State

Ole Miss Vs Penn State

Etc.. etc

No way they sign up for guaranteeing the top teams in both conferences have losses every year. It would need to be a rotation to make it fair for everyone.

They wouldn’t agree to your proposal until they had a guaranteed number of playoff spots.

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

No way they sign up for guaranteeing the top teams in both conferences have losses every year. It would need to be a rotation to make it fair for everyone.

They wouldn’t agree to your proposal until they had a guaranteed number of playoff spots.

Under this agreement, there is no concept of "fair" unless it involves these two conferences. Think bigger

 

[murksiderock]

I don't like the, giving 8 automatic playoff bids to the SEC and B1G. I still think the automatic bids should be the conference winners, including winners of ACC and Big 12, and then the other spots filled with the best og the rest...

If the best of the rest is 6 more SEC/B1G teams, fine. It'll probably be that most years going forward. But I don't favor just saying 8 spots automatic to those two...

I also think with increased games due to the playoff it's time to end conference championship games, they aren't necessary. Use whatever tiebreakers necessary but the team with the best record at the end of the regular season is your conference champion...

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

I don't like the, giving 8 automatic playoff bids to the SEC and B1G. I still think the automatic bids should be the conference winners, including winners of ACC and Big 12, and then the other spots filled with the best og the rest...

If the best of the rest is 6 more SEC/B1G teams, fine. It'll probably be that most years going forward. But I don't favor just saying 8 spots automatic to those two...

I also think with increased games due to the playoff it's time to end conference championship games, they aren't necessary. Use whatever tiebreakers necessary but the team with the best record at the end of the regular season is your conference champion...

Think bigger... there is no ACC and Big 12 after this.

I do agree with you about the CCGs... they'll axe that and add more out of conference SEC/B10 games

 

[murksiderock]

Think bigger... there is no ACC and Big 12 after this.

Clue me in because I'm not an ardent college football head, just a casual one. When this CFP contract expires, that's the end of the ACC and Big 12?

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

Clue me in because I'm not an ardent college football head, just a casual one. When this CFP contract expires, that's the end of the ACC and Big 12?

They addressed expansion in the OP article

EDIT...

I stand corrected. Expansion was brought up by a poster, but that's the eventual plan anyway... Clem, FSU, North Carolina/Duke, ND added to B10/SEC.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Might as well with a playoff season that rewards mediocrity now. Loss 2 games? 3? You're still getting in as long as your strength of schedule is high enough.