The OFFICIAL 2021 College Football RANDOM THOUGHTS thread
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20/20 Vision With my Buffs On
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20/20 Vision With my Buffs On
invincible1914
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Bama already have their stud rb for this class. I guess reality that he was being recruiting mainly so he wouldn’t goto LSU caught up with him.
Chrishaune
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Chrishaune
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And It's over. Nothing they can do will trump bringing Texas and Oklahoma into the league. Most of the talent is in this area.
The best thing that could happen is expanding the playoffs which for some reason now they want to fight. It doesn't matter now. A SEC team is just about going to be in the championship game every year.
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I think you’re misinterpreting the move here. ESPN had a stranglehold on the the CFP re-negotiations going into 2026, expansion or not. SEC is fine with 4 or 12 obviously, they are going to get there teams in. If an alliance is formed, it allows for more networks to be in play for rights with the CFP trending towards inevitable expansion.
Chrishaune
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Why would the ACC want that? Their TV rights are locked in with ESPN into the 2030s.That doesn't make sense from their perspective right now. I see this more as a scheduling deal and as they said "alliance" that they try to vote in favor of one another when they are up against the SEC.
I think the scheduling bit is one part, but i think the long term play is setting up the next CFP right where ESPN doesn’t retain exclusive rights which only further helps the SEC. I don’t think the ACC network will be related to the CFP negotiations.
From the ACC’s position, they will be looking to add Notre Dame as a full member and maybe another school, keep their heavyweights from bouncing, and make sure the SEC doesn’t push them around as you mentioned above. This will require them to give in for the other two P5s schools.
The Pac-12 and Big 10 both have deals, albeit not exclusive, with ESPN and Fox. Notre Dame has NBC. Amazon has a bag and will probably try to crack CFB. I think this move will allow for a bidding war and halt an accelerated expansion which will only favor ESPN/SEC.
Chrishaune
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The SEC won't be getting 16 teams into a playoff though. Expanded playoffs mean more opportunities for other conferences. At the most I don't think the SEC will get more than 4-5 teams in a playoff that big in any year. More of the Wisconsin's, Washington's, Penn State's, and whoever the 2nd to 3rd team in the ACC will have a chance to get in. Plus school's like UCF, Boise, San Diego State, or whoever else is having a good year in the lower conferences.
