Another reason for the rest of the country to hate the SEC

Let's assume Georgia upset LSU in last years SECCG.

Would that one win make UGA the best team out of the SEC?

 

These champs from the ACC have won two games out of the 13 BCS bowls in which they've participated. I don't see anything close to decent about that record.

What makes it even worse is when you consider their top bowl game (outside of the BCS AQ) is the Chick-Fil-A bowl which routinely features the fifth or sixth team from the SEC. And they are STILL losing.

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A point I think the majority haven't considered and some are just plain missing.

We've talked for years about the nature of college football, in this case about how cyclical it is with teams and success.

What I see happening right now is another version of the cyclical nature of college football. This time it's dealing with money and TV but more importantly who controls all of this.

It mirrors what happened in the late seventies and early eighties which led to the creation of the CFA. The first move was that shot across the bow of other conferences from the SEC and Big12 when they announced the partnership that is outside of the BCS. In other words, the money from that game isn't shared (or redistributed like 014 seems to want.)

Other conferences may not like the way things are shaking out and want to interject their ideas to be a part of the conversations: see Delany. They realize—whether they've admitted so or not—they'll have to get on the bus or be left standing on the corner as everyone else moves on.

 

It doesn't matter.

If the 4 best teams are chosen as the playoff teams, chances are more SEC teams would be represented and an SEC team would have a higher chance of winning the national championship playoff series. If conference champions are selected, the SEC champ would have a higher likelihood of winning because they'd being playing teams that - comparatively speaking - are like tOSU warming up their season with Kent State or Toledo.

 

The devil will always be in the details.

Under BCS style selection, a team like Boise State can (and has) finished the season grossly inflated. Under a selection committee, there is more potential human bias in the selection and a team like Notre Dame can be selected based on things that have zero to do with the current season.

They could make a "hybrid" automatic seeding: you're automatically in if you've won your conference championship and are ranked in the top 5 in the final BCS calculations. If there are extra slots to fill, then a selection committee could decide the remaining teams.

 

The only way I see these people agreeing to that format is if all this conference realignment eventually results in super-conferences, where sheer numbers alone would mitigate the SEC's strength. Even then I may be giving too much credit to their foresight. They want to break up the monopoly the SEC has over the NC. At this point in time a conference champions plan makes more sense to achieve that end. The Pac-12 and Big 10 have filibustered a playoff system for years over the objections of fans, so I'm not buying the idea that the SEC and Big 12 can just steamroll everyone else on their demands.

My only point in bringing up the ACC was to poke holes in the notion that a 6-loss champ would somehow make the 4-team tournament. I'd hardly use them as an example of a powerhouse football conference.

 

Wait. Sometimes, the two best teams in the conference, as in last year's SEC, don't play in the conference's championship game. You've contradicted yourself, again.

 

In that case you would have taken Alabama and LSU into a playoff and left Georgia in the Sugarbowl.

 

You are referring to a post I made about a different subject, and I also believe you didnt understand what I meant.

It is about W's. Without the W's the program is not where it is today. However it is not all about the W's.

You can't overlook the small things just because everything else is going well. The small things eventually mount up to become bigger issues if not handled correctly.

 

Thanks for being so nice for once I suppose. Really? Being called a badass bothers you? And I'm the soft one? Obviously we also have a difference of opinion about name calling as well.

I still have decent opinions, this one may not be the best, and of course the Mad Hatter opinion isn't popular, but there's still some decent ones that exist. I can understand discussion, and banter back and forth, but no one should have to be constantly on the defensive for sharing their opinions on here. When you get piled on for every fricking post you make, it kind of makes you take a step back a reconsider how to approach some things.

You and SabanFan and KyleK and a few others made me realize that even trying to be respectful doesn't even help. Some posters can get away with saying pretty much everything, and I was sitting back bitting my tongue, and trying to stay open minded. While still sharing my views.

And If I were a troll I would have been long gone.

Good day sir.

 

I never once mentioned a 4 team playoff. I mentioned all of the conference champions. Which would be plenty more than 4. The NFL reference was just to compare how teams with losing records make it to playoffs at times.

I am not being anti to keep the thread going, I have no issue with the way things are now, or if a 4 team playoff would occur. I did make a comment for discussion purposes, though.