The problem is that in every conference there is that built in inequity. How many years have Ohio State or a Michigan not had to play a key team in conference play not on the schedule? They just started playing a CCG, my goodness the SEC has been running that gauntlet for 20 years. Is that fair? Pac 12, ACC, same thing. The Big 12 is a mess and don't have to be tested in a CCG at this moment. What's fair about that? I've said for years the CCG does not guarantee the two best teams in that conference are going to play. Otherwise this could qualify for a true national quarter-final in the big scheme of playoff things. Often, it's not much more then a pointless game that ask the best team to risk their undefeated record. Worrying about cross-division rivals as bias and unfair doesn't resonate with a college universe reeking of unfairness. What is really fair and absolute for one and all at any given time about college football? I'm just thrilled we have a 4 team playoff. Two more deserving teams get a shot at this thing at the end of the day. How they do it, no one is going to agree with it. This is college football, history says, keep your expectations low.
I don't give a rat's ass what the Big 10 or Pac 12 do. They are all trying to keep up with the SEC anyway. So if their scheduling formula are unfair (I don't know how they schedule), here's one more opportunity for the SEC to set the direction of college football. Fair and equitable scheduling now!
So you've gone to ... all conferences have 1-2 schools that they try to make it easier for. Why can't we keep it easier for Bama?
It isn't just how has it effected lsu in winning the west, it is how it effects every team in the sec. Both good and bad. Bama, Aubie, UGA and Ut should have to make a decision to either dissolve their series or seek realignment.
From an article on SN It also helps address another issue both he and LSU coach Les Miles have tried to solve: a competitive imbalance in the rotating schedule that favors Alabama. Since 2000, LSU has played SEC East Division heavyweights Florida and Georgia 17 times. Alabama has played them eight times – the lowest of any West Division team. Moreover, in the last two “bridge” schedules in 201-2013 – schedules made without specific opposite division rotating concepts – have given the Tide rotating games against East Division second-tier Missouri and Kentucky. “You tell me why that happened,” Spurrier. “I still haven’t gotten an answer.” Last year, Alabama didn’t play the SEC’s big three from the East Division (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina) who were all ranked in the final BCS top 10. Georgia, meanwhile, didn’t play the West Division’s big three (Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M) who were all ranked in the final BCS top 10. “Yep, and guess who played in the (SEC) championship game?” Spurrier said. “Scheduling is so important nowadays. But for some reason, we don’t want to acknowledge that. We don’t want to talk about that.”
Being a bottom line kind of guy, the SEC is in the passing lane for a 9 game schedule. A couple of the big three east teams will cycle in and then it will be something else to discuss, negatively. As long as Bama is winning the CCG and NC at this continued pace it comes with the territory. That's in the SEC and nationally.
