B1G/sec scheduling agreement/CFP ramifications

[USCJacket]

It was reported today, the B1G/sec will meet next week to work on a scheduling agreement and put together a proposal starting in 2026 for each league to be “guaranteed” 4 bids to the CFP (with up to 6 teams getting in).

It’s time the ACC/B12 get together and figure out how to be a strong #3 with some power. Otherwise they can continue as is letting those 2 leagues control all decisions.

ESPN article:

Sources: Big Ten, SEC eye schedule partnership

SEC and Big Ten athletic directors will meet next week to discuss a possible partnership in football scheduling and preferences for automatic bids, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

On3 article:

Report: SEC, Big Ten looking for 4 automatic bids each to College Football Playoff

The Big Ten and SEC could come together on a scheduling partnership, according to ESPN's Heather Dinich.

www.on3.com

 

[LegendaryGT]

Fans: "We want a fair playoff where all the best teams have a chance."

SEC: "Okay, we will just exclude everyone else."

 

[BravoWhiskey]

Fans: "We want a fair playoff where all the best teams have a chance."

SEC: "Okay, we will just exclude everyone else."

Correct. No one should be surprised when 25% or more of the 12 team playoff is SEC teams.

 

[FullMetalBuzz]

14 teams with 4 auto bids each from SEC and Big 10?

This just keeps getting worse with each iteration.

 

[USCJacket]

12 will eventually become a 16 team CFP. That will keep the G5 bid in tact.

 

[LegendaryGT]

12 will eventually become a 16 team CFP. That will keep the G5 bid in tact.

Sad but true. Then 32, then 64, then the whole thing will disintegrate and we will go back to the MNC.

 

[coit]

Sad but true. Then 32, then 64, then the whole thing will disintegrate and we will go back to the MNC.

Like a house of cards.

 

[Skydog]

Like a house of cards.

I'm at the point that I really do hope the whole thing implodes. It angers me.

 

[ClubSeats]

Correct. No one should be surprised when 25% or more of the 12 team playoff is SEC teams.

I’ll be surprised if it’s only 25%.

 

[BuzzCzar]

Will be weird when the BigSec, the final merger of the two 60-team megaconferences, brings all the teams back under one umbrella with the NCAA stuck on the outside looking in.

 

[justafan]

The duumvirate is here.

 

[justafan]

Will be weird when the BigSec, the final merger of the two 60-team megaconferences, brings all the teams back under one umbrella with the NCAA stuck on the outside looking in.

Maybe when that happens the conference can have named subdivisions by geography, and teams within each subdivision play each other to reduce travel and bolster regional rivalries.

 

[BuzzCzar]

We could be the Atlanta Airport Division. Will include Clemson, Georgie, Bammer, GStU, GSU, UNC, NC State, Wake Forrest, Vandy and Tennessee

 

[Skydog]

Maybe when that happens the conference can have named subdivisions by geography, and teams within each subdivision play each other to reduce travel and bolster regional rivalries.

it's kind of like streaming services .. one of these days they will combine all the streaming platforms in to one for easy acces. it shall be called basic cable.

 

[zippyGT]

Correct. No one should be surprised when 25% or more of the 12 team playoff is SEC teams.

25%. I bet they get 5 teams in this year.

 

[GoBees]

Therefore, all they have to do is get their lapdog media to ensure 10-15 of their teams are ranked in the preseason polls, and then they are guaranteed to get all 12 of those spots, as they beat one another but never fall out of the top 15.
Genius, diabolical, and totally predictable.

 

[Akıncı]

Will be weird when the BigSec, the final merger of the two 60-team megaconferences, brings all the teams back under one umbrella with the NCAA stuck on the outside looking in.

 

[Nehru Jacket]

We could be the Atlanta Airport Division. Will include Clemson, Georgie, Bammer, GStU, GSU, UNC, NC State, Wake Forrest, Vandy and Tennessee

The Rusted Muffler Division. UGA, Alabama, Auburn, South Carolina, Clemson, Ole Miss, Miss. St., FSU, Ark., and LSU.

 

[BuzzCzar]

The Gulf Floods Division:
Miami, Florida, FSU, LSU, UCF, Houston, Tulane, South Florida, U of Houston, and Valdosta State

 

[Vespid]

Now that's it's truly a pay for play "association" (You can "call" it whatever you want, NIL, Renumeration Athletic Fund, Stipend, Athlete Monetary Support Program....whatever. It's the same thing. You play - We pay) Just a matter of time till the NCAA, or whatever "association" the haves decide to create, will soon be subject to all the wonderful federal laws regarding anti-trust, collusion, racketeering etc. They are currently operating in the wild wild west and know it. Gott'a get it while the gettin's good.