Link: Kirby Smart Makes So Much Sense on the SEC 9th Game

[BamaFan6462]

Caleb Downs said last week -



Now take a look at the injury report, there are four on that list that were expected to contribute along the Dline. Two most experienced running backs are on the list . How great would that have been picking up blitzes for a beleaguered OLine. And we want to add another game? The SEC Will never win another national championship. Either that, or we will see teams get to 9-0 or 9-1 and rest players the last game or two. Imagine going into the iron bowl and sit half of your starters?

Sankey needs to allow the SEC teams to increase roster size to 105. If I remember correctly, the Big 10 has done this.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

Honest question why would the Big 10 want to bolt and form a super conference? They already have one of the easiest routes to the playoff. If anything, it’s Sankey and the SEC who just did everyone else a favor by agreeing to a nine game conference schedule.

This is a fair question, but if the financials are strong enough, that will overcome their desire to play nine pansies every year. Never underestimate the power of greed. God knows, look at the damage it has done. Maybe it can be harnessed for something good for once.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

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You’ve had 15 posts here since Monday, most of them of the blindly Critical, but offering no Solutions variety.

Do you have any actual solutions?

I agree at some point with a number of your criticisms as do most fans here, but do you have anything more than “everything is bad and burning all to the ground?”

Because you don’t exactly sound like an Alabama fan, you sound like an interloper who is enjoying the “let me get even with this team and their fan base who made my life miserable for 17 years”, but beyond painting with a broad brush, you don’t seem to have much to contribute at this point.

Who is your replacement for the head coach, for example?

And give me a name of someone who is actually available, not some pie in the sky Santa Claus wish list.

 

[Windsortide]

It's just math... half the teams are taking another L. The committee doesn't care about SoS.

Moving to 9 games before the SEC got some sort of a true change to the ranking system (like basketball) to include SoS in a meaningful way was a horrible idea. According to Sagarin this was Alabama's 9th game against a top 30 team!

Going into this weekend, Ohio State, Indiana and Texas Tech had 9 combined!

I am under the impression that is what the committee’s instructions are now. They are not being held accountable. Until then you can play no one and get in the field.

 

[JDCrimson]

G5 teams need to schedule 3 P4 non-conference games, then win their conference and then schedule a playoff with the other G5 conferences for the 1 spot in the CFP.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

G5 teams need to schedule 3 P4 non-conference games, then win their conference and then schedule a playoff with the other G5 conferences for the 1 spot in the CFP.

Yeah in basketball they make the worst teams play a play-in game. They also make borderline teams play one.

 

[TideEngineer08]

He’s dead on. The 9th conference game needs to be rescinded. I don’t care what the Big 12 or Big Ten is doing.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

He’s dead on. The 9th conference game needs to be rescinded. I don’t care what the Big 12 or Big Ten is doing.

The ACC got suckered into it as well. They start a 9 conference schedule in 2027. Also the 10th P4 game.

 

[crimsonaudio]

What the Big 10 did by adding Rutgers and Maryland was an incredibly cynical and smart move. No one talks about those teams when they talk about expansion, they just kind of overlook them, but it set the Big 10 up to be in the position they are now. Every year each Big 10 team gets a free win because of that. It makes all their football powers look better.

The only way the SEC can "fix" this might be to add Virginia and North Carolina, effectively making it so the 9th SEC game for each SEC team is one of those. Even then, still better football programs than Rutgers and Maryland..

The problem lies with Vanderbilt - if VA and NC want to be good at football (and they do want it, at least far more than Rutgers and Maryland do) then they'll be willing to spend the cash needed to field competitive teams.

The SEC's problem is the dominance of southern CFB over the last few decades. Most teams in the south that could ever be considered for joining the SEC are serious enough about CFB - give them SEC money and you'll have just added two more potential Vanderbilts.

 

[Elefantman]

Will someone please post what he says? I can’t access the video.

Jump to the 12:30 mark on this video