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More competitive games against good opponents is better for

Posted on: August 14, 2025 at 19:00:59 CT

phrejd STL

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everyone. The only reason they're not already doing it is because of the subjective polls and playoff committee BS. Go to a real playoff with automatic bids/seeding based on conference finish and get it over with.

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In the meantime, SEC still trying to figure out 8 or 9 - alzoo MU - 8/14 16:15:51

And just one of many reasons why - alwaysright MU - 8/15 07:22:32

RE: In the meantime, SEC still trying to figure out 8 or 9 - Ragarm MU - 8/15 01:10:21

= leveraging ESPN for a larger contract - BurgTiger MU - 8/14 18:19:18

Correct, they are not “trying to figure out“ anything. They - alwaysright MU - 8/15 07:13:19

change Championship Weekend to Matchup weekend - tigerinhogtown STL - 8/14 16:48:58

imagine the drama if top 3 are undefeated and 3 beats 4(nm) - SwampTiger MU - 8/14 17:22:50

they would all qualify for the playoff(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 8/14 21:51:06

nobody would care about SEC champ? - SwampTiger MU - 8/15 07:41:19

There is no value to going to 9 - alwaysright MU - 8/14 16:27:00

correct. more losses for half the conference guaranteed - TigerFan92 STL - 8/14 17:25:07

More competitive games against good opponents is better for - phrejd STL - 8/14 19:00:59

Yessssss!!(nm) - Genco98 MU - 8/17 09:17:56

but it results in 8 less games for ESPN to broadcast.(nm) - Harvey Specter MU - 8/16 08:06:39

Not following(nm) - Genco98 MU - 8/17 09:19:01

this has been covered before. - alwaysright MU - 8/17 15:39:12

They’ll make less money. - alwaysright MU - 8/14 22:14:57

no (nm) - phrejd STL - 8/15 13:48:00

Do you have the data to show that 8 SEC games - Harvey Specter MU - 8/16 08:07:30

Why do you think they’re negotiating with espn so hard on - alwaysright MU - 8/15 17:30:10

RE: There is no value to going to 9 - BruceInLA MU - 8/14 16:54:18

There is less revenue because there are fewer games with sec - alwaysright MU - 8/14 22:14:14

would actually lose a home game every 2 years(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 8/14 19:41:14

All games are already sold for the season. (nm) - shorty MU

- 8/14 17:26:56

more revenue...go to a 13 games season(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 8/14 16:58:21