SEC adopts 9 Conference Game format starting in 2026
- Thread starter Harvard Gamecock
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Yep, replace Clemson with small school as discussed last season. The playoff committee values wins over quality of opposition.
We just have one more tough SEC opponent to face now (unlike playing in their conference) so might as well have 3 automatic wins lined up out of conference. But I realize it'll never happen too.
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Every team also has to schedule a game with ACC, Big10, Big12 or Notre Dame
If anything this development guarentees the annual Clemson game. 9 conference games and 1 mandatory P4 or ND.
Ticket price for season ticket holders will increase. Since I'm new to this board you will find out I hate paying for season tickets every year. The value doesn't match the cost. Maybe I'm getting old but the out of conference games are sometimes more enjoyable. Cheaper ticket, less people and sometimes a day game.
Right, my comment was more about frustration with the playoff committee. I realize we aren't dropping the Clemson game
If our new SEC opponent is Miss State or Arkansas we might get a pretty easy conference win.
Dropping Clemson would be admitting we can't compete with them and conceding the rivalry. I prefer a tough schedule so I can see good teams play. I can't imagine how boring and awful being a Clemson fan is watching them play all those horrible ACC teams and the cupcakes on their schedule. Paying hundreds of dollars each game to watch my team beat a weak opponent seems much worse to me than watching my team face a good team and have wins mean something.
Agree. Like I said, the comment was more about venting my frustration with the playoff committee after last season than really wanting/expecting to drop Clemson.
Beamer complained about the need for more emphasis placed on SOS vs win total after we got left out of playoff. I just read the playoff committee actually supposedly changed the SOS metric to carry more weight during the offseason (which I didn't realize).
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To be fair, last season we had some wins over big name programs that didn't have very good teams. OU and A&M were not good last season but the wins looked good on paper.
This is the good part for me, except for the Noodle Lame part. I love seeing them get beat. I know as a Gameock fan this is not really acceptable to say, but I hate them worse than Clemson. Truly.
Why?? I figured out they could have 497 losses in a row and still be ranked in the top 25. It's absurd how the media / talking heads circle jerk each other over Noodle Lame. They play no one. At least Clemson attempts to play someone from time to time, ala LSU, Bama, Georgia. Noodle Lame wants no part of that. Pansies. Absolutely despise them. Ok, I've vented. I feel better now.
But this isn't fair.
A&M came into WB in November #10 in the country.
Their only loss was the opener to #7 Notre Dame.
Prior to playing us, beat #8 LSU 38-23 and had blasted #9 Missoui 41-10 a few weeks prior.
They had their best season in years.
Ha. They came in #10 WB late in the season with only that one opening loss. I'd like to believe our game had a big role in thier end of year decline. Confidence lost.
It was their best season in years (at least since they'd joined the SEC) until they ran into a buzzsaw in Williams-Brice! I guess we literally killed their season.