LMFAO! They play a 8 game conference schedule now and year in and year out the SEC plays the least amount of P5 teams on average so that '8 game conference schedule gives the SEC a chance to play more quality teams' doesn't wash.
UGA begins 2024 with a Mercedes Benz opener versus Clemson and then ends the season at home against Georgia Tech.
I wouldn’t say playing an extra OOC game is adding more high profile OOC games The problem is the high profile games that are being scheduled are replacing conference games that hold much consequences. Basically replacing a conference gave that guarantees a loss distributed throughout the conference with an OOC P5 game in order to manipulate win loss records while filling the other 3 games with extra FCS/G5 cupcakes.
2 out of 16 teams…..I’m not seeing extra high profile games I’m seeing smoke and mirrors smh
I just don't understand why everyone outside of the SEC is getting so bent. The ultimate destination for the SEC is a 3-6-6, 9- game conference schedule. That's 3 permanent opponents to maintain rivalries, then 6 and 6 every other year to assure that every team gets a home and home with every other team in the conference every 4 years. This is a one off due to Texas and Oklahoma coming in a year early. Not that it matters, though, because head to head in the playoff, there's years worth of proof that it doesn't matter AT ALL. Worry about you own team and get better, because the last decade has proven without a doubt that every conference is sucking hind tit. Quit whining and get better as a football team.
I wouldn’t say people are “bent” with the SEC and ACC. College football fans are very passionate and love the sport. When you have two conferences playing with a stacked deck in a sport where 1 loss is the difference between playing in a national championship game and making the play offs or being left out because they are playing at a disadvantage caused by conferences using loopholes rather than playing on an even playing field and earning it on the field it waters down the sport. Playing a conference game is not the same as playing an OOC game which does in fact matter quite a bit. There’s been multiple teams over the years that missed the play offs or BCS national championship game because they had an extra loss because they play a 9 game schedule. The SEC and ACC know this playing a 9 game conference schedule changes everything drastically. On a 9 game schedule there’s quite a few SEC and ACC teams that don’t make the Natty or Play offs.
I get your point but this is a trade off. In college football anyone can win on any day. South Carolina has upset UGA and Tennessee. There’s been several upsets within conference play that’s a high profile game. As far as high profile OOC games they don’t hold the same significance when they are used to replace a conference game with much higher stakes. Along with utilizing the 4 OOC games to add extra G5/FCS. Without the trade off this is how we get higher quality games.
