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bpalmer28 said:
The SEC Championship game is basically round 1 of the playoffs. If you win, you have the luxury of skipping the next round while everyone else beats themselves up. I'd rather be in that position on a neutral field than be sitting at home on Championship weekend, knowing my team's next game will be in a hostile environment.

If you have a team good enough to be in the SECCG, your best chance of winning a natty is to avoid a road playoff game. JMO.
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If both teams in th SEC Championship are highly ranked and virtually guaranteed a playoff berth, the game is not an elimination game but just a moneymaker for the conference and network. Both/either teams could suffer with injuries or fatigue before the first round begins and one of those 2 would probably be in the first round the next weekend.
 
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casual-observer said:
Idiotic.

If you're too scared to play in your conference championship game...then stay out of the playoffs altogether.

Win the SEC and you get a bye and one less game to play to win it all.
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Silly take from a weekend warrior on a keyboard. Any one with common sense when given option 1- go yo the sec ship, take more abuse, risk injury, risk a bad loss that could hurt you or option 2- sit at home and prepare for the playoffs with time off and not risk injury, or chance of getting knocked out if the playoffs. Anyone with a brain picks option 2. Would you rather win the SEC or the natty? That answer alone should tell you option 2 makes sense.
 
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They should can the championship game and add a regular season conference game and get rid of a UTEP type game. Whoever has the best record with tie breaker is the champ. But they won’t because of the $$$.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
Lose the title and get a 3rd loss, sit at home for the playoffs. . . or miss the SECCG, rest up for an extra week and enter the playoffs at 10-2.
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Then don't lose 2 games prior (shrugs). And before anyone goes on about the tough SEC, dropping a game to somebody like Arkansas or Vandy does not apply! No excuse to lose games like that!
 
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What happens if A&M loses against Auburn, but beats Texas? Does a scenario exist where the Angies make the SEC title game with three total losses and play and defeat Alabama to give them three losses? Does Alabama make the CFP with three losses, too?
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
Best seed in the playoffs is #5, imo
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Disagree. 5 gets matched up with 1 in round 2. Give me the 8 seed. Yes you play the 9 but you still host and then you get the 4, which is the worst of the auto bids vs having to play an SEC or Big10 team.

Edit: Top part is incorrect.

I think the first round games should be in bowls and the top 4 seeds get to host a game. Either that or make the first 2 playoff rounds on campuses and the bowls for the semis and NC.
 
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driscokid said:
They should can the championship game and add a regular season conference game and get rid of a UTEP type game. Whoever has the best record with tie breaker is the champ. But they won’t because of the $$$.
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The golden rule of policy and rule changes in pro and big time college sports, one that I have never seen violated:

No rule or policy change will ever take place where revenue enhancement or protection is not the primary (or only) consideration. Ever.

This covers everything from game rules to playoff or post season changes to "player safety" policies and rules.

Something would have to change in the playoff structure, like adding more teams and guaranteeing the conference a certain amount of teams in the playoff for them to even start to consider losing the CCG.
 
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hUTch2002 said:
Disagree. 5 gets matched up with 1 in round 2. Give me the 8 seed. Yes you play the 9 but you still host and then you get the 4, which is the worst of the auto bids vs having to play an SEC or Big10 team.

I think the first round games should be in bowls and the top 4 seeds get to host a game. Either that or make the first 2 playoff rounds on campuses and the bowls for the semis and NC.
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I don't think so. The 5-12 winner plays #4, 6-11 winner plays #3, 7-10 winner plays #2, and the 8-9 winner plays #1. They don't reseed it at any point. Which makes #5 the catbird seat.
 
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EastTNVol6240 said:
Or it’s a strategic mentality bc the chance of winning/losing that game doesn’t mean squat when compared to playing for a natty. In 20 years most won’t be able to tell you how many SEC ships we’ve won in the past 30 years, but I damn sure bet you they’ll remember if we won a natty.
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Most on here don’t understand strategy. A few weeks ago 75% of the posters were celebrating ole miss beating Uga not realizing what it did to UT.
 
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volfan411 said:
Most on here don’t understand strategy. A few weeks ago 75% of the posters were celebrating ole miss beating Uga not realizing what it did to UT.
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I don't get the connection between the two, but I totally agree on the OM-UGa thing. I didn't understand at all the benefit to us of OM winning and again being relevant for the playoffs when they were dead in the water. Without them around , we are in right now.
 
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Well, you know, it's nice for the winner. You have the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Injuries of course is another matter.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
I don't think the conference championship hurts a 2 loss team for losing if they are in the top half of the CFP field... Now if you were 2 loss team sitting around 8th - 12th ranking, that's another story
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True because if you're in the top 7 I have a hard time thinking a team would drop more than 3-4 spots for losing to another top 5 team unless they get their doors blown off.
 
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volfan411 said:
Most on here don’t understand strategy. A few weeks ago 75% of the posters were celebrating ole miss beating Uga not realizing what it did to UT.
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A few weeks ago it benefitted us for OM to win. We didn't take advantage of the opportunity. Now it benefits us for them to lose. Nothing is concrete in college football. The variables change with the weeks.
 
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901 Orange said:
A few weeks ago it benefitted us for OM to win. We didn't take advantage of the opportunity. Now it benefits us for them to lose. Nothing is concrete in college football. The variables change with the weeks.
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Exactly how did it benefit us?? If UGA won that game Ole Miss was completely eliminated from the playoff picture but a UGA loss did not eliminate them so I don't see how that benefited UT at all. I guess you could have assumed we were winning on the road at Athens but if you were realistic you had to know those odds weren't very good.
 
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Unless you're Bama. Bet they still get in with a 3rd loss if it's the SEC championship game. Everyone else they'd hose..
 
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