SEC Championship game no longer needed?

#26
#26
Only Teams with depth and next man up will survive.
As many have stated, too many games to get to the playoffs, injuries, depth, and attention span will all be factors.
It will amount to recruiting and the teams with 4* players at the 2nd & 3rd string level will benefit.
Injuries in a any Championship Game will impact a team already destined for the Playoffs.
So why play it?
 
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rocky top buzz said:
I've said it for awhile, with a new playoff format you will have 12 games, SECCG, and potentially 4 playoff games. 17 games that's an NFL schedule. The 72 Dolphins went 17-0, just crazy to think college playing that type of schedule. I think if other conferences eliminate their CCG you might see the SEC do so too because fact is it is a competitive disadvantage to have to play 1 extra game. Think about it, ACCCG is not nearly as much a money-maker as the SECCG. I could see the ACC eliminating it to give Clemson an advantage. Having a team advance from the round of 12 to 8 is more profitable than having a CCG and then seeing your champion eliminated in the first round.

The other thing is could you see teams that appear in the CCG just tank to keep players healthy?

Another idea would be to reduce the season to 11 games since a regular season game doesn't bring in the money of a CCG. I just think that if we start to see teams in their CCG get eliminated early or see a trend of teams winning more who don't appear in the CCG, that is when you'll see a change.
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I agree except for the underscored statement.
Shorting the regular season by one game will hurt those who can't generate the revenue of the top teams.
 
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Sudden Impact said:
Only Teams with depth and next man up will survive.
As many have stated, too many games to get to the playoffs, injuries, depth, and attention span will all be factors.
It will amount to recruiting and the teams with 4* players at the 2nd & 3rd string level will benefit.
Injuries in a any Championship Game will impact a team already destined for the Playoffs.
So why play it?
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I can see the reasons for this. If a team is already guaranteed a playoff spot, which the top 2 SEC teams would, I can see the teams in the SECCG sitting out certain players in this game. Would cheapen it. But as many have said, $$ rule sports.
 
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Once we reach the Sweet 16 of College football and the enormous money it will generate , championship game will not be needed.
End game : , 10 conference games then run down begins . Only 2 teams end up playing 14 .
 
#30
#30
I never understood why they had divisions. Why not just let the two teams with the best record play for the SEC Championship.
 
#32
#32
Do away with all conference championship games, implement 16 team playoff. Incorporate the lower bowls in the early rounds and let the other small bowls play with P5 teams with suitable records vs each other or G5 teams.

Idiots running college football have put us in the place where kids dont want to play unless there is a championship involved so there it is. This model has only been out there 20 freakin years!
 
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mj81870 said:
With the SEC going to one division do y'all think a championship game is needed? No. This year proves you don't need to win one to advance to the playoffs. Correct, as have other years. I think it may actually hurt more than help a team especially going into the expanded playoffs next season. Also, correct.
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The question is "are CG's needed?" Not will they go away or anything about how much money they generate.
 
#36
#36
I wondered about this too so I appreciate reading everyone's take on this. My initial thought was that since the SEC would be just one big entity that would negate the need for a division playoff game. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
 
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Vol865 said:
The point of expansion is or should be to reward conference championships. Ask K State if they think conference championships don't mean anything.
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With the playoffs all a conference championship game means is bragging rights. Put the emphasis on the regular season results for seeding.
 
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Orange-U-Glad said:
I agree, however, with the extra playoff games, it would be much better for the players not to have this game.
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Or increase the allowed scholarships to 95-100 so teams could have additional depth. Yeah I know pro football gets by with 55 but this is college, even with some players getting paid.
 
#40
#40
If Kstate had knocked TCU outta the CFP this year, BIG12 might have ended theirs next year......
 
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hog88 said:
With the playoffs all a conference championship game means is bragging rights. Put the emphasis on the regular season results for seeding.
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CFP is literally the same thing. It's all for bragging rights. It's still winning your conference and accomplishing a goal.
 
#42
#42
16 teams. 9 game schedule.

How many times would an SEC Champion be decided by some kind of common opponent tie-breaker? A bunch. When it did, then a certain fan base, which I choose not to name, would argue that the rules were intentionally stacked against them when it happened to them.
 
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mj81870 said:
With the SEC going to one division do y'all think a championship game is needed? This year proves you don't need to win one to advance to the playoffs. I think it may actually hurt more than help a team especially going into the expanded playoffs next season.
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contract for the game runs through 2036. I don't know off hand how much money that game generates for the conference but as long as it is making money, the game will continue. They will not give up that revenue as long as positive.
 
#45
#45
I find the the 12 team format ridiculous. It’s unecessary and lazy; clearly for revenue. You could do so and the playoff and still make conference championships meaningful but not with adding two games, in some cases, to the schedule.

Limiting regular season games hurts every non playoff team so that should not happen. You can’t take games and practices away from those teams.

College football is quickly moving away from what I recognize and love. Not in contention? Bowls were still fun and good for player development. No one is going to pay them much attention. That being said, there were too many so some fat needs to be cut.

The whole thing is, as another poster said, NFL-lite now.
 
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Fightmaker said:
They just need to play 2 less games if there is going to be a 12 team playoff and a championship game. Think about what a 12 team playoff will look like. The SEC, B1G, etc. will have 3 or 4 teams in or more every year. A couple of the pointless games can go. I don’t think college football will miss Alabama VS Western Carolina.
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Western Carolina will miss that paycheck and AL makes $$$ off ticket sales,concessions, parking, local restaurants and motels(Tuscaloosa). The lower tier teams in the conference will lose even more if schedules are reduced by one or two games. The net effect on local economies of fewer games will be considerable.
 
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Buzzbait said:
Western Carolina will miss that paycheck and AL makes $$$ off ticket sales,concessions, parking, local restaurants and motels(Tuscaloosa). The lower tier teams in the conference will lose even more if schedules are reduced by one or two games. The net effect on local economies of fewer games will be considerable.
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All of that is true, but the football players are getting beat to hell. I want more quality football as much as the next guy, and I do understand the importance of having those easier games for player development, etc. But if we are going to 16 team conferences (where the conference schedule will ultimately be expanded) and an additional 3-4 game playoff tournament, the health and safety of the players needs to be a factor as well.
 
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