(12-14-2019 04:34 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(12-14-2019 04:11 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote:  

(12-14-2019 12:31 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(12-13-2019 06:20 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote:  delaney will be gone soon, he has made a lot of decisions that he soon after expresses he might wish to change (leaders/legends, 9 conference games, and CCG rules) and while adding Maryland and RU has paid off so far who knows how far into the future that is really the case

he is hardly the one that people should give great credibility to when it comes to making decisions for all of the P5

If the SEC and B$G are aligned on something, it will almost certainly happen. When the 4 team playoff happened, Delaney and Slive got together and worked it out and presented it to the rest.

If they are split, then things can go one way or the other. But those two conferences have the most financial power and when united, can call the shots. That won't change with a change in commissioners.

but they are really not that aligned

the Big 10 moved to 9 conference games (then expressed some regret about it after the first year) and then started talking about all conferences playing 9 conference games and the SEC SEC SEC gave a hard no as did the ACC

this in spite of the fact that many teams in the ACC would like to play an additional conference game for the "rivalry factor" and two ACC teams played each other this year in the "OOC"

but the overall leadership (unlike the Big 12) understands the detriment to the conference that an additional conference game brings

the SEC SEC SEC was fully against the change in the CCG rules while the Big 10 was OK with them as long as they could insert language to screw the ACC......the SEC SEC SEC still voted against that language and any change to CCG rules

so they are not at all aligned on those two major issues

now with playoff expansion the SEC SEC SEC MIGHT be for it, but it will depend on what they think it means for their chances to get two teams in many years and they will probably work to make sure there is language that specifically allows even three teams from one conference to get in and will surely be against any language that would prevent three teams from the same conference

1. The reason the ACC and SEC have not moved to 9 conference games is unlike the Big 10 in their last negotiations for rights money with FOX the SEC and ACC have not sold the value of that 9th conference game. The SEC might with CBS who wants to up content by a couple of games, or with whoever wins the bid. The Big 10 had that in their valuation for the last contract. The ACC won't approach that matter, unless voluntarily, until 2037.

2. Sankey has come out against CFP expansion period.

Some other reasons the ACC and SEC stuck with 8 games

There are 4 instra-state battles between the ACC and SEC played every year.

Florida-FSU
Ga-GT
Clem-South Car
Ky- Lou

Plus the ACC has 5 teams play Notre Dame every year

So, for example in a year when GT plays Notre Dame, they already have 10 P5 opponents. If the ACC went to 9 conference games, then the year they play Notre Dame, they would have 11 P5 opponents. Not the end of the world, I guess, but I guess I can understand why the ACC especially stuck with 8 conference games.