I saw where the SEC's contract with the Sugar Bowl runs through 2026. What do you think is most likely to happen as it expires?

1. Renew with the Big XII as their partner conference

2. Renew and try to convince Sugar Bowl to add the ACC as the partner conference

3. Join the ACC with a direct tie in to the Orange Bowl

4. Sugar Bowl renews the SEC and leaves the other slot as an at-large position?

What is best for the Sugar Bowl? Surely it's to keep the SEC at all costs no matter who is lined up against them right?

Roles into an expanded playoff and there is no bowl there.

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I could see the Sugar getting SEC #2 and the Orange getting #1, though in reality, after the playoffs it's most likely 4/5 or even 5/6.

An at large makes the most sense. There are enough other "major" games with the ACC and Big 10.

Second would be sticking with the Big 12 at least until the ACC GOR ends and another round of realignment begins. And OK-OK State Sugar Bowl matchup or a Texas/Tech matchup could be lots of fun if those aren't rematches.

Could still get Missouri-Kansas, and some other solid matchups.

Sugar should get SEC West
Orange should get SEC East

(08-24-2021 11:17 AM)solohawks Wrote:  Sugar should get SEC West
Orange should get SEC East

Well that's an interesting idea I haven't thought of. Assuming the ACC survives past 2035 and keeps the Orange Bowl.

Will depend on nature of expanded playoffs.

(08-24-2021 11:32 AM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  

(08-24-2021 11:17 AM)solohawks Wrote:  Sugar should get SEC West
Orange should get SEC East

Well that's an interesting idea I haven't thought of. Assuming the ACC survives past 2035 and keeps the Orange Bowl.

If the ACC is knocked out, does that mean there's no one left for the SEC to fight for supremecy?

I think it will play out like this:
SEC Champ - Sugar Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or at-large opponent
ACC Champ - Orange Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or at-large opponent
PAC-12 Champ or Big Ten Champ - Rose Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or playing each other
PAC-12, Big Ten, or G5/L8 Champ - Cotton Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or at-large opponent

(08-24-2021 11:57 AM)GoBuckeyes1047 Wrote:  I think it will play out like this:
SEC Champ - Sugar Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or at-large opponent
ACC Champ - Orange Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or at-large opponent
PAC-12 Champ or Big Ten Champ - Rose Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or playing each other
PAC-12, Big Ten, or G5/L8 Champ - Cotton Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or at-large opponent

Close.

Rose Bowl: Pac-12 Champ vs Big Ten champ
Cotton/Fiesta/Peach: 1st Round winner vs 1st Round winner.

(08-24-2021 11:57 AM)GoBuckeyes1047 Wrote:  I think it will play out like this:
SEC Champ - Sugar Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or at-large opponent
ACC Champ - Orange Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or at-large opponent
PAC-12 Champ or Big Ten Champ - Rose Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or playing each other
PAC-12, Big Ten, or G5/L8 Champ - Cotton Bowl vs. 1st Round CFP winner or at-large opponent

Modify that and have Fiesta alternate with Cotton for that QF spot and a SF spot. Peach and a 7th bowl alternate between being eastern Semi and the 7th “access” bowl for stray Power champs or #13 vs. #14.

(08-24-2021 09:58 AM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I saw where the SEC's contract with the Sugar Bowl runs through 2026. What do you think is most likely to happen as it expires?

1. Renew with the Big XII as their partner conference

2. Renew and try to convince Sugar Bowl to add the ACC as the partner conference

3. Join the ACC with a direct tie in to the Orange Bowl

4. Sugar Bowl renews the SEC and leaves the other slot as an at-large position?

What is best for the Sugar Bowl? Surely it's to keep the SEC at all costs no matter who is lined up against them right?

If the Rose Bowl gets their preferences, first best for the Sugar Bowl is the be an annual QF bowl on NYD.

Given that, to preferentially have the SEC champ when compatible with seeding.

Thing is, the amount of time between the NYD QF and a weeknight NCG time slot after NFL Wild Card Weekend is tight in some years. In those years, if you have SF on weeknights the week before, you would rather have two QF going into the first game the Saturday after Christmas, and two QF on NYD feeding into the second, so the semifinalists in each game have the same number of rest days.

And then in those years, if the Rose Bowl has the Big10 champ that is third, the seeding would put the #2 conference champion in the Sugar Bowl.

In years with more time on the calendar, where rest time before the SF is less of an issue, the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl can all be on NYD, and if it's the P4 hosting the QFs, the SEC can be in the Sugar, the ACC in the Orange, and the PAC12 or BigTen, depending on the rotation, in the Rose Bowl.