SEC, Big Ten officials to meet on CFP format, House case, scheduling agreement
“Most interesting among the expected topics is a football scheduling partnership for the regular season as well as a reimagined non-playoff bowl lineup featuring arranged matchups between the leagues. Conference schedule agreements are not unprecedented. The SEC, for example, is part of the annual ACC-SEC basketball challenge.
Such moves are expected to generate additional revenue to the leagues, presumably from television networks seeking matchups of the biggest brands in the sport. The two highest-rated college football games over the first four weeks of the season have been games between the two conferences: Texas-Michigan (9.19 million viewers) and USC-LSU (8.2 million).”
I would assume if we had to add a B1G noncon game every year we would drop Louisville, and also that if we had any choice we would go permanent Indiana.
Article goes on about the CFP and revenue/paying players, and of course a 9 game SEC schedule. Also some kind of postseason “overhaul” as non-CFP bowl agreements end in 2025. So some kind of SEC-B1G bowl challenge potentially, for bowl eligible teams that don’t make the playoff (i.e. us).
Basically this is the reality that the SEC and B1G are the Power 2, and that they’ve decided to work together moving forward.
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“Most interesting among the expected topics is a football scheduling partnership for the regular season as well as a reimagined non-playoff bowl lineup featuring arranged matchups between the leagues. Conference schedule agreements are not unprecedented. The SEC, for example, is part of the annual ACC-SEC basketball challenge.
Such moves are expected to generate additional revenue to the leagues, presumably from television networks seeking matchups of the biggest brands in the sport. The two highest-rated college football games over the first four weeks of the season have been games between the two conferences: Texas-Michigan (9.19 million viewers) and USC-LSU (8.2 million).”
I would assume if we had to add a B1G noncon game every year we would drop Louisville, and also that if we had any choice we would go permanent Indiana.
Article goes on about the CFP and revenue/paying players, and of course a 9 game SEC schedule. Also some kind of postseason “overhaul” as non-CFP bowl agreements end in 2025. So some kind of SEC-B1G bowl challenge potentially, for bowl eligible teams that don’t make the playoff (i.e. us).
Basically this is the reality that the SEC and B1G are the Power 2, and that they’ve decided to work together moving forward.
SEC, Big Ten officials to meet on CFP format, House case, scheduling agreement
Athletic directors from the two biggest conferences in college sports are meeting to discuss House settlement case, the future of the CFP format and a scheduling arrangement.
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