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So the big ten, one of if not the worst top-to-bottom conferences in college football, gets an automatic bye? Lol yep it's all about money and brand recognition. Wish we could play illinois, indiana, purdue, nebraska, northwestern, minnesota, and rutgers every week and have that pathetic weak schedule ignored by the media.
SEC, Big Ten would hold rights to first-round byes in new proposed CFP format
Such a concept — guaranteed byes for the Big Ten and SEC — is an unusual but somewhat expected maneuver from college football’s goliaths.
I know it's not breaking news or anything, but the level of greed and drive to tilt the playing field by the SEC and B1G is truly sickening.
Gundy's gotten quoted on this in a number of places the last few days and he's right: what they're proposing is simply not done anywhere in sports. Sonny Dykes took it further and said 'yeah, give Dallas a bye because they've got the most fans.'
Iowa is without a doubt on the chopping block of "unequal revenue share" they just don't know it yet. Oregon, Washington, tOSU, Michigan and Penn State will start that drumbeat within 18 months. Same is going to happen in SEC.
They carry the water for the sport in general, they make the most money, send the most players to the nfl. it only makes senseSEC, Big Ten would hold rights to first-round byes in new proposed CFP format
Such a concept — guaranteed byes for the Big Ten and SEC — is an unusual but somewhat expected maneuver from college football’s goliaths.
I know it's not breaking news or anything, but the level of greed and drive to tilt the playing field by the SEC and B1G is truly sickening.
Let them prove it on the field.
Nah, Oklahoma State at 12-1 would be.
When the real water carriers want the lion share it's going to suck for the teams outside the top 20 in viewership
You look at it from a different perspective than most of us. This all started when ESPN pushed the narrative forever that the SEC was the best conference. They were on tv more so they got the most money. Greed and corruption went unpunished. Fox countered by doing the something similar with the Big 10. Because networks pushed those two conferences, they got more money and corruption was largely ignored. The rich got rich and the hell with everyone else. Then what used to be corruption became allowed. That is what brought us to where we are today. Now with the playoff expanding and talk of finally including almost every team in one way or another, those two conferences want an easier path to the title. Why should they get that? Let them earn it on the field. Equal rules for everyone.
What I posted is an explanation of how it got to that point. What was football history like prior to ESPN pushing their agenda about the SEC being great.
The reason this doesn't hold up is the same reason pro sports have revenue sharing. If you have a handful of teams with a competetive advantage you will limit the amount of viewers interested in the sport. Futhermore both conferences want to scale the revenue in their conference. Pro football has already figured this out maybe semi pro football thinks they can reinvent the wheel.
Facts also show every single blueblood program has their 10-15 year dry spell too. Happy to list those for you.
