And that's a huge part of the problem. It gets even worse when you look some other SEC teams. With the SEC only playing 8 conference games, compared to the B1G/Pac-12's 9 game slate, there is a difference.Exodor wrote:In general I agree with your point but you overstated when you said "12 games" against quality opponents:msduncan wrote:In major conferences, you literally grind it out over 12 games against teams that physically match you and wear your team down. Injury, fatigue, and attrition play major roles.
Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic and Western Carolina.
Really?
I'm more in favor of an "all conference champs" + X wild cards, and wild cards have to play ON THE ROAD in the first round. So that way, if an SEC team doesn't win their conference but gets a wild card berth, they'll have to beat a Conference Champ on that champion's home field. Which would be a great game for College Football, IMHO, because many of the big boys won't travel to those schools and it would provide a once in a lifetime opportunity for them, and a unique opportunity for the Wild Cards to play in stadiums that they wouldn't normally ever see.
e.g. last year Alabama would have had to beat say TCU in Texas, or Oregon in Oregon to even get to the Championship game, whereas LSU would have been home to say Stanford or some other Wild Card kind of team.