SEC Open Thread

[Free Manera]

I don't know enough about the economics of the conferences (i.e. who is making the money and wants to maintain the status quo), but it seems like they just don't make sense in the current era of college football.

Conference championships are basically a hindrance now with the expanded playoffs, the geography is batshit crazy, and everybody makes their own rules and bitches about the next conference over.

It seems like they protect the bottom feeders of the conference through revenue sharing but other than that I don't see a strong argument to keeping them around in this format.

 

[zelezo vlk]

I don’t know why I find this so funny

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I don't know enough about the economics of the conferences (i.e. who is making the money and wants to maintain the status quo), but it seems like they just don't make sense in the current era of college football.

Conference championships are basically a hindrance now with the expanded playoffs, the geography is batshit crazy, and everybody makes their own rules and bitches about the next conference over.

It seems like they protect the bottom feeders of the conference through revenue sharing but other than that I don't see a strong argument to keeping them around in this format.

The geography batshit crazy for football, for sure, and football is the reason all of this realignment is happening. Well, that and money.

Now imagine what it is like for the rest of the sports, men and women.

This is the one part of it I don't understand and do not like. I always thought the primary factor of conferences was that the teams were grouped regionally/geographically, which thus begat the rivalries. Penn State and Nebraska were thought to be a bridge too far when they joined the Big Ten. Now you have four Pacific Coast schools in the mix.

I think everything is going to rest on the blue bloods doing well and making money regardless. That is always going to keep the sport relevant and have asses in seats and eyes on screens watching.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

At some point, you'd don't have a conference, but a crowd.

I saw a good analogy on another board in that the conference expansion is like the craft brewery boom 10 years ago. It was new and exciting, and now, consumers are generally over it and are opting for basic beers as opposed to your avant-garde IPA/Sours/Pastry Stouts/etc.

Depends on if the ACC starts to scatter.

But otherwise, I agree and like the analogy.

 

[dublinirish]

 

[IRISHDODGER]

The geography batshit crazy for football, for sure, and football is the reason all of this realignment is happening. Well, that and money.

Now imagine what it is like for the rest of the sports, men and women.

This is the one part of it I don't understand and do not like. I always thought the primary factor of conferences was that the teams were grouped regionally/geographically, which thus begat the rivalries. Penn State and Nebraska were thought to be a bridge too far when they joined the Big Ten. Now you have four Pacific Coast schools in the mix.

I think everything is going to rest on the blue bloods doing well and making money regardless. That is always going to keep the sport relevant and have asses in seats and eyes on screens watching.

This. Can you imagine playing baseball/softball or an Olympic sport that requires your team on the west coast to travel during the school week across the country to play Maryland or Rutgers?!

 

[irishu]

Every time I see Haynes King I think of our old friend Tommy

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

This. Can you imagine playing baseball/softball or an Olympic sport that requires your team on the west coast to travel during the school week across the country to play Maryland or Rutgers?!

And the part for those sports you've mentioned that people forget is that it really is about the education for them. There is no NFL or NBA.

 

[dublinirish]

Ex-Vols football coach Dooley running for Senate

Former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley has thrown his hat in the ring for the 2026 Republican bid for U.S. Senate to represent Georgia.

www.espn.com

"Professional politicians like Jon Ossoff are the problem," Dooley said in a two-minute launch video. "Lawlessness, open season on the border, inflation everywhere, woke stuff, that's what they represent. We need new leadership in Georgia. That's why I'm running for Senate."

lol fail upwards buddy

 

[DCDomer]

Hopefully he can manage a budget better than a game clock.

 

[dublinirish]

 

[DCDomer]

 

[forkbeard3777]

7-part? Seems needlessly excessive, no? If it was his entire tenure (Michigan State, LSU, Miami Dolphins, and Alabama), I'd get it...

Prick had no business raising the trophy in 2011.

 

[IrishSpartan]

So is this John Mateer gambling thing real?

 

[zelezo vlk]

It seems far more likely that his Venmo descriptions were for the purpose of jokes

 

[IrishLax]

So is this John Mateer gambling thing real?

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Who labels their Venmo transactions "sports gambling"? If true, at minimum, the guy isn't very smart.

 

[dublinirish]

Who labels their Venmo transactions "sports gambling"? If true, at minimum, the guy isn't very smart.

 

[Rockin’Irish]

Who labels their Venmo transactions "sports gambling"? If true, at minimum, the guy isn't very smart.

He said it was an inside joke between him and some friends.

 

[fightingirish26]

Yeah I mean I don't think I've ever accurately labeled a venmo transaction between a friend of mine, that's pretty typical behavior and I'd tend to believe Mateer here.

 

[dublinirish]

Working for Kirby is like Iraq maybe


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[dublinirish]

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[Irish#1]

 

[Irish#1]

Creative, but if I can't ask a question why waste the money?

Sooners selling news conference access to fans

Oklahoma is offering fans a chance to attend postgame news conferences, but it won't be cheap.

www.espn.com

 

[dublinirish]

Derek Jeter lookin ass

 

[Pete]

😂

 

[dublinirish]

Pretty soon NFL rejects will be playing on random college teams.

someone is gonna declare for NFL draft, go undrafted and sign with an NFL team then not make the 53 and then end up back in CFB somehow, its bound to happen

 

[zelezo vlk]

someone is gonna declare for NFL draft, go undrafted and sign with an NFL team then not make the 53 and then end up back in CFB somehow, its bound to happen

I think as of right now, you must willingly renounce eligibility to declare for the NFL Draft, Andrew Brandt has talked about this a bit on twitter especially when the Shemar Stewart stuff was going on a month ago.

 

[dublinirish]

I think as of right now, you must willingly renounce eligibility to declare for the NFL Draft, Andrew Brandt has talked about this a bit on twitter especially when the Shemar Stewart stuff was going on a month ago.

somebody is going to drag it through the courts someday to get back from being on an NFL team to getting back to CFB, even more likely if the schools withdraw from the NCAA and start their own governing body just for football