The SEC gets so much **** for having only 8 conference games, but it helps them immensely to avoid more guaranteed losses for their teams. They're actually the smart ones playing the game to benefit themselves. Under the current system they would be stupid to go to 9 games.
2024 Big 12 Championship Game Projections
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But in turn can lead to circle of wins/loses like we have this year, where there's a legit chance for a 6 way tie at first place. Two teams are going to be pissed they got left out because of the 8 games, instead of 9 playing it all out.
With 8 conference games, half the teams will receive 1 less loss. This makes your SOS look better because of that. ESPN didn't make the SEC go to 8 games as part of the TV package because the teams get tons of ratings gs against trash teams. Big 12 needed 9 conference games as those drive higher rati is for the conference.
If the Big 12 could switch to 8 conference games they should do it in a heartbeat.
We could actually have virtual divisions that rotate each year. Have 4 pods of geographical interest and just rotate them so that we don't go through a three year cycle without seeig a team.
For Example: Western Pod (ASU, UA, BYU and Utah), Big 8 Pod (KU, KSU, ISU and Colorado), Texas Pod (TT, UH, BU and TCU) and Easternish Pod (UCF, WVU, UC and OSU) with Divisions X and Y:
2025: Division X would be Western + Big 8 pods
2026: Division X would be Western + Texas pods
2027: Division X would be Western + Eastern pods
So, those 8 teams would play each other + have 1 game randomly assigned each year from the other virtual division matching #1 vs. #01, #2 vs. #2, etc. based on the previous year's record.
So, every team would play every other team at least once every three years and add a bit of fun wiht the random game each year. Something like that anyway.
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It's about the conference, not the individual teams. They're still getting more teams in by playing 8 games instead of 9.
I thought of that. Just trying to keep the Texas teams together. Plus, with my model, that is only 8 games a year, so we could have two random games based on ranking fro the other virtual division with the first one being #01 vs. #01, etc., and the other being high to low for #1 vs. #8, #2 vs. #7, etc.
Also seems like if im understanding correctly from the people a lot smarter than me. Priority 1. would be a KU win and then if we can get a OK State win over Tech that would go a long way no matter who wins the BYU/ASU game.
Someone please correct me if Im wrong.
Probably ASU, we would lose a tie breaker with Colorado if it was a 2-way tie except if Tech loses to either OSU or WVU in the next 2 games. I haven’t found a scenario where we are out of the championship game with 3 or 4-way tie for first place.
Correct...
Have fun playing with the different scenarios and giving yourself a conniption:
mred's Big 12 FB Standings Generator
Big 12 Conference Football Standings with Tiebreakers
bball.notnothing.net
Oh I certainly have been. Substitute teaching and got the whole class working on scenarios!
eh, it'd put more teams at 3 loses instead of 1-2. The SEC will basically always get 4, but in a year like this they could have 6. However, just not enough spots for that. What do you say to Ole Miss who beat UGA, have two loses and don't make the playoff? Darn should have played more conference games.
I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.
It's pretty simple, less conference games means less conference losses, which is an obvious benefit for the conference. They're the smart ones. If there's no rules against it the less conference games you play the better for the conference in terms of number of teams making the playoffs.
They won all four non-conference games... replace one of those with a conference game that they win. What's the difference?
They're #9 in the CFP currently. So long as they win in the Swamp and don't completely sleepwalk into the Egg Bowl, they'll be in the playoff, despite piling on against 4 cupcakes in their non-con. Seems to be working pretty well for them. What point are you trying to prove?
