Should B1G go back to playing FCS?

[kburjr]

Don't need to drop anybody. Play better teams OOC.

I apy approx $50 per game for season tickets, I don't want those games being against Utah ST and Illinois ST. Give me Washington and Notre Dame.

 

[Great Dayne]

What the BIG really needs to do is...

1.) Have a majority of the committee members have ties to the BIG instead of the SEC
2.) Play community college teams a week before their final BIG game just like the SEC
3.) Play only neutral games with top P5 programs but only on neutral sites and have those neutral sites closer to your home
4.) Have 10 year big time contracts with the four major influencers in the media on TV and online so they control the narrative
5.) Cut down the in conference games to 8

 

[Great Dayne]

Don't need to drop anybody. Play better teams OOC.

Well, for me not to drop Illinois they would have to drop the cancer that is Lovie Smith. Dude is trash and is holding down the West. Ever other team has either an already really good to great team or at least has promise with a new young good head coach. He's an old washed up never hasbeen.

 

[kburjr]

Well, for me not to drop Illinois they would have to drop the cancer that is Lovie Smith. Dude is trash and is holding down the West. Ever other team has either an already really good to great team or at least has promise with a new young good head coach. He's an old washed up never hasbeen.

Whatever. Enjoy beating his ass every year then. The bottom line is to quit playing for the CFP and just playing against the best teams you can schedule. The CFP will take care of itself. There are no hard rules on how to make the playoffs. There are hard rules on how to make the CCG. That is what you aim for not some invitation.

 

[Great Dayne]

Whatever. Enjoy beating his ass every year then. The bottom line is to quit playing for the CFP and just playing against the best teams you can schedule. The CFP will take care of itself. There are no hard rules on how to make the playoffs. There are hard rules on how to make the CCG. That is what you aim for not some invitation.

Irrelevant who you play if the CFP is rigged for the SEC it doesn't matter who we play since making it a step further than Bama doesn't mean anything. You have to get more BIG representation in the CFP. It's all about politics and not about winning as Bama proved.

 

[kburjr]

Irrelevant who you play if the CFP is rigged for the SEC it doesn't matter who we play since making it a step further than Bama doesn't mean anything. You have to get more BIG representation in the CFP. It's all about politics and not about winning as Bama proved.

If it truly rigged, which I laugh at the notion, them fuck em. Even more reason not to play for it.

 

[kburjr]

Irrelevant who you play if the CFP is rigged for the SEC it doesn't matter who we play since making it a step further than Bama doesn't mean anything. You have to get more BIG representation in the CFP. It's all about politics and not about winning as Bama proved.

And, you can look at it this way. The B1G Ten took home more money from the bowls than the SEC did. They can have the trophy, I'l take the extra $5 million

 

[handicappers]

lol at thinking the playoffs are rigged for the SEC.

Derp

 

[Great Dayne]

If it truly rigged, which I laugh at the notion, them fuck em. Even more reason not to play for it.

An unbiased committee would have Wisconsin in over Bama. Wisconsin won one more game, had the better win and a better quality loss with a similar overall SOS.

Not playing doesn't fix this system. If enough teams continue to get robbed over time there will be significant changes in this garbage/flawed system.

 

[Great Dayne]

And, you can look at it this way. The B1G Ten took home more money from the bowls than the SEC did. They can have the trophy, I'l take the extra $5 million

Meh, They got 2.6 billion from TV contracts that extra 5 mil is just snack money for the kids. Winning the entire thing is more important overall than the straight up cash homie.

 

[kburjr]

An unbiased committee would have Wisconsin in over Bama. Wisconsin won one more game, had the better win and a better quality loss with a similar overall SOS.

Not playing doesn't fix this system. If enough teams continue to get robbed over time there will be significant changes in this garbage/flawed system.

Maybe, but I'll still take the $27.5 million for being in the Orange Bowl. And I didn't say refuse to play in it, but refuse to set my season up to try and win a spot. You cannot win a spot, it's an invitational. You can win a spot in the CCG. Play to make your team stronger for the conference season and quit scheduling G5 teams

 

[kburjr]

Meh, They got 2.6 billion from TV contracts that extra 5 mil is just snack money for the kids. Winning the entire thing is more important overall than the straight up cash homie.

I can buy a lot of trophies with $5 million.

 

[7Samurai13]

What the BIG really needs to do is...

1.) Have a majority of the committee members have ties to the BIG instead of the SEC
2.) Play community college teams a week before their final BIG game just like the SEC
3.) Play only neutral games with top P5 programs but only on neutral sites and have those neutral sites closer to your home
4.) Have 10 year big time contracts with the four major influencers in the media on TV and online so they control the narrative
5.) Cut down the in conference games to 8

Michigan State played Notre Dame at home this year and got blown the fuck out.
Ohio State played Oklahoma at home this year and got thrown around.
If everyone is playing a community college the week before the end of the season, how is that an advantage? Nothing is stopping them from scheduling a G5 team that week. It’s only an advantage if their opponent is playing a quality team before hand.

 

[The Oldtimer]

No, we need to remove Rutgers, Indiana, Illinois and Purdue -- go to 10 teams, play all 9 and get rid of the divisions/championship game. Play a full round-robin season every year + 3 OOC games.

Why would you need to remove "Rutgers, Indiana, Illinois and Purdue". The SEC won't remove Kentucky, Vandy, Tennessee and Arkansas. The PAC 12 won't remove Oregon State, Colorado and Utah.

 

[rmilia1]

I'd prefer to go back to 8 conference games. Personally I'd rather lose the CCG over anything . It's only benefitted the league 1 time and has hurt it numerous times as it pertains to having a chance to play for a natty

 

[Great Dayne]

Michigan State played Notre Dame at home this year and got blown the fuck out.
Ohio State played Oklahoma at home this year and got thrown around.
If everyone is playing a community college the week before the end of the season, how is that an advantage? Nothing is stopping them from scheduling a G5 team that week. It’s only an advantage if their opponent is playing a quality team before hand.

Two teams losing wouldn't change that from being a strategy that works for SEC teams.
It's an advantage because the committee seems to punish those teams early for having weaker schedules and since these teams would save their weak team game later in the year it won't negatively affect their ranking as we seen this year with all the teams playing trash bye type games and virtually none of them really dropped at all plus it gives your starters a rest/break late in the year to heal up.

The BIG must play the SEC game but do it better. Pay these teams tons of cash to come to your crib in the second to last game. Rig the committee, have a monopoly over the TV and media, 8 in conference games, neutral sites close to your own home vs other P5 teams but not the best teams from those conferences (LSU, WSU, Va Tech, etc). Fight fire with fire man. If they want to play politics we will play some politics. The BIG has the money and the resources to do this so there's no excuses now.

 

[7Samurai13]

I'd prefer to go back to 8 conference games. Personally I'd rather lose the CCG over anything . It's only benefitted the league 1 time and has hurt it numerous times as it pertains to having a chance to play for a natty

We all know why you don’t like CCGs.

 

[kburjr]

I'd prefer to go back to 8 conference games. Personally I'd rather lose the CCG over anything . It's only benefitted the league 1 time and has hurt it numerous times as it pertains to having a chance to play for a natty

Which games are you referring to? This year is the only one I can remember where it was a win and your in scenario. Oh yeah, and 2015. Gotta go 13-0, baby and we didn't.

 

[rmilia1]

Which games are you referring to? This year is the only one I can remember where it was a win and your in scenario. Oh yeah, and 2015. Gotta go 13-0, baby and we didn't.

Yep those are the 2. Only year it helped was 2014.

 

[Great Dayne]

Why would you need to remove "Rutgers, Indiana, Illinois and Purdue". The SEC won't remove Kentucky, Vandy, Tennessee and Arkansas. The PAC 12 won't remove Oregon State, Colorado and Utah.

Honestly the teams he listed aren't terrible they just can't compete with the rest of the BIG right now. Indiana beat Virginia, Purdue went 7-6 won their bowl game and beat AZ and Mizzouri. Hell, Rutgers even competed with the Huskies for the first half. I do consider cutting ties with Illinois especially if they don't part ways with Illinois ASAP. People act like the bottom half of the BIG is trash but they're wrong since most of those teams won their OOCS games and won their bowl game.