Jon Joseph Moderator No. 1 Share Posted Tuesday at 07:11 PM B1G Commissioner, Tony Petitti, after hip surgery, not being able to attend the PO format discussion meetings in person, is symbolic of the injury the SEC wants to hand to the B1G. Big Ten, SEC stalemate headlines College Football Playoff meetings with strength-of-schedule metrics in focus - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The two most powerful conferences in the country may now be on opposing sides as deadline nears Fortunately, writers at CBS Sports and The Athletic see through the SEC Commissioner, Greg Sankey's, duplicitous PO format 180. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 2 Share Posted Thursday at 03:16 PM B1G fans rate this article a solid: DUH! College football fans are growing tired of the SEC's authority in College Football Playoff changes STORMININNORMAN.COM College football world reacts to CFP chaos I wonder what ointment his dermatologist prescribes for the bruises covering Greg Sankey's breast? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 3 Share Posted Thursday at 03:35 PM Injury Reporting and Player Availability should be required for all teams for the entire season. OK, maybe not D3 teams? College Football Playoff will require teams to provide player availability reports beginning with 2025 season - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The CFP will follow in the footsteps of the Big Ten and SEC 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 4 Share Posted Thursday at 04:00 PM One of these things is not like the others: Honest Abe, George 'I Cannot Tell a Lie' Washington, Greg Sankey. College Football Playoff format talks go back to drawing board as SEC gains momentum to keep 8-game schedule - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Newly proposed metrics could work in the SEC's favor as it looks to avoid a nine-game slate Will the B1G's Tony Petitti pull a Larry Scott and let Sankey and the SEC get away with this crud? I'd rather see the B1G exercise its 'veto power' and stay with a 12-team PO. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 5 Share Posted Thursday at 04:34 PM On 6/19/2025 at 9:00 AM, Jon Joseph said: I'd rather see the B1G exercise its 'veto power' and stay with a 12-team PO. Absolutely. All this huffing and puffing from the SEC to preserve its sacred 8 game schedule. To the rest of the football world the 8 games is the Scarlet Letter, to the SEC it's the S on Superman's cape. Bring on the Kryptonite, B1G! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 6 Share Posted Thursday at 04:45 PM CFB Format change held up because of a beef between the B1G and the SEC, Naturally? What's holding up CFP expansion? SEC and Big Ten are at a potential impasse on these key issues SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Keeping the playoff at its current 12-team format is a grim reality for some, but it’s a possibility, perhaps even a probability as negotiations creep closer to the Dec. 1 deadline. The PO staying at 12 is better for the B1G than a 16-team field with an 11-5 format. Did the author of this article not get the memo that the Advisory Board member SEC was on board with automatic qualifiers before sucker-punching the B1G? The SEC using ESPN's FPI data to justify staying at 8 conference games is laughable for anyone with the slightest clue. The 2025 FPI preseason ranking has 13 SEC teams in its top 25. If need be, Commissioner Petitti, use a B1G veto and stay at 12 teams. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 7 Share Posted Thursday at 04:49 PM On 6/19/2025 at 12:34 PM, 30Duck said: Absolutely. All this huffing and puffing from the SEC to preserve its sacred 8 game schedule. To the rest of the football world the 8 games is the Scarlet Letter, to the SEC it's the S on Superman's cape. Bring on the Kryptonite, B1G! Thank you, friend 30, for honing in on today's most important college football issue, a possible revision to the playoff format that means hundreds of millions of dollars. Tony Petitti cannot allow the B1G to be sucker punched by the duplicitous Greg Sankey. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 8 Share Posted Thursday at 04:54 PM Bret Bielema, who coached in the SEC, Gets It! Can't Wait For Saturday Illinois coach making the right points on CFP SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Jun. 19—*** In a Chicago media blitz on Tuesday, Illinois football coach Bret Bielema made two very good points. First, he wants to see the College Football Playoff expanded to 16 teams when the... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDuck Moderator No. 9 Share Posted Thursday at 09:05 PM How Big Ten, SEC must compromise for next College Football Playoff expansion How Big Ten, SEC must compromise for next College Football Playoff expansion WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM It appears the Big Ten and SEC need to negotiate on what the next era of the College Football Playoff will look like. Here's where they should start. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 10 Share Posted Thursday at 10:18 PM How the SEC can compromise with the Big Ten Go to nine conference games Penn State will get a new uniform first. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 11 Share Posted yesterday at 01:54 PM The 5-11 Model is Best for the ACC and B12. Thank goodness CFB has experts like Nicole Auerbach to help us out. However, Hats Off to the Big 12 for joining the B1G in not supporting the 5-11 format unless the SEC plays 9 conference games. (The ACC and the Pac-8? Who Cares?) National writer says SEC interest in 5+11 CFP model best for ACC CANESWARNING.COM In an article updating the stalled talks between the Big 10 and SEC regarding college football playoff expansion, Nicole Auerbach of NBC Sports says the 5+11 mo Greg Sankey and the SEC using the ESPN FPI rankings to support its superior strength of schedule isn't biased. After all, 'Baghdad Bob,' currently writing Op-Ed pieces for the National Enquirer, believes that It Just Means More !, and that Spanky, er, Sankey, is Spot On! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 12 Share Posted yesterday at 02:03 PM Bama Hammer Uses the FPI Strength of Record Stats to Support the SEC's Playing an 8 Game Gauntlet Like No Other!" Big Ten and SEC misperceptions block progress to an expanded CFB Playoff format BAMAHAMMER.COM Negotiations stalled this week on a new CFB Playoff format for 2026 and beyond. The debate goes back years. The words now being used to describe it are stalemat Shocking! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 13 Share Posted yesterday at 05:49 PM This is just ridiculous. Last year after Bama lost to Okie and Vandy it was horrific, world as we know it ending! But now the SEC is using the Bama L's to show how STRONG the SEC is. In the words of Les Nessman, winner of 5 Buckeye News Hawk Awards, "Give me a break!" Oregon is not going to lose to Purdue, or Northwestern, or Rutgers, or Maryland...but if they did somehow, should they schedule Texas State in Weak 11? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike West No. 14 Share Posted 11 hours ago On 6/20/2025 at 10:49 AM, 30Duck said: This is just ridiculous. Last year after Bama lost to Okie and Vandy it was horrific, world as we know it ending! But now the SEC is using the Bama L's to show how STRONG the SEC is. In the words of Les Nessman, winner of 5 Buckeye News Hawk Awards, "Give me a break!" Oregon is not going to lose to Purdue, or Northwestern, or Rutgers, or Maryland...but if they did somehow, should they schedule Texas State in Weak 11? Yep, They're trying to claim 5-3 in the SEC is like going 11-1 in the ACC or Big 12. Funny how South Carolina, one of those bubble teams, almost always loses to a real playoff contender in Clemson. Any guess why the SEC rarely schedules OOC teams capable of defeating them? It's a joke. The SEC has leverage because their fans are far more glued to their games than the rest of the country. Let's be real though. Illinois beat South Carolina. Michigan outclassed Bama. It's been that way during bowl season for years. But somehow, the SEC really believes they are deeper than the B1G. Show us in the regular season SEC. Tuck away your two to three games that gets you closer to 10 wins and play OOC teams that are threats to your record. I didn't see Illinois and Michigan pulling upsets last year, but I'm not surprised given that the vaunted SEC schedule only confirms they play each other tough because they're so familiar with each other. All the SEC has done is proven their propaganda narrative works. It doesn't hold up in the postseason - but it sure works wonders in the regular season. I still remember Les Miles calling out Pete Carrol the year they shared a title. But he didn't dare schedule him. Because ole Pete owned the SEC. And Miles knew it. Right now, the middle of the B1G is clearly as deep as the SEC. After all USC did defeat LSU last year didn't they? That's why the SEC avoids competition in the regular season. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 15 Share Posted 4 hours ago On 6/21/2025 at 5:03 AM, Mike West said: Yep, They're trying to claim 5-3 in the SEC is like going 11-1 in the ACC or Big 12. Funny how South Carolina, one of those bubble teams, almost always loses to a real playoff contender in Clemson. Any guess why the SEC rarely schedules OOC teams capable of defeating them? It's a joke. The SEC has leverage because their fans are far more glued to their games than the rest of the country. Let's be real though. Illinois beat South Carolina. Michigan outclassed Bama. It's been that way during bowl season for years. But somehow, the SEC really believes they are deeper than the B1G. Show us in the regular season SEC. Tuck away your two to three games that gets you closer to 10 wins and play OOC teams that are threats to your record. I didn't see Illinois and Michigan pulling upsets last year, but I'm not surprised given that the vaunted SEC schedule only confirms they play each other tough because they're so familiar with each other. All the SEC has done is proven their propaganda narrative works. It doesn't hold up in the postseason - but it sure works wonders in the regular season. I still remember Les Miles calling out Pete Carrol the year they shared a title. But he didn't dare schedule him. Because ole Pete owned the SEC. And Miles knew it. Right now, the middle of the B1G is clearly as deep as the SEC. After all USC did defeat LSU last year didn't they? That's why the SEC avoids competition in the regular season. Thanks, Mike. 7th-place B1G finisher SC also defeated A+M last season in bookend victories over the SEC. But, according to the SEC media, What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas. Michigan is 4-3 all-time vs The Tide. The first win was a 28-24 victory in 1987 with Demetrious Brown playing QB for the Wolverines. In 2000, Michigan defeated Bama in the Orange Bowl, with some guy named Tom Brady throwing for a college career high 369 yards. On its way to a Natty, Michigan sent Saint Nick out of coaching with a 27-20 OT victory in the Rose Bowl. Last season, with many 2024 top draft choices sitting out, Michigan defeated an all-hands-on-deck Bama, 19- 13 in the RQ Bowl. In 2024, Michigan's passing 'attack' was superior only to Army and Navy. 1st round draft pick Bama QB Jalen Milroe went 0-2 against Michigan. And as you noted, PO screwed over 9-3 South Carolina lost its bowl game against 9-3 Illinois. Two of Illinois's losses came on the road at No. 1 Oregon and No. 4 Penn State, but Tony Petitti and the ESPN talking heads did not mention that Illinois was screwed over. Using ESPN's F(radulent) P(ower) I(ndex) to support an 8-game conference schedule being the hardest gauntlet in CFB is a self-fulfilling joke. When the FPI ranks 13 SEC teams, 82.50% of the conference in the top 25, you're probably going to have a pretty good in-conference strength of schedule. Don't you just hate it when facts get in the way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woundedknees No. 16 Share Posted 4 hours ago Greg S(k)ankey... Hmmm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 17 Share Posted 4 hours ago On 6/21/2025 at 8:48 AM, Jon Joseph said: Using ESPN's F(radulent) P(ower) I(ndex) to support an 8-game conference schedule being the hardest gauntlet in CFB is a self-fulfilling joke. When the FPI ranks 13 SEC teams, 82.50% of the conference in the top 25, you're probably going to have a pretty good in-conference strength of schedule. Don't you just hate it when facts get in the way? Please B1G, stand up. The last thing Sankey, the SEC, ESPN want is what's best for the game. Force their hand, make the SEC follow the rules like the other conferences do. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 18 Share Posted 1 hour ago USA Today calls out the SEC - Stop the Cupcake Scheduling If SEC wants more College Football Playoff respect, it's time to dump cupcake games WWW.USATODAY.COM The SEC keeps finding new reasons to not add a ninth conference game. OK, then how about adding another good non-conference game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 19 Share Posted 48 minutes ago The SEC wants to have their cupcakes and eat it too. The article suggests, 'fine, 8 conference games' but how about scheduling a team with some meat on the bone, maybe Illinois instead of Eastern Illinois, or at least Kansas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
