http://espn.go.com/college-football...coach-proposes-big-ten-sec-football-challenge
Interesting concept. I'd be up for it.
Interesting concept. I'd be up for it.
Link: 'Big 10/SEC' interleague play per bret bielema
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I like Bielema's plan but it would be hard to coordinate. Richt makes a very good point about the FCS schools needing the "money" game to keep their programs going.
So, in other words, Arky would never be playing an OSU or Michigan St. I think Brett feels like he'd have a better chance of picking up a win against whoever his corresponding middle-of-the-pack Big 10 opponent would be than playing a top-shelf team like Toledo. But, win or lose, he still gets to pound his chest and say, "Hey, we played a Big 10 Team!"
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Here I was thinking Alabama played one of the best Big 10 teams this year.
But the idea really is dreadful. If he can get the top SEC teams and the top Big 10 teams to play each other, who is likely to benefit the most? The teams in the middle tier.
A team is only going to move up so far with a win, but they can fall pretty far with a loss.
But the idea really is dreadful. If he can get the top SEC teams and the top Big 10 teams to play each other, who is likely to benefit the most? The teams in the middle tier.
A team is only going to move up so far with a win, but they can fall pretty far with a loss.
So Alabama has to play one of the best coaches and programs in the nation every year and Arkansas gets to play Minnesota?
Sounds like a great plan for ya Bert.
Sounds like a great plan for ya Bert.
We played Wisconsin this year.
I say...let schools do their own scheduling.
Arkansas doesn't have an annual rivalry with an out of conference team. I doubt those teams would go for this idea.
I say...let schools do their own scheduling.
Arkansas doesn't have an annual rivalry with an out of conference team. I doubt those teams would go for this idea.
The new thing to do is to pick fights for other teams and other conferences.
Of course we can do it to. I think Ohio State should have to play Oklahoma and Florida State every year. It just sounds like a good idea to me and would make up for their otherwise soft schedule.
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Who would the barn play? Is there a Big10 team with a Heisman caliber QB picked to win the conference? That would not be fair to the barn because they really should be paired with a 5 or 6 win team.
So we would end up playing Ohio St. or Michigan every year on top of our SEC schedule that is already handicapped with opponent bye weeks, No Thanks.
It's healthy for the entire infrastructure that we share a little wealth with them imo. It's a long season, and no matter what coach says, we can use this game to tweak and work on our intermediate passing game.
I don't give a darn about floating FCS programs. Pure and simple. I'm only critical of this mainly because I think Bert is just trying to landmine his competitors while he draws Minnesota and Indiana.
I don't agree with this exact idea, but I do enjoy the premise.
I think every power 5 conference should require their teams to play at least 1 power 5 conference opponent.
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I think every power 5 conference should require their teams to play at least 1 power 5 conference opponent.
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I don't care about those programs, but I do care about Alabama. They can use the rest, this is the second year in a row that Alabama has (by far) the toughest schedule of the contenders. There's no need for anything that automatically makes it more difficult.
Actually, it might be an decent idea. Do it on opening day and have it be a neutral site game. It would have to be that because if you switch opponents for the next year, it wouldn't be fair to the teams that were on the road the first year. They might have to have a different opponent making a return visit to their place.
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