re: Espn: Sizing up the SEC resumes

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If you unduly pimp or take pride in confederacy, you shouldn't be surprised when others don't reciprocate your passions.

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Wtf...?



My point was, hypothetically, if Baylor and MSU switched poll positions and you ended up with Baylor (Texas), FSU (Florida), Auburn and Alabama (Alabama) this year. That's a fairly regional play off.

Then say next year, by some miracle, UF goes undefeated, Mizzou loses only one game to UF, UF beats the SECW in the SECCG, Texas wins the Big 12 and Miami wins the ACC. You could conceivably end up with UT (Texas), Mizzou (Missouri), UF and Miami (Florida) in a 4 team playoff.

How long would the rest of the country maintain interest (ie, turn on TVs and watch the games thereby generating revenue), while only teams from Texas, and the SEC/ACC keep playing for it all?

It doesn't have anything to do with the old confederacy except for geography. The SEC + Texas (throw in the ACC) is the South. If they continued to select teams from this region for the sake of some narrative, they would lose money.

Money drives the narrative, not the other way around. The narrative will be about how Big 10 and Pac 12 champions are so worthy of a chance to play for the NC - whether against a southern team, or against one another.