re: Big Ten, Pac-12, ACC expected to formally announce alliance today

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Basically eliminate the SEC from having any attractive non-conference games.

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That would be a bad move, the SEC would say ok, I'll add Clemson, Florida State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, NC State, Virginia Tech, Kansas, and maybe Texas Tech or Virginia, get to 24 teams, play an entire 11 or 12 game SEC schedule and say f*ck your alliance

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If the Alliance voted against expanding the playoffs that work be a problem for the SEC. With 16 teams that will now include the best 2 of the Big 12 creates a lot of mouths to feed and only 4 spots at the table.

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Not really. The SEC is way more likely to get 2 out of the 4 in the playoff than 6 of 12. With only 2 spots available (of the 4), it really creates a problem for the other power 5 conferences. Delaying playoff expansion isn't as smart or strategic as they think.

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Not really. The SEC is way more likely to get 2 out of the 4 in the playoff than 6 of 12. With only 2 spots available (of the 4), it really creates a problem for the other power 5 conferences. Delaying playoff expansion isn't as smart or strategic as they think.

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Oh, I think getting 4-6 games in the playoffs is a big part of the SEC adding those two teams. The SEC is already getting two teams in the CFP and this would most likely screw every SEC school not named Alabama

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Sure they could. The 3 leagues have 40 schools plus Notre Dame and could replaces those leagues and round-robin games among the 3 leagues. Is it a Good idea? Who knows

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Obviously it can be done but it's just about as obvious that the outcome would be bad.

What we don't want is for college football to become just a regional sport. If the SEC takes Clemson and Florida State and the other conferences just become like the MAC or C-USA or AAC then college football will not be able to command the dollars for television and the bowl games and playoffs will suffer and eventually the revenue will go down.

Sure the SEC can become a super league but also just a minor league for the NFL and the rest of the country will stop following the SEC. I mean some SEC folks may dream of other games becoming quaint like Michigan and Ohio State becoming a version of Harvard-Yale, but the rest of the country will not make it a point to watch Alabama-Auburn or LSU-Alabama or Florida-Florida St if the games mean nothing to them. At best in Michigan, Illinois, and Pennsylvania the SEC becomes an appetizer for the NFL or the future equivalent of Bowling Green v Western Michigan in regards to viewing interest. ESPN isn't going to pay the same amount of dollars for the SEC when it becomes just a regional attraction.

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To play Devil's advocate here, the SEC can be labeled as top-heavy as well with Bama and LSU the only schools to win it all in the past decade.

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It's not about championships chief. It's about money and drawing power. The SEC has the most games that draw at least 4 million viewers in the last 6 years and now they're adding more with Texas and OU.

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It's not about championships chief. It's about money and drawing power. The SEC has the most games that draw at least 4 million viewers in the last 6 years and now they're adding more with Texas and OU.

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Yep, it's all about eyeballs and drawing power. Alliance members make up 10 of the top 15 schools (and nine of the top 10) with number of living alumni and in the case of the B1G schools on the list they are spread throughout the country, which is a huge reason why the B1G Network was able to sign carriage agreements with DirecTV, Dish and the major cable providers and the Pac 12 Network was unable to. SEC has the better football competition while the Alliance has the eyeballs, it will be an interesting battle for the TV $. Adding Texas to the SEC was huge in terms of living alumni and prestige.

The 15 Biggest College Alumni Networks in the U.S. (from 2017)

15. University of Florida
14. University of Illinois
13. University of Wisconsin
12. Texas A&M
11. New York University
10. Purdue University
9. University of Texas
8. Rutgers University
7. University of California- Berkeley
6. Ohio State
5. UCLA
4. Michigan State University
3. University of Michigan
2. Indiana University
1. Penn State University

LINK

Thanks Kevin Warren:

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The three conferences remain competitors in every sense but are committed to collaborating and providing thought leadership on various opportunities and challenges facing college athletics, including:

Student-athlete mental and physical health, safety, wellness and support

Strong academic experience and support

Diversity, equity and inclusion

Social justice

Gender equity

Future structure of the NCAA

Federal legislative efforts

Postseason championships and future formats

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half of those have absolutely no football following and thats even before we get into this isnt going to be one super conference with collectively negotiated media rights under a single banner

the pac 12 is still the pac 12. the B1G is still the B1G. they are just announcing that they will vote together on issues going forward and probably an agreement to not schedule the SEC in OOC going forward

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Alliance members make up 10 of the top 15 schools (and nine of the top 10) with number of living alumni and in the case of the B1G schools on the list they are spread throughout the country,

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You're on the right path but it's not about the number of alumni it's about the number of viewers a team can draw. Here's top teams that have drawn 4 million viewers in a game and the number of times.