re: Would you accept Notre Dame in the SEC?

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3 different teams won the NC
LSU 2023
Ole Miss 2022
Miss State 2021

3 different teams lost the NC
Florida 2023
Oklahoma 2022
Vanderbilt 2021

3 different teams finished tied for 3rd
Texas A&M 2022
Arkansas 2022
Texas 2021

2 different teams won a game in Omaha
Tennessee 2023
Auburn 2022

3 different teams made it to Super Regionals
South Carolina - 2023 SR
Kentucky - 2023 SR
Alabama - 2023 SR

1 different team might host this year
Georgia - RPI is 11th in 2024

That is 15 of 16 teams kicking arse since 2021.. so it can work out quite good despite how hard it is.. If you want to take Texas and OU out of the argument.. that is still 13 of 14 teams kicking arse..

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Like I said, the conference champion is pretty much guaranteed to be really damn good. And with the playoffs, multiple teams. It's not a question of if the conference itself will produce good teams, it will.

It's more about what it means for the individual teams. Like if you take the top12 teams in the country, then even though they are the best 12 teams, at least 1/3 of those teams is going to have a losing record. Even if every one of them could beat #13 and beyond no problem, they still have a losing record. They wouldn't be ranked, they wouldn't make the playoffs, they wouldn't make a bowl game.

Or worse, they beat each other up and you get 12 4 and 5 loss teams that all get left out.

Someone has to be the donkey. How many losing seasons can Texas take before it's like frick this? Your easy wins are gone. And I'm not picking on Texas here, it applies to all. More good teams you add, worse it gets.

Best way to help is OOC games and having a good variety of team strength. So it really needs to stay at 8 games max. Then you get 4 games to bring in more wins etc.

Things were pretty much perfect with 12 teams per conference and 8 game schedules.