Other than the name change, what is the difference for the fans of the expanding conference? For those on the outside I can see some suffering as traditional fall schedules will be gone, but at the end of the day it will still be great college football.
Don’t tell me that the left outs won’t be able to schedule decent teams. One look at the “tough SEC’s” non conference schedules gives plenty of evidence that there are plenty of schools like Northwestern college of computer geeks and St Mary’s school for the nerds that they can schedule as long as the SEC doesn’t mind someone copying their model...
Go Huskies!
One of the things that make college football great are the pagentry, the rivalries, and the traditions. The rivalries and traditions are being tossed right under the bus in favor of a big payday.
One look at the “tough SEC’s” non conference schedules gives plenty of evidence that there are plenty of schools like Northwestern college of computer geeks and St Mary’s school for the nerds that they can schedule as long as the SEC doesn’t mind someone copying their model...
The SEC isn't alone in prefering easy out-of-coference schedules. But if that's all you want then why should Alabama or LSU want to be in the SEC to begin with? Imagine what their record over the last few years would be if all they did was schedule the Northwestern college of computer geeks and St Mary’s school for the nerds of the world?