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MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread: Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations

CaneinBroward said:
Lol Every game counts then give an excuse for why early season losses shouldn't matter.

Regular season games mean less than before. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it. It is better than what there was before for sure, but no system is perfect, including the 24 teams they will probably end up with.
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Early season losses matter. They determine seeding, and seeding is everything.

If you want to go back to a system where Miami can get snubbed from the playoffs multiple times, that's on you.

Every game means something.

And please don't pretend that LSU didn't win the national championship in 2007 with TWO losses. At a time when ONLY TWO TEAMS played for the National Championship.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
Early season losses matter. They determine seeding, and seeding is everything.

If you want to go back to a system where Miami can get snubbed from the playoffs multiple times, that's on you.

Every game means something.

And please don't pretend that LSU didn't win the national championship in 2007 with TWO losses. At a time when ONLY TWO TEAMS played for the National Championship.
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I am not. And I am not saying LSU didn't happen. The point is it was an extremely rare occurrence. It will happen EVERY year and therefore, games mean less.

****, we showed you can lose to Louisville and SMU and get a ticket to the dance. Thank God for it.
 
CaneinBroward said:
I am not. And I am not saying LSU didn't happen. The point is it was an extremely rare occurrence. It will happen EVERY year and therefore, games mean less.

****, we showed you can lose to Louisville and SMU and get a ticket to the dance. Thank God for it.
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And, again, nearly ever P4 conference will be playing NINE conference games, plus another P4 game.

It's not all about the size of the playoffs. All the best teams are playing all the best teams. If you call losing these games "mulligans", you are nuts.

The regular season should be the regular season. The regular season games should not be the playoffs, in and of themselves.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
And, again, nearly ever P4 conference will be playing NINE conference games, plus another P4 game.

It's not all about the size of the playoffs. All the best teams are playing all the best teams. If you call losing these games "mulligans", you are nuts.

The regular season should be the regular season. The regular season games should not be the playoffs, in and of themselves.
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Who said regular season games should be playoffs? I simply said regular season games mean less, which they do. Frankly, 8 teams should be the playoff. You can lose a game and it would be a mulligan for the most part.

If they go to 24, 2 losses would guarantee a spot in the playoffs. Too much in my opinion.

"But going to 24 would allow for better matchups so teams won't be afraid of losing a game OOC". Every conference already plays 9 conference games. The $EC & ACC mandate 1 OOC P4 team. Get B1G & Big XII will follow suit especially if they get dinged by the committee for it.

****, P4 just get together and come up with guidelines for all 4 conferences for scheduling, NIL, transfers, and all the other issues in college football today and be done with it.
 
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CaneinBroward said:
I am not. And I am not saying LSU didn't happen. The point is it was an extremely rare occurrence. It will happen EVERY year and therefore, games mean less.

****, we showed you can lose to Louisville and SMU and get a ticket to the dance. Thank God for it.
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What exactly is so horrible about losing to Louisville and SMU? Louisville finished 9-4. 3/4 losses were either in OT or came down to the wire against teams with winning records. They beat Big Bad SEC Kentucky 41-0. The same Kentucky team who gave plenty of other Big Bad SEC teams problems. They also beat James Madison who made the CFP whether or not it was justified. Louisville should have been ranked before our game and ranked to end the regular season. SMU was a CFP team last year and they also finished 9-4. We played like absolute dog**** against Louisville and still almost won. Did about the same against SMU with some of the ****tiest officiating you’ll ever see and lost in OT. I was praying to get SMU in the ACCCG and guarantee we’d have beat them by 30. **** them. **** the officials who handed them that game. And **** the ACC.

Tired of hearing about how “bad” our two losses were in 2025. Nothing but SEC/ESPN talking heads and their biased bull****. If nothing else Miami completely exposed the SEC facade as well as the entire BIG 10. 5 CFP teams, not a single win over a P4 team outside the SEC. No representation in the Natty.

And of course my favorite SEC team Missouri, who didn’t beat a single team .500 or better but was ranked the entire season with FOUR LOSSES!!!! Anyone claiming there ain’t a bias is just trolling at this point. But of course we’ll see SEC darlings like Texas, Alabama, and Georgia ranked ahead of us in the 2026 preseason Top 25 despite doing nothing significant on the gridiron since the start of the 12 team format
 
TheOriginalCane said:
The "importance" of the regular season becomes just as relevant, as your SEEDING will strongly impact your post-season success.

Thus, while the "one game" differential will be less-pronounced (i.e., teams with 3 or 4 losses may make it in), each game is still vitally important for seedings and matchups. You could lose in the first round, or advance to the finals, based on where you are seeded.

24 teams in the post-season playoffs is fantastic. Death to the worthless "bowl games".
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24 teams will only be beneficial to this program if it finds itself in the BIG or SEC. If not? Yikes. 8-4 Illinois and 7-5 Vanderbilt will be playing in the 24 team CFP over us and several other more deserving teams from the ACC or Big 12. That’s what the big wigs at ESPN and FOX want. We’re not their top customer and they will do whatever it takes to cater to the SEC and BIG.
 
LeanMeanOrangeGreen said:
What exactly is so horrible about losing to Louisville and SMU? Louisville finished 9-4. 3/4 losses were either in OT or came down to the wire against teams with winning records. They beat Big Bad SEC Kentucky 41-0. The same Kentucky team who gave plenty of other Big Bad SEC teams problems. They also beat James Madison who made the CFP whether or not it was justified. Louisville should have been ranked before our game and ranked to end the regular season. SMU was a CFP team last year and they also finished 9-4. We played like absolute dog**** against Louisville and still almost won. Did about the same against SMU with some of the ****tiest officiating you’ll ever see and lost in OT. I was praying to get SMU in the ACCCG and guarantee we’d have beat them by 30. **** them. **** the officials who handed them that game. And **** the ACC.

Tired of hearing about how “bad” our two losses were in 2025. Nothing but SEC/ESPN talking heads and their biased bull****. If nothing else Miami completely exposed the SEC facade as well as the entire BIG 10. 5 CFP teams, not a single win over a P4 team outside the SEC. No representation in the Natty.

And of course my favorite SEC team Missouri, who didn’t beat a single team .500 or better but was ranked the entire season with FOUR LOSSES!!!! Anyone claiming there ain’t a bias is just trolling at this point. But of course we’ll see SEC darlings like Texas, Alabama, and Georgia ranked ahead of us in the 2026 preseason Top 25 despite doing nothing significant on the gridiron since the start of the 12 team format
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CaneinBroward said:
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What about what I said was inaccurate? Can you tell me why Missouri was ranked consistently throughout the year? What did they do on the field to deserve that? Louisville beat 2 CFP teams and finished the season unranked. Did Miami beat every SEC team it played? You betchya. Why are they still slurping SEC programs when none of them are any good? Might be worth mentioning the ACC had a winning record against the Big Bad SEC in 2025.
 
grover said:
I know it's not popular on here. But I prefer this too. The idea 24 will diminish interest in the regular season is crazy to me. While I agree it will make the ACCCG more or less irrelevant, Canes fans shouldn't care at all about that. The NCAA Basketball Tournament, which has 64 teams, has made that sport much more interesting to watch.
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The document stated that 2025 would’ve had 7 SEC teams, 6 Big Ten, 5 Big 12, three Acc, Notre dame, and two group of 6 teams. Only automatic qualifier would’ve been for the G6.

There are problems that arise on the backend like why is Iowa’s 8-4 better than anyone of SMU’s, Wake Forrest’s, or Pitt’s 8-4 given tha Iowa scheduled 2 out of conference cupcakes and one XII team while SMU had two XII opponents and Pitt played eleven p4+ND teams? Moreover, I feel like any of these teams in the playoffs alongside UVA, North Texas, Arizona, etc would’ve been unnecessarily included.

I dislike the first round bye for eight teams. I don’t know if it disvalues the regular season, but it seems like an odd aggregation for vs Alabama, Miami vs Iowa, Notre dame vs Arizona, etc matchups in the playoffs. A much better option would be to require 2 OOC p4 matchups from every team in the p4.

Now, add Texas, Utah, BYU, and notre dame to last year’s playoff dozen— and I see no major drop off compared with how eight more than that would dilute the field.

This appears to be the last year of twelve no matter what; the B1G stated they would prefer ‘27 & ‘28 be sixteen teams then ‘29 thru ‘31 expand to 24.


NJshoreCane said:
Also, the fight and hotel have always been on the school, no?
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I believe they’re referring to unofficial visits; which was supposed to be on the recruits’ dime.
 
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LeanMeanOrangeGreen said:
What about what I said was inaccurate? Can you tell me why Missouri was ranked consistently throughout the year? What did they do on the field to deserve that? Louisville beat 2 CFP teams and finished the season unranked. Did Miami beat every SEC team it played? You betchya. Why are they still slurping SEC programs when none of them are any good? Might be worth mentioning the ACC had a winning record against the Big Bad SEC in 2025.
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Nothing you said was inaccurate. It just veered off from the topic at hand.

You're preaching to the choir about the $EC bias out there. I stated they had at least half of their conference ranked each week last season. Absolutely ridiculous.
 
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CaneinBroward said:
Who said regular season games should be playoffs? I simply said regular season games mean less, which they do. Frankly, 8 teams should be the playoff. You can lose a game and it would be a mulligan for the most part.

If they go to 24, 2 losses would guarantee a spot in the playoffs. Too much in my opinion.

"But going to 24 would allow for better matchups so teams won't be afraid of losing a game OOC". Every conference already plays 9 conference games. The $EC & ACC mandate 1 OOC P4 team. Get B1G & Big XII will follow suit especially if they get dinged by the committee for it.

****, P4 just get together and come up with guidelines for all 4 conferences for scheduling, NIL, transfers, and all the other issues in college football today and be done with it.
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No, not every conference "already plays 9 conference games".

The ACC will begin to play 9 conference games THIS YEAR (2026), but only for some members. The rest will play 8 games.

The SEC is playing 9 games BEGINNING IN 2026.

But, hey, at least you were right about the Big 10 and Big 12...
 
ICANEDOIT said:
BC is in a lot of hurt. Worst sports program in the ACC, and the only thing of pride for those guys to point to is hockey (which is actually really good). They should have never left the Big East.
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WLax made 7 or 8 national championship games in a row until last year
 
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