Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
1/31/2025 10:55 AM
Alabama's AD wasn't saying they want to schedule more G5 games. He was THREATENING to schedule more G5 games. Why? Because everybody knows that there's more money when there are less G5 games, everybody knows that's where the sport's headed, and the SEC is reminding the committee that their OOC games are a cash cow and to act accordingly. He was working the refs. That's all.
Bama's OOC schedule was Western Kentucky, South Florida, Mercer, and a non bowl eligible Wisconsin team. I guess the wear and tear of blowing out Wisconsin led to them losing 3 SEC games?
It's a pretty non-sensical argument, and I wouldn't hang my hat on it as compelling evidence that big schools aren't going to be looking to maximize revenue in a world where they now have a massive new expense.
This, to me, is the much more interesting data point about how P4 schools are thinking about the world right now:
https://apnews.com/article/indiana-athletic-department-la... It's just very, very hard to see the logic of "let's earn less and pay more for less valuable games." Maaaaaaybe that makes sense for a handful of perennial powers who are always going to be in contention for the playoffs (like Ohio State, Georgia, etc).
But West Virginia? Rutgers? Purdue? Indiana? and the other 98% of the P4 who get a playoff birth every 15 years if they're lucky? I fail to see the basic logic there.
Last Edited: 1/31/2025 10:59:45 AM by Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame