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Subject: For Once, Money Does Not Talk

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Date Posted: 14:45:14 01/23/26 Fri
In reply to: An Observer 's message, "SEC and Big Ten Arguing Over Size of CFP Field" on 11:40:20 01/21/26 Wed

It is done.

That is, nothing is done.

SEC and Big Ten unable to agree by today's deadline. CFP field will stay at 12 teams.

I would have loved to be a fly on the wall in that room. All that money at stake and the two sides could not reach an agreement.

I suspect that each conference had an opinion on what was better for it from a FOOTBALL perspective, neither side wanted to budge from that, and both sides walked away from a lot of cash to protect their football interests.

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[> [> Subject: Money Always Talks, But So Does Winning

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An Observer
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Date Posted: 12:33:13 01/27/26 Tue

Here's an article which, while not making a convincing case in my opinion, does essentially say, "Hey, Big Ten, you're winning national championships in the current structure. Don't mess with a good thing."

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/as-indiana-wins-big-tens-third-straight-title-the-conference-needs-to-rethink-its-stance-on-playoff-expansion-161929763.html

The counterargument is, "We could still win in an expanded field AND make more money."

But this is my point in the post immediately above: While everybody want mo' money, mo' money, mo' money, the conferences do recognize that they have long-term strategic interest in winning on the field, no matter how much the cash registers are ringing.

Cha-ching!