We redo this.
Dry brass is debate Whether it is to go to a conference calendar of nine games, against eight, for the 2026 season and beyond. The SEC has planned to add a conference game for over a dozen years but has never taken the step.
Commissioner Greg Sankey wants an additional conference match – Just look at the interests that dry games generate, he said- but some league athletics directors are hesitant, wondering if the addition of another difficult match is worth the risk of a loss that could damage the post-season hopes.
On this edition of “Dry football not filtered,“A podcast from the USA TODAY network, host Blake Toppmeyer And John Adams Go to the debate and offer the advantages and disadvantages of an additional conference game.
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So, should the dry add a ninth conference match?
Toppmeyer: I have long favored a conference calendar of nine games, but I could be discussed this idea if the dry adopted this: everyone in the conference agreed to play at least 10 opponents of Power Four, including at least one match against a Big Ten team. So you would have eight dry games, a match against a Big Ten enemy and another Power Four confrontation, leaving only two cupcake games. I still like a calendar of nine games in the dry, but I could be convinced to stay at eight if it means more non-conference high-end clashes, like this year’s Texas match at Ohio State in the week 1. I prefer to see Texas-Ohio State that Texas-Kentucky in a ninth sec match.
Adams: Why stop nine conference games? I like 10 dry games. The marked non-conference matches, but, left to themselves, I simply do not trust coaches and athletics directors to plan adversaries not difficult conferences. So make these brand games compulsory by adding more conference games. There is not much better than dry against dry.
Later in the episode
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Blake Toppmeyer is the columnist for the National College Football of USA Today Network. John Adams is the senior sports columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel. SUBSCIBE AT Dry football not filtered podcast, and consult the Dry newsletter not filtered, delivered directly to your reception box.
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