r/CFB • u/CrashB111 Alabama Crimson Tide • Iron Bowl • 20h ago

News [Matt Hayes] The SEC willingly flushed its conference championship game that last year had better ratings than all eight first round CFP games of the brief, 12-team era.

https://x.com/MattHayesCFB/status/2111056779366785054
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u/CrashB111 Alabama Crimson Tide • Iron Bowl 20h ago

Greg Sankey has forgotten the face of his fathers. (Roy Kramer & Mike Slive)

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u/CottonWasKing LSU Tigers 20h ago

I know how this is going to be taken considering my flair, but objectively, Sankey has been atrocious as commissioner. Got bent over on the ESPN deal, pushed a 9 game conference schedule without any additional revenue from ESPN, now trying to push an interconference transfer ban and completely bent the knee on a 24 team playoff. Under his watch we’ve seen the SEC lose its place as the top conference in college football.

That’s not even approaching the problems LSU has with him which is immaterial when you just look at his work as a whole.

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u/Mythrandir24 Delta Bowl • SIAA 19h ago

I always thought his first failure was that time y'all and UF got into that pissing match over the game that got postponed because of the hurricane. Not even blaming either party because the ADs are supposed to fight to get the extra advantage. But by the same token, Sankey completely shit the bed not taking charge of the situation, you know, his whole fucking job as commissioner. From then on, I've looked at his decisions with that same lens of weakness.