r/CFB • u/CrashB111 Alabama Crimson Tide • Iron Bowl • 1d 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/DrVonD Georgia Bulldogs 1d ago

I mean co-conference championships existed for farrrrrr longer in this sport compared to championship games. What is old is new again

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u/Crying_in_99Ranch LSU Tigers 23h ago

Not in 16 team super conferences. It's gonna be the norm every single year

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u/whyisalltherumgone_ 17h ago

Actually, yeah there were massive conferences lol. The Southern Conference had 23 teams. 13 of those teams split off to form the SEC. The ACC would later also be formed by splitting off from that "super conference."

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u/goodnames679 Ohio State Buckeyes • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 16h ago

You know, I’ve heard about the southern conference for many years and somehow I never actually knew that it grew all the way to 23 teams. Apparently that happened around 1928 to 1932

Thanks for the fun fact!