SEC to the Nation: You’re Welcome
Even when the Southeastern Conference was reaping the rewards of the Bowl Championship Series that crowned seven consecutive National Champions for the conference, its commissioner (Mike Slive) began pushing for a playoff system. At SEC meetings in the summer of 2007, then-President of the University of Florida, Bernie Machen, advanced the idea of a “Plus One” system that would allow a selection committee to draw-up a championship format. What we have today is not exactly the “Plus One” pushed initially by Machen-then-Slive, but college football would not have its precious playoff without their insistence. It was Slive who took Machen’s presentation to the remaining commissioners and eventuallyRead More →