One of the biggest debates all offseason between the Big Ten and SEC surrounded the number of conference games each conference plays every season. The SEC continues to play eight conference games each year while the Big Ten has been playing nine for the better part of a decade.
This fact alone has infuriated Big Ten fans, even though they made the decision to move from eight to nine conference games on their own.
A lot of SEC fans were hoping that their conference would stay strong and stick to eight conference games because SEC teams already face extremely difficult schedules as it is.