Big Ten head coaches are tired of pretending their conference schedules and the SEC’s are on an equal playing field.
No, it’s not because of the supposed depth of the respective leagues, as some of the latter conference’s coaches have claimed, even though the SEC hasn’t played for a national championship either of the last two years.
The reasoning is much more concrete. Big Ten teams play nine conference games every year. SEC teams only play eight. And Ryan Day and Curt Cignetti don’t think that fact gets enough attention.
It’s part of the impasse between the conferences on what the future College Football Playoff model will be.