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Bret Bielema Says The SEC Needs To Play More Conference Games For CFP To Expand

by Staff Reporter

June 18, 202512 Comments

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema was in Chicago this week and spoke about potential CFP expansion.

Bielema said he was in favor of an expanded 16-team playoff, but that the SEC needs to play nine conference games, like the Big Ten, for it to happen.

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Originally published on SECRant.com

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YMCA•9 months

I wonder what his opinion would be if he was still coaching at Arkansas

GaryGator•9 months

He needs to mix in a salad between all the pies and Baconators

TouchdownTony•8 months

LOL. You should have seen him before Wendy's killed the Superbar.

6R12•8 months

Just send Bielema a dozen donuts and he'll be quiet for a while.

caliegeaux•9 months

That was the only quote from the interview, which still took 4hrs to conduct, between the buffet refills.

blue_morrison•9 months

Fat Bret lol

Lynxrufus2012•9 months

Didn’t Bert win a pie eating contest? Stick to that, Bert.

southernboisb•9 months

"I was told that [the SEC coaches] voted unanimously to stay at eight"

UNANIMOUSLY?

Bedtiger•9 months

Play mores SEC games simply to ensure more SEC cannibalism to give the weaker conference better comparison resume. Join a strong conference like the SEC then you get to vote!

BigJim•9 months

"The last time Illinois won a national championship in any sport was in 2003 when the men's tennis team won the NCAA title. In men's basketball, their last claimed national championship was in 1915, but this was before the NCAA Tournament era."

TigerScorpion•9 months

Why would any SEC coach want to go to 9? Every team but Texas and Missouri has a top 30 SOS.

TouchdownTony•8 months

Of course he does. When your conference games include Rutgers, Purdue, Maryland, Northwestern, Indiana, Mich St, Iowa, Minnesota, you don't mind playing nine. The CFP proved last year that total wins is all that matters. The SEC would be STUPID to go to 9 games. I heard a big ACC homer talking on the radio the other day that wins are wins and conferences are all equal. The co host said, you don't really believe that do you? He said, yes I do. The only downside to staying at 8 is we are gonna lose some great traditional games. UT-Florida, UGA-UT, Bama -LSU, Ms St.-Bama, Auburn- LSU are all history as every year games going forward.

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