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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 5287735, member: 3850"] BUT...the new media configurations have shown their teeth...the [S]SEC and ESPN are power walking.[/S] [I]In addition to the expanded CFP, the 2024 season was also the first year of a new TV landscape in the regular season. The Big Ten casts a wide net through an NFL-style schedule, with games on Fox in the early afternoon, CBS in the late afternoon, and NBC at night in a contract that began in 2023. Beginning this. year, the SEC did the opposite, going all-in with Disney, primarily ABC. Suffice to say, this was a good arrangement for the SEC and ABC. ABC stacked its lineup with SEC triple-headers most Saturdays, and viewers rewarded that partnership by parking their remote on ABC and leaving it there all day. SEC programs made a collective 82 appearances among the top 100 games to the Big Ten's 56. A year ago, the number was 66-65 in favor of the SEC, even when using the 2024 alignment. [/I] [/QUOTE]