I know being a super conference brings in a ton of money, but a lot of schools are going to be sorry for this. Kiffin told reporters that there are coaches amongst the SEC that would rather not go to the SEC championship game and just take the bye. Makes sense. Why bother playing the SEC championship Game, have less time to rest, and risk losing and be out of the playoffs entirely? Nobody cares about conference championships. This suggests to me ND is actually better off NOT being in a conference, especially since you can still host a home playoff game and the remaining games would be neutral site.