{"id":77592,"date":"2024-12-08T10:07:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T16:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/kirby-smart-highlights-value-of-sec-championship-in-college-football-playoff-era\/"},"modified":"2024-12-08T10:07:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T16:07:43","slug":"kirby-smart-highlights-value-of-sec-championship-in-college-football-playoff-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/kirby-smart-highlights-value-of-sec-championship-in-college-football-playoff-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirby Smart highlights value of SEC Championship in College Football Playoff era"},"content":{"rendered":"

Debate over the future of conference championships have surrounded college football as the first 12-team College Football Playoff<\/a><\/strong> draws near. Some coaches have gone as far as saying that teams won\u2019t want to play in them moving forward. <\/p>\n

After winning the SEC Championship on Saturday, Georgia<\/a><\/strong> head coach Kirby Smart explained his perspective on the matter. He particularly noted the success he\u2019s had in the postseason without winning the SEC Championship. <\/p>\n

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\u201cYou play football to play the game. Like, you play football to win your conference,\u201d Smart said<\/a> postgame after winning the SEC title. \u201cYou\u2019re asking the wrong person about that because I had almost the same number of national championships as I do SEC Championships. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had years I won the SEC that I didn\u2019t win the natty, and then years I won the natty that I didn\u2019t win the SEC. They\u2019re really hard to come by. I don\u2019t know. I think it\u2019s going to be interesting, the direction of college football, because I hate to say it, but I didn\u2019t think early in pregame that the game had the same juice, didn\u2019t think it had the same atmosphere that I\u2019ve seen it have before.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For the College Football Playoff, the most important aspect of the game sees the SEC champion earn a first-round bye into the playoff. Georgia is awarded that luxury this season, while Texas will be forced to play in the first round and whether or not they\u2019ll host a playoff game is up in the air ahead of the final ranking reveal.<\/p>\n

Depending on how seasons shake up in the future, a loss in the SEC title game could be the difference between making the playoff and getting left out. That was the case for the Big 12 this season. For Smart, however, he feels his team is up to play any team that\u2019s put in front of them. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe games that have been played in this venue for a conference championship are incredible,\u201d Smart continued. \u201cFor people to devalue that over a Playoff, I just don\u2019t see it that way. I value SEC championships. <\/p>\n

\u201cI hold them in high esteem because the work it requires to do that is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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