College Football Week 15 Online Betting
In 2024, with the expansion of the College Football Playoff, the role of conference championship games has been questioned. The ultimate fear comes from the 2003 Big 12 Championship Game, where the 10-3 and 15th-ranked Kansas State Wildcats destroyed the undefeated and #1-ranked Oklahoma Sooners 35-7. Such a scenario keeps the College Football Playoff from automatically taking in conference championship teams. As a result, the conference championship games now rival the college basketball conference tournaments in fraudulence.
But now that the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams, the conference championship games will most often resemble a final NFL preseason game. Many of the teams will already have their tickets punched for the CFP. As a result, they are not going to go all out in the conference championship games. Coaches and players will want not to risk key injuries with the CFP pending.
It will be interesting to see how the public reacts to the new realities of college football in relation to the watered-down importance of the conference championship games. From a gambling perspective, bettors will have to evaluate how serious the teams are in these games.
So why do the conference championship games even exist? Well, the money, of course! The leagues and networks get enough eyeballs to make them worthwhile. And the communities that host the games love the tourism revenue from visiting fans. Thus, the charade continues.
Of note is that with the implosion of the Pac-12 Conference, its championship game is no longer in existence.
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2024-25 College Football Week 15 Schedule
Friday, December 6, 2024
American Championship, 8 pm, ABC
CUSA Championship, 8 pm, CBSSN
Mountain West Championship, 8 pm, FOX
Saturday, December 7, 2024
MAC Championship, 12 pm, ESPN
SEC Championship, 4 pm, ABC
Sun Belt Championship, 7:30, ESPN
Big Ten Championship, 8 pm, CBS
ACC Championship, TIME TBA, ABC
Big 12 Championship, TIME TBA, ABC
SWAC Championship, TIME TBA, ESPN2
SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game is regarded as the best in college football. It is held annually at Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1992 and has been played in Atlanta since 1994. The SEC Championship Game is an iconic social event in the American Southeast and always sells out, unlike most of the other conference championship games that have plenty of empty seats. Also, the SEC Championship Game is a consistent TV ratings winner for Championship Weekend.
Last year was one of the most impactful editions of the SEC Championship Game. The Alabama Crimson Tide upset then-undefeated Georgia Bulldogs 27-24 to sneak through the back door to the College Football Playoff, bumping the undefeated and ACC champion Florida State Seminoles.
Most important of all, the Georgia Bulldogs bid for the first national championship 3-peat since the 1930s was ruined.
Alabama has the most SEC Championship Game appearances with 15. The Crimson Tide also has the most wins with 11. The Florida Gators have 13 appearances with seven wins, while the Georgia Bulldogs have 11 appearances with four wins. LSU also deserves an honorable mention with seven appearances and five wins.
Big Ten Championship Game
The Big Ten has emerged as the second super conference to pair with the SEC. The Big Ten Championship Game was founded in 2011 and has been played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, for its entire existence.
One of the problems that the Big Ten Championship Game has suffered from is a rash of blowouts in recent years. The main reason was that the West Division teams were usually inferior to the East Division champions. Effective for the 2024 season, the Big Ten has gotten away from divisional play. Thus, there is hope that the 2024 Big Ten Championship Game will be competitive if not near the level of the SEC Championship Game.
The Ohio State Buckeyes and Wisconsin Badgers are tied for the most Big Ten Championship Game appearances with six. Ohio State has the most wins with five, while Wisconsin has two. The Michigan Wolverines have won the last three Big Ten Championship Games. Those are the only three appearances in Michigan history.
The last Big Ten Championship Game in which the losing team was within one score of the winner was in 2017 when Ohio State beat Wisconsin 27-21.
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