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I believe pods would be 9 IC games ... 3 in your pod each year, 2 from the other 3 pods, rotating. That's 9 games per year, playing every teams at least every other year, with a home and away in a 4 year period.I think there are two top reasons and money isn't one of them (because the new deal is going to kill it regardless):
1. 16 teams and 4 pods make the scheduling so much easier because for some reason they can't get the votes to go to a 9 game conference schedule.
2. It solidifies the SEC as the top conference in the country, ends that discussion completely and the gap just got so large it will never be touched. The power and prestige this gives the conference is immeasurable. The B1G fans that complained about ESPN's coverage of the SEC are about to be put into their graves. When colleges kick the NCAA to the door (which is coming) the SEC will get most of what they want at the negotiating table.
I also think this will increase the demand for other P5 schools to schedule SEC schools in non-conference games because they will want to seem competitive from a recruiting standpoint. The vast majority of 5 stars recruits will at least consider an SEC school now on their list and the amount the SEC will get will be astronomical as well as the NFL draft picks coming out.
When the SEC goes to exclusively streamed content (at some point this will happen in the next decade or two) the entire college football world will have to get the package or they will miss out on 70% of the key games.