Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin uses Georgia football to defend the SEC

Now that the College Football Playoff has expanded to 12 teams, there are three times as many teams and fanbases that are now voicing their opinions on why they should be included in the CFP and what seed they should receive.

Before this season, only four teams made the playoff and there were maybe 2-3 other teams who had an argument to make as to why they should be included. This year however, there’s at least 20 teams and fanbases who are still alive in the race to the CFP.

That means there are infinitely more arguments and discussions about resume comparisons, ranking debates and who should or shouldn’t be included. Most of the recent arguments and debates have been centered around strength of schedule.

The SEC teams aren’t getting enough credit for their difficult schedules while teams in the Big Ten are able to receive higher rankings after playing nobody. Due to the Big Ten having four of the five highest ranked teams, it has caused others to be cocky and talk down on the SEC.

But it was Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin who came to the defense of the SEC, and happened to use Georgia football as his example in his argument.

”Try going to 100 Sanford Drive (home of the Georgia Bulldogs) and see if you still say that,” Kiffin said via footballscoop.com.

Lane Kiffin uses Georgia in debate with opposing coach

Kiffin recently shared that a coach from a different conference was texting him about how their conference is better than the SEC. Kiffin’s response was quite simple, go play a game at Georgia and let me know what you think.

It is quite interesting that Kiffin picked Georgia instead of his own team, but after witnessing UGA’s atmosphere during their win over Tennessee this past weekend it was probably a wise choice.

The only way to settle which conference is best will come at the end of every season in the CFP. Now that more teams are included, we’ll get more meaningful postseason games to compare which conference is better than the others. The first round games will potentially be the most interesting, becuase they will be on campuses instead of neutral sites.

This year is shaping up to be electric once the CFP begins simply because of all the back and forth debating between the SEC and Big Ten. And while it’s most important for Georgia to win and advance, there likely is a small part in every UGA fan that wants to see the other SEC teams do well to put the Big Ten back in their place.