{"id":778944,"date":"2026-05-07T05:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/778944\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T05:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:42:13","slug":"shane-beamer-reacts-to-afca-board-vote-supports-ending-season-earlier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/778944\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Beamer reacts to AFCA board vote, supports ending season earlier"},"content":{"rendered":"

When news broke of the American Football Coaches Association board\u2019s vote<\/a><\/strong> in favor of an expanded College Football Playoff<\/a><\/strong> and ending the season earlier, Shane Beamer<\/a><\/strong> found out the same way many around the sport did. The South Carolina<\/a><\/strong> head coach shared his reaction Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Beamer spoke with reporters on the final stop of the Garnet & Black Road Trip and was asked about the AFCA board\u2019s vote. The group recommended a CFP with the \u201cmaximum number of participants,\u201d as well as the end of the season by the second week of January and the elimination of conference championship games.<\/p>\n

While Beamer said he was part of conversations at coaches meetings about expanding the CFP, it hasn\u2019t been something that came up among coaches in the SEC. He considers himself \u201cindifferent\u201d on the idea, but spoke in support of ensuring the season ends earlier than it currently does.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly agree with the proposal about finishing the season earlier,\u201d Beamer said<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s way too long. I love college football as much as anybody. By the time you get to the end of January, I don\u2019t think really anybody\u2019s paying attention at that point. I mean, we\u2019re three weeks into the spring semester at that point.\u201d<\/p>\n

The college football calendar has been a topic of discussion for some time, notably when the year ends. Last season\u2019s national championship game took place Jan. 19, 2026, and next year\u2019s is scheduled for Jan. 25, 2027. The AFCA also proposed reducing the minimum number of days between games to no fewer than six.<\/p>\n

There has also been chatter about the potential elimination of conference title games, though SEC commissioner Greg Sankey<\/strong> has said there are contracts in place to honor<\/a><\/strong>. While Shane Beamer said he sees the argument in favor of getting rid of the championship games, he also knows how much they mean, which is why he wants to get more information before taking a stance publicly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe championship games, I understand where people are coming from on them not having the impact that they used to have, maybe, in some ways, particularly if the playoff expands,\u201d Beamer said. \u201cBut I love the conference championship game. I had a chance to coach in one here at South Carolina. I had a chance to coach in one at Virginia Tech<\/a><\/strong>, I had a chance to coach in three, I guess, at Oklahoma<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s awesome being able to crown a champion, particularly in this league, with what the SEC Championship game means to this region and SEC fans and the city of Atlanta. It\u2019d be sad to see that go. I understand where people are coming from. I need to hear more and gather more and talk to more people before I give my opinion on it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When news broke of the American Football Coaches Association board\u2019s vote in favor of an expanded College Football…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":778945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,2620,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-778944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-shane-beamer-95-blacksburg","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116531701183750086","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}