The nine-game SEC schedule will make resume comparison matter.
Context
Dan expects the SEC's teams to beat each other up and thinks that should count when a 9-3 SEC team is compared with a 12-1 Texas Tech or another team from a less punishing schedule. The hosts are not claiming every SEC loss is automatically valuable; they are naming the committee problem created when the conference adds another league game to an already thick contender class.
The result is a playoff conversation that cannot rely on conference reputation alone. It needs opponent quality, head-to-head results, and a clear read on which teams controlled the games they were capable of controlling.