Kirby Smart on the Big Ten closing in on the SEC.

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Kirby Smart reveals why Big Ten surged past SEC: 'They ha...

Georgia coach Kirby Smart was surprisingly candid about why he thinks the Big Ten has surged past the SEC in recent years.

Greg Sankey's SEC Ball Bouncing Hanky Panky - The ball never bounces in the SEC's direction, right?

Greg, like Georgia, used to be a top football Dawg. UGA's still there, but Greg?

The SEC ADs and coaches are restless. Will there be a revolt after this nine-conference game season?

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Greg Sankey defends SEC in debate vs. Big Ten: 'We had th...

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey defended the conference in the debate vs. the Big Ten, saying, "we had the ball bounce the wrong way."

I'm tired of the whole SEC cannibalizing itself excuse as to why the SEC has faltered in an expanded playoff.

Tennessee, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia, and Oklahoma all had three plus weeks of rest heading into their playoff losses the last three years. Texas was gifted an essential home playoff game in the Semis vs Ohio State, and Georgia in the Quarters vs Notre Dame two years ago. That's a geographical advantage the South and SouthWest schools will always have over the north. You don't hear Indiana, Ohio State, Oregon, or Notre Dame crying about playing road games against Miami, Georgia, or Texas. They just show up, the better team wins.

One surefire way to prove the SEC is better, and the way to make the B1G play a tougher schedule, is to do a scheduling agreement. I'm sure it would be great television. An SEC/B1G challenge would be a great opening week attraction.

Instead, we get excuses. "We can't play nine games" Bear Bryant would tell all these whiny twelve million dollar a year coaches to suck it up. The players would make more with a better product. To any coach in the SEC crying foul, suck it up buttercup. Lane Kiffin, Kalen Deboer, Kirby Smart, Steve Sarkasiian, Mike Elko, and every other SEC coach are making more than most NFL coaches.