At least according to this guy. Florida and Oregon are seen as the disruptors of the status quo. Florida with Steve Spurrier and his refusal to avoid southern gentleman behavior, and up tempo play style in the traditional SEC in the early 90's. Oregon took that formula and added the uniforms to match in the 2000's.

I guess that's the connection I feel with all my feathered friends here.

Oh and Georgia is matched with Michigan, and Alabama is paired with Ohio State.

Thanks, Gat.

The B1G/SEC Volleyball Challenge is a good start. Now, if Greg would only straight-arm Mickey Mouse, we could go to a 24-team PO and B1G/SEC football challenge.

How about starting the season with a cupcake and then playing four SEC vs. B1G out-of-conference games in Week 2 through Week 4?

$how the Power 2 the $$$$ from must-watch matchups.

Three in 2026: Ohio State at Texas, Oklahoma at Michigan, and Mississippi State at Minnesota is nice, but how about adding Florida at Oregon, UW at Bama, Georgia at USC, and Tennessee at Penn State, and other solid matchups.

Home and home before rotating to the next opponent. WOW!

There's money to be made in a scheduling alliance imo. But there's one thing getting in the way that even is more powerful than greed.

Will the Power 2 conferences break away? From a thousand miles away, it was clear the House settlement would resolve nothing, so why was it approved?

There were other remedies available than a senseless settlement that, in large part, turned the future of CFB over to the two lead attorneys for the plaintiffs.

As to the attorneys who advised their clients that the terms of the settlement were enforceable and that CFB would have a salary cap? They probably have never passed by a bar, and how in Hades did they pass a bar exam?

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/with-potential-split-from-csc-on-the-table-college-sports-leaders-struggling-to-find-solutions-to-money-problems--the-big-ten-and-sec-should-break-away-and-do-their-own-deal-144449817.html

2 hours ago, Jon Joseph said:

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/with-potential-split-from-csc-on-the-table-college-sports-leaders-struggling-to-find-solutions-to-money-problems--the-big-ten-and-sec-should-break-away-and-do-their-own-deal-144449817.html

Why does the NCAA even exist at this point? At least over college football. It's clear and simple that college football pays the bills for everyone outside of men's college basketball. Let's separate the ones that pay players from the ones that have no hope of staying afloat with this current conference affiliation of women's college basketball,lacrosse,softball,volleyball,baseball,soccer,gymnastics,golf, tennis,water polo, and track, with the one sport that pays the bills.

Having these non revenue sports assigned to these nationwide leagues are insane.

Arkansas just recently brought back their tennis program after finding some donors to keep it afloat for a couple years. They are a top 25 athletic department revenue earner in the SEC. How in the world can Cal hope to keep all their Olympic programs afloat with the coast to coast travel on the ACC revenue sharing platform?

I think the 24 team playoff is gaining steam because the added revenue is needed in the Big 12 with 35 million dollars a year, and the ACC with around 50 for full share members a year are getting. SMU isn't getting anything for another year, and CAL and Stanford are at a reduced rate for one more year.

I'd say the ACC and Big 12 should do an annual scheduling agreement. While the B1G and SEC could do the same. The G6 and lower division programs would suffer without those two million dollar payouts to get trounced, but they could have their own little playoff to offset that.

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A Dysfunctional Family?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/48903422/college-football-spring-meetings-buzz-sec-big-ten-cfp

Why not take the Ostrich Approach?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/05/28/big-ten-rules-college-football-as-greg-sankey-touts-secs-metrics/90254464007/

4 hours ago, Jon Joseph said:

Why not take the Ostrich Approach?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/05/28/big-ten-rules-college-football-as-greg-sankey-touts-secs-metrics/90254464007/

When one attempts to use a straw man argument, your point fails faster than an Alabama claim of 18 legitimate titles.

36 minutes ago, GatOrlando said:

When one attempts to use a straw man argument, your point fails faster than an Alabama claim of 18 legitimate titles.

Gat, I've watched SEC football for decades, and I love the player's skill and the fans' passion.

Sankey, of course, needs to support his conference, and the ammunition is there when you look at recruiting rankings and the NFL draft.

But I grimaced at the 'far better' statement. Tony Petitti lets the scores speak for themselves, which in the short run garners less press, but in the long run seems to work out for the best.

I'm hoping that Sumrall is the right guy for your Gators. All the best.

10 hours ago, Jon Joseph said:

Gat, I've watched SEC football for decades, and I love the player's skill and the fans' passion.

Sankey, of course, needs to support his conference, and the ammunition is there when you look at recruiting rankings and the NFL draft.

But I grimaced at the 'far better' statement. Tony Petitti lets the scores speak for themselves, which in the short run garners less press, but in the long run seems to work out for the best.

I'm hoping that Sumrall is the right guy for your Gators. All the best.

What frustrates me with Sankey is his seemingly blind statements that make the SEC look stupid. As a fan of an SEC program, I get lumped in with all the 'SEC, SEC!!" crowd. No other league has that tribal type mentality. It's like I should be wanting to see Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, or Texas win because they have the SEC patch on.

Do Oregon fans ever want to see Washington or USC win playoff games? Do Ohio State fans rejoice that Michigan and Indiana have sandwiched their National Title?

I kind of get Mississippi State, South Carolina, or Arkansas. They are similar to Oregon State, and Washington State in the old Pac Twelve days. Just happy to get a revenue check, and wear the patch of something that has won. But it's foolish for any Gator fan to be wanting Georgia to win anything, just because they wear the same patch. Ya hoo, now they can come get more recruits from Florida.

Sankey is the commissioner, not a fan. He represents the league. But the basic facts are that in two years, you've had four different B1G programs make the semifinals. You've had two teams win the whole thing. The SEC has had two participants, one lost to a B1G team in their own backyard. The other got there by beating a G5 team, and a fellow SEC team. The SEC has had two members get blown out by two B1G members.

The SEC has five total playoff wins the past two years. Two are against fellow SEC programs. One is against a G5 program, one is against a three loss ACC team, and the other is against a two loss Big Twelve program.

Can we just admit the results? Three separate B1G programs have won National Titles. One is an anomaly, two is a possible hiccup in the hierarchy, but three is a trend you can't ignore. It's also not like Clemson winning two, and the rest of the ACC not even coming close.

We all were loud after Florida, LSU, Alabama, and Auburn all won consecutive titles.' Look at that depth of dominance '. Nobody was saying the B1G might be better because Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska Michigan State, or Illinois were showing out in the Outback or Holiday Bowls.

I was proud of being a fan of a program that started the run of SEC dominance. But I'm embarrassed about the thin skin of the league now that the tide has shifted.

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A summary of Joel Klatt's take on the recent SEC meetings. There is no consensus in the SEC on a 16 or 24-team playoff.

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/clapbacks-cupcakes-chaos-5-things-we-learned-from-sec-spring-meetings