It’s all coming together now, this ever-evolving process of paradigm change that college football has been pulled into. Like it or not.
Want to blame someone for the mess of the last four years? Blame Texas and Oklahoma.
Without two of the biggest programs in college football deciding in the summer of 2021 to light the fuse in search of financial stability, none of this happens.
Not the SEC adding the Longhorns and Sooners and becoming the villain of college sports. Not the Big Ten becoming Big America, not the ACC becoming the All Coasts Conference.
Not the death of the Pac-12 (as we knew it), not an expanding College Football Playoff postseason minimizing the bowl system. Not the unending thirst for more money — from universities and players.
So it should come as no surprise that the final piece to this unique moment in college sports, the last step that four years ago was a pipe dream, has finally arrived.
The SEC finally looks like it’s moving to nine conference games.
LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier throws a pass against Texas A&M during the first half at Kyle Field on October 26, 2024 in College Station, Texas.
In one significant offseason, and just weeks after the completion of the first 12-team CFP, college football is moving toward more radical change. Only this time, it looks like the last move.
“There’s a lot of interest in (a nine-game conference schedule),” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Wednesday in New Orleans, where conference commissioners and athletic directors met to continue shaping the new college landscape.
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The fact that there’s “a lot” of interest from SEC coaches and athletic directors to move to nine games shows the financial straits even the…
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Publish date : 2025-02-21 11:07:00
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