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SEC Meetings came to a close Thursday with, as is often the case, no action following lots of talk. But the topics kicked around by the league’s athletic directors and coaches weren’t table setters.
More like table flippers.
After four years of fundamental change in college sports, buckle up for at least four more. These issues aren’t easy, simple, or minor. But they’re within months, if not weeks, of resolution. Ranked by importance, here are the four primary topics SEC representatives tried to tackle this week:
1) College Football Playoff format reform
If there wasn’t a horrifically bad idea on the table, the CFP format might not even rank at the top of the list. But because the SEC is showing some receptiveness to the Big Ten’s inane push to establish a fixed number of CFP berths for each conference, this topic is of paramount importance. What the Big Ten wants is four automatic berths for itself, four for the SEC, and as for the rest of college football, in the infamous words of Marie Antoinette, let them eat cake. The alternative to the Big Ten/SEC power play is awarding CFP berths to five conference champions, and fill out the field with 11 at-large berths in a field expanded from 12 teams to 16. Many of those at-large berths would be gobbled up by the Big Ten and SEC anyway, of course, but negotiating for them, instead of competing on the field for them, is a bad idea on many levels. Obviously, the SEC can’t make this decision alone, but the stance it ultimately takes will largely dictate the future of the CFP. Commissioner Greg Sankey should encourage league members to choose the 5-11 format that aligns with the SEC’s competitive bravado: earn berths on the field, don’t leverage them in a board room.
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Publish date : 2025-05-30 09:01:00
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