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The circus has packed up the tent — err, SEC Media Days has come to a close for 2025 — and as usual, answers to tough questions were careful and calculated, if not coached. Nevertheless, there were still a few newsmakers and comments worth remembering. Here are five takeaways from the annual event:
1. Greg Sankey draws SEC’s line in CFP sand
While insisting the SEC-Big Ten relationship is fine, the SEC commissioner with the occasional silver tongue left no doubt that his league places no pressure on itself to align with the Big Ten’s inane 4-4-2-2-1 CFP format idea. The SEC would sooner forgo expansion and extend the current 12-team format than support a fixed number of automatic bids for each league. Still, Sankey would no doubt prefer expansion, and the accompanying revenue spike, but under a more sensible format. For the SEC, two sand-timers are simultaneously losing grains: the time left to make a CFP format decision, and separate-but-related, the time crunch on deciding whether the SEC will add a ninth conference game by next year. In expressing indifference about expansion, Sankey signaled an absence of panic.
2. Eli Drinkwitz’ outlandish suggestion of a 30-team CFP
Was Eli Drinkingwitz?
Here’s how the Missouri coach sold his idea for expanding the College Football Playoff from 12 to a whopping 30 teams: “The NFL takes 44% of their teams, in order, into the playoffs to increase the passion or keep the fan base engaged,” Drinkwitz said. “If…
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Publish date : 2025-07-19 08:01:00
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