Category Archives: SEC

Protect College $port$, Act 2

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A revised copy was sent to the SEC and B1G at the midnight hour, and they have 25 minutes left to respond to proposed changes.

A 10 a.m. ET deadline has been set for the conferences to sign off on the bill. The two conferences were not involved in the drafting of the bill when it was initially released earlier this summer.

“If this thing doesn’t happen, it’s 100% on them,” a source told On3. “These Senators and everybody else has bent over backwards for them.”

The Senate is only days away from its month-long summer recess, which would put Division I universities with the same patchwork of state laws to operate from as the college football season kicks off.

This comes after Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell made concessions on Tuesday and Wednesday to get the legislation’s wording to meet the Big Ten and SEC. Among the concessions that have been made are an additional $25 million pool for player retention, entities cannot acquire media rights to create a new conference and a prohibition of compensation to recruits before enrollment.

“Major concessions were made overnight,” a source told On3 on Wednesday. “At this point, with every passing minute, odds are slimmer that we can move the bill before the August recess. We’ve been working night and day to make the revisions they said they needed, and we need an answer. That wasn’t a superficial deadline. There’s a lot that goes into passing legislation – a lot of work behind the scenes and it just takes time.

“The Big Ten and SEC have been in the loop throughout the entire process – they’re familiar with the bill text and the changes we’ve discussed.”

I think I know how the final decision will be made, if I’m being honest:

I wonder if they’ll ask Pope Bevacqua at Notre Dame for a final blessing, too?

Predictive Analunatics

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The hot button topic of late has been the SEC’s daunting conference scheduling, and it has people between the hot takes of “it’s too grueling for teams to survive” to “the SEC is weak but will still have multiple playoff teams, anyway”.

As a reminder of whatever side of the debate you’re on, it’s a self-inflicted wound. While Sankey will stand tall on the idea that “we did something the B1G was unwilling to do themselves”, it still makes for a ridiculous decision that one can only wonder if it really was for guaranteeing playoff spots or if it was for money.

Well, of course it was for money. No one wants to watch Georgia versus Tennessee State in a crowded TV market, but more people will tune in for Georgia-Vandy and Georgia-Oklahoma, for sure.

What is hurting worse than anything else is that a move made to make the league’s scheduling look tougher is actually having the inverse effect – people are landing on the idea that the SEC is actually a weak conference, and keeping more games in house prevents debacles like Alabama-Florida State last year from exposing a media bias (bwah-ha-ha on that one) and the SEC for what it really is.

In truth, it’s hard to see where the turn on SEC football will abate. Winning it all would help, but short of Texas and Georgia, who are the SEC teams who could make a legitimate run? And, yes, you could say the same of two other conferences (BigXII, seriously, you don’t stand a chance), but when it comes down to Notre Dame, Georgia, Texas, Miami, Ohio State, Oregon, and Indiana (depending on who is playing for them this year), the talk is all talk and we really have no relevant reason to have the CFP given it’s the same teams in the mix each year.

Win it all, and all the talk is just that. Keep bowing out in the early rounds, and Sankey’s decision seems more questionable by the day.

Wednesday Wondering: What’s the Ideal SEC?

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Hey Big XII, look what you used to be and look at the disgrace you are today! Monsters!

Wait…Monster is their corporate sponsor. Now it makes sense. Kind of.

Anyway, one oddity about modern P4 conferences…the SEC is the only conference where their is a contiguous border with all other members…

Well, that’s a point a pride, I suppose. At least we don’t have teams flying from across the west coast to the east coast to play in meaningless, bottom-feeder games, like having Stanford and Cal fly to Charlotte in the spring to play the most pointless ACC tournament game of all time…winner got to go home, when they didn’t want to be there in the first place.

Anyway, for today’s Wondering…what is the “ideal” SEC? Bigger? Smaller? Who would be in it, and why would you rationalize dropping or adding the teams?

I’d kind of prefer to drop the Texas teams, Oklahoma, and Mizzou and Arkansas. In football terms, anyway, it feels like Arkansas has been around a good while and just frankly doesn’t seem to care anymore, and really Mizzou just doesn’t seem to fit.

While that would leave us with 11 teams, if we had to add another I wouldn’t be opposed to dropping South Carolina. Outside of a few interesting years…yecch.

But, if we had to go in the opposite and just start adding more teams in the conference race for excess, give me a Virginia and an NC State, and if we’re dabbling around the northern areas that much, give me West Virginia and Kansas State. Make it an even twenty and keep it contiguous. Why not.

What’s your thoughts, at least today?

The Fourth Quarter is for the Dawgs

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Good God, the stats and data that I saw yesterday regarding 4th quarter performance and the Dawgs. The data comes from Cody Nagel but I’ll copy and paste here so you can gawk at it like I did.

Short analysis of this, if Georgia has a lead of 7 or more going into the 4th quarter, might as well pack it up and head home.

No team in the country is harder to come back against than Georgia. While 17 other Power Four programs finished with a perfect record when leading by at least seven points entering the fourth quarter over the past five seasons, the Bulldogs did it with the largest sample size, going 53-0.

Georgia’s company at the top is exactly who you’d expect: Notre Dame (44-0), Alabama (42-0), Oregon (49-1), Ohio State (48-1) and Michigan (46-1).

Good way to read this is that we rarely trail in games over the past five years heading into the 4th, in this case only 9 time, of which we won four of those games. Three of the five losses came against Alabama. Of course.

In this case, this is an analysis of games that are close (within six points) entering the 4th, and as you can see Georgia has had 10 of those, and won 8 times. The two losses? Last year against Alabama (regular season 24-21 at Sanford) and Ole Miss (39-34 in the Sugar Bowl). Ugh.

Still, that’s some nice numbers to see regarding 4th quarter performance for Kirby and Company. Will it last into 2026? I certainly hope it’s a lot of those 7+ or more leads heading into the 4th than within six points.

Wear It…Well…

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Shot:

Chaser:

In short, the Gumps are outraged at the idea of a forced choice for fan gear, and the SGA has since taken down the post. Apparently, the sentiment is that dress up days are gimmicky, and Alabama is above that.

Mind you, they’re not above the predicted top 3 teams in the conference for 2026, but that’s a whole other story.

Bama is dead (from the fan base’s sentiment surrounding this). Maybe we can mark the official death date as December 6th, 2025. Wouldn’t that be nice?

Sum Or All…Going All In on Bravado at SEC Media Days

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Lord, it was blowhard day in Tampa, Florida.

First, from Pete Golding and how he kept Chambliss in Oxford:

Sure, Pete. It had nothing to do with lawyers, either, did it?

Meanwhile, new Handbags Coach John Sumrall was about to go all WWF on the media when a phone went off during his tirade.

No, he won’t back down from proper electronics usage. Maybe focus on avoiding this, instead:

Don’t lose to the ACC. Make that an imperative and maybe the rest of the conference can take you seriously.

Wishing him the worst of luck in the year ahead.

Today, In Volunteer Frivolity

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Imagine running an offense that leans heavily on the passing game and deciding to pay the most for a running back. No, that’s not a Mike Bobo decision…look no further than our Hillbilly friends up north to do just that.

That’s a lot of Dollywood money for a guy you’ll barely use. Might’ve been better invested in folding chairs and offensive linemen.

I’m sure we’ll be seeing him in the portal soon…and wearing an Ole Miss or Suckeye uniform before we know it.

Of Mustard Bottles and Bobby Hillbillies

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Shot:

Chaser:

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Why is it that an image of Bobby Hill talking to Boomhauer comes to mind?

This could literally be the 2026 Bravado Bowl, brought to you by French’s mustard. What’s that line about the sound and the fury, told by an idiot?

Maybe it’ll be the Insignificance Bowl, instead.

Best SEC Head Coaches – It’s Certainly a List

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Let’s just say it’s easy to say Kirby is #1 and it’s a steep drop off from there, but I have some real questions about this shitposting post from SEC Mike. Of all the lists out there, this is certainly one of them.

First off, as much as Kiffin is a cancer to a program’s culture, he’s higher on my list than DeBoer, and Sarkisian has yet to impress me with anything he’s done with the talent he has

Another glaring oddity is Clark Lea being below Venables and Heupel. Same reasons as Sarkisian, with the talent pool and resources.

And how does Golesh, as much as I hate Golding, beat out Golding when he hasn’t coached a down in the SEC as a head coach yet?

My list, if I had to make one:

  1. – I Have Rings and You Don’t: #1 – Kirby Smart
  2. – I’m Good But Don’t Have Much to Show For It: Clark Lea, Lane Kiffin
  3. – I’ve made the playoffs and not much more: Kalen DeBoer, Brent Venables, Mike Elko, and Pete Golding
  4. – I’ve Made the Playoffs and Kirby Owns Me: Josh Heupel and Steve Sarkisian
  5. – I’m Possibly Mike Stoops Reincarnate: Eli Drinkwitz
  6. – I’m New Here: Ryan Silverfield and Will Stein
    • – I’m New Here and Kirby Will Likely Own Me: Alex Golesh and John Sumrall
  7. – I’m Not New Here But Won’t Be Here Much Longer: Shane Beamer and Jeff Lebby
Need a special teams coordinator, Josh?

I say all this to say, this has been a slow and boring off season. The Sorsby thing gave everyone fodder for writing and there’s a relative lack of Bulldogs news or there to report on. If that means no arrests or offseason shenanigans, I’m all for it.

Anyway, what do you see wrong with the list above?

Georgia Takeover at SEC Network Set for July 7th

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Just a PSA, but if you’re in the house tomorrow and have nothing to do, the annual takeover day of the SEC Network kicks off tonight at midnight and runs all day tomorrow. Scheduled for replay:

12am – M Basketball: Auburn at Georgia (2026)
2am – Baseball: Texas vs. Georgia (2026 CWS; Game 4)
5am – W Soccer: North Carolina at Georgia (2026)
7am – Gymnastics: LSU at Georgia (2026)
8:30am – Football: Ole Miss at Georgia (2025)
11:30am – W Basketball: Vanderbilt at Georgia (2026)
1:30pm – Baseball: Mississippi State at Georgia (2026 NCAA Super Regional; Game 2)
4:30pm – Softball: Georgia vs. Oklahoma (2026 NCAA Quarterfinal)
6:30pm – Football: Alabama vs. Georgia (2025 SEC Championship)
9:30pm – Track & Field: NCAA Championships (2026; Women’s Day 2)

I could watch the SEC Championship game against Alabama on repeat until the season starts, but that’s me. Enjoy, scamps.