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Will Georgia Be The Last SECCG Champions?

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Well you had to know it was coming.

The most-discussed 24-team model is an all at-large field determined through the CFP rankings, with an automatic spot for the Group of Six leagues. The format adds one playoff round and 12 additional games. The top eight ranked teams would receive a first-round bye while seeds No. 9-24 play in the first round on campus.

Conference championship games would be eliminated and the playoff, presumably, would start immediately after the regular season — a long-discussed shift in the postseason calendar to open a path for the national title game, now played the third week of January, to return to the second Monday in the month.

To that end, coaches also recommended that the regular season should include one, not two, bye weeks and that the minimum number of days between games be six — moves that they believe will also help shift up the playoff calendar.

So who makes up this esteemed Board? Here you go:

Though the board has no authority within the NCAA or College Football Playoff governance structure, the group includes prominent coaching figures with influence over decision-makers, such as the conference commissioners and university presidents presiding over the CFP. The AFCA board includes names like Bret Bielema (Illinois), Brent Venables (Oklahoma), Clark Lea (Vanderbilt), Rhett Lashlee (SMU), Joey McGuire (Texas Tech) and Pat Fitzgerald (Michigan State).

Most likely, if it goes through, you’ll be back to determining a season conference champion rather than determining it in a championship game.

At least if it’s the last one, we finally took it to Alabama.

But I have to ask, doesn’t this feel oddly familiar? It seems like Georgia goes back to back to win a national championship, then get jobbed in the selection for the 2023 CFP, NIL and Portal goes wild, and the CFP is expanded. Now, we’ve gone back to back in the SECCG, so let’s move to get rid of it.

As a reminder, the SEC Conference Offices are in Birmingham, Alabama. I’ll go put my tin hat on and let y’all discuss.

ABS Coming to the SEC Baseball Tournament

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Can you pat your head and rub your belly at the same time?

I mean, you don’t have to really rub your belly, but the results of this could be nauseating.

The Southeastern Conference will implement a challenge system for balls and strikes on an experimental basis for each game of the 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament, similar to the process implemented in Major League Baseball games this season.

The system will permit teams to challenge an umpire’s strike or ball call via an automated ball tracking system that monitors the exact location of each pitch, relative to the specific batter’s zone.

“The introduction of this challenge system at the SEC Tournament reflects our continued commitment to innovation,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. “This addition represents a continued step forward for our game, aligns more closely with the professional level and supports the development of our student-athletes as they prepare for success at the next level.”

For the SEC Tournament, each team will have three challenges to start the game. If a challenge is successful, the team will retain the challenge. If the original call is confirmed, the team will lose the challenge.

Upon a challenge, the pitch location will be compared against the electronic strike zone. The result will then be displayed on the stadium videoboard and broadcast.

Honestly, I’m kind of against it. Daniel Jackson does a great job framing pitches and it helps our pitchers have a looser strike zone, as a result. Heck, I’m pretty sure we wont the series against Mississippi State on that benefit alone.

I wonder if it will make our pitchers tighter, or if you just let it loose and let the chips fall where they may?

“Innovation” says Sankey. I’m not sure I’d trust the guy who followed the Innovation of the B1G to move to a nine game conference schedule in football just to realize they cancelled all their OOC P4 games.

Monday Throw Back: The 1981 Junkyard Dawgs

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Here’s a little throwback to the years gone by, a promotional video from the 1981 Georgia football team.

“The very best of specialized coaches would want to come and be a part of our program”.

Has a nice ring to it. Add on Kirby’s hard-nosed approach with his staff and his fire, passion, and energy, and you’ve morphed into the 2026 version of Dooley’s Dawgs.

Also like the chalkboard on a wood-paneled wall, too. Nostalgia.

Dawgs Sweep at Foley: Misery Tigers Edition

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The Diamond Dawgs had a somewhat close Friday night, followed by two consecutive run-rule games on Saturday and Sunday. And, they’re on the verge of making history.

Caden Aoki was solid again as a day 3 starter and the bats were very, very live this past weekend, too.

They even had a little fun after the game was over, adorning Phelps with candy, hats, and other accessories as he gave a post-game interview with the SEC Network crew.

No more midweek games, just two more series at home against LSU next weekend and at Auburn the next. Hold those Tigers, and break some records, Dawgs.

Go ‘Dawgs!

Georgia on Your Mind – Stinchcomb edition

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If you have an hour to take a look, it’s worth your time to learn a little about Matt and Jon Stinchcomb. I’m honored the interviewer is my son-in-law who is getting a master’s degree from UGA in a week from the New Media Institute through the Grady School. He’s the sports information coordinator at Greater Atlanta Christian.

Needless to say, I’m proud of and for Chris. He’s a Seminole who loves the Dawgs.

Enjoy and comment.

Thursday Thought Provoker: Pro Tips

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I recall from the Masters posts that many of you fancy a golfer. So…which coach has the best swing…

Additionally, if you had to give anyone advice, who would you give it to and what would it be? Discuss.

Today, in FTMFs

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I have to say, I like this:

In all the recent fracas about the future voice of the Georgia Bulldogs, here’s a fun Thursday Throwback to a joyous time of beating the Gators when we didn’t expect to, complete with Larry Munson.

Enjoy.

Caption This

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Like I said last year, I’d pay good money to caddie or just be a fly on the wall to hea the conversations that come out of this group.

I’d also pay good money to hit range balls at Urban Meyer in a range cart, too.

Have at it…caption this picture.

Tip of the Cap to the Diamond Dawgs

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Shot:

Chaser:

That’s no easy feat. On top of that, Georgia might have one of the best baseball players in the country in Dan Jackson. If Aoki is the answer for a Day 3 starter, we could be hosting a Regional and possibly beyond.

Congrats to Coach Johnson for getting the team competitive again, even in the eyes of those most critical of Dawg fans’ eyes.