Greg Sankey said no. Then he said no again. Now, according to ESPN, the SEC has signed on to a 24-team College Football Playoff. On May 11 the SEC commissioner pushed back on the Big Ten’s 24-team proposal and said the league wouldn’t go past 16 teams. At SEC Media Days he said the media value and calendar math didn’t make sense. Today he bent the knee.
In this episode we break down why playoff expansion guts the college football regular season. We look at what a 24-team bracket would actually look like (North Texas vs. Alabama? Tulane vs. Texas?) and why over 90% of fans in a 500,000-vote poll said they didn’t want it. We also get into the ESPN money behind all of it, Sankey’s credibility after the LSU saga, the conference champion and automatic bid mess, and why Tony Petitti and the Big Ten keep running circles around the SEC.
Then it’s Thursday keys to victory for LSU vs. Mississippi State:
- How Blake Baker’s defense should handle Billy Puckett or Kamario Taylor
- Shutting down Fluff Bothwell
- Surviving an explosive Bulldog receiver room
- Why Jackson Harris needs 8+ targets against Jet Jefferson and the far-right boundary
- Whether LSU’s interior offensive line can handle Zach Arnett’s chaotic pressure packages
- Whether the Tigers cover -14.5
Plus live chat Q&A on the SEC transfer rule, LSU’s linebacker problem and more.
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Chapters:
(00:00) – SEC bends the knee: Greg Sankey’s 24-team playoff reversal
(01:18) – Why playoff expansion kills the regular season
(04:18) – Who puts guardrails on commissioners? Sankey, integrity and the LSU saga
(09:56) – What a 24-team bracket would actually look like
(12:51) – Fans ignored, ESPN money, and why the SEC is in trouble
(28:57) – Keys to victory, defense: pressure Puckett/Taylor, stop Fluff Bothwell
(39:07) – Keys to victory, offense: Jackson Harris, the right boundary, interior OL
(53:19) – LSU vs. Mississippi State prediction (-14.5) and live chat Q&A
