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Bret Bielma has coached in the B1G and the SEC. Here are Bielema's thoughts on the SEC, in particular, the SEC staying at 8 games. Bret Bielema puts the SEC on blast over College Football Playoff expansion SATURDAYBLITZ.COM The talk of the entire offseason in College Football this year has been over the format of the College Football Playoff. After just one season in the expanded 1 It's a close call, but I think Bret is a better source than Don Diego. 🤪

It's all good. It passes the 'No Mari(o) smell test!' 🦨

Because they are women? My comment did not in any manner infer that women who produce the same revenues as men should receive less revenue. Please point out my specific statement(s) that support your belief that my argument discriminates against women? There is 20.5 million dollars to be revenue-shared. Is it not basic economics that the people providing the vast majority of the revenue, football and men's basketball, should receive a greater share of the revenue? If they do not continue to produce the same revenue, men's and women's tennis and many other sports will disappear, and the Athletic department will be in the red and not the black Your idea of 'fairness' and mine differ. I don't believe those who produce less money deserve a share equal to those who produce more. I don't believe a woman tennis player struggling on the circuit deserves the same money as Coco Gauff. I know for a fact the struggling player will not appear on a Wheaties box as does Coco. I also do not think women on the pro circuit deserve the same prize money as the men's tour, which brings in far more dollars. This is not an argument founded in 'equality,' but rather, founded on economics. A person's sex should not ipso facto equate to receiving the same money as another person who produces more money. I understand and support LSU women's gymnast Livvy Dunne making millions of dollars more in NIL income than Michigan men's champion gymnast Fred Richard. I see no argument that would justify Fred making the same money as Livvy simply because he's a man. Regardless of sex, people who produce less revenue do not deserve the same return as those who produce more revenue. Thank you for the reply.

He definitely won't be eating from a Playoff Bowl.

I think Don Diego has caught the Sankey 'It Just Means More' flu? Propaganda over Facts? I'm shocked! Vanderbilt Commodores football star Diego Pavia lashes out at strange target in spirited rant WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Vanderbilt Commodores football star Diego Pavia took shots at the Big Ten conference in a strange rant. I wonder how low Vandy dropped its admission standards for this guy? 😁 As far as I can tell, Don Diego 🤮 has never played against a team from the B1G. Here's a sampling of B1G vs SEC from the year 2024-25. B1G 4th place Ohio State - 2 - 0 / B1G 7th place USC 2 - 0 / B1G 6th place Michigan 1-0 9-3 South Carolina, "screwed out of a PO spot", lost to B1G 5th place 9-3 Illinois. Don, take 2 B1G pills and call me in the morning. 😜

An interesting take on returning production numbers for Power 4 teams. College football returning production for 2025 season: List of starters coming back for every Power Four team - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM While splash transfer additions eat up offseason headlines, continuity is still paramount in college football The list of returning players includes only those players who made six starts in 2024. Using Tru Media stats, the last 8 CFB champions returned at least 11 players who started at least 6 games the previous season. Of the 10 teams with FanDuel's best odds to win the 2025-26 title, Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, and Penn State return 11 or more. OBD, Ohio State, Ole Miss, and Texas return fewer than 11. So, it's time for OBD to reverse the trend.

B1G Commissioner, Tony Petitti, after hip surgery, not being able to attend the PO format discussion meetings in person, is symbolic of the injury the SEC wants to hand to the B1G. Big Ten, SEC stalemate headlines College Football Playoff meetings with strength-of-schedule metrics in focus - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The two most powerful conferences in the country may now be on opposing sides as deadline nears Fortunately, writers at CBS Sports and The Athletic see through the SEC Commissioner, Greg Sankey's, duplicitous PO format 180.

CBS Sports on the B1G/SEC PO format stalemate. Big Ten, SEC stalemate headlines College Football Playoff meetings with strength-of-schedule metrics in focus - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The two most powerful conferences in the country may now be on opposing sides as deadline nears

Unusual Suspects, including several B1G teams like Rutgers, are doing well on the recruiting (NIL management?) front. 2026 college football recruiting class rankings - top 25 schools - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM We break down the best recruiting classes so far in the 2026 cycle.

A look back at the BCS computers, how we arrived at today's 'Eye Test' committee, and an argument that, with improved programming, at least in part, CFB should bring back the use of disclosed metrics. How the BCS’ endless self-tinkering influenced the Playoff WWW.BANNERSOCIETY.COM Twenty years ago, the BCS unveiled its original formula, and college football was never controversial ever again. Ralph Russo of The Athletic ($ wall) has an article up that bores holes through Sankey and his incessant beating of the drum for the SEC. Sankey is a self-promoting, SEC-promoting 💩 Head who isn't protecting The Good of the Game, only the SEC. Thank you, Ralph.

Money is not evil; the love of money is evil. 🥵

BO has a chance to shake up the West. How Bo Nix could make Broncos 'biggest threat' to Chiefs in AFC West WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The Kansas City Chiefs have won nine straight AFC West titles. Could Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix help end that streak this upcoming season?

This is a big week for future CFB playoff formats. Will it come out B1G? Ross Bjork wants conference commissioners to discuss College Football Playoff format talks in private - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork explained why College Football Playoff format discussions should be kept private. First, Hats Off to the City of Asheville, NC, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene but was able to recover and host the CFB PO pooh-bahs. Per the broadcast agreement with Disney/ESPN, the PO format that will be used for 2026 and thereafter through the 2031-2032 season has to be approved by December of 2025. Not so long ago, the meeting in Asheville was predicted to resolve PO format issues and deliver a new format. Now? Greg Sankey has reversed course on his view of the PO Committee's role; he supports the Committee, and has backed off from guaranteed PO spots for the B1G and the SEC in favor of a 5-11 format with the kicker that the SEC will stay at 8-conference games. In other words, a B1G FU to the B1G and commissioner Tony Petitti. So, I understand why Ohio State AD Bjork and others want the debate to be behind closed doors. The discussions could get heated with Sankey's flip in preferred PO format from 4-4-2-2-1-3 to 5-11, the latter format being favored by the ACC, B12, the G6, and likely, Notre Dame. The SEC teased the B1G and CFB, with a B1G/SEC Football challenge, playing 9 conference games, and cooperating as members of the Advisory Committee. Sankey led the B1G down a path of cooperation before pulling the rug out. Sankey was not aware before the SEC meetings in Florida that the SEC would have had six teams in a 16-team 5-11 format in 2025-26, that he and the SEC ADs weren't aware of SEC coaches pushing back on going to nine conference games, and that the SEC already played an 8-game conference gauntlet unlike no other? Disengenous garbage. The detente between the SEC and B1G with the formation of an Advisory Committee now appears to be little more than a Sankey and SEC smokescreen. The SEC and Sankey are heroes, the B1G and Petitti are greedy, selfish SOBs bent on destroying college football. If Petitti rolls over on the format and the SEC stays with 8 conference games, it will be a bad look for Tony and the B1G. Petitti will join former B12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby as Commisioner's screwed over by Greg Sankey. From an Old Timer's POV, the B1G and the Pac-12 never should have agreed to the SEC's Roy Kramer's 'College Football Needs One True Champion' nonsense and stayed with the Rose being the be-all and end-all. But, as has consistently been the case, all of CFB followed the money. Expect fireworks in Ashville. Prepare yourself for a B1G bend over.

Penn State Wire's top B1G receiving rankings are Duckless. B1G Mistake. TOSU TE Max Klare but no Sadiq? How soon they forget the Champ Game. Oh, and Phil Longo and his Dairy Raid at the request of Luke Finkell have left the Wisconsin building. Details, right? Top 10 Big Ten receiving leaders returning in 2025 NITTANYLIONSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Penn State's transfer additions are among the most productive wide receivers returning to the Big Ten in 2025. Returning? Pena transferred in from Syracuse. I believe Syracuse is in the ACC and not the B1G conference. Ohio State's TE Klare transferred in from the B1G's Purdue, but he's not returning to the Boilermakers. Many guys on this list require me to go Butch Cassidy and ask: Who are these guys?

Scouting the opposition. PSU should be strong at the RB position. Top 10 Big Ten returning rushing leaders in 2025 NITTANYLIONSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Do Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen top the list of returning Big Ten rushing leaders? PSU, not surprisingly, ranks its two RBs 1st and 2nd in the B1G. Both PSU RBs gashed OBD for 100+ yards in the conference champ game. Can the D hold these guys down on 9/27/25? FYI. Nits, along with Whit, OBD is bringing Makhi to the White Out. And, a lot of fired-up Forum members. 🥵

U are spot on. 😁I think with the Texas Bobcats, they may have made a miss-state?

I have an idea. After the Mountain West helps us out with our scheduling problem, we'll sue the MW instead of reverse-merging with them, steal their best teams, and lift the Pac-12 back into the Power 5. What's that, Tulane, Memphis, Grand Canyon for B-Ball, and UNLV said, 'No thanks,' and we're running out of the Real Pac-12's money, and we still don't have the eight schools that play football? Let's grab Texas State! What do you mean, Who? What, are you ignorant? You haven't heard of Boko and the Bobcats? What's that? No, I didn't say American Conference UTSA in metropolitan San Antonio (they told us to whizz off), I said, Sun Belt Conference TSU in somnambulant San Marcos. One of the best places to retire to in the great State of Texas. 😋 Don't laugh, once we get the Bobcats off of benzodiazepines, TSU will awaken to its sleeping dwarf potential! With TSU on board, we'll score $10 million in media dollars a year! Take that, traitor Ducks and Huskies! We only have to travel as far as Texas. You fools have to go all the way to Jersey. And folks are worried over college kids having too much NIL money?😁

Oklahoma Lost, and the Ducks and Gabe Won. How to fix the College Football Playoff: Format, schedule changes necessary with expansion on the horizon - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Tom Fornelli's complete guide to ensuring the best college football product as changes loom ahead of the 2026 season

Son, do you want to play in and win games versus the top 5? Respectfully submitted, Jimmy Franklin.😁

I again tapped into A Eye 🧐, a knowledgeable dude. The Tennessee coach in 1962 was Bowden Wyatt. Jim McDonald took over in 1963. I'm guessing it was under Jim that the Vols passed on home boy Steve Spurrier.

CBS Sports Ideas for 2026-27 PO Format. Good ideas on the whole. There are 136 teams eligible for the PO in 2026-27, not 135. There is no need for 2 G6 (CFB has a G6 and not a G5) teams in the field. This gives the 1st and 2nd seeds home game gimmes. Last season, No. 1 OBD would have played No. 16 Army. That No. 2 Georgia would have had to play No. 15 Clemson is absurd. Boise State should have been last season's No. 12 seed; Exhibit 'A' on the Committee's process being screwed up. If you want the best teams in the PO, why cap the B1G and the SEC at 4 teams? I do like 16 teams with no byes and home games until the semi-final and championship games. I'd have the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange Bowl as PO sites, not the Fiesta and Peach Bowls. I generally agree on the changes to the schedule, but the semifinals should be played on the 1st of January, the 2nd if the 1st falls on a Sunday. The Champ game should be played on a Saturday. If the NFL does not agree to block out an exclusive broadcast window on Champion Saturday, how about no more NFL on-campus Pro Days? And NFL scouts have to buy a ticket to attend CFB games. I love Notre Dame having to play 10 P4 teams. Getting rid of conference champ games sounds good, but how will the loss of media deal revenue be made up? Play the conference champ games Thanksgiving week on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Use the AP poll before Selection Sunday, with positive and negative outlier votes tossed out. Broadcast the CFB PO committee deliberations and require the committee to use publicly disclosed metrics as part of the process, and explain any variance from the use of a metric. Don't allow Greg Sankey to be a part of the PO design. 😁 How to fix the College Football Playoff: Format, schedule changes necessary with expansion on the horizon - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Tom Fornelli's complete guide to ensuring the best college football product as changes loom ahead of the 2026 season

Is Sankey Schizo? Didn't he call out the PO committee last season for counting losses and not quality wins? Now, the 13 experts will certainly 'Get It?' Greg Sankey explains why he's in favor of keeping College Football Playoff selection committee over computers - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Greg Sankey is in favor of a College Football Playoff selection committee over utilizing computers to figure out who the top teams are. Why not the CBB committee approach of using human beings who rely upon disclosed metrics and explain if they go 'off-metric '? 'The SEC wants guaranteed PO spots because we don't trust the committee.' 'Oops, what we really want is our champ in and 11 teams chosen at large.' 'We need to play 9 conference games?' 'Oops, considering our conference has a gauntlet like no other, 8 games is just fine.' 'Let's have an SEC vs. B1G Football Challenge!' 'Oops, maybe not?' Is he trying to drive Tony Petitti crazy? 🤬

Phillip Fulmer was the coach at Tennessee. Fulmer went 2-7 vs. Florida and Spurrier. 2-2 vs. Spurrier at South Carolina. (Disclosure: I looked this up. 🧑‍🎓)

OBD, 1st on PSU and James Franklin's 2025 List - What does head coach James Franklin need to do to avoid the hot seat in 2025-26? VICTORYBELLRINGS.COM The strides made in the 2024-25 Penn State football season don't go unnoticed. If anything, they only make people expect more. For head coach James Franklin, no Danno, you just made the list, buddy. White Out! B1G Deal. PSU is overlooking the impact Charles and Company will have on this Week 5 game. 👍👌😁

I think her play in the Olympics helped her confidence. A terrific athlete improving their game is great to watch. Caitlin Clark X'd on the US Open at Oakmont. was shown yesterday on NBC's broadcast: 'Does anyone have fun playing there? I wouldn't break 130!' Color Commentator Kevin Kisner - 'If she played from way back tees, she'd run out of ammunition before finishing her round.' 😁