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SEC Morning Rush: ‘It just means more’ conference games?

It’s time to enjoy your coffee and the top stories of the day.

The head coaches in the SEC descended upon Florida for the coaches’ meeting in which they would tackle a variety of topics for the week. One of those topics includes the future scheduling of the conference.

Everything should be on the table for the top conference in college football. The current model has seven teams per division with eight conference games and four nonconference matchups. However, with two teams being added to the mix the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns, things will change.

One idea involves a “3-6” schedule, which gives each team three permanent opponents and six games on a rotating schedule. As he said a decade ago, Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban believes that they should move to the nine-game SEC schedule.

“I’ve always been for playing more conference games,” Saban said Tuesday.

“I’ve always been for improving the college schedule, trying to eliminate some of these games that we play that fans, players, supporters are not really interested in. I think the nine-game format is a start in that direction.”

With other conferences already playing the nine-game conference format, perhaps this is the perfect time for the SEC to adopt it. More conference matchups and fewer games involving FCS teams are a good thing for the SEC.

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The updated SEC recruiting class rankings as May comes to a close

A look at how the football recruiting rankings look as we head into June.

The summer months have officially approached, which means there will be plenty of action on the recruiting trails.

This marks the beginning of the six-month stretch leading up to the early signing period in mid-December. All 14 teams have at least two commits but there is plenty of work to be done with this class.

These rankings are obviously subjective and are likely to change over the next several months ahead of the 2022 college football season. Currently there is a new clubhouse leader in the SEC. Can they make a run similar to Texas A&M’s run last year?

We break down where each SEC school ranks from a national perspective. All numbers courtesy of 247Sports.

Post spring win projections for every SEC team

Where is Auburn projected following spring ball?

The upcoming college football season is filled with notable storylines across the landscape. Not only on the FBS scale but more specifically for the SEC.

The offseason started with one of the wildest coaching carousels in recent memory, and an even more wild transfer portal carousel. A lot of familiar faces in new places. We also had the attempted coup involving Auburn Tigers head coach Bryan Harsin.

Weird dancing videos, fake accents, coaches calling others narcissists, and the coming and going of Emory Jones. With all of that behind us, we want to focus more on what could transpire on the field.

College Football News put together their win projections for every Power Five school, we break down the SEC portion of the list. It begins with the Vanderbilt Commodores at No. 14.

The SEC, CFB world reacts to the Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher feud

Oh boy…the SEC West was set ablaze on Thursday

From Wednesday night into Thursday morning, the SEC world was set ablaze by Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban for his comments on Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL).

While this is the college athletics world we live in, it hasn’t stopped countless people from weighing in on the topic. Saban pointed out that “Texas A&M bought their 2022 recruiting class.” Maybe the SEC should adopt a new motto coined by Fox Sports radio host Colin Cowherd. The SEC was once about “it just means more” and now it seems NIL and the conference should mean “now it’s legal.”

Saban also pointed to top 2022 recruit Travis Hunter and his decision to sign with Jackson State, stating he received $1 million to join head coach Deion Sanders. Both Hunter and Sanders have recently chimed in.

As expected with this kind of story, social media went rampant. We will kick it off with the social media king himself, Lane Kiffin. The man never met a topic he didn’t want to tackle on his Twitter account.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey states there are no CFP expansion conversations

The SEC commish dishes on CFP expansion or the lack thereof.

One of the hottest topics in college football continues to surround playoff expansion. Recently the CFP committee and conference leadership spoke publicly about the idea of potential expansion.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey recently opened up about the idea that we could see expansion in the future, but it appears to be a stalemate.

“We’re not talking about it,” Sankey said via ESPN. Honestly at this point with all the momentum going the way of the SEC, why should they. The conference will add two more power schools to the group and have the first 16-team superconference with the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns.

“I’ve said in July and August and September, we could stay at four,” Sankey said. “If people think that’s posturing, it’s not. We’re going to have a really, really incredible conference when we’re at 16 teams.”

The SEC ideally is in a really good spot to have half of the field in the CFP each and every year. Hard to fathom that Sankey and the SEC would want to move to the 12 or 16-team field at this point. There aren’t any conversations about expansion going on right now but likely could see some movement over the next year.

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