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College football insider predicts LSU’s future permanent SEC opponents

Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger preserves three SEC West rivalries in his prediction for the Tigers.

We know the SEC is in for a major change after the 2023 season with Oklahoma and Texas set to join the league in 2024. What, precisely, those changes will look like remains a bit of a mystery, however.

One thing is for sure: The current divisional setup will be a thing of the past. Many expect the league to move toward a similar setup as the ACC, which is scrapping divisions beginning this fall in favor of a permanent vs. rotational opponent setup.

Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger, who has been on top of many stories regarding this current batch of realignment, released his predictions for each SEC team’s three permanent rivalries. For the Tigers, Dellenger expects them to draw Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Alabama every year.

It’s hard to argue with the logic here. The Alabama-LSU contest is one of the SEC’s premier football rivalries, and it should be protected at all costs. The Ole Miss rivalry has historic value, while the TAMU one is budding and has featured some thrilling contests in recent years.

Of course, it’s not perfect. This would mean the Tigers lose traditional annual rivalries in Auburn and Arkansas, as well as the yearly game against Florida.

It’s worth noting that this is just a prediction, but given Dellinger’s track record on this subject, it’s likely based on some reporting. Per Dellinger, the SEC is also considering an eight-game format instead of nine, which would feature just one protected annual rival.

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College football’s 2020 bleakness continues to grow

The bleakness surrounding college football taking place in 2020 is swelling at an incredible rate this Saturday afternoon.

I hate having to type this as the news and reports that have come out in the last 24 hours paint a very somber picture for the chances of college football actually being played this fall.

NCAA President Mark Emmert gave a grim outlook on college football Friday night.

On Saturday morning the MAC announced they were cancelling all fall sports, including football for the fall.

And now we’ve got countless different college football and athletic reporters passing information along from their unique sources just how bleak the season starting in just a month appears to be.

This from Brett McMurphy of Stadium, who has broken several big-time college football stories before:

Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated has heard similar things as McMurphy:

Ross Dellinger of Sports Illustrated has followed up with his sources in regards to the information Forde provided and he’s hearing more of the same:

I could put tweets up here all day but I’m not sure that would do anybody any good.

College football seems to be hanging by it’s last strand of having even the most remote of chances of being played this fall.

By no means are any of these reports official yet, but it’s certainly starting to feel like a matter of ‘when’ and not ‘if’ they are.