00:00Where's the Southeastern Conference, where it means more, where you're talking about, again, an opportunity to see these programs front
00:09and center, where the SEC dominated years and years when it came to the college football playoff, you're starting to
00:16lose your grip.
00:17Kids are starting to want to look at the Big Ten more.
00:20Now, with expansion going on, the Big Ten is slightly moving ahead of what I never thought was possible, the
00:28SEC.
00:29The Southeastern Conference thought they were too big for their britches, thinking that they were the mightier than thou, and
00:36guess what?
00:36The Big Ten put their nose down and is starting to outwork them, outplay them, outrate them, and generate more
00:44money than them, something I thought was impossible.
00:48Look, the SEC is still going to be a power football conference, and it will be forever, because that's just
00:54who they are.
00:55But you've got to get more out of LSU.
00:58You've got to get more out of Alabama.
01:01Georgia's got to be a contender again.
01:03You're seeing programs like Indiana.
01:06Folks, I will tell you one more time.
01:09Indiana was the worst college football program in history, and they just went 16-0 and won a national championship.
01:19Nobody does that in an era where you've got nil, transfer portal, and all the resources you have to build
01:26a football program.
01:28Kurt Signetti is the best college football coach in the country, and he utilizes all of his assets.
01:34Mark Cuban now is donating over $3.5 million.
01:37Let's not forget something.
01:39Indiana's not the home of Kurt Signetti.
01:41It's the home of Bobby Knight.
01:44You won at a basketball school.
01:47Put that in context.
01:49You won.
01:50It would be the same equivalent of Kentucky winning a national championship in the Southeastern Conference.
01:57The Big Ten, Ohio State, arguably the best roster in football.
02:02With the addition of Oregon, we just talked with Arash Markazi with them coming over from the Pac-12.
02:08You've got Phil Knight money.
02:09Now with Indiana, the reigning national champion.
02:13You're adding Southern California.
02:15You've got Michigan, Penn State, Washington coming over from the Pac-12, and old reliables in Iowa, Wisconsin, and of
02:24course UCLA adding from the Pac-12.
02:27That's a hell of a conference when you're talking about money generators and you're talking about some of the best
02:33sports programs in the country.
02:35UCLA could arguably be called the greatest sports conference in all of America.
02:41There's no doubt.
02:42That program has won numerous national championships and other sports.
02:47So, 2026, there is no question, it is an enormous year for the SEC.
02:56You can have Nick Saban on game day, all you want every Saturday, telling you how the SEC is still
03:02premier and how the SEC is still the best college football conference in America.
03:07I'm starting to agree with my coach at the University of Miami, Mario Crisobal, a little bit in the ACC.
03:13I think it's closer that the ACC is closing the gap on the SEC than the SEC being better than
03:22the Big Ten.
03:23Huge year.
03:24An electric year in college football.
03:26Started off with week zero this past weekend, and now the first week of college football will get underway this
03:33week.
03:33I can't wait.
03:34It's going to be crazy of a year for this season.
03:38No question about it.
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