We get into whether the SEC has actually lost its grip on college football, why the 12-team playoff needs to grow to 16, and why those first-round byes keep blowing up in everyone’s faces. From there it’s campus quarterfinals, killing the FCS cupcake game, the NIL Go clearinghouse mess and the Nebraska lawsuit that could blow the whole thing up, plus the five-for-five eligibility rule and what it means for guys like Cam Lenhart, Andrew Marshall, and Anthony Cavalleri. We hammer the case for a real college football commissioner, a players union, and actual contracts so the transfer portal stops being a free-for-all every January. Matt Rhule called it “professional collegiate football” on the Sharp & Benning show this week and yeah, that’s exactly what it is. Treat it that way. We also hit the Trey Taylor Rivals camp QB MVP news, the dumb spoof story about Dylan Raiola bolting Oregon for Texas Tech after the Brennan Saurusbee stuff, and why the preseason AP poll needs to die or at least wait three weeks. Oh, and Nick Saban or Pat McAfee for commissioner? Hard pass on both.
00:00 Intro and Thanks for Sticking Around
02:00 Has the SEC Lost Its Luster?
04:37 12-Team Playoff or Go to 16?
10:20 Quarterfinals on Campus, Kill the Bye
18:30 Two Super Conferences Are Coming
28:30 NIL Go, the Clearinghouse, and the Nebraska Lawsuit
35:20 Five-for-Five and What It Means for Cam Lenhart
35:50 Rhule Said It: Professional Collegiate Football
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