Certain ACC members are unsatisfied with the conference’s third-fiddle media rights distribution and have examined the conference’s media rights agreement to explore available options. With schools like Clemson and Florida State exhibiting a wandering eye, there can be only two conferences on their dream destination list: the SEC or the Big Ten. On today’s episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams highlight four ACC schools that should interest the SEC for further expansion, if those ACC schools somehow find a way out of the conference’s media rights deal that runs through 2036. Stay conne ..read more

Two-time defending national champion Georgia is ranked No. 1 in USA TODAY's post-spring preseason Top 25. No surprise there, right? But, where's the love for LSU? The Tigers don't appear in these rankings until No. 15. That's too low for a team with College Football Playoff potential. Four SEC teams are ranked in USA TODAY's rankings. On today's episode, Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams react to their colleagues' latest rankings. Stay connected on Twitter with Blake (@btoppmeyer) and John (@JohnAdamsKNS) and stay up to date on SEC football news by subscribing to KnoxNews: knoxnews.com/subscribe ..read more

Alabama’s newest addition to its quarterback competition threw for just 44 yards in Notre Dame’s spring game, so who says the grass is greener from the Irish side? The Crimson Tide increased the candidates in its hotly debated starting quarterback battle by adding Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner last week, but that shouldn’t eliminate Jalen Milroe’s candidacy or even catapult Buchner to the top of the heap. On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams re-examine Alabama’s quarterback competition and explain why they still favor Milroe to win the job over Buchner or Ty Simpson. St ..read more

Georgia is the betting favorite to win a third straight national championship. Big surprise, we know. The Bulldogs remain college football's overlord, but they'll be contested in 2023. Ohio State nearly toppled Georgia in a College Football Playoff semifinal last season, and the Buckeyes will remain among the top challengers to Georgia. A few inside the SEC also could interfere with Georgia's quest to become three-peat champions. On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams highlight eight programs as being top threats to Georgia winning another national championship. Stay connecte ..read more

The 2023 college football season is the last before sweeping changes in conference alignment and postseason structure. The four-team playoff will give way to 12 teams in 2024, at which time Oklahoma and Texas will be in the SEC and USC and UCLA will be in the Big Ten. What do those changes mean for college football, on the whole? On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and Gentry Estes debate whether these changes are good, bad or otherwise for the sport. Stay connected on Twitter with Blake (@btoppmeyer) and John (@JohnAdamsKNS) and stay up to date on SEC football news by subscribing to Kno ..read more

Four SEC teams play a nonconference rivalry game with an ACC team each season, but the SEC's other members don't have a fixed non-league clash they play annually. We're here to make some suggestions. For Alabama, how about a matchup of blue bloods? There are multiple opportunities to reignite some old Southwest Conference clashes. Football-proud Nebraska and Penn State would make for good annual opponents for an SEC team, too. On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams suggest a nonconference rival for each of the SEC's 10 teams that do not currently play a rivalry game with a me ..read more

Oklahoma and Texas will begin SEC competition in 2024. We still don't know what format the SEC's football schedule will take at that time. Divisions are going away, but as to whether the league's members will approve eight or nine conference games, that debate continues. A schedule format decision is expected within two months. On today's episode, Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams debate the merits of the schedule formats still under view. They agree: SEC members need to see the light and approve going to nine conference games. Stay connected on Twitter with Blake (@btoppmeyer) and John (@JohnAda ..read more

Careful, Jimbo Fisher. Your ego is showing – again. The Texas A&M coach refused to admit that Bobby Petrino could implement schematic upgrades within an offense that ranked among the SEC’s worst last season. In fact, Fisher said scheme is irrelevant. On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams unpack potential reasons why Fisher dug in his heels rather than acknowledge that Petrino is his savvy hire brought in to accelerate the Aggies’ offense. Stay connected on Twitter with Blake (@btoppmeyer) and John (@JohnAdamsKNS) and stay up to date on SEC football news by subscribing to ..read more

Pour one out for the four-team College Football Playoff. This is its final go before the playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024. A bigger playoff will bring more SEC teams into contention. In fact, in the past nine years, nine SEC teams would have made a 12-team playoff at least one time. How many SEC teams would make a 12-team field, if it were in place this year? On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams debate that topic. Stay connected on Twitter with Blake (@btoppmeyer) and John (@JohnAdamsKNS) and stay up to date on SEC football news by subscribing to KnoxNews: knoxnews ..read more

The SEC tied its conference record by qualifying eight teams for the NCAA Tournament, and the conference boasts the No. 1 overall seed, Alabama. Otherwise, the conference didn't earn much respect in seeding. Fourth-seeded Tennessee is the SEC team with the second-highest seed.  On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams put football on the back burner for a week to dissect the SEC's chances for a strong showing in the Big Dance. They consider sleeper teams, offer their Final Four picks and one of the hosts picks an SEC team to win the national championship ..read more