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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey issued another threat toward the NCAA indicating that his conference might go fully independent if concerns about rules enforcement were not addressed. Sankey argued Monday that the league is not just bluffing about the …
Rumors have swirled lately about the College Football Playoff expanding to a 24-team field. With the SEC spring meetings set to take place in Miramar Beach, Fla., conference commissioner Greg Sankey addressed those discussions, but he doesn’t …
The SEC has faced criticism for not changing its in-conference schedule after adding Texas and Oklahoma, but commissioner Greg Sankey says there are still no immediate plans to do so. Sankey spoke on Monday about the possibility of the SEC expanding …
The SEC had to settle a tiebreaker between South Carolina and Texas regarding who would be the top seed in the upcoming conference tournament. That in itself is not terribly unusual, but the way the league did it certainly was. South Carolina and …
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey is trying to crack down on coaches directing players to feign injury during games. In a memo sent to SEC coaches and athletic directors, Sankey ordered teams to stop having players fake injury in order to slow games down …
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey met with the media on Monday to officially welcome Texas and Oklahoma into the conference, but he was not quite ready to answer the tough questions. Sankey was asked by a reporter if the SEC plans to penalize players for …
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey is not thrilled with the league’s broadcast partner for leaking some elements of the league’s 2024 schedule. ESPN reported some key dates of next year’s schedule earlier in the week, including the …
The SEC has been one of the driving forces behind conference expansion. They added Texas A&M and Missouri from the Big 12 in 2012. In 2024, Texas and Oklahoma are set to join the conference and exit the Big 12. Their actions have caused a chain …
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey had a great reason for not wearing a necktie to SEC Football Kickoff Media Days on Monday. The SEC opened up its annual promotional event, which is being held in Nashville this year. Sankey began with a tribute to the …
The SEC recently added prominent programs Texas and Oklahoma to their conference and will be expanding from 14 schools to 16. The Big Ten responded by adding UCLA and USC. The Big 12 could be looking to expand too. Does the SEC have plans to expand …
The SEC and Big Ten have both expanded their borders in recent years, and some of those moves have led to criticism. In the mind of SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, however, there is no comparison between what the SEC has done and what the Big Ten has …
Did SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey take a sly jab at Kevin Warren on Saturday? That’s what some believe. Sankey spoke Saturday at an event in Athens to celebrate the Georgia Bulldogs on winning back-to-back national championships in college …
The NCAA has seen major changes across its landscape over the past several years, and more are inevitable. In fact, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey thinks there is one significant one that needs to be made as soon as possible. Sankey called for the …
The week or two before the unveiling of the College Football Playoff field tends to feature a whole lot of lobbying on behalf of teams and conferences. Some of it is justified, some of it is a reach, and then there is whatever SEC commissioner Greg …
The SEC is set to undergo some serious changes in the coming years, and one of the most significant could be a shift from two divisions to one. With Texas and Oklahoma set to join the SEC in 2025, there have been questions about how teams will be …
There is one coach who has been mentioned in connection with multiple SEC vacancies over the last few years, but he has not taken any of those jobs. Is that because the conference overloards are making an active effort to keep him out? The …
