The SEC is stronger than the Big Ten according to Ryan Clark. There is a time and a place for it.
College football is headed down the path of mega conferences, according to Alabama coach Nick Saban.
The tradition of playing in the same conference over a long period of time has been stripped by realignment, according to Alabama coach Nick Saban.
USC and UCLA decided last month to leave the Pac-12 and join the Big Ten. In response to Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC, the Big 12 added five other schools.
When Nebraska left the Big 12 for the Big Ten, the Oklahoma-Nebraska series was discontinued.
"I think we're going to deal with it in a greater capacity than ever before because I think mega conferences are here to stay," he said. There is a lot of that involved in why we are doing what we are doing.
The man is a head coach in college at Toledo, Michigan State, LSU and the University of Alabama. He has won six of his seven national titles at Tuscaloosa and is entering his 16th year with the Tide.
In recent years, the future of the sport has been drawing attention to the consequences of athletes being able to earn money from name, image and likeness deals.
As long as the opportunities are earned based on performance, the Alabama coach believes that players should make money. He thinks that NIL is being used as a recruiting tool by some schools.
Jimbo Fisher denied that Texas A&M "bought every player" in its top class.
The erosion of "competitive balance" and the widening of the gap between the haves and have-nots was lamented by the coach this week. We're one of the haves.
"We don't have any rules on what we're doing," he said. Who can do what is up to us. Some people will be able to do certain things other people will not. We're going to lose competitive balance. College football has always maintained competitive balance. Everyone had to follow the same rules when it came to scholarships. That is not how it is right now.
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