What can the SEC do to try to reclaim its former glory? Is it declining like Rome?

It'll take putting guardrails on the transfer portal before you start seeing the SEC consistently winning championships once again. The only way I see that happening without a lawsuit is by restructuring the entire way players are compensated. Collective bargaining would have to become a thing so you can negotiate fair and competitive salaries for all parties involved. You'd have to make them sign contracts that bind them to a school for at least half of their four years of eligibility. From there they'd get one free transfer to another school where they can finish out their playing career without having to sit out a year. If they transfer again they'd have to wait a year before playing.

That would probably signal the end for programs like Indiana but it would definitely stop the wild west that we currently have found ourselves in with regards to the Portal.

Two years the haven’t won it all. Four year title streak before that by three different teams. I’d pump the breaks on the wishful thinking. Since 2006 the SEC has 13 titles. Everyone else six.

If you had told me Indiana and Alabama had switched jerseys and helmets, I would believe it.

SEC is struggling to adapt to the new era of college ball...they had so much success in the old setup that its hard to give that up. Same for dabo....cant admit that whats worked in the past is now broken.

Portal > recruiting and the current playoff teams prove it

Who gives a shite?
Why do i care if Alabama or Texas or UGA, or UF are good. I hope they all fail every year.


There isn't a damn thing that's helpful to LSU if Alabama beats Indiana, so why the hell would i ever want other SEC teams to win?

We all seem way more concerned about potentially losing players to rivals than about getting the right pieces. Coaches need to learn to let above-average to decent players walk.

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if you think Oregon never paid players before this. You're a dumbass if you do

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We began to try and got in trouble

Sec did it and was awarded higher preseason rankings

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It’s just cyclical & has to do more with coaching changes.

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I think this is a very shortsighted, myopic, and dismissive take on the situation.

It’s a bigger issue than that.

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Since 2006 the SEC has 13 titles. Everyone else six.

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If we’re picking arbitrary dates, we can go back to 2013 and say that teams from outside the SEC have won 6 of the last 12. That’s hardly dominant by the SEC.

This year will probably make 3 years in a row without a SEC team winning it all. I think Ole Miss is the weakest of the 4 teams left.

Gotta pick up on the recent downward trends and do something before it’s too late.

Agreed! I never understood why fans would actually pull for their closest rivals.