Today's edition, a new alliance, big 10 SEC going to shape things.

What's that mean for the college football playoff? What's with all these lawsuits?

And the Alabama baseball gambling scandal hits its conclusion.

Time now for the college football

Inquirer with Dan Wetzall.

They're still arguing stuff that was suspicious five years ago, but in those five years have proven not even remotely true.

Ross Gellinger!

These little things that pile up and it's just another straw on top of the camel's back and eventually I feel like

really close to a breaking point. It's not just with the CFP, but it's with the NCAA too.

And S.I.'s Pat 40!

Moral high ground is not quite the right word,

but a belief that the NCAA had, you know, that there was some integrity to the rule book.

I don't think anybody buys that.

Here's Pat, Russ, and Dam.

All right, welcome to the pod.

Late last week, Ross Delanger.

First to report that that SEC and Big Ten have formed their own alliance

to tackle the persuasive issues in college athletics.

Pressures are mounting. That's how Greg Sankey, dear leader of the SEC said. You can explain

the details. It feels to me like they realize they are nearly out of time to present some kind of plan and the

NCA's unwieldy nature makes their idea the likelihood of the NCAA as an entity putting out a

a plan in a timely manner unlikely so these guys are just saying someone's got to do it, we're going to do it,

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