I would be very nervous as I'm sure they are that in the future the SEC and the Big Ten gets so big that they have all the weight in the world to throw around the room

They have to sign off on expansion they have to sign off on a new playoff contract just like everyone else does and I don't

think you're ever getting their signature in 2026 and beyond on a playoff slash

media rights deal that includes automatic qualifier status in other

in other words grants the same guaranteed access to other conferences as it does to

them.

A lot's changed.

changed.

since we were with you last.

We've been off for a week.

We hope you guys all had a terrific holiday break, whether it was spending it with family whether you're watching

bowl games I know I've watched a million of them I even watched some NFL I even

watch some NFL on Christmas Day I will admit I was all in on the triple

header in the NFL I just couldn't get enough football and I hope you guys have had a terrific week.

We have not been here in a while so a lot's changed to help bring us back into the college football mix.

We had to bring in Josh Pate. He does an amazing job at

late kick with Josh Pate so we wanted to have him on. I was on his show a couple days ago

so it's been great to be able to kind of bounce things around with him between the

conversation that we have here today

and the conversation that we had last week on his show, we basically have had, I mean, an hour to just kick around

all these awesome college football topics including

what's going on with Florida State. Where are they? What are they doing and what could

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