Is Texas Ready To Take Over The SEC?
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
The Audible is back with a loaded episode. Bruce Feldman and Ralph Russo break down the Big 12's escalating legal battle with Texas Tech, discuss what comes next for Brendan Sorsby, and examine the ripple effects across college football. Then, Stewart Mandel joins the show as the crew makes their favorite SEC over/under picks, debates conference contenders, and discusses whether Arch Manning and Texas are ready to take the next step.
The episode opens with the latest fallout from the Brendan Sorsby case as the Big 12 pushes back against Texas Tech's plans surrounding the star quarterback. Bruce and Ralph discuss the conference's legal response, the possibility of sanctions, how the College Football Playoff could view the situation, and whether Sorsby's future could ultimately lie in the NFL rather than college football.
The Audible crew continues their conference win-totals draft with a deep dive into the SEC. Stew, Bruce and Ralph identify the teams they believe are poised to exceed expectations and those facing difficult paths ahead.
Can Arch Manning lead Texas to an SEC Championship? Is Georgia's favorable schedule the biggest advantage in the conference? The panel debates the outlook for the SEC's top contenders while breaking down the impact of quarterback play, coaching changes, roster turnover, and schedule strength on the race to reach the College Football Playoff.
Plus, the guys explain the logic behind their strongest SEC projections, discuss why South Carolina, Ole Miss, and Alabama could outperform expectations, and examine whether programs like Vanderbilt, Arkansas, and Mississippi State can surprise this season.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the latest edition of the Ottawa presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm Bruce Feldman. |
| 0:11.2 | We actually taped this episode about 12 hours ago on Monday. |
| 0:17.9 | There was a lot of court maneuvering |
| 0:21.5 | that had taken place in the latest round |
| 0:23.8 | of the Brendan Soresby saga. |
| 0:26.9 | And as you'll see, |
| 0:28.6 | most of the episode that we taped |
| 0:30.5 | was Ralph and I discussing |
| 0:32.0 | how this had kind of turned |
| 0:34.4 | and it seemed like it was a 180 |
| 0:35.7 | from the direction it was just a few days ago where it didn't, you know, as Ralph said, it did not look like the way things were shaping up. |
| 0:42.9 | Brendan Soresby was actually going to get to play for Texas Tech this year. So fast forward to Monday evening, new developments now, Brendan Sorsby, according to the sources that the athletic has, |
| 0:57.3 | as well as other outlets have reported, Brendan Sorsby is planning on entering the NFL supplemental |
| 1:02.3 | draft, and that comes on the heels of what has been a very wild day in the Big 12. |
| 1:11.1 | As you'll see in the rest of our episode, |
| 1:13.4 | we'll kind of lay the context out of that, |
| 1:15.7 | and we'll have more on the Sourgeby case |
| 1:17.9 | as it relates to the next steps of Texas Tech |
| 1:21.7 | and the next episode. |
| 1:22.9 | Joined by my colleague from The Athletic, Ralph Russo. |
| 1:26.8 | Stu actually is not here today, but he kind of is. |
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