Playoff Expansion, Threats, Frustrations, and More at SEC Meetings
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Ralph joins from Destin, Florida to help break down the biggest storylines from the SEC spring meetings. Playoff expansion, a rumored SEC breakaway, and a new bipartisan Senate bill that could reshape college sports governance. Later, the Brendan Sorsby gambling eligibility case, and a mailbag exploring whether bowl games and the very concept of a "successful season" have been permanently redefined.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the latest edition of the Audible, presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:10.1 | I'm Bruce Feldman, joined by my colleague from the athletics. |
| 0:13.2 | Ralph Russo, no Stu Mandela. |
| 0:14.9 | I almost slipped into saying Stu. |
| 0:16.6 | Stu is not with us today. |
| 0:18.5 | And Ralph is coming to us from Destin, |
| 0:22.5 | Florida, |
| 0:23.1 | where he is covering the SEC spring meetings. |
| 0:26.6 | Lots of news that has been trickling out of there, |
| 0:29.5 | Ralph, |
| 0:30.1 | uh, |
| 0:30.6 | I think you're going to be there for another 24 hours. |
| 0:33.1 | Uh, |
| 0:33.3 | we're going to also before, |
| 0:35.2 | you know, |
| 0:35.5 | later in the show talk about the Senate bill that seems to be getting more traction that came to the, that came up or came out earlier today. |
| 0:46.8 | And we're going to get to your questions in the mailback. |
| 0:48.8 | But first, Ralph in, in Destin, Florida, what is the biggest thing you learned so far on your trip down there? |
| 0:58.2 | Yeah, it's been an interesting couple of days insofar as, you know, it's funny, |
| 1:04.4 | you and I, Bruce and still, we sort of like hem and ha ha a lot about there's so much off |
| 1:10.4 | the field stuff and stuff that doesn't |
| 1:12.4 | directly impact football and we want to talk football but it's also the part of the season |
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