SEC SQUAD - The SEC is getting BULLIED by the Big 10!? How it affects Auburn

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

SEC rivals clash over scheduling power as Chris Gordy asks: Is the SEC being pushed around by the Big Ten? Spring meetings heat up as the SEC Squad dissects the end of “cupcake weekend” and whether Greg Sankey and SEC athletic directors are compromising tradition. Fierce debates erupt on the merits of nine-game conference schedules, playoff expansion, and the grind of SEC football compared to the Big Ten’s approach. The squad weighs Kirby Smart’s bold stance on the SEC breaking away from the NCAA, the future of key Power 4 matchups, and heated takes on media bias—spotlighting matchups like LSU vs. Alabama and Oklahoma’s brutal stretch. Insider banter spotlights conference politics, the impact on College Football Playoff chances, and why fans and coaches are pushing back on perceived Big Ten influence. Can the SEC reclaim control, or is a new era of college football governance on the horizon?

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0:00.0	Is the SEC being dictated to by the Big Ten?
0:03.7	We'll explain.
0:04.2	You're talking ball with the SEC squad.
0:07.4	From Alabama to Tennessee, from Georgia to Oklahoma, from Auburn to Texas.
0:12.9	It's the local experts of the Locked-on Podcast Network, bringing you scoops, breakdowns, and the most comprehensive preview of the upcoming SEC weekend.
0:22.5	It's the SEC Squad, and we have a seat for you.
0:26.1	Perk feelings and thin skin are prohibited.
0:29.1	Squad up, you're part of the SEC Squad.
0:33.2	And what's that, everybody?
0:34.5	Welcome into the SEC Squad.
0:36.3	Sit back, grab your favorite beverage, and join us as we get you ready for another week talking all things SEC this week on the squad. We've got Corey Burton from Locked on Vandy, Stephen Willis, Locked on Ole Miss, John Miller from Locked on Missu. And hey, John Williams, Locked on Sooners joining us. I'm Chris Gordy host of Locked on SDC.
0:54.7	And fellas, tons of topics this week around the SEC with spring meetings going on down in Destin.
1:01.7	And on Tuesday, we heard the SEC athletic directors voted at spring meetings to, quote, end Cupcake weekend playing non-conference games against inferior opponents in late
1:12.8	November.
1:13.5	Now, set the table here for this topic.
1:16.5	The Big Ten pushed for years for the SEC to move to a nine-game conference slate.
1:20.5	They did it.
1:21.6	The Big Ten's been pushing for a 2014 playoff.
1:24.1	They want the SEC to get on board.
1:25.7	They may get that.
1:27.0	And one of the biggest complaints we always heard from Big Ten fans was, why want the SEC to get on board. They may get that. And one of the biggest
1:27.7	complaints we always heard from Big 10 fans is, why does the SEC play cupcakes in November?
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