Will The SEC Actually Leave The NCAA?
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
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🗓️ 21 July 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Would the SEC do the unthinkable and leave college football? Bruce Feldman, Stewart Mandel, and Ralph Russo discuss SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey’s press conference. The Southeastern Conference head spoke today at the annual media day. The Audible team reacts to his latest comments.
Plus, it’s the end of an era for the Michigan Wolverines. Athletic Director Warde Manuel will be stepping down at the end of the calendar year. His tenure is marked by controversy and championships. The guys ask Michigan fans if it was all worth it. Drop a comment below and let us know if you think it was or wasn’t.
Is Indiana the new wide receiver U? Curt Cignetti landed a 5-star recruit. Monshun Sales has committed to the Hoosiers. Does the Big Ten recruiting trail now run through Bloomington, Indiana?
Finally, the guys discuss the ACC Media Days. Ralph was onsite for the availability and reacts to several interesting storylines. First, Dabo Swinney was fired up about his legacy and the state of the Clemson Tigers football program. Plus, what happened between Pitt HC Pat Narduzzi and Miami? And, are there ACC schools we should view differently?
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0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Warde Manuel to leave Michigan
11:05 - Would the SEC actually break away from College Football?
17:00 - What should we make of Mizzou’s Eliah Drinkwitz’s comments?
22:47 - Is Indiana the new wide receiver U?
30:35 - Why did Dabo Swinney fired up at ACC Media Day?
38:10 - What happened between Pitt HC Pat Narduzzi and Miami?
43:15 - Are there ACC schools we should view differently?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the latest edition of The Audible, presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm Bruce Feldman, joined by my colleagues from the Athletic Stuart Mandel and Ralph Russo. |
| 0:14.2 | All three of us are here today. |
| 0:16.2 | We're now pretty much neck deep into college football media days. The SEC is going on right now in |
| 0:23.4 | Tampa, Florida as we speak. We will get into that. We will get into kind of maybe some closure |
| 0:31.3 | with the latest Michigan scandal as it relates to AD Ward Manual. We're going to talk about |
| 0:37.2 | has Indiana coming off a national title, elevated itself? |
| 0:41.7 | Could they be on the cusp of becoming wide receiver you? |
| 0:45.9 | All that. |
| 0:47.1 | And some postcards from ACC Media Days, which Ralph was at. |
| 0:52.0 | He's got some good stuff from there. |
| 0:53.7 | Guys, let's start though. |
| 0:56.0 | Monday morning, we woke up to Ward Manual is not out the door, but he will be soon. |
| 1:04.3 | Michigan released a statement. |
| 1:06.2 | They released some summary of their big, whatever, $12 billion investigation. Not a ton of details, guys. |
| 1:14.8 | Where do we stand with this right now? Are we surprised? Well, I mean, of course they released it, |
| 1:21.2 | right? They released it right in the middle of Greg Sanky's state of the SEC speech, right? |
| 1:30.7 | They released it like four days after their board meeting, right? |
| 1:36.0 | So no reporters were around. |
| 1:37.7 | They just released a statement from the president. |
| 1:39.6 | And here's some details. |
| 1:40.7 | We can't give you all the details, by the way. |
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