Author: Adam Gibby

Seven months ago, Nick Saban was sitting at a microphone following Alabama’s 27-24 SEC Championship win over No. 2 ranked Georgia, giving every reason why the Crimson Tide should be in the College Football Playoff. For 17 minutes, Saban sat up on the stage talking his team up as a top-four team in the country, and it may have worked as the Crimson Tide came in No. 4 the following day, taking the final playoff spot. Now, he has changed his views as a retired coach and ESPN analyst. Nick Saban Believes Alabama Will Not be in SEC Championship Game…

Today, the SEC media days for college football start. While media days are often hyped up to be more than they are, there are certainly a few storylines to watch out for this year as the SEC officially welcomes in Texas and Oklahoma. Here are the top three storylines to watch out for: How Will Texas (and Oklahoma) Be Treated? Texas is used to being the big mean bully of the conference. They ran the Big 12 however they wanted and complained whenever they didn’t get things their way. In the SEC, they are no longer a huge brand and…

Last week, there were reports that Florida State and Clemson may be starting to have talks with the Big 12 as a possible destination if they are able to get out of the ACC. Those rumors seemed like an unlikely reality, probably rooted in a third-party conversation that got turned into something that it really wasn’t. Or is it? More credible sources are now starting to issue statements about rumors and conversations between the Big 12 and the two biggest brands in the ACC. What Has Been Confirmed? To this point, not much has been confirmed, and it is unlikely that much…

With the college football realignment smoke starting to look more like the fire that burned down the Pac-12 last summer, the ACC seems in danger of meeting the same fate. This comes just a few years after it appeared that the Big 12 was left for dead after Texas and Oklahoma announced their intention to leave back in 2021. Power 2 Super Conference May Become a Power 3 There is a clear line between the Big 10/SEC and the Big 12/ACC. After that, there is another huge gap between them and the G5 conferences. You could say that college football…

We are still six weeks away from the appetizer games of ‘Week 0’, but that hasn’t slowed the discussions about the upcoming season. The main topic right now is whether Florida State and Clemson will bounce to the Big 12, but there is also some discussion on who will win the Heisman Trophy in 2024. History of the Heisman Trophy The Heisman Trophy is known as college football’s most prestigious individual award. Technically, the award is given to the best college football player in the nation. However, history has never reflected that. Since its inception in 1935, only one defensive…

The College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams this year, but according to ESPN’s Harry Douglas, it will not feature one of football’s bluebloods. In their first season without Nick Saban, since the BCS era ended, Harry Douglas shared the following: “I would say this, it’s not a guarantee that Alabama’s going to make the College Football Playoff. When I look at the SEC right now, I could name four teams that I could think of before I even get to Alabama. And that’s Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and Ole Miss.” SEC is Loaded This Year on the Top The…

With the landscape of college football changing, new teams are part of new conferences, which makes things a bit awkward for bowl games. Historically, bowl games have matched up with conferences to make it so that in most years, the amount of bowl-eligible teams was close to or exactly the number of bowl games with a contract with the conference. Conference realignment has changed that. Nonconference Games Make Bowl Games Easy for P4 Teams Teams must reach a 6-6 or better record to be bowl-eligible. Since teams play three to four nonconference games, and normally, three are considered games that…

As the Big 12 was going through its Media Days earlier this week, one of the stories that went under the radar was the formation of the Big 12 Alumni Council. According to the Big 12 website, it was created for the following reasons: “The Big 12 Alumni Council is comprised of 32 former student-athletes from men’s and women’s programs across each Big 12 institution. The Council was created to leverage the experience and expertise of some of the Big 12’s most notable student-athlete alumni as the Conference enters a new era. These alumni will provide guidance and insights surrounding…

Big 12 Media Days are in the books, and the overall message is that the conference is unified and together. However, sometimes, it isn’t the huge statements by the conference commissioner or the special guests who come in to speak. Sometimes, the real stories come from the coaches and players of each team. That is what makes the Big 12 great. The SEC, for example, is the Alabama/Georgia show. Nobody cares what Vanderbilt has to say. The Big 10 is the same with Ohio State and Michigan. Does anyone expect anything interesting to come out of Indiana? There is no…

Any college football fan knows that realignment has been a big part of college football since its inception, but few realize how much realignment has changed the landscape of college football in just 20 years. Sure, 20 years sounds like forever ago, but when I throw out players like Tim Tebow, Reggie Bush, and Darren McFadden, suddenly, 20 years ago doesn’t feel like the Stone Age. UCF’s Schedule Puts Realignment Into Perspective In a tweet by originally sent out by ‘Spark College Football’ asking how many wins UCF would get with their 2024 schedule, user Fifth Quarter BYU retweeted the…