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    SEC to 9 football games? Key decision-makers have hardened, flexible & evolving feelings. 

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    Published on 05-04-2013 07:00 AM
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    SEC to 9 football games? Key decision-makers have hardened, flexible & evolving feelings.

    ATLANTA -- "The Phantom Menace" is how Mississippi State Athletics Director Scott Stricklin jokingly refers to the recurring question of whether the SEC should go to nine conference football games.

    "We keep voting for eight," Stricklin said, "and nine keeps coming up."

    In many ways, the nine-game talk never went away. It's front and center again because the Big Ten switched to nine games, the SEC Network is official, and SEC Commissioner Mike Slive has pushed again for the nine-game discussion while saying he's keeping an open mind.

    SEC coaches have weighed in with their thoughts. But although coaches are a crucial voice, it's ultimately up to SEC athletics directors and presidents and chancellors.

    Interviews with some key decision-makers this week reflect hardened, flexible and evolving feelings by SEC members about eight vs. nine games. Potentially at stake for the SEC:
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    Alabama's Jeremy Pruitt is Florida State's new defensive coordinator 

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    Published on 12-16-2012 05:17 AM
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    The first assistant coach to leave Alabama coach Nick Saban's staff this season is not defensive coordinator Kirby Smart or offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeiser.

    It apparently will be Jeremy Pruitt.

    According to two reports, Alabama's third-year secondary coach will be the new defensive coordinator at Florida State.

    That move is being reported by Noles247.com and BamaOnline.com, both of which are part of the 247sports.com network. Noles247.com cited sources at Florida State. BamaOnline cited sources at Alabama and Florida State.

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    The Growing Divide: Is a split among the 120 FBS teams a possibility? 

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    Published on 12-06-2012 06:53 AM
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    NEW YORK -- Amid conference expansion and the growing gap between the top five major football playing conferences – the SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12, Big 12, ACC and Notre Dame – and everyone else, the question remains: Do the five power conferences need the NCAA? Would they better off taking their football and playing on their own?

    Two university presidents said Wednesday they aren't in favor of a split from the NCAA. However, Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman added that a "serious conversation" needs to take to place about the gap. "You have to either fight it or accommodate it, but I think some accommodation needs to be made," Perlman said at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum.

    Wake Forest president Nathan Hatch also doesn't believe five power conferences should leave NCAA. "We would have to set up a whole system," he said.

    When asked what could be one of the biggest changes to come to college sports in the next five years, Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick cited an "another division, a Division 5" in the NCAA among the top football-playing schools.
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