1. A knotted breaker
It was anticipated that during SEC media days, the league will reveal a new tiebreaker method for the SEC Championship Game, since the East and West divisions were eliminated when the SEC expanded to 16 teams with Texas and Oklahoma. However, there are rumors that an announcement won’t happen until two weeks from now, at the most, following a video conference of SEC athletic directors. This needs to be fixed right away, unlike the permanent football scheduling structure that is still under attack.
2. Petrino and Pitt
It is unheard of for Arkansas coach Sam Pittman to reassign offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino, who led the team from 2008 to 2011. After lying to Arkansas about having an affair with a female employee, Petrino—who was a finalist for the LSU position when it selected Les Miles in 2005—was sacked from the position in 2012. Now, it’s not hard to see him taking over for the troubled Pittman in the event that Arkansas has another poor season but the offense moves the chains.
3. Precise timing
Thursday’s SEC media days session, which included Arkansas, Texas A&M, Auburn, and Kentucky, was somewhat dull in comparison to the previous three. Teams you wouldn’t quite anticipate to make the CFP. However, the presence of the Aggies and Wildcats together was intriguing. UK coach Mark Stoops acknowledged that A&M, which hired Mike Elko, chased him “pretty aggressively.” Although Stoops makes $9 million a year, he did not specify how many zeros were in a “pretty aggressively.”
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