Bret Bielema roasts Nick Saban, SEC, at Big Ten media days: 'They want to live in 2005 forever'

Well if there's one thing we can be sure of with the 2026 college football season, it's that the budding rivalry between the Big Ten and SEC is only going to get more intense. At SEC media days recently, several prominent figures spent lengthy press conferences telling anyone who would listen that the SEC deserves all 16 teams in the College Football Playoff . In fact, maybe they'd consider inducting an honorary 17th member if necessary, just to ensure a fair assessment of strength of schedule.