***2026-27 College Football (non-ISU) Thread***
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I don’t know how many disappointing years in a row it’s going to take to humble the SEC but it seems clear it’s more than the 3 we’ve had so far.
I think 2-3 more years of not winning a natty should do it, the narrative is already building with NIL vs the bagmen payments the SEC was known for and if they continue to miss out on championships (or even better don’t make the championship) then reality will smack them soon.
I am all here for more SEC crying.
They seem to begrudgingly admit the top of the SEC hasn’t been as good, but they are clinging as strong as ever to the view that the conference top-to-bottom is more or less just as tough as playing in the AFC West. It makes for fun reading in the comment section on posts like this.
Believe they are still the same as last year. The contracts were up but with them not being able to figure out the Playoff think they just extended them for another year.
1. Valero Alamo Bowl vs Pac-12 tie-in
2. Pop-Tarts Bowl vs ACC
3. Kinder's Texas Bowl vs SEC
4. AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs SEC
5. Cactus Bowl vs Big Ten
6. Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl vs AAC
Alternate Affiliations, if available
- Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs American Athletic or C-USA
- SERVPRO First Responder Bowl vs ACC or American Athletic
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Looks like a "lateral design move." The numeral update is a bit meh, the partial pant stripe is dorky. Beyond that, looks about that same.
I'm no fan of NU, but I think the basic FB uniform is fine. The W-W-R road uni is especially clean.
Times have changed when it comes to non-conference schedules. Not nearly as many cupcakes schedule back in the day:
Real slobber-knocker of a schedule.
Florida State (7-4-1) as an independent, right before they got really good.
South Carolina (3-6-2) as an independent.
Illinois (4-7)
Oregon (5-6)
6 Big Eight games against teams that finished the regular season 6-5 or worse
Oklahoma
It's definitely more "daunting" on the surface than the actual records and general strength of opponents. At that time, Illinois was so-so, Oregon was irrelevant.
FSU already was having success, just not as much so that season.
