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No Florida fan wants to see Florida State in the SEC. They do not want that to happen. That takes way a little of the advantages they’ve had over the years that works.

0:38 - "Notre Dame expands the SEC..." and... I'm now abandoning this clickbait.

Out of two teams you pick Virginia. That’s ridiculous. Zero sense.

I believe Ali might be being a little intellectually dishonest with her theory on why Florida wouldn't care if FSU was in the SEC. It's true that they will play each other anyways, as she stated, but Florida would love to keep that game from becoming a conference loss instead of just a lost rivalry game. It's the one way they can protect their image as the "premier" program in Florida. Being the lone member of the SEC is the only reason they still carry that moniker.

Notre Dame joining the SEC 😂😂😂 what a joke! Bear Bryant would be rolling in his grave if that were to happen.

She said Notre Dame 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Virginia thinks The SEC has academic fleas. 😂😂😂

She's right UF would be push down a rung and Vanderbilt wouldn't like that. UF is a dumpster fire right now, the last thing they want is FSU in the conference.

If Notre Dame joins a conference, it would be one that they had a chance of winning. So, no SEC..

I hope the SEC is dumb enough to snub FSU... opening up the state of Florida to the BIG10 would be a huge mistake for them strategically. The BIG10 sounds so much cooler, think FSU vs Ohio State or Southern Cal... awesome!

I have oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you if you think Notre Dame is joining the SEC.

As FSU fans most of us don’t want to go to the SEC. We don’t want ESPN or the SEC to make a dime off of us. We want the Big 10. It’s a better league. And 5 million a year more than the SEC. It’s a no brainer. Regardless of where we go we’re running that league so it really don’t matter.

What is this "insider's" credentials? Did I miss it?

lol, of course a Florida fan would want another doormat team like Virginia. Maybe they could get another win sometimes. Notre Dame is absolutely not going to the SEC. When they join a conference, it will be the big ten. Almost all of their traditional rivals are there now. Going to the SEC means losing those games. Florida has always been terrified of FSU joining the SEC, because they are scared of competition. They want to be the biggest and best in Florida, but only by keeping their in-state rivals down. If FSU does go to the Big Ten, the money gap disappears, and UF will continue its slide into irrelevance. It’s actually better for them if FSU does join the SEC. The best case scenario was for FSU to stay in the ACC forever, but that’s over now. If the SEC was smart instead of arrogant, they’d snap up FSU, Clemson, UNC and UVA and leave the scraps for the Big Ten. The best they can hope for in that scenario is for Notre Dame to join, but after that, there aren’t any more major brands to take. Unless maybe TAMU decides to run away from Texas again.

Use common sense people. The absolute natural fits for Florida State and Notre Dame is for Florida State to go to the SEC and Notre Dame to the Big 10. Despite what Greg Sankey has said in the past, which we all know from the Texas and Oklahoma editions, he is not always truthful in public. Plus, it's certainly seems like Petiti and Sankey are working together. I simply can't imagine that they are not using basic common sense to make these decisions.

Lets be honest, Miami hasnt competed in football since joining the ACC (2004). Neither has Syracuse, or Boston College, or any other ACC school who hasnt won a title in football (which includes UVA & UNC since 04). The top teams involving football in the ACC are Clemson, FSU and Virginia Tech in terms of titles. Everyone else is atleast 3 titles or more behind (with football being the driving force in terms of revenue). So, if we're being honest and only speaking of football, UVA & UNC dont make the cut. Neither does Miami. But maybe these schools only join certain conferences in football only.

Gators will never win again. If FSU comes to that conference, we whooped gators asses if we get that kind of money I’ll get we’ll never lose to y’all never

I know FSU and Clemson don’t provide a footprint, but they do provide three national championships since 2013, stadiums that hold an excess of 80,000 and national TV ratings. the SEC would be foolish to let the Big Ten claim these teams. Let the Big Ten take Miami and wait for Notre Dame to come around.

I don’t know what is wrong, but I have not been getting notifications on new videos. I guess I’m about to go back and binge watch. #L1C4 #LsUp Go Cardinals‼️‼️

Lol - UF is scared stiff of FSU joining the SEC. Gators have been bringing up the rear in the state ever since Bowden took over FSU in 1976 and Miami became a national powerhouse. Since that time, UF has a losing record against both FSU and Miami and (other than the Tebow years) has generally underperformed - Spurrier himself went 5-10-1 against his instate rivals. Rather pathetic when you consider UF has been playing football the longest and is the better funded program by a significant margin. Despite those advantages, FSU and Miami have become more iconic and successful brands and provide the more nationally intriguing matchup. Gator Nation knows full well that leveling the cash-flow with FSU risks further widening the gap.

I think that we may very well see an unofficial merger between the SEC and the Big Ten. But at this point, I am now willing to predict anything or shoot any idea down, not matter how crazy it sounds, because I never anticipated a few years back the situation we face today.

What he should’ve asked is if she would be OK with the Big Ten picking up FSU and Miami. Because I think she’s under the impression that the big 10 will not get FSU and the FSU will more than likely go to the big 12.

Gotta love these SEC people who love the regionality of their conference but don't see the value of adding two strong schools well within the current footprint and how much that will add to regional rivalry.

I'm from the B1G. I think the B1G can deal with 20 schools for scheduling purposes ( 4 -5 team divisions). Anything beyond twenty requires a whole new concept. From the B1G's perspective, I'll guess that the two most desirable schools to add would be UNC & UVA. Obviously, these two are not the top football schools in the ACC. There are several reasons why I make this guess. First, it expands the B1G footprint into contiguous States (if UVa comes then North Carolina is contiguous}. Second, UVa & UNC are two of the top public academic schools nationally The B1G would care about academics, not as much as viewer expansion, but some. UCLA, UNC, Michigan & UVa are among the top half-dozen public Universities in America. That would matter. I agree with this podcast that ultimately FSU will go B1G and UNC will go SEC. The B1G will be happy to add northwestern Florida/and a little southwestern Georgia to its viewership with FSU which is a good public school. Recruiting would benefit too. And the B1G would hope for UVa. UVa will be the prize remaining. I can see the SEC taking VaTech and B1G UVa as a compromise. Oh yeah. Notre Dame. Of course, the B1G would take ND. Too much $$$. That said, I hope N.D. ends up somewhere other than the B1G. I've listened to their "ND is special" malarkey all my life. ND's mantra is they must stay independent to ensure their special status. It's a ploy to give ND what they perceive as a competitive advantage. I'd be delighted if they were forced into the SEC. Won't happen, but I'd love it.

I definitely don’t want to see college football turn into a mini NFL

She doesn't want to lose traditional rivalries but wants ND to the SEC.

I don't like ND's fit with the SEC. Feels like they should be in the Big10. Virginia and North Carolina make the most sense for the SEC.

Winning the SEC is everything to me.

Plus academically ...ND fits the Big Ten

If the SEC expands, adding FSU and Clemson would give the conference the best football league by far but they don't actually add a tremendous amount of new eyes to the conference. Conversely, adding UNC and UVA adds a ton of new eyeballs to the conference but does nothing for football. Lastly, I don't see a league whose fanbase is comprised of a lot of Southern Baptist inviting a program whose fanbase is hugely comprised of Catholics, just my opinion on Notre Dame likely never getting a SEC invite.

Well of course fsu isn't a good add to a gator insider. We would take over as the flagship program in fl. We already get more viewers. But I don't think any SEC or B1G teams will have a say in who gets added. The networks will just tell them what's happeneing

Notre Dame has no chance. It will be Clemson, North Carolina, FSU, Miami in that order

People keep saying that FSU had a chance to go to SEC and turned it down don't know the facts. FSU was only offered the SEC after they had accepted the ACC offer and by then it was to late. Florida fought to keep FSU out for years. So please stop acting like FSU had an acceptable offer from the SEC. Also, the SEC at the time was not the powerhouse like today. And yes Bowden did say it was probably easier to win a Natty in the ACC but had they had a real choice FSU would have chosen the SEC. Bowden on said that after the decision to appease the board but wanted the SEC.

I agree with her about appealing adds

I’m a college football fan , don’t even watch nfl anymore. Mostly because I don’t have a team in my area to support. KC is 3 hours away but I grew up a packers fan. But in 2020 i really started to question the integrity of the league and games were looking more and more rigged. So I stopped watching and I don’t miss it. But the college brand is the college brand. If players are getting paid by a league of some sorts and put into contracts it would diminish some of this transfer portal chaos. Which in my opinion would calm the waters a bit

I don't hear much about what having extra games to play on how it will affect the players. It seems teams now are struggling to have good depth with the transfer portal and with extra games to play its seems depth is more important.

Super League conferences can be better or worse, depends on the final structure

No ACC team will be allowed to join the SEC or BIG. Good interview, FSU starting to realize they are not as valueable as they thought. A lot of parallels to the PAC12. The only ones I hear saying they are wanted is FSU themselves.

If Notre Dane any conference it’s hard to pick anything but the B1G. They have so many rivalry ties to that conference. Ohio state, Michigan st, Michigan, etc.

To Ali’s point. I’m 68 and my first college game visit was the swamp in 79. I don’t like anything about this era. The last change I approve of was the the East,west and the SEC championship games. So many things have changed especially historical rivalry games being tossed out for money 😢, not anything changes for the FANS BEST INTEREST.

You said that NIL and the portal are good things, but you also said they are playing a role in eroding what’s great about college football. Then, how can NIL and the portal be a good thing?

Why should UF even care as they already play FSU every year. It makes no difference to them.

Notre Dame is Big 10 and so is UVA.

It's no longer a student athlete sport. It's now for profit and can almost be separated from the education all together. No different from minor league football, without any NFL financial support.

ND would take a beating in the Big Ten....just like Nebraska has experienced.

Everybody just might as well except the fact that there will be super conferences, there will be divisions, and we already have a 14 team playoff coming next year. All just like the NFL. You can keep the pomp and circumstance and traditions of your university and accept the fact that this is going towards an NFL model.

No spreads of any kind allowed on a bagel because it would then be considered a meal. Only three meals a day were allowed. So the problem was this question: what is a meal?

Novel idea: They could let college students play college football. Eliminate scholarships and pay them nothing. My son would play for free, and I pay his tuition. Of course he can't run fast. If you want to see people getting paid to run fast watch the NFL.

She doesn't want to see traditional rivalries go away but wants ND to the SEC, and what does ND bring in basketball? She doesn't want rivalries to go too late for that, isn't it?. How many have already gone away, with the expansion of the SEC, and the creation of the Big 12 that wasn't founded until February 25, 1994. College football tradition is about 5 years long now if that, with all the Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (AADD) we have today. The Big 12 and SEC started this it looks like the B1G will end it.

Unc and Clemson should join the sec

Vanderbilt is the reason the SEC will not go after any private school. If Vanderbilt wants to win games. They need to drop out and go join the Ivy League.

No one will, and can't block, admission. It takes a bunch of schools to do that.....I think five. If the SEC office tells all the schools to get in line then the vote will be unaminous.

The trouble with Virginia and UNC is that their legislatures are going to make sure they’re in the same conference as Virginia Tech and North Carolina state. Thus, preventing them from joining the big two.

SEC has given ND support, so they can remain independent. ND is a brand multiplier to the Big Ten. Whenever they play a B1G Team, ratings are excellent. SEC wants them independent, so the Big Ten doesn't get a clear advantage over them.

Why is a Florida person representing the sec first off and second off why are we still talking about this neither of them are sec contender unless we’re getting rid of Vanderbilt and miss st

The whole FBS could be under one media deal across all networks. You are cutting out a lot of high rating games. Army vs Navy, Colorado vs Colorado State, Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State, etc. Not in the big 2 with the winning percentage overall. #4 Notre Dame with a ,730 percentage wins, #5 Boise State with a winning percentage of .723, #11 Florida State with a .671, then Miami Florida, JMU, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Arizona State, Miami Ohio, Utah, West Virginia, Fresno State, Central Michigan, Western Kentucky, BYU, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Southern Miss, Troy, Army, Colorado, San Diego State and Boston College. Not in the top 50. Syracuse, UNC, Arizona, UCF, Ole Miss., Missouri, Iowa, Maryland, Purdue, Virginia, NC State, South Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, Rutgers, Miss. State. Outside of the top 100Duke, Vanderbilt, Kansas, Northwestern, Wake Forest and Indiana. This is what it looks like in each conference. 1. Big 10 Michigan/Ohio State .734, 2. SEC Alabama with .733, 3. Notre Dame at .730, 4.MWC Boise State .723, 5. ACC FSU .671, 6. SBC Coastal Carolina .651, 7. Big 12 Arizona State .599, 8. MAC Miami Ohio .596, 9. CUSA Jacksonville State .589 10. AAC Navy .549, 11. PAC 12 Washington State .494. There would be good match ups with schools not in the top 2. Boise State have beaten Oklahoma, Georgia, Utah, BYU, Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State, Virginia and Virginia Tech. Like you would be cutting off your onw nose not to think about some of the top G5 schools that do bring excitement.

well we can't "block" all the schools that would bring massive value. Otherwise the small10 will actually become better than the SEC

Virginia!? VIRGINIA!? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Miami is about to win the ACC, then who's FSU or Clemson.

Everytime I see her on youtube I am convinced she is ridiculous. Shockingly I gave Gator fans more credit. Is she really a leading voice in gatorland?? Good lord.

AWE Her ole 5-7 gators gonna get bumped to the WAC

ND!!!! Never…. Unneeded and unwanted and definitely too far north

This all I’m going to say most FSU fans wanna go Big 10 if the SEC doesn’t want FSU dnt worry the big 10 will be more than happy to planets flag in the south and that could tip the balance scale in the big 10 favor especially if the Big 10 gets into both Florida and, Virginia, and orc or North Carolina, so SEC fans be careful what you wish for you just might get it

Am I wrong that SEC has something to do with South or East? Why look like idiots starting with what you call yourself? Does anyone know where South Bend is located. Hint: Not South US or East. South Bend is the town, not US location.

Notre Dame plays Hockey in the Big Ten. No way would ND go to the SEC that's doesn't have Hockey

"Gentleman's Agreement". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

How about if the sec pulled a fast one and went for ohio state jamie

BIG/SEC superleague is coming becuase other schools won’t be able to afford the new revenue sharing plan and will fall off. I see 2 more rounds of realignment over the next 5years and then they will start a scheduling alliance where they play each other 2/3 games a season. Leaving schools only 1/2 games where a B12, ACC, and G5 can get on their schedule.

UNC and UVA not Notre Dame and UVA

Notre dame? fuck outta here. we want clemson and fsu.

Talking out both sides of her mouth. Add nd and virginia but her problem is rivalries are going away? Nd and bams have always had beef with each other but not with anyone else. Virginia has zero rivals in the SEC. Clemson, uga and south Carolina are rivals. Fsu and florida are rivals. Also if fsu and clemson are part of so carolina and/ or florida they can actually schedule a winnable game instead of one they have lost.

I doubt the SEC will let Fl State and UNC go with the extra revenue each of those schools will bring in plus those two schools going to the B1G in the heart of SEC country they won’t like. Clemson and Miami might get in because they’re big brands. If Miami ends up in the B1G and they get Virginia instead I’m sure they’ll be happy

Let the SEC have VA and NC

Notre Dame not going to the SEC so take them out of the scenario

I want Ohio State, Michigan that’s the footprint one

Go get West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and Kansas and expand geographically.

See you soon Notre Dame! I am inevitable. Sincerely, The Big Ten

UF grad here, enjoy your channel, you are extremely objective and impartial, respect Florida State will never join the SEC… They don’t bring anything to the table, already have the viewership locked down with the flagship university in Gainesville… The SEC will add UNC Chapel Hill and UVA

We don’t need Jr. NFL….

Notre Dame is a terrible choice! FSU and Clemson. Both those teams are a fit for the SEC. They also bring the most eyeballs. I strongly believe that ESPN will be the one that brings a settlement Between FSU, Clemson, and the ACC. These two teams will end up in the SEC because ESPN will make a deal with Sankey to make that happen.

Oklahoma & TX HATE CONFERENCE EXPANSION

I stopped watching this podcast halfway thru, I felt like I was getting dumber watching it!!!!!!!!

If you're going to add two teams to the SEC that's a non-brainer you would take West Virginia Kansas or Kansas State those schools fit the SEC best. The ACC teams really don't fit in the SEC they're not really football schools unless you're getting Florida State, Clemson, Miami or Notre Dame. But cultural wise the other ACC teams don't fit and don't have a very good football track record outside of those ACC teams. West Virginia would give the SEC the top 15th most winningest teams right below Clemson and above Texas A&m.

The only team in the SEC that would see themselves as an inferior team to FSU is Vanderbilt! FSU had one decent season in the past decade! No one fears FSU

Interesting ND would be geographically continuous with the SEC (Indiana borders Kentucky).

Virginia 😂

K.

They will not get ND

Regionality is not going away.. NFL laughs at college football everyday.. and these kinds of content... Lol.. especially having the largest watch draft in history.. with regional teams involved.... Lmao!

This show is about as informative as CNN, but somehow even more boring.

She knows nothing. The ND comment was dumb

Super conferences are bad for the sport. A super league however would be great, it would boost ratings. The networks should want a super league.

I really don't think notre dame joins big10 or SEC. Notre Dame football will collapse if they only get 6 or 7 wins as a ceiling year in year out. Notre Dame would have already joined a p5 if they wanted

UCF will get into the SEC before FSU, mark my words

FSU is water trash

She picked UVa over UNC. Credibility downgraded.

ND fits in the BIG 10 the best especially since ND is already in the backyard of the BIG and of course Indiana is already in the BIG to so I would say the BIG would get ND before the SEC would. Most BIG 10 people would like to see ND and FSU in their conference more than any other teams out there.

Florida and South Carolina fear they would be secondary state school in the SEC if FSU and Clemson both join

A funny interesting fact that not a lot of people know about but Florida actually lobbied for Florida State to be in the SEC at one time. In the '50s and then again in the '60s.

People need to quit looking at everything through football glasses. ND is only joining one conf and it's not the SEC, if it's any conf at all. Location, existing rivalries, and existing academic relationships ensure ND, for their own good as a school, will join the Big 10. NDs not walking away from those things, which have a greater impact on the school, just for football.