I suspect the SEC is in trouble for some time.
They’ve all built their programs around coaches whose skill basically lay in buying players when you couldn’t do it legally.
Now that other teams can buy players legally, they will find it difficult to compete with B1G coaches whose were largely not buying players as blatantly as the SEC and still competing (Ohio state being the likely exception).
It will probably take 3-5 years at least until they cycle through the coaches, but it may be even longer because these coaches will continue competing in the SEC (and beating up on crap ACC teams), which their fans have been conditioned to believe is the pinnacle of success. But they will struggle once they enter the playoffs.
The SEC’s other problem is their TV contract with ESPN. B1G has contracts with free national channels across all the networks. That means they are being cross promoted by NBC, CBS and Fox. You’re gonna have them promoting B1G games along with the NFL building a stronger brand.
The SEC dropping CBS to go all ESPN/ABC will likely be a big mistake in the long run.
Tech needs to take even the sliver of a chance to get into the B1G if we can.
