Should SEC breakaway and how to structure?

Yes
Apply it to all collegiate sports and have one governing body. Then break away all sports from the universities and make them individual private entities. Then let the schools start club teams with the original understanding of school sports reinstated.

100% on board.

No. Just kick out dog shite Arkansas.

Were you born stupid?

The system is broken we all know mac teams and sec teams aren’t playing the same game, so why lump them in the same division. A split needs to happen.

I might go for an independent division with more like 64 (or at least 50) of the best funded programs from all over the country. I like a lot of variety in scheduling anyway.

Kicking the Big Ten out seems like a chickenshit move when they've won the last three NCs. I certainly wouldn't consider it a national championship with an SEC-only schedule, even with double the schools, if large sections of the country were left out.

Colorado? Really? How do they qualify to be in any super league?

As long as coach O is the commissioner, I'm down with it.

Conference offices will be in Destin so he can get his afternoon jog in.

I mean, no one wants this. But too much money could be made for it not to happen eventually.

I’m in no way for this, but from a shear revenue-generating point of view a 36 team “AFC/NFC” structure with just the Top 36 programs could sell a tv package for an absolute fortune if structured correctly. I think you have to go 36 teams instead of 32 or you really have to leave out some big brands.

The teams would likely be decided by the following factors:

1. Fan Interest- how many eyeballs do they bring to the TV both historically and recently. How much success have they had historically and can they ever bring in a national audience?

2. Geography- some western and northern schools would probably get a boost because there would be a desire to make sure all geographic regions were properly covered

3. Potential- geographic regions that are growing rapidly need to be considered. Three teams from Florida makes the most sense now but 50 years from now 4 teams might make even more sense with the way it’s growing… similar for Texas. And while Utah is borderline now on whether a team should make the cut, the state is growing fast enough that it makes sense to include a UT team for the future.

Based on this, here’s who I’d put as the programs.

The Elites (19 teams)- these are all either historically successful… have had a good bit of real recent success… have a huge fan base… or have proven to have a solid following. These are the no-brainers, IMO.

Listed in alphabetical order: Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, USC

Other Big Brands (5 teams)- these are teams that might struggle a bit it football historically, but they have huge support thanks to other sports or they just have a relatively large, loyal following.

These teams listed in alphabetical order: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan St, North Carolina, Wisconsin

Smaller followings but their fanbase packs a punch for its size (6 teams)- These are schools that aren’t typically at the top and they come from smaller states. But their fans show up and are highly engaged.

Listed in alphabetical order: Arkansas, BYU, Iowa, Ole Miss, Miss St, South Carolina

Teams that don’t really fit those categories but can’t be left out (3 teams)- these don’t really fit any of those lists but they aren’t far back on any of them either. These all come from larger populated states. They’ve never been historically elite outside of a handful of random seasons. Their fan support is spotty at times. But you probably can’t have a Top 36 without them.

These teams in alphabetical order: Missouri, UCLA, Washington

This gives us 33 teams. Probably need to get to 36 so you can have two divisions with even numbers.

The remaining top candidates. You have to choose three more, and these would be the next best IMO based on the criteria at the top

In alphabetical order: Arizona, Arizona St, Colorado, Duke, Georgia Tech, Kansas, Minnesota, NC State, Texas Tech, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia

I’d probably lean Virginia, Colorado, and Texas Tech from that list.

You could do those 36 for football and then expand it to 72 teams for basketball… taking Arizona, Baylor, Connecticut, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, NC State, and a bunch of the other current Big East schools. Do a 32-team tournament for March Madness.

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I think Colorado is a top 60 program

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Based on what metrics?

They have a .373 winning percentage this century.

Colorado is 45th all time amongst d1 schools in win percentage, maybe you should brush up ball a lil