The college football season is roughly three months away. This does not mean the game is sleeping. It only means the drama has been moved off the field and, this week especially, behind closed doors.
The Southeastern Conference’s annual Spring Meeting is back for the first time since 2019 to discuss the future of the league and what to do about topics like scheduling, the College Football Playoff, NIL and a booming transfer marketplace. It will also be the backdrop for the first face-to-face meeting between Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Texas A&M counterpart Jimbo Fisher since the two had a very loud, very public spat about player compensation earlier in the month.
There’s a real, albeit unlikely, chance we’ll see more fireworks this week. Unfortunately, the SEC has failed to capitalize on this drama, placing several different league executives between the two in a seating chart that surfaced Tuesday.
