This has definitely become a media narrative as I've heard it more than once over the last week from high-profile commentators to include Paul Finebaum: how a two-decade run of SEC superiority appears to be ending as the sport's balance of power tilts north to the Big-10 (including Oregon) and Notre Dame.
It's largely due to the wild unregulated world of NIL and the free-agency portal system. Basically the Big-10 can now do legally what the SEC once did illegally, which is buy players and teams.
The CBS piece linked below lays it all out nicely:
www.cbssports.com
It's largely due to the wild unregulated world of NIL and the free-agency portal system. Basically the Big-10 can now do legally what the SEC once did illegally, which is buy players and teams.
The CBS piece linked below lays it all out nicely:
The Big Ten's weaponization of clean cash -- and lots of it -- is shifting power dynamics from South to North
The Big Ten can pay players now -- guilt-free. Does it mean the end of the SEC's utter dominance?
www.cbssports.com
