“Saban retiring, in any era, was going to fundamentally impact the death grip the SEC had on college football,” Pate explained. “Because it wasn’t the SEC that had a death grip, it was Alabama, led by Nick Saban. Ten of the last 11 SEC Championships were either won by Bama or Georgia.”

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QB Sellers goes supernova, WR Nyck Harbor lives up to his freaky athletic traits, Edge Dylan Stewart terrorizes SEC signal callers en route to First Team All-SEC recognition, and the six defensive line transfers perform well enough to absorb the loss of several front-seven NFL draftees.

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Given the explosion of revenue sharing and NIL deals, plus the backpay charges for this massive House lawsuit, money ain't cheap in college football right now.