Greg Sankey insists SEC is 'strongest league' despite Big Ten winning three straight national championships

Tim Brando crushes Greg Sankey for acting like Friday night games aren't an option for the SEC.

For most objective fans, it's become clear that the Big Ten has surpassed the SEC as the dominant conference in college football. Just don't tell SEC commissioner Greg Sankey or the conference's coaches about the importance of on-field results. After years of them referencing those exact results.

Sankey, speaking at the SEC's spring meetings on Wednesday, once again struck, and once again struck a defiant, and inaccurate, tone. College Football Playoff executive director Rich Clark met with the conference and its coaches this week, explaining the "metrics" that go into the committee's decision making and selection process. According to Sankey, it confirmed that the SEC is the "strongest league."

"We saw metrics out of the College Football Playoff presentation where there’s no doubt we’re the strongest league," Sankey said. "But I think from a big picture, the breadth, the depth of this league — this league stands alone."

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey listens to a journalist's question during the Southeastern Conference Football Kickoff Media Day on July 17, 2023, at the Grand Hyatt Nashville in Nashville, Tenn. (Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire)

When discussing recent results, he repeated the same mantra. "If you look at the entirety of our league, we are by far the most competitive, the strongest football league by far," he told reporters. "But you're going to lose games when it's close and competitive like that."

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