SEC quarterbacks 'fired up' about new and improved conference: 'Gonna be awesome'

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One could argue even before realignment that the SEC was already the best conference in college football, and it got even better this offseason.

Already stacked with No. 1 Georgia and No. 5 Alabama, the conference officially added No. 3 Texas and No. 16 Oklahoma earlier this month.

Nine SEC teams are nationally ranked, with four inside the top 6. With the addition of the two former Big 12 schools, conference veteran Jalen Milroe is excited about the new competition.

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An SEC logo billboard prior to the NCAA Women's Final Four.  (Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports)

"It’s great. It’s added competition to the league," the Alabama quarterback told Fox News Digital. "To have that, to have more importance to the conference, it’s gonna be dope. Just to have that experience, it’s gonna be awesome, man."

Added No. 13 LSU's gunslinger Garrett Nussmeier, "I think you add those schools, it only grows the competitiveness and aura in our conference that was already the best conference in all of college football. You add those two, and it makes it even stronger and more competitive."

Quinn Ewers is an SEC rookie. He recently praised the 12-team playoff, noting it was difficult to see the SEC champ left out last year. Georgia, which had been 42-1 in 43 games, lost the conference title game to Alabama, which put the Crimson Tide in and left the Bulldogs out.

Quarterback Quinn Ewers of the Texas Longhorns throws downfield against the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the first half of the Big 12 championship at AT&T Stadium Dec. 2, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.   (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

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