Indiana: SEC commish Greg Sankey challenges Big Ten coaches to back up trash talk…
Illinois · IndianaThe selection committee placed five SEC programs in its initial top 10: Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Texas and Ole Miss. Indiana and UCLA were the Big Ten's two representatives in that group, ranked fourth and eighth, respectively.
Watch sports LIVE with fuboTV (free trial) Sankey addressed the debate during an appearance on "The Paul Finebaum Show."
On3 shared his response Monday on X, formerly Twitter, capturing his message to the coaches challenging the SEC's rankings. "One of those head coaches canceled a non-conference game with one of our teams.
What I would say is, hey, we’re ready to schedule those non-conference games. Sankey encouraged more non-conference matchups between the leagues, arguing that teams could test their assessments of SEC opponents through regular-season competition.
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