Seth Emerson
Senior Writer at The Athletic
Senior writer for The Athletic, covering the SEC and college football in general. Athens, Ga., resident since 2010. My wife is much smarter than me.
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5 days ago |
nytimes.com | Seth Emerson
Greg Sankey thought this could be resolved long ago. On the eve of the SEC's 2023 spring meetings, the commissioner sat at a table with a few reporters and talked about "landing the plane" in the week ahead. Two years later, "the plane" - a football scheduling format, including a final decision on whether the league should play eight or nine conference games - is still circling.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Seth Emerson |Andrew Marchand
ESPN has indicated a willingness to increase its payment to the SEC if the conference adds a ninth game to its league football schedule, sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic. There is no formal offer yet, those sources added, and the exact amount of the increase is unclear. But the sources said the additional money would likely be in the range of $50-80 million annually on top of the current deal, in which ESPN pays the conference $811 million per year to broadcast its sporting events.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Seth Emerson
CLEMSON, S.C. - There's a lot going on in Dabo Swinney's office. It's less a place of work than a hall of fame wing. His two national championship trophies sit on a table, impossible for visitors to miss. Mementos and pictures from other great Clemson moments are everywhere. On a wall is a video screen that plays rotating photos: Dabo with players, Dabo with friends, Dabo on a fishing boat with Nick Saban. He's already lived a great life. He's already had a great career.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Grace Raynor |Seth Emerson
Jared Curtis, the nation's No. 2 overall prospect and the top quarterback in the Class of 2026 in the 247Sports Composite, committed to Georgia on Monday afternoon at a ceremony at his high school in Nashville, Tenn. The 6-foot-3 1/2 , 225-pound Curtis, who plays at Nashville Christian School, chose Georgia over Oregon. He originally committed to Georgia in March 2024 but backed off that pledge in October.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Seth Emerson
The South Carolina defense was playing well. At an elite level, actually, Clayton White thought. And like any good defensive coordinator, White checks his unit's stats every week, so as last season went on he assumed the Gamecocks' national rankings in key categories would reflect it. Only they didn't. For as good as the Gamecocks were doing, others were doing even better. "How are we not top five (in run defense) yet?" White remembers saying. "I literally said, This is crazy.
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Georgia's press session Monday: Addressing two not-great viral moments, and Kirby Smart getting a question about whether he's considered a quarterback change. Humility was a week away, and it's here. But redemption is also a week away: https://t.co/PNHEmBlNv8
This week's SEC vibes rankings: Hotty Toddy and Cock Commanders at the top. LSU and Brian Kelly ... not so much. The vibes: https://t.co/GRpS9r9b9H
So there is a plausible scenario where the SEC has an eight-way tie for first place. That, and why who makes the SEC championship game means more than it seemed a bit ago: https://t.co/37hMMLk6PC