Keegan Bankoff

Westminster | Santa Clara | ☘️

[Miles Shoaf || MSR @milesashoaf]

ESPN owns the SEC Network.
ESPN owns the Playoff broadcast.
ESPN also builds the strength-of-schedule model that decides which SEC teams belong in the Playoff.
That’s not a ranking. That’s manipulation.

[CougarStats @CougarStats]

"Who has the strongest SOS?"

"The SEC."

"Why?"

"Because they play a bunch of SEC teams."

"How good are SEC teams?"

"Really good, because they play a bunch of SEC teams."

"How do you know if SEC teams are better than teams from other conferences?"

"They are better, because they play a lot more SEC teams than teams from other conferences."

[NFL Draft Files @NFL_DF]

Rookie Xavier Watts highlights

He really fell to the 96th pick LOL

[Brad Powers @BradPowers7]

I don't think the SEC helped itself this week.

In fact...

The SEC came across as a bunch of spoiled children, who for the first time in their lives, did not get what they wanted.

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

Hey soooo don’t wanna spoil things but the Trojans get wrecked on a trick play in the prequel…

[Ron Shillman @shillman1]

NEW: I’ll be speaking at 10pm Eastern tonight to discuss my 1975 elementary school student council loss which still irks me 51 years later.

[Dan Wolken @DanWolken]

Texas judge Ken Curry said Brendan Sorsby would suffer “irreparable harm” if he wasn’t allowed to play for Texas Tech.

Yeah, that’s exactly the point, you dummy. Good job ruining the integrity of sports.

Column for @yahoosports https://t.co/3ApfO1EurF

[Blain Crain @Blain_Crain]

You know it’s bad when every voice in college football is saying the same thing.

[Chris Low @Clowfb]

My friend and attorney Chad Hatmaker, who has experience in eligibility cases, summed up Sorsby ruling well. “This might be the case that actually generates real reform. That’s absolutely ridiculous. If you have an illness as an employee, you don’t get to break the rules because of it. An alcoholic can’t come to work drunk without getting fired.”

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Reaction from lawyer Tom Mars, a veteran of NCAA cases: "In 40 years as a lawyer, I've never been as shocked and surprised by a court ruling." That sums the reaction on the college sports landscape today.

[Tom Fornelli @TomFornelli]

"Yes, officer, I was speeding, but driving the speed limit makes me sad."

"Well then we better let you get back to it!"

[Kevin Clark @bykevinclark]

As disastrous a ruling as there has ever been in modern sports. The pathway is now clear: gamble as much as you like, including on your own team and hope you are--or get--good enough that you can lawyer up down the line. A much bigger disaster than anything with NIL or portal.

[Josh Pate @JoshPateCFB]

Today was the final death rattle of the NCAA

[Scott Van Pelt @notthefakeSVP]

There really aren’t any rules. You just go to court. If it fails, go to court again until a judge says you’re all set.

Want a 7th year?

Sure

Broke rules?

Ahhhh, it’s fine.

There AREN’T any rules.

[Peter Burns @PeterBurnsESPN]

Hear me out…..

LSU should sign Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson & Ja’Marr Chase on their NFL bye week, let them play.

NCAA declares it illegal, but just find a Louisiana judge to file an injunction.

Rules are just pesky suggestions now

[B.W. Carlin @BaileyCarlin]

Guy lost his seat and immediately did the right thing.

Politics is disgusting

[Preston Guy @PGuy77]

In a 24-team playoff, both these teams are comfortably in, with a bye. This game means nothing.

In 2013, it’s widely regarded as one of the most dramatic football games of all time.

[Chuck @CFBChuckk]

Arkansas is the perfect example of the SEC illusion of depth. They’re SUPER competitive in nearly every game against top SEC teams, so that shows how deep the SEC is!

…. Except out of conference, Notre Dame beat them by 43 points.

[Tommy Stella @tommy_stella]

It’s kind of insane that we’re all lucky enough to live on this insignificant blue ball floating in an endless void that can somehow keep us alive indefinitely and yet a huge chunk of people want to ruin it forever in the name of an economic concept that we made up ourselves

[davey @jerseyh0mo]

Politics aside, this is a fucking insane thing for a president to say. Former or current.

I feel really bad for younger people who are growing up believing this kind of behavior is normal. It’s not. It wasn’t like this before him.