OU's Brent Venables, John Mateer, R Mason Thomas and Robert Spears-Jennings have plenty to talk about at SEC Media Days ahead of Sooners' pivotal season.

The biggest threat to Alabama this upcoming season is, wait for it, Alabama, so says college football analyst Josh Pate. Pate, the CBS Sports analyst, joined the “Beat Everyone” podcast at SEC Media Days this week in Atlanta and is high on the Crimson Tide.

ATLANTA - Prior to Tuesday morning’s question-and-answer session with Georgia head coach Kirby Smart during SEC Media Days at the College Football Hall of Fame, former referee John McDaid gave a video presentation of some notable rules changes for the upcoming season.

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey said Monday that despite frequent conversations with Big Ten counterpart Tony Petitti, the two leagues have yet to agree on the College Football Playoff format after this coming season and could leave it at 12 teams.

In 2025, once the ball is spotted, if a player goes down with an injury, that will cost his team a timeout. If the team doesn’t have a timeout left, then the team will be issued a five-yard delay-of-game penalty. SEC coordinator of officials John McDaid discussed the new rule Tuesday at SEC Media Days in Atlanta.

On the first day, SEC Now analysts Jordan Rodgers, Roman Harper and Alyssa Lang noted something that has probably been figured out by Pittman. It probably was the main reason he brought in offensive coordinator and former head coach Bobby Petrino before last season.