Ahead of the Indiana Hoosiers and Miami Hurricanes' clash in the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Monday, January 19, the SEC's absence from a third-straight title game has many thinking the conference's demise is here.
USA Today's Matt Hayes is one of those people. Hayes called out the Alabama Crimson Tide, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Florida Gators, and Texas A&M Aggies by name for failing their sky-high expectations in the NIL/rev-share era.
As Hayes pointed out, Texas Tech Red Raiders superbooster and Fort Worth oilman Cody Campbell has built a program with rev-share payouts that used to resemble the schools that "didn't pay" their players before student athletes started cashing sanctioned paychecks.