Any Given Sunday. That's pro football's mantra about how even the league's worst team is capable of beating its best.
The NFL's average margin of victory this season: 10.8 points.
The average margin of victory in Southeastern Conference games this season? Try 10.03.
Parity -- at least a measure of it -- has come to college football. It's a byproduct of the transfer portal, NIL and direct revenue-sharing. Anybody can be good these days ... or at least good enough for one game.
Any Given Saturday.
Ancient Heismans in a trophy case and conference championship banners on the wall won't hurt a program's recruiting, but they sure don't matter as much as they used to.