Everyone acting like the 24-team playoff model is some new threat to the SEC's dominance is completely missing history. We controlled the BCS era. We controlled the four-team playoff era. Expanding to 24 teams just means more of our teams get in and more of our teams beat each other up for the trophy. The ACC and Big Ten backing it is just them admitting they need a bigger safety net to get their. This whole "parity has arrived" narrative is built on one season where Indiana caught lightning in a bottle. Let's see them repllace all that production before we crown them a dynasty. Meanwhile we have Kaiden Prothro locked in, our 2026 class is built on nasty trench players who actually want to. The formula works. The SEC is still the league where you earn everything you get and glory is not given it is taken. Oregon can stack all the five stars they want but they still have to prove they can win when the. We have been doing that for years. The playoff expansion just gives us more chances to remind everybody who the real standard is.