Why Big Ten is already better than SEC in college football | Colin Cowherd Podcast

welcome to the official YouTube channel for the Colin coward podcast go on hit the Subscribe button there you go right down there if you want to be among the first to hear my weekly takes NFL college football more right there so the Big 10 went 17 and one and this is something I thought about Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC especially Texas and the the way they can recruit that state it makes it a better conference but adding Washington Oregon and USC to the Big 10 is not a slight upgrade I could argue that after Ohio State now that Harbaugh's gone after Ohio State if I said the next five years the second third fourth and fifth best teams in the Big 10 were Oregon USC Michigan Washington like I don't think it's crazy to suggest that adding three of the best four programs in the conference if Utah always counts I think in that orome but and with the right coach USC Oregon Washington those are playoff teams every time Washington's had a good coach Don James Rick neisel Chris Peterson uh kayin dor they VI for a national championship so it's like I I don't think people understand it's Texas Oklahoma make the SEC thicker you added three It On Any Given year top 12 programs to the Big 10 may it be a better overall conference now I think over the course of time I think this year there's going to be a lot of reaction to to the SEC their quarterback play Colin I mean I I'm gonna give Oregon a little bit of a pass I mean that that game was really weird they play Boise they played Boise this week they they better kick their ass and kind of get after it because that was that was bizarre the quarterback play I didn't know that much about him I'm sure you heard his name the Nico kid from Los Angeles that's Tennessee's quarterback I got news for you that guy's pretty special Jackson Dart Old Miss they're pretty good obviously the two quarterbacks the quarterback Dylan Gabriel's at Oregon because they told him you're not going to start Jackson Arnold's gonna start he's pretty good too their high-end teams with their quarterbacks are pretty are obviously Carson Beck and Georgia over the course of time I I think you know USC's only going to get better if they keep looking like this over the next two or three years Oregon is not going anywhere but I got a lot of question marks about Wisconsin about Minnesota like the the four five six s group of team Penn State you feel pretty good Penn State could be a major problem I was texting Scouts all weekend long I mean they're front Sev full of NFL guys and if that quarterback takes a big step that game got like delayed for 25 hours but they could be a serious factor I mean a serious factor I think so I I think the high end of the Big 10 and the SEC it's pretty clear that though Miami I I I would still kind of red flag the quarterback can be up and down but they're pretty talented yeah cam Ward I watched I watched a lot of Cam Ward at Washington State Cam's a lot of fun I don't know if he's an NFL guy but he's a lot of fun he he kind of just slings it it's got an almost seven on seven feel to it he's slinging stuff um and and they just have been so inconsistent at quarterback I think he's a playmaker so I think he makes him interest I think they can beat almost anybody and lose to a lot of teams I still don't love Mario Chris the ball is a situ ation coach he's got a little Dan Campbell I like the physicality I like the culture I don't know if I love the game management much he can recruit one thing that really jumped out to me and I'm sure you would agree is did you did you see the ratings on some of the games on Saturday just gonna bring it up and I talked about this last night the Synergy of the NFL the draft in college football It's all under this umbrella now right so you're watching you're like wait who's this quarterback yeah he might be a first-rounder i Colorado in North Dakota State doing 5 million people on Thursday night and I one thing I think and listen they've never had a zar or a commissioner the NCAA is a laughing stock to everyone at every individual program no we need to play real games I have no problem like Michigan playing Fresno State or Oregon playing Boise State or some of those teams in the South like the one dilford is at like those are power five or or non- power five whatever they consider it but they're division one you should not be allowed to play the and I got a lot of respect for The Montanas and stuff you should get one of those games and then everyone else in non-conference should be a power five program because and the more and more TVs power because they're cutting the bills we got to wipe that out because how good that that felt like an NFL light game last night the the physicality in Notre Dame and A&M A&M's quarterback's got some serious issues but the hitting in that game it felt like how many NFL guys are on this field and then you go to some of these other games and I understand like all Miss they've been recruiting or scheduling these games forever they're a joke I mean Missouri's Missouri all miss some these teams are beating teams 60 to nothing like what are we doing and then they get mad fans don't show up play real games play real teams and everyone is zoned in well I I I'm glad you brought this up because the ratings were spectacular this weekend and people could say well there was nothing else on yeah there was WNBA is getting big ratings with Caitlyn Clark um Major League Baseball races don't tell me nothing was on there was plenty of on plus it's the summer people aren't watching TV right Labor Day and Scotty sheffer's golfing there was plenty on TV it got ratings because I think John it's almost like have you ever been asked to go to a party and you're like well who's going to the party and it's like oh oh there's two couples yeah let's go to the party it'd be a fun party yeah I think college football got so Regional and so Southern that big I saw some research on this about a month ago that the Northeast and the West didn't feel included and those are population centers and they just didn't watch and now with the 12 team playoff you're like it's a party you're asking well who's in the party and you're like well there's going to be 12 teams in the party I think when when USC was rolling La was getting ratings the West Coast was getting ratings they felt represented and when Notre when Notre Dame and Penn State are good then the Northeast feels represented but when it's you in Georgia you know Southern guys like college football's great it's not it's regional it's Tribal I stopped talking about it on my radio show well was four programs it was Bama Clemson Georgia Florida State Ohio State so so the bottom line is it's now a party that everybody like if you're a Notre Dame fan you're like we can lose two games and get into the party USC's like if USC beats Michigan you look at that schedule they can lose to Penn State or Notre Dame they're getting into the party and I think it's just a part it feels like finally all these years of this nonsensical scheduling where SEC teams are playing Citadel four times yeah it it feels like now I'm going to I'm willing to emotionally engage on Labor Day weekend because there'll be a payoff at the party later a more Equitable reasonable payoff with more people included I've always thought and my thing was with the SEC is that Nick Savin was almost a Tiger Woods Steph Curry like figure even if you didn't you know you could live in California or live in Washington or live in the Northeast you kind of paid attention you might not watch the games but he was just such a big figure yeah and his presence forced all these other programs and the money he brought in then it forced the Oregons the Ohio States the michigans really Florida State Clemson to up their game and it's benefited everybody and I think you really see that with I mean Colin how many Southern California kids are playing all over the country when I was in high school in the early 2000s there were the occasional Tom Brady to Michigan or DJ Willam went to Miami but for the most part you went to USC UCLA probably Oregon or Washington right it it was very rare to and now the the overlap of the recruiting is like oh I can relate to this guy all these teams are good it's just really and I think I'm more likely to watch the SEC now because they have Southern California guys or CJ Stout it's like oh he's La kid starting quarterback for Ohio State I'm it and I I think the the world is so flat now in college football that the other thing is with the transfer portal I watch this quarterback at my team if I'm an Oklahoma fan what's Dylan Gabriel doing in Oklahoma it's really added think of if you're a Washington state guy you're keeping an eye on Miami there have been so many just factors of the Streamline it's so connected now to the NFL I it's just it's what college basketball used to be in the 70s 80s and 90s right if it felt like onea and one b and now college football is like that you feel like you're watching the minor leagues but it feels big leagues because how cool are these games right because of the the Ambiance and the the vibe of the stadium how awesome I think one of the best things that happen in football was the Raiders going to Vegas because it created the stadium and now they have all these huge events there it's great awesome so good it was so good [Music]