Nick Saban says the 'emphasis shouldn't be on record' in SEC! 🤔 | College GameDay

there might be a lot of bouncing around in the secc with Texas and Oklahoma officially becoming members the 16 team conference boy what a rude welcome Oklahoma gets they play six teams ranked in the preseason poll four of them away from Norman four in the top 11 too at least they missed Georgia Mike Elco one of three new head coaches in the SEC as big sa leaves Alabama kayin de Bo there Jeff Bevy takes over at Mississippi State Elco coming from duke to Texas A&M and in in the preseason top 25 Georgia number one 46- 62 votes Bama Old Miss Missouri LSU Tennessee on top 15 and Oklahoma and have also ranked the last 20 years two decades only twice since the secc gone consecutive years without winning a national championship so if you believe that history they're due and with the expanded field uh used to be the argument Nick about whether the SEC would get two teams in it might be a much higher number this time around well and I think this is my big thing about the way we set up the playoffs I'm glad we have the playoffs and I guess politically we had to do it the way we did it to get it where it is but you have conferences that have the first team ranked number 14 we have four or five teams ranked before 14 so to get the best teams in and they're all going to play each other we cannot put so much emphasis on record you you you have to go by quality of opponent quality wins you know strength of schedule because Georgia Texas Alabama om Miss LSU Missouri I mean all these teams Oklahoma they all have a chance to have a good enough season to be in the playoffs but they're all going to play each other so somebody's got to lose so anyway that's just my pet peeve about getting the best teams in the playoffs yeah he he he needs to join you guys on Tuesday nights when you guys do that thing next week would be a good a good discussion to kind of talk about the new playoff and what they're mandating you know they want the best teams and regardless of their well you look at the additions right Texas is I think built to play in the SEC the big thing about Texas is they understood like we can beat Oklahoma but we need to beat the SEC teams and they built their roster to be able to sustain that level of play in the SEC so I think that Texas is going to have a measure of success I still think Georgia is the top dog be aware of Missouri you mentioned Missouri had 11 wins a year ago they bring back Luther bir who may be the best receiver in college football and Brady cook and don't forget when they played Georgia a year ago Kirby Smart was very complimentary of the way Missouri played and they they beat Ohio State in the bowl game so this is the team to keep an eye on the Missouri Tigers yeah I agree with you I Brady cook has a chance to really lead that team some great things B they're loaded we've been bracing for this and now it's here Texas and Oklahoma we've been debating who's built for it who's ready for it and now we're going to find out but if you look at the schedules between Oklahoma and Texas boy Oklahoma has a grind uh Texas has a trip to ant Arbor on top of going into the SEC but I think we're all anxious to see how Texas and Oklahoma their styles of play I heard you talking yesterday about Oklahoma's very skilled but are they build in the trenches for the week in and week out pounding that they'll take in that conference and I think Sark because of his experience with you probably ahead of time has built the trenches on both sides to be prepared for this what time will tell but I can't wait to see those brands in that conference competing I mean somebody on this table had Texas and Georgia in the SEC Championship it I didn't say did you say that I didn't say that did you say that did you say that I that was this guy this guy knows more about the SEC than anybody in the history of the SEC and has Texas making it to the championship which would be obviously an insane run to come into the Southeastern Conference with how great it always is from top to bottom and be able to make it the whole way I think the big question for me is obviously Georgia's going to be Georgia but like kayin dor coming in to the SEC with the Alabama team I'm very fascinated they're still ranked very very high milro is back yet again there's some leaders that have stuck around there with his absence I'll be excited to see if Alabama Remains the team in the SEC well I think we all I want to come to you on this I think we all think kayin dor is a great coach know he's a great coach absolutely but stepping into that that the shadow of Nick sa I'm just curious what you think they have great players they're going to have a great team but what is he going to experience being the coach after you there in tuscalo well all I can tell you is I went and watched last week's scrimmage on Saturday and that team still has the same culture you know they had when I was the coach they play with toughness they play with great effort they execute well they've got good discipline so klin has done a really good job he's had to replace some players because so many guys transferred but I really think Alabama with Jaylen milro uh the two running backs that they have I was worried about the defense but I think the defense really impressed me you know in this scrimmage that they have come along so if they can play the kind of Defense especially in the secondary because they lost so many players in the secondary they're going to be right up there challenging people but I'm going to say something about the SEC and the scheduling if you look at everybody's schedule Missouri has the easiest path to get in the championship game Georgia has one of the toughest paths to get in a championship game they got to go to oh miss they got to go to Texas they got to go to Alabama so it's not all equal in the way these schedules are kind of set up as hard as people tried to make them that way it was just difficult with all the changes so that's going to have something to say about who gets in the championship game and then is it going to be an advantage to get in the SEC Championship game or a disadvantage we talked about that before too but I see six or seven teams that have a chance to prove they can Georgia the only people who have beaten Georgia in the last two or years is Alabama so somebody's got to prove that they can Georgia what about Lane kein this year right this feels like the the old Miss year preseason top 10 not win yeah Bingo it feels like this is the year for o Miss and for Lane kein to kind of do it two transfers on the defensive line too I think from Texas A&M and Florida so they beef up that entire thing is this the year for o Miss but to your point schedule not not easy at all down there staring down CL some Hallelujah