Until Saturday Newsletter 🏈 | This is The Athletic’s college football newsletter. Sign up here to receive Until Saturday directly in your inbox.Last week, I asked you to tell me which under-the-radar sports are uniquely popular at your school. The most frequent response was Washington rowing, followed by Cal rugby and Notre Dame fencing. (Some of your entries were a bit above the radar, though I congratulate your programs all the same.)I should make sure everyone knows the local treasures that are Alabama wheelchair basketball, Illinois State circus, Kansas State crop-judging, Montana State rodeo and UC Santa Barbara frisbee. Thanks to all for writing in. That was enjoyable! 😃 Now let’s talk about media days. 😩Talkin’ Season: It just means more to everybodyAmid SEC coaches griping in Tampa about everything under the sun — the Playoff committee might not respect our game against Notre Dame, even though the committee just stole a Playoff spot from Notre Dame and gave it to one of our teams — commissioner Greg Sankey made a point that’s both rare and important.On the subject of the ever-theorized SEC breakaway from the rest of the NCAA, Sankey described his semi-apex-predator conference as being just one part of a college sports ecosystem.“In all of our states, there’s more colleges and universities in Division I beyond just our SEC members.
Pump the brakes on SEC breakaway, plus: Cignetti’s Indiana gets scarier
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