Post-Spring Questions with Bill Connelly: Wildcard Conferences, G6 Sleepers & the SEC Logjam

About this episode

Bill Connelly discusses the post-spring college football landscape, including conference evaluations and team insights.

Bill Connelly from ESPN.com stops by to walk us through the post-spring college football landscape, fresh off turning in 7,000 words on the MAC and kicking off his annual conference preview series. We get into how the portal era has transformed his prep work, why the SEC has become a "horizontal" conference of strong middles, and which conferences are hardest to make sense of right now. Bill evaluates the Big 12 after the Brendan Sorsby news, talks up a few mid-major teams to watch, and explains why he still doesn't fully trust Texas the way the rest of the country does. We also dig into the Bob Chesney's roster build at UCLA, Oklahoma State's full offensive transfusion, Lane Kiffin's quarterback insurance policy, and what to make of the pairing of Bryce Underwood and Kyle Whittingham in Ann Arbor. Bill also shares his Alabama skepticism, his read on Indiana's encore, and why he's increasingly intrigued by Texas A&M. And, to close things out, a little World Cup talk in advance of this summer's tournament. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:05 - Bill Connelly joins the show Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Bill Connelly

Topics covered

• post-spring college football
• conference previews
• SEC analysis
• mid-major teams
• transfer portal impact
• World Cup discussion

Keywords

• college football
• SEC
• Big 12
• mid-major teams
• transfer portal
• UCLA
• Oklahoma State
• Texas A&M
• World Cup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESPN.com, UCLA, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Indiana

Places: Ann Arbor, MAC, SEC, Big 12

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