Dynasties 'over' for bigger SEC with 9 league games, Kiffin says

[RememberMurray]

Kiffin, whose Rebels (5-0) are ranked No. 4 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll after last week's 24-19 victory against LSU, said name, image and likeness rules and the transfer portal have also leveled the playing field in the 16-team SEC, making it harder for programs to stay on top.

He said SEC programs will no longer be able to stockpile talent as former Alabama coach Nick Saban did while winning six national championships from 2007 to 2023 and Georgiacoach Kirby Smart did when capturing back-to-back CFP national titles at his alma mater in 2021 and 2022.

"In my opinion, the dynasties are over," Kiffin told ESPN on Wednesday. "Alabama with Coach Saban and then Kirby at Georgia, where they had those rosters year in, year out and there would be a bunch of wins by 30 points in the conference, those days are done."

Kiffin was Alabama's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2014 to 2016, helping the Crimson Tide finish 14-1 and beat Clemson 45-40 in the CFP National Championship after the 2015 season.

"When I was at Alabama, they'd be like, 'Go watch the outside linebackers,' and there's six of them over there that are first-round picks," Kiffin said. "That's not going to happen anymore because if they don't play, then they're going to leave. They can't keep them all anymore."

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[gopherbadgerman]

Very true. But IMO that’s a good thing.

 

[GopherTheJugular]

It's gonna take a while to get used to 2 loss teams in the playoffs competing for the NC. But I agree with him, next to impossible to have that dynasty anymore.

 

[RememberMurray]

Very true. But IMO that’s a good thing.

Absolutely!

Later in the interview, Kiffin said:

"You're going to have really good teams going 8-4 because we're going to play nine conference teams, including five on the road," Kiffin said. "The conference has never been this balanced, and it never used to have Texas and Oklahoma, two top-10 teams and two of the hardest places in the country to play.

"My concern for the programs and for the coaches is that fans aren't going to be able to get used to the numbers being different, the wins and losses. If you're a program that's used to being a nine- or 10-win team and you go 7-5, your fans are going to think the team is terrible and the coach is terrible. But you might have lost four road games at Georgia, Florida, LSU and Alabama."

 

[Some guy]

I like how the headline isn’t the reason he said it’s over but for some reason it’s the headline anyways

It’s almost like the SEC is a propaganda machine and ESPN is their tool

 

[stocker08]

I like how the headline isn’t the reason he said it’s over but for some reason it’s the headline anyways

It’s almost like the SEC is a propaganda machine and ESPN is their tool

Don't you see? That extra conference game is a killer for the mighty SEC. People said it was crazy....but they're doing it anyways because it means MORE!!!

 

[btowngopher]

It will be interesting to see. Will certainly be tough to avoid major attrition from time to time, how programs weather those hits will be interesting. OSU and Oregon don’t appear to be slowing down. I think with a dominant NIL fund dynasties will still be attainable.

 

[Some guy]

Don't you see? That extra conference game is a killer for the mighty SEC. People said it was crazy....but they're doing it anyways because it means MORE!!!

It’s just funny because kiffin basically says the transfer rules means bama and Georgia can’t stash first round picks on their bench and the opponents now have some of them


Headline - 9 game schedule means bama has to run the gauntlet now

 

[McGopherFan]

It will be interesting to see. Will certainly be tough to avoid major attrition from time to time, how programs weather those hits will be interesting. OSU and Oregon don’t appear to be slowing down. I think with a dominant NIL fund dynasties will still be attainable.

It is the definition of dynasty that will change. Conference champions with two losses may leave qualifying runner ups with three wins that go undefeated in the playoffs. (I have to assume that the playoffs will take most of December and January.)

 

[btowngopher]

Dynasties may be over for the SEC blue bloods. But after watching us vs OSU, I’m pretty sure the blue bloods with massive NIL budgets will continue to dominate, probably even more so than prior to NIL.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Stop the steal!