Bret Bielema Roasts Nick Saban, SEC, at Big Ten Media Days: 'They Want to Live in 2005 Forever'

Bielema: SEC wants 'to live in 2005 forever'

It's officially talking season, with Big Ten Football Media Days kicking off on Tuesday, just days after SEC Football Kickoff Media Days concluded.

Big Ten drops the mic on SEC football and Nick Saban

Nick Saban spoke, and everyone shook their heads. Or rolled their eyes. Then, Bret Bielema delivered the punchline.

Bret Bielema roasts Nick Saban, SEC, at Big Ten media days: 'They want to live in 2005 forever'

Well if there's one thing we can be sure of with the 2026 college football season, it's that the budding rivalry between the Big Ten and SEC is only going to get more intense.At SEC media days recently, several prominent figures spent lengthy press conferences telling anyone who would listen that the SEC deserves all 16 teams in the College Football Playoff. In fact, maybe they'd consider inducting an honorary 17th member if necessary, just to e…

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema is bullish on the Big Ten

With Jim Harbaugh long gone to the NFL, the Big Ten Media Days don’t have quite the same edge. When the three-day event kicked off at the Hilton Chicago on Tuesday, there was a lot of inside-football talk about 3-3-5 defenses and plenty of coach-speak about leadership and cohesion.But there also was substantive discussion of some of the storm clouds hovering over college sports in general and football in particular. And as usual, there were a fe…

Big Ten ahead on field, but catching SEC in TV ratings will be more difficult

The following article "Big Ten ahead on field, but catching SEC in TV ratings will be more difficult" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. The Big Ten Conference enters the 2026 college football season boasting the last three national champions. Indiana’s victory over Miami in January’s College Football Playoff National Championship drew more than 30 million viewers on ESPN, officially marking the most watched college football game in a de…

Big Ten Media Days Reaction: SEC vs Big Ten, Ohio State, and Bret Bielema

Joe DeLeone and Blake Ruffino react to the biggest college football news and controversies surrounding 2026 Big Ten Media Days. They break down the escalating Big Ten vs. SEC debate, the future of the College Football Playoff, major trouble for Bill Belichick at North Carolina and Ohio State’s historic new jersey sponsorship.0:00 Introduction7:55 Ohio State Notre Dame Jersey patches25:00 Tony Pettiti vs Greg Sankey42:14 Bret Bielema SEC56:15 Nor…