CHAPTERS (from the measured word counts): 0:00 Cold open and today's menu 0:52 What the SEC actually filed 2:17 Kalshi 2:51 Ole Miss already paid for this rule DESCRIPTION The SEC amended its federal complaint in Birmingham and asked for a restraining order so nobody can block, delay or interfere with a special meeting of the conference's presidents — a meeting whose stated purpose is deciding whether to terminate LSU under Section 3.1.5 of the SEC constitution. Three things in that filing matter more than the word expulsion. The conference told the court the meeting happens even if LSU abandons its plan to add former professional players. It argued that removing a member is not a penalty but an independent right the presidents already hold. And it invoked the First Amendment right of expressive association — the claim that the SEC cannot be forced to associate with a member. The honest counterweight: ESPN's Pete Thamel reports expulsion is not expected, and this may be leverage. Then the Ole Miss half nobody is running. The two players named in the complaint, Zxavian Harris and Dae'Quan Wright, were Rebels last season and started all 15 games — Harris with 58 tackles, 9 for loss and 3 sacks; Wright with 39 catches for 635 yards and 5 touchdowns, per WAFB. They were available to Ole Miss too. Pete Golding said some of the players who had become available did not fit a need. Ole Miss followed a rule that cost it a 15-game starting defensive tackle and a 15-game starting tight end, out of a receiving group that had already lost five of six. Thursday decides whether that restraint was principle or naivety. Would you have signed them? Tell me in the comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #SEC #LSU #CollegeFootball #OleMissFootball
CHAPTERS (from the measured word counts):
0:00 Cold open and today's menu
0:52 What the SEC actually filed
2:17 Kalshi
2:51 Ole Miss already paid for this rule
DESCRIPTION
The SEC amended its federal complaint in Birmingham and asked for a restraining order so nobody can block, delay or interfere with a special meeting of the conference's presidents — a meeting whose stated purpose is deciding whether to terminate LSU under Section 3.1.5 of the SEC constitution.
Three things in that filing matter more than the word expulsion. The conference told the court the meeting happens even if LSU abandons its plan to add former professional players. It argued that removing a member is not a penalty but an independent right the presidents already hold. And it invoked the First Amendment right of expressive association — the claim that the SEC cannot be forced to associate with a member.
The honest counterweight: ESPN's Pete Thamel reports expulsion is not expected, and this may be leverage.
Then the Ole Miss half nobody is running. The two players named in the complaint, Zxavian Harris and Dae'Quan Wright, were Rebels last season and started all 15 games — Harris with 58 tackles, 9 for loss and 3 sacks; Wright with 39 catches for 635 yards and 5 touchdowns, per WAFB. They were available to Ole Miss too. Pete Golding said some of the players who had become available did not fit a need.
Ole Miss followed a rule that cost it a 15-game starting defensive tackle and a 15-game starting tight end, out of a receiving group that had already lost five of six. Thursday decides whether that restraint was principle or naivety.
Would you have signed them? Tell me in the comments.
Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
#OleMiss #HottyToddy #SEC #LSU #CollegeFootball #OleMissFootball