The SEC-Big Ten Split Now Feels Inevitable

I stayed up until 2 a.m. hoping Congress could help save the college sports I fell in love with. The Hail Mary fell incomplete — and I’m afraid we all know what comes next.

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The SEC-Big Ten Split Now Feels Inevitable

I was up until almost 2 a.m. Friday night watching X.

That sentence alone probably tells you how deranged I am about college sports.

Ross Dellenger and the other college sports insiders were tweeting updates about this bizarre, late-night congressional process surrounding the Protect College Sports Act. There was talk of the Senate hotline. Negotiations. Amendments. Objections. Maybe a last-minute breakthrough.

And I kept refreshing.

And refreshing.

And refreshing.

I wanted the Hail Mary.

I wanted Kordell Stewart to roll left and launch the damn thing into the Ann Arbor night.

I wanted Michael Westbrook waiting in the end zone.

Just give me one miracle.

It never came.

The Senate left Washington without voting on the Protect College Sports Act. The legislation isn’t officially dead — another attempt is expected after the August recess — but that night felt significant to me.

And I was genuinely sad.

Which is weird, because I didn’t even love the bill.

I Didn’t Need Perfect. I Needed Something.