Bret Bielema zings SEC saying conference ‘wants to live in 2005 forever’

If Illinois coach Bret Bielema planned on making a Day 1 splash at Big Ten Media Days, he certainly hit the mark. Bielema took a shot at the Southeastern Conference in front of the media Tuesday, in Chicago, proclaiming that the SEC wants to “live in 2005 forever” – an apparent reference to the pre-NIL/transfer portal landscape that has allowed other conferences, like the Big Ten, to catch up after the SEC’s dominant run of 13 national championships from 2006-22. “I know (SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey has) got to protect the SEC and they kind of want to live in...