Opponent spring wrap: Mississippi State-BamaonLine

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n our new "SECond Look" video report, AL.com's Mark Heim and Mike Herndon talk about SI.com's recent article listing 35 figures said to be the most disliked people in sports.

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SECond Look video: SI.com's 35 most disliked people in sports does not omit SEC-al.com

Bob Kustra says proposed reforms are "about leaving the Boise States behind and making sure the Alabamas and the Tennessees and whoever they are can march right along."

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Boise State president vows to fight proposed NCAA reforms-al.com

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The SEC's spring meetings are next week in Destin, Florida, and convene without hot-button issues like expansion and football scheduling to worry about. That leaves plenty of time for the bid for autonomy by the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC.

They're seeking decision-making powers in funding the full cost of scholarships, handling health care and other areas involving their athletes.
Other changes under consideration include providing money for families to travel to NCAA tournaments, more resources for academic and career counseling and creating mandatory break times from sports and overhauling transfer rules.
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The ACC and SEC have created a de facto partnership as the lone power conferences to maintain an eight-game scheduling model entering the College Football Playoff. Naturally, these two will play each other in nonconference action, and the momentum is already shifting that way.

An SEC source said about four or five teams from each league are discussing potential home-and-home matchups for some time in the next 6-7 years. These would be new matchups aside from the permanent end-of-year rivalries such as Florida-Florida State, Georgia-Georgia Tech, Clemson-South Carolina and Louisville-Kentucky. Neutral-site-heavy teams (think LSU/Alabama from the SEC and North Carolina/Virginia Tech from the ACC) are likely out of that mix, too, according to the source.​

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