The LSU guy was saying they should be in the playoffs every year at 12 teams. Makes sense. That’s how I think about Tennessee at this point with how much our AD is spending on football every year. Last year fiscal year 2024 Tennessee was 3rd in the SEC behind Alabama and A&M in football spending
The LSU guy is delusional if "every year" is the expectation.
On average, maybe 3-4 SEC teams get in under a 12-team format. Let's just say 4 to be generous.
Imo UGA/Bama might expect 75% because they're top 3 in recruiting every year. There's an EV of 1.5 teams in every year.
Then you have top 4-10 recruiting schools - Texas, LSU, TAMU, borderline OU. Let's say they are merely 50%. That's 2 more teams. For a total of 3.5 teams.
That leaves ALL the other teams (us, UF, Ole Miss, Auburn...maybe USC, Arky, Vandy

, etc) to get ONE of the group in every 2 years.
Which tells you even the math for the top teams is overloaded......
The math just doesn't math when everyone is playing each other. My goalpost for UT has been every 3 years. Now, if we can begin regular top-10 recruiting, and especially if it moves to 16-teams, then I'll expect 50%+.