MONTEVALLO — On Friday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) weighed in on the Southeastern Conference's (SEC) announcement from the day before that it would be implementing a nine-game conference schedule beginning in 2026.

The former Auburn football coach, who is now running for Alabama governor, acknowledged that the extra conference game would make life "harder" on coaches but said it was good for SEC fans, who wanted to see better games instead of games against cupcake opponents.

"It's going to be harder to make that [College Football Playoff] ... playing for the national championship," Tuberville emphasized in a press gaggle after leading a Senate veterans field hearing at American Village . "It's just harder. It makes it harder, but I always heard this from my fans when I was

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