The producers behind the hit Formula One docuseries ‘Drive To Survive’ and the similar PGA Tour series ‘Full Swing’ are set to release their latest deep dive into sports, focusing on American college football.
Box to Box Films’ latest endeavor takes them to the American South to take a deep dive into the programs of universities playing in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the most successful college football conference of the last two decades.
A trailer for the series ‘SEC Football: Any Given Saturday’ dropped on Monday afternoon shows an insight into what fans can expect – including behind-the-scenes footage from some of the biggest programs in the sport.
Judging by the trailer, the programs at LSU, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Florida, South Carolina, Auburn, and Texas A&M will be particular focal points of this season.
The trailer features discussions held with Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, LSU head coach Brian Kelly, and Florida QB Graham Mertz among others.
Fans were left divided over the trailer, previewing the series which is set to drop on August 5 – about three weeks before the college football season truly gets underway.
Netflix has released a trailer for their upcoming docuseries on SEC college football programs
The doc follows events from 2024, including big moments like Vanderbilt’s upset of Alabama
The trailer shows that figures like LSU coach Brian Kelly and Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia (R) will be featured in the series which is set to be released on August 5
‘I thought Netflix crushed it with the F1 and Full Swing shows, bringing in so many new fans to their sports,’ wrote one fan of the trailer on X, formerly Twitter. ‘Not that CFB needs any help attracting new fans, but I’m excited to see the reactions to this show.’
One fan said, ‘Oh my lawd hype me up’, while another proclaimed, ‘Inject this into my veins’.
Another fan said, ‘boy this s**t about to get me itching for this year even more’.
However, there were also plenty of people who took issue with some things in the trailer – or outright expressed dislike for the SEC itself.
‘Nastiest propaganda in all of sports,’ said one detractor.
Another said, ‘This conference is trying to ruin college football. Not watching.’
‘I have never been less interested in a sports doc,’ posted another detractor.
One college football fan took issue with a line in the trailer that said SEC teams usually win national titles, posting images of the two most recent title winners: Michigan and Ohio State, which are Big Ten schools.
Fans were split on the doc – with some showing excitement and others hating on the SEC
This documentary focuses on the previous college football season, which became the last one before schools were allowed to pay their players a portion of the revenue they make off athletics.
Over the next year, the so-called ‘House settlement’ will allow each school to share up to $20.5m a year with their athletes.
It now finally forces colleges and universities competing at the highest levels of the NCAA to face the reality that their players are responsible for the billions in television and other revenue brought in from athletics each year.
Thanks to this settlement, college sports are now a fully and completely professional enterprise – with top stars in football and basketball specifically standing to gain the most on their paths to the NFL and NBA.
