Everyone in the world of college football is keeping an eye on and discussing the new alliance that has been formed between the Pac-12, ACC and Big Ten.

Included is SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, which isn’t surprising given that most believe the alliance comes as a direct result of the SEC inviting Texas and Oklahoma to join the league.

Sankey appeared on 1010 AM/92.5 FM in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday and was asked about some of the public comments that have been made by Pac-12, ACC and Big Ten officials following the announcement of the SEC’s new additions and an official alliance between 3 other leagues.

“Some of it surprised me. Do I take offense? No,” Sankey said. “The words trust and communication and collaboration were there a lot. I’ve yet to have any one of (the 3 conferences) say to me, ‘Well, I wouldn’t do the same thing you did if the same opportunity materialized.’ … The reality is we were attractive (to Texas and Oklahoma) because of the great progress made by our campuses.”

As far as what direct impact the new alliance will have on the SEC, Sankey, like most others, is taking a wait-and-see approach. He does, however, believe that future games that are scheduled between schools from each league will take place as planned.

“I think we have to look at realities on the ground,” Sankey said. “Last year, we didn’t have any nonconference games scheduled with Big Ten teams. Those kind of went away quickly, not from the Southeastern Conference. … We do have some committed in the future, and they indicated in their announcement yesterday their plans to honor those commitments.”

Sankey also took a thinly veiled shot at the alliance’s potential plan to potentially limit the number of conference games each league plays to create better intersectional matchups.

“I thought one of the more curious statements was the ability to talk to TV partners about reducing conference games to provide more interesting TV matchups,” he said. “In the Southeastern Conference, every week is an interesting matchup.”