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Report: SEC Discussing Conference Only Football Schedule For 2020

by Staff Reporter

July 9, 202071 Comments

Brandon Marcello with 247 Sports is reporting that the Southeastern Conference will be discussing a conference only football schedule for the 2020 season during a meeting next week.

The news comes just a few hours after it was reported that the Big Ten was planning to play a conference only schedule in 2020.

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Discussions will include an eight- to 10-game schedule in the SEC, though no final decision was expected to be reached at the meeting. The Big Ten's decision, however, may change that. Publicly, the SEC remains steady with its plan to wait until late July or early August to make any decisions on the upcoming football season, which is threatened by the novel coronavirus COVID-19.

The SEC's head coaches conducted a meeting with conference administrators, including commissioner Greg Sankey, on Thursday morning and were told at the time the conference will wait as long as possible before making any decisions on the football season, including whether to start on time or move to a conference-only schedule, a person involved in the call told 247Sports.

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Doug Masters•46 months

So Covid doesn't spread if its a confrence game? Just play the damn season. Everyone has either already had it or is gonna get it. 99.9% recover.

Zeek•46 months

I am just curious to see how this is going to play out. We have a respiratory virus and sports require running, which causes heavy breathing and in your face closeness.

pellietigersaint•46 months

Bigger schools are going to lose money on non-conference games. large payouts to the smaller school and no fans in the stands equal lost revenue. Don't forget what this is about. It's about money, not safety

mr bunion•46 months

@Nikodaemus: No

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Filmat11•46 months

10 game schedule: LSU adds UGA and a 2nd game with Fla (also in Gainesville). Bama adds Vandy and a 2nd game with Arkansas!

alumni95•46 months

Sounds like you have legit sources to get that scoops. Dead on.

Tigers4Lyfe•46 months

2nd game ALSO in Bama.

Ghost of Colby•46 months

Alabama will still avoid playing Florida and Georgia.

Ssubba•46 months

Georgia is already on the schedule. If we do go to 9 or 10 conference games and they bump the 2021 rotating opponent to 2020 Alabama will indeed play Florida. I don't see that happening though.

DoubleDown•46 months

What? Those are conference games. SEC West and SEC East is still SEC. Jesus LSU fans, get it together.

Nix to Twillie•46 months

It’s a joke, dummy.

stowns•46 months

let's just play bama in a best of 7

stowns•46 months

if we're not going to have a normal season might as well do something wild we'll never have a chance to do again. neutral site bubble, virtual classes, thunderdome

Tiger Vision•46 months

I would rather a 10 game conference only schedule than 12 games including the sisters of the poor and bidirectional polytechnic state reformatory.

LSULyle00690•46 months

Thanks for your opinion No one asked

Dogwalk•46 months

Damn, we wouldn’t be able to wax that Texas arse in Baton Rouge.

austintexastiger•46 months

another complicated convoluted plan for Fall that makes no sense

go ta hell ole miss•46 months

Do smaller schools have more Covid than major conferences?

Damathe•46 months

Smaller Schools are just as smart as Major Conference Schools! -J. Biden

LSU82Cajun•46 months

As long as the NCAA & CFB allows the liberals and media to dictate with their scaremongering of COVID 19 they will continue to chop away at the college football season ( see Ivy League). Not even listening to true Scientific research these mob-baiters and election meddlers will do anything to destroy college football, school attendance and the American lifestyle. All in the hopes of turning our great American experience into a Socialist utopia.

js1591•46 months

Could not have said it better. Enough is enough. Everybody needs to just stop with this pretend pandemic.

kemm1•46 months

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....

hawkway•46 months

Please elaborate on what you think is true scientific research on COVID-19 and provide sources.

deuce985•46 months

Smaller schools are about to get ate up. How are they even going to have a season?

Bristol Dawg•46 months

I'm good with an all conference schedule but how is that any safer? I think it's less about safety but more about managing the complexity (i.e., managing outside league, conference, individual school cancellations or restrictions...)

TenWheelsForJesus•46 months

Caving into an average virus and propaganda yet again. Americans have become weak.

ecb•46 months

Read your gospels and get off the internet and FOX

Cracker•46 months

TB Malaria

TampaTiger22•46 months

You know Jesus was just a man. A socialist man. Talking to an imaginary person (God) makes you a psychotic

OU812•46 months

Only Rioters and Looters can gather in groups without masks and social distancing!

DoubleDown•46 months

So what was Trumps rally?

Genestealer55•46 months

Without being lambasted by the media..yes. You can also wait in unemployment lines shoulder to shoulder, but not stand in line to vote

js1591•46 months

The teams and leagues should say they are protesting something. Then they could do whatever they want and can ignore all mandates related to the COVID.

CanebreakCajun•46 months

This is true. Per the “experts”, protests magically do not spread the Chinese virus.

Vernonbrew22•46 months

Will the new national anthem be played?

DoubleDown•46 months

Calm down Ken.

TampaTiger22•46 months

You can only get covid from non conference games. That is refreshing to know. Game on

LSU82Cajun•46 months

Well Vanderbilt ( always thinks it’s a Ivy League school )will be the first to shutdown its season. Odds 2-1

Yeti_Chaser•46 months

It would suck major arse to lose the Texas game but this probably benefits the SEC more than anyone

mattchewbocca•46 months

How did I know this was coming

DeafVallyBatnR•46 months

Probably cheaper to pay penalty for not playing than no fans for ticket sales and pay them to show up.

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