re: I just have an alarming feeling the SEC will eliminate us for not playin 8 games

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2. Authority. Authority to delay or relocate a contest is vested with the home institution’s Athletics Director
or designated senior level administrator. Authority to suspend a contest is vested with the officials. Authority
to cancel, postpone or terminate a contest is vested only with the Commissioner or his/her designee.
3. Guidelines.
A. The home institution’s Athletics Director or designated senior level administrator shall have the authority
to determine whether a contest should, prior to its start, be temporarily delayed until a later time on the
same date. Once a contest has started, the decision to suspend play is the responsibility of the game
officials.
B. If extenuating circumstances occur that necessitate the relocation of the contest site within the same city,
the home institution’s Athletics Director or designated senior level administrator shall have the authority
to determine whether and where the contest should be relocated. The decision should be made in
consultation with the visiting team. The alternate site must be in full compliance with all NCAA playing
rules and regulations governing that particular sport.
C. If a contest is postponed prior to its start for any reason, the two participating institutions, in consultation
with the Commissioner or his/her designee, shall attempt to reschedule the game at a later time or date.
If the contest cannot be rescheduled, the Commissioner shall cancel the contest.
D. If a contest is suspended for any reason after play has begun, the contest must be resumed as soon as
conditions are deemed safe by the officials in consultation with the home team game management
personnel.
E. A suspended contest may not be resumed after midnight local time, or two hours following the point of
suspension, whichever is later.

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Someone posted this earlier in the thread. So it is not a re-write of the rules to cancel the game. And the rules clearly state best winning percentage. With the mention of the possibility of a cancellation, along with the wording of best winning percentage, it appears the SEC has rules already in place for LSU and Florida only playing 7 games.

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They CAN be cancelled if the above requirements are met. They were not met.
We know that the participants wouldn't have been unsafe in BR or any neutral location. We couldn't have possibly known they would have been unsafe on Thursday when the game wasn't scheduled for another 3 days.

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Ok. The commissioner has the authority to postpone a game. He (rightly or wrongly) felt it wasn't safe, so he postponed it.

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And besides.. It's postponed at this point, right?
They certainly can't actually cancel it now if safety is the only valid reason.
If they do, that is already a re-write of the rules

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to refer back to the rules

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C. If a contest is postponed prior to its start for any reason, the two participating institutions, in consultation with the Commissioner or his/her designee, shall attempt to reschedule the game at a later time or date.
If the contest cannot be rescheduled, the Commissioner shall cancel the contest.

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So, no, it isn't a "re-write" of the rules.

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I'd bet every penny I owe and even my children's lives that the SEC won't allow a team to go to Atlanta if they haven't played all their conference games.

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Since the SEC allowed this situation to develop they can suspend the winning percentage rule and use conference (or division) wins to select the SECCG participants.

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the SEC won't allow a team to go to Atlanta if they haven't played all their conference games.

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you mean florida too? or does that just apply to LSU?