So drop the non conference games

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Where are those games supposed to be played

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They aren’t going to be played, the leagues are just buying time for another few weeks before they cancel it entirely.

Makes perfect sense to me

-more flexibility in scheduling/rescheduling if necessary

-more control over testing/monitoring for C19 (tighter "bubble")

-relieves us of 2-3 7-figure OOC payouts where we have little to 0 gate revenue (Moscona was spot on with this one)

Just face it, this season is gonna be different. If conference only play allows us to salvage a season I'm all for it.

I really want to see Chase and our other stud upperclassman suit up in the purple and gold again. Kiss them goodbye if this thing gets pushed to Spring or cancelled.

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more flexibility in scheduling/rescheduling if necessary

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Because those three weeks in September are going to make a difference?

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more control over testing/monitoring for C19 (tighter "bubble")

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This makes no sense. Most if not all teams play OOC teams that are geographically closer (or even in the same area or state) than many conference opponents. Besides, the largest infection potential comes from the players’ own campus and personal lives along with team activities. None of that is impacted by cancelling games

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relieves us of 2-3 7-figure OOC payouts where we have little to 0 gate revenue

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What exactly are the payouts slated to be this season? Are we paying Texas a million dollars? Nicholls? Are we paying Rice a million dollars for the game in Houston?

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If conference only play allows us to salvage a season I'm all for it.

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This may be what we end up with, but axing the non-conference games is not necessary to allow the teams to play. It’s just “DoING sOmEtHinG”

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Because those three weeks in September are going to make a difference?

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Opening up 2 extra bye weeks per team for rescheduling/contingency seems like a great idea to me

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Most if not all teams play OOC teams that are geographically closer

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I said nothing about travel... its ab standardizing testing and monitoring of players across the conference. You want half our team to sit vs. Florida because Nichols testing and monitoring wasnt on par with the SEC?

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What exactly are the payouts slated to be this season?

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I dont really care as I think this is just a side benefit and not the sole purpose of cancelling OOC. But we are talking ab 2-4 cancellations for each of the 14 member institutions the savings adds up.

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It’s just “DoING sOmEtHinG”

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This is just ridiculous. You're willing to risk the whole season over muh Nichols and muh Rice. Look at the bigger picture here. SEC play=TV revenue. We arent gonna throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Season will start the day after the election

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more flexibility in scheduling/rescheduling if necessary

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Because those three weeks in September are going to make a difference?

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Yep. Not gonna see a 12 game schedule, but we could maybe still be able to play 9-10 games in that timeframe.

If a team is sick, you try to reschedule it later, instead of cancelling it outright.

I still don't think we end up with anything this fall, but I think they're trying their damnedest to piece it together.

LSU might as well play Texas and rice or Tulane than have to travel to tenn or Uk travel wise

There is no reason for the SEC to play a different schedule than those of other Conferences. I assume post season play to be in order so why make things more difficult for member schools?

10 game schedule starting Sept 12 and ending Nov 21. 10 games in 11 weekends. Add in each teams' rotating opponents for 2021 and 2022.

Most SEC schools are NOT coming back for in-person classes after Thanksgiving.