re: The SEC may have went too far this time.

Well the requirement for some teams to play certain teams added to the difficulty of the schedules. I’m not against permanent opponents by any means but it’s just logistically impossible for a team like Alabama for example to have Auburn as a permanent and only schedule Vandy and Kentucky as the other conference games every year to even it out.

I think you’re being shortsighted about the 2024 schedules. Some years will be brutal, some easy. There’s nothing different now than before except there are new kids on the block.