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Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by discomforts.

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Sounds like momentum is back to to continuing the 8 game schedule which means one major thing, end of rivalry games. Bama AD and the dictator Sankey all but said that Third Saturday in October and Deep South Oldest rivalries will be done unless the 9 game schedule is adopted. Thanks Texas and OU, you guys have come in and destroyed historic games in the once best conference. I couldn't care less if the Red River game is played or the overrated Lonestar Showdown game happens, those aren't SEC rivalries. This is SEC football, and SEC fans should get to watch the games that our grandads and great grandads watched. Why did we ever let some Yankee with no ties to our region come in and start using us all as his money making chess board. Sankey sucks and the continuous expansion of the conference out of the South and his obsession with money have ruined our once great conference.

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You just witnessed lesser conferences put lesser teams into the 12-team playoff over more deserving SEC teams ranked higher. That was an almost total disdain for SOS. How is eating our own to the tune of 9 conference games going to help the playoff cause?

Did Sankey spend any time explaining to the University presidents how much more TV money ESPN was willing to pay the SEC for that extra game?

Tennessee is old news. Learn to adapt for the betterment of the conference.

Yes cause Venabales 22-17 record is rooted in adapting to new conferences and is the future of college football lol

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which means one major thing, end of rivalry games. Bama AD and the dictator Sankey all but said that Third Saturday in October and Deep South Oldest rivalries will be done unless the 9 game schedule is adopted

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This is all false.

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9 game schedule is the way to go.

The 2020 covid year only SEC schedule was a blast to watch.

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No, it's not the way to go unless you want the conference to be weaker and accomplish less as a whole.

2020 is a prime example of why it's bad. So many SEC teams didn't get ranked when they should have simply because they played tough schedules and had more losses. Then in the bowl games, they were playing teams that were ranked and were obviously much worse.

Everyone has down periods. Oklahoma is still a big brand. Tennessee, not so much. Tennessee has yet to do anything in football since Fulmer.

Not sure how its false. Id love to be proven wrong. I want to win a national championship, but if I only cared about churning through a schedule to win a title, then I'd watch professional sports. What makes college sports so fun are the rivalries and traditions. I've forced myself to get onboard with NIL and the transfer portal but if they start taking away the rivalry games that have been played for 100 years, then I'll draw the line. I know i'm probably in the minority with this stance but oh well.

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Could annual rivalries like Alabama-Tennessee and Auburn-Georgia be in danger of ending? With the SEC seemingly unwilling to commit to adding a ninth conference football game until it has clarity about upcoming changes to the College Football Playoff, doomsday might be arriving soon for some of the league’s most storied rivalries. Among them: Alabama and Tennessee’s Third Saturday in October game. Speaking to reporters at SEC spring meetings, league commissioner Greg Sankey was asked whether the league could protect two rivalries per team. #alabama #collegefootball #alabamafootball #rolltide #rtr #Auburn
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It's funny how no one cares when rivalries end unless it involves their school.