re: Frank Martin is going to change OOC contracts to avoid situations like this year

I don't think so. I think the problem is bad OOC scheduling. Obviously there are some exceptions but outside of UK obviously and UF under Donovan and Tennessee under Pearl, SEC teams have not played marquis OOC schedules consistently. It's not a coincidence that those teams were comfortably in the field every single year even when they lost 4 or 5 non conference games.

When you are playing a handful of name teams every year it can only help you. Losing to them doesn't affect anything and beating 1 or 2 of them pushes you ahead of the entire bubble.

Tennessee plays UNC, Gonzaga, IU, UVA, GT and possibly Zona next year plus a loaded Maui field.

Losing those games doesn't hurt you but if you win even 1 or 2 that is probably a better OOC win than anyone else on the bubble is going to have.