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SEC moving to conference-only 2020 schedule; start of season Sept. 26, title game Dec. 19
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:13 pm
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The Southeastern Conference is moving to a 10-game conference SEC schedule, sources told AL.com.
The league has also moved back the start of the season to Sept. 26.
An official announcement is expected to be made at 3:45 p.m. CT. The decision comes after the SEC’s presidents and chancellors met virtually on Thursday.
SEC moving to conference-only 2020 schedule
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The 2020 SEC football season will be comprised of a 10-game Conference-only schedule and the SEC Football Championship Game will be played December 19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, rescheduled from the original date of December 5. The schedule will include one mid-season open date for each school and an open date on December 12 for all schools.
This action was taken following extensive discussions and thorough deliberation among the SEC's Presidents and Chancellors, Athletics Directors, Conference Office staff, and medical advisors, led by the SEC's Return to Activity and Medical Guidance Task Force.
The decision to limit competition to Conference-only opponents and rescheduling the SEC Championship Game is based on the need for maximum flexibility in making any necessary scheduling adjustments while reacting to developments around the pandemic and continued advice from medical professionals.
The rescheduled start to the season will allow the SEC to continue to monitor health trends across its 11-state footprint, as well as monitor developments in technology around mitigation and treatment of the virus.
A revised schedule for the 2020 SEC football season will be announced at a later date following approval by the Conference's athletics directors.
Further decisions regarding safety standards related to athletics events, tailgating and other game day activities, including social distancing, face covering and other health measures consistent with CDC, state and local guidelines, will be announced at a later date.
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 3:53 pm
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Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:16 pm to paperwasp
Stupid not to have a plus one.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:18 pm to paperwasp
Then why does the ACC have a plus one? Isn’t that just so we can have the traditional rivalry games?
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:18 pm to Civildawg
So Florida State is prepared to play Florida, Clemson is prepared to play SC, and Tech/UGA, and the SEC is not going to accomodate those rivalries? Sounds like a bad move to me.
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:19 pm to amders44
SEC don't need the schedule bump
ACC does
10 games is a big enough sample and league champ will be in the playoffs
ACC does
10 games is a big enough sample and league champ will be in the playoffs
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:21 pm to paperwasp
Wow, the SEC is officially afraid of the ACC.
Way back down from the ACC, SEC office.
Way back down from the ACC, SEC office.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:21 pm to jlovel7
acc will have to readjust. everyone is going to conference only.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:22 pm to paperwasp
frick we got to wait an extra month? I would figure they would want to start on time to give some wiggle room for cancelled games
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:22 pm to nicholastiger
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SEC don't need the schedule bump
Games aren’t played because they make the most sense. Good lord. These are rivals most of which that have played each other every year for 100+ years.
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:23 pm to mistaken4193
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we got to wait an extra month
That concerns me too, as in "we're going to wait this out to see if we'll even have football this year."
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:24 pm to paperwasp
Blame the fricks at the league office for this pussy move
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:28 pm to paperwasp
Conference only doesn’t make a lick of sense. How is Florida traveling to Tallahassee to play Florida St worse than Florida traveling to Knoxville for UT?
Dumb as frick
Dumb as frick
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:28 pm to paperwasp
quote:Congrats on stealing Ross Dellengers piece and pretending like its yours AL.com
sources told AL.com.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:29 pm to paperwasp
No byes?
I would have thought they would start this bad boy especially early and added additional byes. This is the only time Byes make sense
I would have thought they would start this bad boy especially early and added additional byes. This is the only time Byes make sense
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:35 pm to Frac the world
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Conference only doesn’t make a lick of sense. How is Florida traveling to Tallahassee to play Florida St worse than Florida traveling to Knoxville for UT?
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Why a conference-only approach?
Most importantly, it allows the conference to control all the primary factors. The league can establish uniform protocols, especially around COVID-19 testing, that all schools have to follow.
Next, if a game must be canceled or postponed, which most insiders view as likely at some point, it is easier to handle all the ramifications of that in-conference than coordinate with another conference.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:36 pm to paperwasp
Boo
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:37 pm to paperwasp
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:37 pm to paperwasp
Starting late makes me think the SEC is waiting to see how the virus does in other conferences.
I got a feeling we won’t see football . I hope that’s not the case.
I got a feeling we won’t see football . I hope that’s not the case.
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:39 pm to jlovel7
I think SEC did it on purpose when the ACC removed the kickoff classic games from the SEC schedule
Posted on 7/30/20 at 3:40 pm to jlovel7
I think SEC did it on purpose when the ACC removed the kickoff classic games from the SEC schedule
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