For weeks we have heard the message loud and clear from the SEC.
“It Just Means More” is still the main theme for the conference, but we have been reminded constantly about the “New Era of SEC Football.”
If you can still call it the SEC.
Think about the league when I started in the newspaper business in 19** (I did that on purpose because I don’t want to think about how long ago it was).
Back in those olden days, there were 10 SEC teams, most of whom were either on probation from the NCAA or headed there.
Now it is up to 16 with the SEC picking up two in 1991, two more in 2012 and then the latest two who will be playing big-boy football with the rest of us in 2024.
All this said, the schedule reveal on Wednesday was less of a reveal than a reminder. We already knew who was playing who, but when it was laid out end to end, it looked like 16 trips to hell and back.
The Dooley’s Dozen takes a look at the new schedules with 12 things that are going to be difficult to get used to next fall.