Perhaps it’s because of their own saying that “it just means more” that many believe the SEC will be the last conference to make any changes to their 2020 football plans.
Word was that the SEC was not happy whatsoever that the Big Ten announced their plan to play only conference games last week and one can assume they felt the same when the Pac-12 followed suit.
What will the SEC ultimately do?
We got a peak into that a little bit on Monday when the conference athletic directors met in person for the first time since March.
Today’s meeting took place in the SEC offices in Birmingham, Alabama and the most notable takeaway is that conference commissioner Greg Sankey isn’t hiding from the reality of the world like some thought he’d do in order to do everything possible to save football for his conference in 2020.
“It is clear that current circumstances related to COVID-19 must improve and we will continue to closely monitor developments around the virus on a daily basis,” Sankey said. “In the coming weeks we will continue to meet regularly with campus leaders via videoconferences and gather relevant information while guided by medical advisors. We believe that late July will provide the best clarity for making the important decisions ahead of us.” -SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey on July 13, 2020
It might not be earth-shattering but the sole fact that the head of the SEC went as far as to say things need to improve as clearly as he did came across as more revealing than I was anticipating the SEC leading on. Just like the ACC, the SEC will wait until late July until announcing any decisions on the 2020 football season.
Notre Dame is currently scheduled to host Arkansas on the second Saturday in September. The trip would be the first for the Razorbacks to Notre Dame Stadium.
Perhaps the Pete Thamel piece from earlier today made the obvious more real or maybe it was just common sense showing up in a place we don’t always expect it to.
Whatever exactly it is, it’s starting to feel like we’re going to need a sports miracle in order to pull off a college football season anytime soon.