After the dust cleared in Destin last week, we found out that the SEC will stick with an eight-game conference schedule for the 2024 season.
A lot of this is predicated on the league wanting more money for a ninth conference game from ESPN and the Mother Ship hemorrhaging cash so badly that layoffs are coming fast and furious.
Not a good time to ask for a raise.
The SEC will probably go to nine games in 2025 or ’26, but by then the league might have added more teams.
Seriously, how can you tell the conferences without a scorecard.
We do know that on June 14, the SEC Network will carry the reveal of the schedule for next year and it got the Dooley’s Dozen thinking about best-case scenarios and worst-case scenarios.
We know there are no divisions and Georgia will be the permanent opponent. Let’s explore the other possibilities with the 12 best and worst possible ways this could go.