The ACC made a decision on its college football season this week with a unique scheduling concept that involved 10 conference games and one non-conference foe.
The SEC followed the ACC’s lead on Thursday, making its decision on the 2020 college football season.
Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated broke the news that the SEC would play a 10-game, conference-only schedule and the beginning of the season would be pushed to Sept. 26.
BREAKING: #SEC presidents have adopted a plan to play a 10-game, conference-only schedule this fall, sources told @SINow.
League approved kickoff date is Sept. 26. Particulars on the schedule (the two additional games & locations) are unclear for now.
SEC title game Dec. 19.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) July 30, 2020
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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey spoke to Paul Finebaum about why the league decided to delay the beginning of the season.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on @finebaum about delaying start: "Over the last two weeks of August, we are going to have tens of thousands of people back on our campuses. We need to make sure that happens and happens well."
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) July 30, 2020
This was the correct decision, considering so many students will be returning to campus and the COVID-19 pandemic is still an ongoing concern.
The good news for SEC fans is there will be more conference games, while in-state rivalries such as Georgia-Georgia Tech or Clemson-South Carolina will not happen in 2020.
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