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SEC coaches express frustration over lack of transparency, per sources

The beef seemingly stems from the selection process for the 2 non-divisional teams assigned to each school to fill out the 10-game schedule.

All is not well in the land of the Southeastern Conference as the league continues to sort out how it will handle playing its football schedule amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic.

National college football reporter Pete Thamel for Yahoo! Sports tweeted the following on Friday afternoon.

“Sources: The SEC coaches call on Thursday became contentious. At least five SEC coaches expressed frustration over the lack of transparency regarding the inability to produce a “formula” for how the two additional league opponents were chosen.”

The beef, it seems, stems from the selection process for the two non-divisional teams assigned to each school to fill out the 10-game schedule. Apparently, based on what Thamel reported on Twitter, the protocol — or lack thereof — led to a situation where the picks were made arbitrarily, rather than using a “formula” that would evenly distribute the teams.

So far, it appears that the SEC is on track to conduct its conference-only season but nothing has been set in stone just yet. The news of in-fighting within the conference certainly puts an added wrinkle to the uncertainty surrounding Florida’s, the SEC’s and the nation’s college football season this fall.

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Mike Tyson: Deontay Wilder must put ego aside to succeed

Mike Tyson said that Deontay Wilder can beat Tyson Fury in a third fight only if he acknowledges his own culpability in their second fight.

Deontay Wilder will give himself a chance of beating Tyson Fury in a third fight only if he acknowledges his own culpability in their second fight and builds from there.

That’s the take of Mike Tyson, who acknowledged in an interview with Yahoo! Sports that he played the blame game after his own setbacks and didn’t take personal responsibility.

Wilder was criticized after he blamed his seventh-round knockout loss against Fury this past February at least in part of a heavy ring-walk costume, which the former heavyweight champ said weakened his legs.

“Wilder’s stuff’s a lot of [the same] energy that I once had,” Tyson said. “We have to be able to accept our mistakes, stand up and say, ‘Hey, I messed up, the best man won.’ We can’t be consumed with our egos. Nobody was more consumed with their ego than me.

“We always look for excuses when we lose and say, ‘Well I couldn’t lose, there must’ve been a mistake, somebody had to cheat me.’ So we have to look at the perspective that a loss is a form of education.”

Wilder has exercised a clause in his rematch contract with Fury that allows for a third fight, although it’s not clear when that fight might take place given the uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic.

Yahoo! Sports asked Tyson whether Wilder can beat Fury.

“I don’t know anything about beating Fury in the third fight,” he said. “In order for him to do that, he’s gonna have to beat himself in life. He’s his biggest opponent at this moment in life. He is not gonna stand a chance with Fury if he doesn’t beat himself.”