ATHENS– The SEC had to understand when it revealed it would re-draw the league schedule that there would be some upset fanbases and conspiracy theories.
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In hindsight, possibly the SEC should have just gone with an accelerated cross-division schedule model
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Rather, the decision was postponed and we all waited. And waited. And waited.
” What could be talking so long?” many asked and questioned aloud on Twitter and Facebook. Finger pointing and speculation over who could be “holding up” the process grew on social media channels.
Consider it one more lesson discovered as the league tries to develop a bridge as it crosses the river, per a Greg Sankeys metaphor in the early phases of crisis management.
Each team would draw the next two collaborate from the opposite department in 2021 and 2022– currently predetermined– and be made with it. In fact, the league could have simply revealed the challengers at the very same time it exposed it was going to a 10-game SEC schedule.
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Theres no proof that the SEC attempted to protect the Tide and Gators with its schedule design, there was no public lobbying nor lobbying when the athletic directors held their weekly call.
Per a CBSsports rankings design, Arkansas has the toughest schedule in the league after the additions, followed by Tennessee.
But when Alabama drew Kentucky and Missouri, to choose Alabama and Tennessee, the howling begun.
In the social media world, understanding rapidly surpasses truth.
The Tide and Gators are still set up to satisfy in Gainesville in 2021, however the 2020 slate included no such face-off when exposed on the SEC Network on Friday night.
Florida, its worth keeping in mind, has the easiest schedule per the website.
All eyes focused on a potential Alabama and Florida game need to the league use the accelerated cross-division schedule.
The Vols fans, most notably, were uptight, having actually drawn Texas A&M and Auburn to opt for the two West Division opponents currently scheduled, Alabama and Arkansas.
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Finger pointing and speculation over who might be “holding up” the process grew on social media channels.
Instead, the decision was put off and we all waited. And waited. And waited.
