Annual games between Texas-Oklahoma and Texas-Texas A&M could be in jeopardy without scheduling changes.
Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey watches warmups befofre an NCAA college football game between Texas and Oklahoma in Dallas, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. and Arkansas could be in jeopardy at some point if the SEC doesn’t go to a nine-game conference format, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Saturday.
A slate of eight league games allows each SEC school to schedule a weaker opponent instead of going head-to-head with another from the nation’s toughest league. But, because the SEC uses a rotating schedule from year-to-year to accommodate its 16-team membership, the only guarantee that schools would play traditional rivalries every year is if they play a nine-game schedule.“My view is there are no hard positions,” he said. “We did a really good job in ‘24 and ‘25 of honoring those annually-expected games. But, unless we have some changes, that’s going to be a problem in the future.”and Kentucky’s win over Ole Miss as examples of why he favors more SEC games and fewer inter-conference games.In other news, Sankey said he was not aware of reports that Texas emailed donors to request an additional $11 million to cover ramped-up costs, but he wouldn’t be surprised, given a potential 22% outflow from athletic departments to athletes if the settlement is, indeed, final.Kevin Sherrington Employed since 1985 by The Dallas Morning News, my fifth and final newspaper. Texas born, raised and steeped. Father of four children, husband of one wife.
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