It took a threat from the Governor of Florida to get the two teams to start playing and a global pandemic 64 years later to keep them from meeting on the gridiron.
For the first time since 1957 Florida and Florida State won’t meet on the football field this season.
Thursday the SEC announced that it would move to a conference-only schedule in 2020, joining the Big Ten and Pac-12, in an effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and provide a safe avenue for football to return in the fall.
“We believe these schedule adjustments offer the best opportunity to complete a full season by giving us the ability to adapt to the fluid nature of the virus and the flexibility to adjust schedules as necessary if disruptions occur,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said.