Entering this week’s SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, many believed the league would leave the panhandle with a new plan for a 9-game conference football schedule. After a few days of discussions, sweeping changes are no longer inevitable, thanks in large part to efforts by the University of Kentucky.
There are two proposals on the table. The SEC could move to nine conference football games with each team annually playing three rivals, then rotating the other six opponents every two years. The 3-6 formula preserves secondary rivalries and adds another lucrative game to the schedule. The other option is to keep the 8-game SEC schedule by playing one annual rival and rotating between the other seven teams (a.