Today, SEC presidents voted to adopt a conference-only schedule for the 2020 season, which eliminates in-state rivalries like the Governor’s Cup. According to a new report, only one president voted against it, and it wasn’t Eli Capilouto.
South Carolina Board of Trustees member Chuck Allen told The Athletic’s Josh Kendall that USC president Bob Caslen was the sole dissenting vote today. His reasoning? He wanted to preserve the school’s rivalry with Clemson, which would have been possible had the SEC adopted a 10+1 (ten conference games, one non-conference game) format like the ACC.
Caslen in a statement from the school: "I am pleased that football will return in the fall and that we will play our SEC competitors.