The idea of a conference only football season has been trending around the power five conference leagues for a few weeks now, and Ross Dellenger at Sports Illustrated reported yesterday the SEC was strongly considering moving that way.
Strongly enough to make the move today, when a report from John Talty, of AL.com said it was confirmed. Then minutes later, the move was official (here’s the release from MU Athletics):
BREAKING | @SEC Establishes New Football Start Date of Sept. 26 and Conference-Only Football Competition.