The Southeastern Conference officially made the move to join most of the rest of the college football world on Thursday, slashing non-conference games and moving to a ten game league schedule. The move will delay the season’s start to the end of September, buying more time for the COVID-19 pandemic to potentially be more controlled.
It also buys more time for schools to develop a plan for hosting fans in the fall. As we grow closer to the fall, it’s become increasingly obvious that we won’t be seeing anywhere close to 100,000 fans in Neyland Stadium this year.