Nine conference games 'inevitable'
By Chris Low
Published May 29, 2013, 07:13:47 PM
DESTIN, Fla. – The short-term answer for the SEC is to keep the number of conference games at eight, but coaches and athletic directors agreed Wednesday that a move to nine conference games is probably inevitable.
The head coaches voted 13-1 to stay at eight conference games. The only coach voting for nine conference games was Alabama’s Nick Saban.
Larry Templeton, who has headed up scheduling during the SEC’s transition to 14 schools, said a rotation has been approved through 2026 that would include eight conference games with six divisional opponents, one permanent cross-divisional opponent and one rotating cross-divisional opponent.
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