SEC tradition matters but isn't the end-all
By Chris Low
Published April 28, 2014, 12:33:37 PM
The SEC traditionalists can take solace.
The eight-game league schedule will remain in place, as well as the permanent cross-divisional foes. That means Alabama and Tennessee will continue to play every year along with Auburn and Georgia, two of the SEC’s most tradition-rich rivalries.
For those of us who’ve been entrenched in this league for decades or more, saving those rivalries certainly makes sense.
But not at the cost of creating competitive disadvantages and denying players and fans the opportunity of facing and seeing every team in the league at least once in a four-year span.
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