On Wednesday, perhaps by the time you read this, ESPN, Fox and others will announce their kickoff times for the first three weeks of the season. You will read plenty of coverage about it on The Athletic. As for weeks 4-13, while there have been a few announcements of specific games, you mostly will have …
A smirk went across the face of Georgia president Jere Morehead this week as he overheard a question: Will the SEC schedule be finalized next week at the conference’s spring meetings? It was the knowing smirk of a man who has been dealing with the subject for much longer than he ever expected. “I am …
As SEC meetings near, chances for 8-game football schedule, or not voting, have gone up Read More »
Once upon a time, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips made a handshake agreement with the Big Ten’s Kevin Warren and the Pac-12’s George Kliavkoff to form an “alliance” that would bring much-needed “stability” to college athletics. Less than two years later, college athletics has never felt less stable at any time in my career — including …
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