The intensive reactions arrived straight away.
The Southeastern Conference’s live reveal on SEC Community of every school’s two new opponents experienced all people conversing headed into the weekend.
The SEC still hasn’t introduced the total schedule with the dates of when the game titles will be performed — that should really appear in just the next two months — but now each and every SEC faculty appreciates the 10 opponents it will confront this time. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey explained the convention “made each individual effort to build a timetable that is as aggressive as feasible and builds on the present eight convention game titles that had presently been scheduled for 2020.”
It would not be the SEC, while, if there weren’t solid thoughts about the up to date timetable.
To type out which colleges obtained superior news and which faculties may perhaps presently be drafting sternly worded letters to league headquarters, we give you the winners and losers of the SEC’s new 10-opponent schedules.
Winners
Alabama
The Crimson Tide made out very well Friday when the SEC dished out Kentucky and Missouri as its two new opponents. It could have been superior — aka Vanderbilt — but the most significant point for Alabama was averting Florida. Alabama previously had two of the toughest SEC East teams, Ga and Tennessee, and wasn’t eager to insert the third. Alternatively, the nation’s preseason No. 3 staff gets two very winnable video games even though Kentucky is no cupcake.
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Ga
The preseason SEC East favored included the two most straightforward SEC West opponents, on paper at minimum, headed into the season. Arkansas and Mississippi State are both of those on their third coaches in as several many years, with more growing pains possible presented the absence of a normal spring and summer season agenda. The Bulldogs have the finest opportunity to emerge out of the East, and nothing that occurred Friday transformed that.
LSU
Ed Orgeron had to be smiling immediately after looking at Missouri and Vanderbilt as his two new opponents. The Tigers could be the major winner of any SEC university acquiring the teams perceived to be the SEC East’s two weakest headed into the year. Averting Ga and Tennessee — the Tigers by now experienced Florida and South Carolina — must make the folks of Baton Rouge incredibly joyful.
Ole Miss out on
The Rebels may well now have the ideal foursome of SEC East opponents. With Florida and Vanderbilt already scheduled, Ole Miss extra Kentucky and South Carolina. Neither 1 is a assured gain, but conversely, neither 1 is also an evident reduction the way Georgia would have been. Ole Overlook could absolutely go 3-1 with this slate which is big presented all the challenging video games that appear each and every yr in the SEC West.
Losers
Arkansas
Lousy Sam Pittman. The excitable “Yes Sir!” head mentor got nothing but coal from commissioner Greg Sankey on Friday. Arkansas, already anticipated to finish final in the SEC West, additional the SEC East’s two hardest groups, Ga and Florida. Add in yearly online games in opposition to Alabama, LSU, Auburn and Texas A&M, the Razorbacks are now scheduled to engage in 4 top rated 10 teams and 6 Top rated 25 groups. Ouch.
Missouri
Welcome to the SEC, Eliah Drinkwitz. Your welcome bag is getting to perform a few preseason top rated 5 teams. If Arkansas is the massive loser in the SEC West, there’s no dilemma Missouri fared the worst in the East. The Tigers additional defending countrywide champion LSU and preseason No. 3 Alabama to their timetable. Missouri was by now dealing with an uphill battle to acquire far more than a pair games this period, and the SEC just included two additional obvious losses.
Texas A&M
The Aggies avoided Georgia but I cannot consider Jimbo Fisher is thrilled about incorporating Florida and Tennessee. This was shaping up to be an important yr for Fisher headed into Calendar year 3 of a 10-12 months deal with a 17-9 history to day. Even in advance of COVID-19 changed all the things, it wasn’t honest to say Fisher’s seat was even warm, but everybody appeared to have an understanding of improved success in 2020 were important for the trajectory of the plan. Receiving Florida and Tennessee makes Texas A&M’s climb to the prime of the SEC far more demanding.
John Talty is the sports activities editor and SEC Insider for Alabama Media Team. You can adhere to him on Twitter @JTalty.
