Greg Sankey bent the knee by changing the SEC's scheduling philosophy - just for the College Football Playoff committee to laugh in his face.
Many expressed feelings that Greg Sankey acted too quickly in officially changing the SEC's scheduling model. There had long been pressure for the league to move from eight to nine conference games.
Sankey took it one step further, not only moving to a nine-game conference schedule, but forcing every SEC team to also play an out-of-conference game every year against a Power Four opponent or Notre Dame.