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Report: SEC Football Coaches Had 'Heated' Call over Added 2020 Opponents

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The SEC adjusted its 2020 schedule to include an additional two inter-divisional opponents amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to multiple Division I-FBS conferences postponing their fall seasons and other leagues altering their slates to feature games that will entirely (or almost) exclusively feature conference foes.

On that note, some SEC football coaches were particularly irked by how the two additional opponents were chosen and expressed their displeasure in a recent coaches' call, per ESPN's Chris Low and Alex Scarborough:

"The additional two cross-divisional opponents were announced last week without a thorough explanation from the league for how they were selected.