Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports reported Thursday that SEC executives are now closer to adopting a nine-game conference schedule after four years of debate and discussion on the possibility. University presidents will still ultimately have to make the decision, per Dellenger.
According to Dellenger, in the new model, SEC teams would play three permanent conference opponents every year while rotating the other six. That would also mean only three nonconference games every season compared to the current four, which is what could throw yet another obstacle in the way of getting Bedlam ever again on a football field.