SEC could tweak scheduling philosophy once Texas, Oklahoma arrive in 2025

A chorus of boos showered down from the sellout crowd at the Swamp as Alabama coach Nick Saban led his players onto the field before kickoff between the top-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 11 Florida.

It’s unusual that the two top football programs in the conference, who have appeared in 13 championship games apiece, haven’t faced each other during the regular season in a decade.

“This is a huge opportunity and the Texas-OU situation provides a great opportunity for us to dig in and look at how we schedule from a football standpoint. We need more variety,” Florida athletics director Scott Stricklin told the Orlando Sentinel last week. “Of our eight SEC games right now, seven are the same each…