Well, no sooner does the rumor come out that the SEC is moving towards a nine conference game schedule than the league itself decides to make their intentions plain. The news just came down that the most competitive conference in the sport has decided to add that much-discussed ninth game starting next season.
This immediately has massive implications for Texas A&M going forward. First of all, and maybe most mundanely, it means that we will most likely get the 2026 schedule for the Aggies much more quickly than we would have otherwise, given that things seemed to have reached a sticking point.