SEC screwing over Alabama, Florida by making them play meaningless games Dec. 12

The SEC should follow the example set by the ACC and give their top teams an open week before the championship game.

Earlier this week, the ACC basically canceled the final week of the season for Notre Dame and Clemson to ensure they will meet in the ACC Championship Game. This means they’ll avoid a potential trap that could leave one of them out of the College Football Playoff and keeps the possibility of both teams making the four-team playoff.

The SEC should do the same.

Because of postponements due to COVID, the SEC reshuffled the schedules for Dec. 12 that will now see LSU play Florida and Alabama play Arkansas. Neither game should be played to ensure that both Florida and Alabama are healthy and can do everything in their power to avoid any virus issues.

SEC should give open weeks for Alabama, Florida before Championship Game

Both teams are locked in to playing in the SEC Championship Game and don’t need an extra game to prove themselves. The only things that can happen are bad things, such as an injury to key players on either side or players and/or coaches getting the virus and not being able to isolate in time for the SEC Championship Game.

All this is a feather in the cap of SEC commissioner Greg Sankey to prove his 10-game schedule plan worked out. But it’s completely unnecessary and far too risky.

It didn’t take 10 games to determine the top teams in the SEC West and SEC East. Let the other teams play if they want, and they can play another game before the big boys play for the championship on Dec. 19.

But it makes no sense for Alabama and Florida to play a game on Dec. 12 when it could jeopardize the league’s standing for the College Football Playoff, which is what this is all about.

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