The thought that the coaches...who generally have united in opposing nine conference games...might also oppose ten isn't surprising. It's what bothered them that is also not surprising but interesting.
We know the cross-division schedule is not balanced unless 13 games could be somehow played. But it has been just a subliminal grouse from the coaches so far...
" Half of the league coaches expressed, either on the call or to ESPN privately, their frustration and/or anger over how the two additional games were chosen, with multiple coaches telling ESPN that the SEC was leaving itself open to the criticism of the whole process appearing "corrupt." "
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29663131/sources-sec-football-coaches-irked-added-opponents
We know the cross-division schedule is not balanced unless 13 games could be somehow played. But it has been just a subliminal grouse from the coaches so far...
" Half of the league coaches expressed, either on the call or to ESPN privately, their frustration and/or anger over how the two additional games were chosen, with multiple coaches telling ESPN that the SEC was leaving itself open to the criticism of the whole process appearing "corrupt." "
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29663131/sources-sec-football-coaches-irked-added-opponents