Ten quick takeaways from the 2024 Southeastern Conference football schedule, which was revealed Wednesday night:
1. This should have been a nine-game schedule with a 16-team league. But the league nailed the eight-game slate as best it could.
As previously stated here, the big, bad SEC has no business only playing eight league games with a league of this size and caliber. That was decided a couple of weeks ago, though, and the direction was set for an eight-team schedule that will essentially be a one-off creation. (The league may well go to nine in 2025, stay tuned.)